AustLit

'With one quick, tragic car accident, Abigail loses her family and fiance and finds herself desperately alone. Broken in body and in spirit but hoping nonetheless for a new beginning, Abigail accepts a job as a housekeeper for the Stevens family on their farm outside Brisbane, Australia. She also assumes a new identity: Perhaps as Gail Brand she can face the future unafraid.

'Through the patient and loving understanding of Jim Stevens, his mother, and aunt, Gail is forced to relive her nightmares amid a maze of puzzling coincidences. Will Gail ever accept the past for what it is? Will her search for a new tomorrow ever end?' (Publication summary)

'An accident has reduced her to long months of recuperation, and a broken engagement has placed her in the throes of a deep depression. Not only that, but for the first time Brenda Sparks feels totally unloved and unattractive. Her life is at an all-time low.

'Unable to secure a new position as a nurse, Brenda accepts Dr. Blake Warwyck's offer as a last resort. Caring for his younger brother Rick, injured in a car accident, is better than nothing.

'But Blake, a man with his own struggles, sees life differently, and he wants Brenda to share his vision. Like Blake, Brenda must be willing to dream anything is possible.' (Publication summary)

'Hilda Garrett has watched the man she loved marry someone else. Then her father died. Now she's discovered that her father wasn't her birth father after all.

'While she manages her family's sprawling farm in Australia, Hilda is determined to discover the identity of her birth parents. But every clue leads to a dead end, and Rance Telfor, the young minister who is helping with her search, must leave to resolve his own mysterious past.

'Hilda knows that her friendly feelings for Rance have grown into a lasting love. She also understands, however, that until they complete their search for yesterday, they cannot face the future.' (Publication summary)

'Beth and Arthur Canley-Smith were married in their teens but their marriage has not grown with them. In fact, their differences have led Art to desert Beth and their two children.

'Now confined to a wheelchair after a disabling accident, Art believes he has killed Beth's love for him for good. Only reluctantly he agrees to let Beth take him home to be with the children once again.

'Day after uncertain day, it's clear Art and Beth are changing, but is their love for each other strong and real? Moreover, does their marriage have a chance to survive?'  (Publication summary)

'Elizabeth Waverly never dreamed that taking a convict transport back to her home in Australia would change her life. But from the moment she lays eyes on John Martin, she cannot resist her growing attraction to him. She knows the man faces a life sentence for murder, but her heart refuses to believe he is guilty of the charges against him. How could someone who so valiantly protects others and accepts another prisoner's punishment be a brutal felon?Yet once the transport ship lands in Australia, their paths are bound to head in very different directions. Is their love destined to become a bittersweet memory of what might have been, or will faith show them another way?'  (Publication summary)