Bücher veröffentlicht von Lorhainne Eckhart

The family you thought you knew.A reunion you'll never forget.A love that lasts foreverThis emotionally charged big family romance will reunite the Friessen family in a heartwarming celebration. Join the entire Friessen family as they all reunite for Becky and Rodney's anniversary. A celebration you won't want to miss.

Trusting the wrong person can be dangerous.On a warm Friday morning, city councilor Terrance Mack walks into his office to find a stranger waiting with an unexpected warning: If he doesn't fall in line with the rest of the council on an upcoming vote, he'll face consequences.Terrance has earned a reputation as a thorn in the side of corporate America. In fact, he holds such strong values as a father, a husband, a community leader, and an advocate for the disadvantaged that he's become a target. With his rock-solid stance of being no one's puppet, he knows that each day he walks into his office could be his last.When his brakes fail one morning, a man is shot beside him, and he lands in the ER after an accidental poisoning, Terrance learns the secrets and lies that fill the Billings Council office may be only the tip of something truly sinister. Terrance refuses to park his morals for anything, not even his bank account-but he doesn't know who he can trust, and if he's not careful, his family could become the next target.Will Terrance continue to do the right thing, or will he fall in line as a voice for a bigger enemy hiding in the shadows?

A Family Reunion with an edge of your seat twist. A seemingly perfect reunion until one fateful moment three lives are put in danger, the fallout could ultimately shatter the deep love and trust in this family, dividing them forever-and the cost could be something far greater than any of them could have imagined."Several of our favorite characters are put in danger and a serious secret is revealed by someone you'd never suspect." (Patti B.) "A Friessen book would not be complete without family drama and boy does this one deliver the drama, almost from page one!" -H. MitchellCatch up with your favorite family, the Friessens, as four generations come together for what they anticipate to be a fun-filled weekend with babies and children, loads of love, and laughter. You can expect all the drama of young love, from the secrets to the hidden truths in a seemingly perfect marriage.However, one fateful moment changes everything in this unforgettable story. When three lives are put in danger, the fallout could ultimately shatter the deep love and trust in this family, dividing them forever-and the cost could be something far greater than any of them could have imagined.

New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart returns with a Friessen family character who must come to terms with unfinished business and long-buried hurts-not just for her family but for herself.She'd never even invited him in.The man had walked in and taken over, still ordering her around, and what had she done? Nothing. She'd shrunk back into that young woman without a voice.In Laura Friessen's peaceful, comfortable world, her family is everything, and at times she has to remind herself how lucky she is. These days, she gives barely a passing thought to her unsupportive, hypocritical parents or to her husband's father, who, as far as she's concerned, is a scourge on the earth. Good riddance to them all!However, her world comes crashing down in a single day. First, her husband's father shows up on their doorstep without a penny to his name, believing Laura is solely responsible for his misfortune in life. Then an article appears online about her parents, who run a church mission in Africa and are portrayed as saints, with no mention of them ever having a daughter. Last, a courier arrives with an envelope addressed to her, with no return address, containing only three words: You owe me!Laura believes this is Andy's father's pathetic attempt at revenge, at extracting what he believes he's entitled to. She knows that if they let Todd Friessen through the door, he'll attempt to manipulate not only Andy but also their children and grandchildren, who don't know the man who now wants to be called Grandfather.Unfortunately, what Laura doesn't realize is that even though she has an amazing life, before she can move forward into her future, she has to confront her past.

Two years ago, Sara Friessen's life was changed forever when a young man from the wrong side of the tracks saved her from a brutal assault. To her, he is brilliant, her savior, the man she plans to marry and spend her life with, the only man she has ever given a piece of her heart.But to Devon Reed, Sara is the girl he shouldn't love. No matter how much he tries, Devon, now a young law student, believes he isn't the kind of guy who should be with the daughter of Andy Friessen.As he sets out to find justice for a mother who abandoned him when he was a child, struggling to undo a wrong and set the record straight, his life begins to unravel, and he finds more questions than answers. The ultimate cost could be his relationship with Sara, the love they have, and the future they planned together, which seems to be slipping away.

In THE ONE, Margaret Gordon was once a prominent Seattle surgeon, and after an accident returns to her hometown, the perfect spot to hide out from everyone and to lick her wounds, with no one around but her horse.Margaret never considered herself a horse person. But when the now-widowed Joe Wilde drives in one morning with a teenage boy and a horse with a problem, Margaret turns into that klutzy teenage misfit that silently carried a torch for Joe all through school. But when smooth-talking Joe convinces Margaret into working with the temperamental horse, sparks fly and sizzle between them. Only Joe believes Margaret has despised him all his life, but when life throw Joe a curveball he soon finds out the right woman he's been looking for has been there all along.Can Joe and Margaret put aside their differences and realize that the other is, The One?

A hit and runA deserted country road.A parents worst nightmare.On a warm fall morning in Gardiner, Washington, Richard and Maggie celebrate happy couple Sam and Marcie's return. What happens next changes their lives forever. A hit and run driver on a deserted country road, and Richard and Maggie suffer a parents worst nightmare.Now a year later Maggie McCafferty struggles to put her life back together...hiding her pain with outrageous behavior and her own secret she's unwilling to share. Until her friends step in and her strong willed soon to be ex-husband sets out to bring Maggie home- the only way he knows. Just as Maggie begins to trust again, Dan McKenzie calls after disappearing for over a year. But now he's back. And instead of Richard coming clean with the truth of their involvement, Richard digs himself in deeper, with mounting debts, a partner who refuses to buy him out-secrets shared only with Dan. Until one night a mysterious 911 caller witnesses a fight and Richard shooting Dan. But when the police arrive at the deserted construction site the only evidence of a crime is a pool of blood, and a surveillance video.Under mounting pressure from the police Richard's arrested and interrogated-except fiery secretive Richard is adamant he was home all night. In this bizarre twist of fate, Sam, Marcie and Diane work against the clock and wonder how well they really know their evasive friend. With Maggie by his side, Richard stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Richard didn't do it, where is Dan? And who is the mysterious 911 caller?

One Woman...Marcie is crazy in love with Dan who has been using her and promising his love in return. And she'll do anything for him, which is fast becoming a one way ticket to trouble. But in a freak accident she loses her memory landing in the path of sexy DEA Agent Sam Carre.Two Men...For DEA Agent Sam Carre when this attractive stranger lands in his path he just can't resist helping her, even though he's haunted by a past that gives him no peace. But as the sparks fly so do questions of what she's really involved in.And a choice that could kill her...This complex case pushes them both to explain the unexplainable bringing them face to face with generations-old evil and a haunting question. Sam's forced to make a choice: walk away from the attraction connecting them or risk losing everything.

Kate hasn't heard from Detective Walker Pruett since they shared a passionate night together. When he's assigned to investigate a robbery where she works, she knows she must protect her heart before she falls for him again... Kate Sikes has finally met who she believes is Mr. Right, only Detective Walker Pruett isn't all about flowers and living happily ever after. In fact, after the greatest night of sex Kate's ever had, she hasn't seen Walker once.However, she refuses to pine away for him or call him even though he invades her thoughts and her dreams-that is, until he shows up to investigate a case of robbery at the hotel where she works. Once again, Kate is left to fight Walker's charms, though she knows he can't commit and she's convinced he'll eventually break her heart.

A blind date goes deadly on a night she'll never forget.Kate Sikes has it all: she's smart and sexy, she has a great career, and she really does believe in happy endings-only she always picks the wrong guys. Nonetheless, she's determined to meet the man of her dreams, and she believes she's finally found the one when she turns to online dating. However, her high hopes are once again dashed when Mr. Right turns out to be Mr. Wrong, with some seriously heavy baggage that has Kate running for her life.When Detective Walker Pruett comes to Kate's rescue not once but twice, he realizes the only way to keep her safe from a crazy stalker is to keep her close. But his life is far from easy. He's a lone wolf, and the last thing he's looking for is attachment. After One Night with Kate, though, Walker can't fight the chemistry sizzling between them. Not only does he find her irresistible, he feels compelled to protect her. And Kate soon discovers just how far Walker will go to do so.

Everyone said they were too young to fall in loveKaty and Steven have planned out their happily ever after: marriage, family, and a place of their own. A simple life in a small town with big dreams, just like Katy's parents, Brad and Emily.However, life's hardships soon threaten the future Steven and Katy have planned together.

He's attractive and arrogant. She's his best friend's sister. After one night together Tiffy Cahill up and leaves town only to return three years later with a secret that could have Jeremy Friessen wishing she had never returned. But what Jeremy doesn't know is why she left, whatever her secret is--whatever her reason was for disappearing, Jeremy is determined to find out everything, and when he does he may wish he'd never found her.

In THE DEADLINE, Andy Friessen has packed up everything and moved his family two states away, to Montana, to protect his wife, Laura, his newborn babies, and his stepson, Gabriel, from the threats of his mother. Andy and Laura soon face a new threat, one they never saw coming when the life of one of their children is put in danger.What Andy doesn't count on is that a whole host of problems are about to be unleashed.

From NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart comes a heartwarming and emotional story about a family faced with secrets and an unexpected visitor who could destroy their happily ever after.¿A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE brings back the couple you fell in love with in The Forgotten Child. Now, years later, Brad and Emily are faced an entirely new set of challenges with their preteen autistic boy when his mother, Crystal, returns. She wants a relationship with the boy she abandoned-something Brad and Emily never expected. She says she's changed, but can the Friessens believe her?

She could give him everything except the one thing he wanted-A child.In THE PRICE TO LOVE, Candy knows that her husband wants a baby, but she can't give him one. When Neil pays for a surrogate and moves her into their home, he tells her not to worry, but she suddenly feels as if she's on the outside looking in.Then, one day she meets a little girl who steals her heart, a little girl with a damaged, scarred soul filled with the kind of despair and hopelessness that should never be in the innocent eyes of a child. But neither Neil nor his family understand her need to help.As their marriage hangs on the brink of disaster, Candy is forced to make a choice between her husband and helping this child.