Bücher von Walker Hilary Walker

Father Michael's brother-in-law has an impossible house guest - Justin, an army veteran suffering from PTSD. The man is making life miserable for his host family. The priest has no practical assistance to offer, until an incident in church gives him an idea. Naturally, his plan involves the ever-reluctant and newly-wed trainer Jack Harper. It will also require the help of Isaac, a very special but damaged horse on his farm.And a wager.Meanwhile Father Michael gives a podcast interview to a local atheist hoping to trip him up on Catholic matters. As soon as the podcast is aired, church attendance plummets and the priest is under intense pressure from his bishop to rectify the situation.Justin is no closer to coming back to the faith and the podcaster is rejoicing in his victory over the Church. Will God makes good come out of evil for those who love Him, as Father Michael wants to believe?

Jack has a new love - and a dark secret that will drive her away. Will he choose to live a lie or come clean and risk losing her forever?After revealing the truth about their baby, Jack's ex-girlfriend hopes to rekindle her romance with him. But Jack cannot give her what she wants.Meanwhile, Father Michael has a new mission for him: to help bullied teenager Robert gain self-confidence by working on the farm during the summer. When Robert shows more interest in canines than horses, Jack and the priest become unexpectedly involved in the world of dogs.Then Joe, the teenager Jack helped, returns with Laura, his widowed mother. She wants to thank Jack in person for helping her son and his horse.Jack is instantly smitten with her.Then Laura unwittingly reveals a connection between her and Jack's past. But if she discovers the full truth, she'll reject his advances, and he'll lose her and Joe forever.Jack is at the hardest crossroads of his life.Should he risk telling her the truth, come what may?Or live a lie and never be able to reveal their true relationship? *****Riding Out the Tempest is the second book of The Jack Harper trilogy.It will transport you into Jack's world, where God continues to call him through the one medium the trainer understands: horses.