Catalog Search Results
1) The walk
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and the love of your life--all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts but then decides to take a walk, heading for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life.
2) Finding noel
Author
Language
English
Description
A twenty-one-year-old woman searches for clues to her past while struggling with vague memories of being sent away by her parents at the age of seven, a younger sister, and a Christmas ornament inscribed with the word, "Noel."
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
In St. Louis, Alan Christoffersen faces another life-changing crisis, putting his journey to grace in jeopardy.
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Now nearly halfway through his trek, Alan Christoffersen walks from South Dakota to Memphis, Tennessee. He covers more than 800 miles on foot, but it's the people he meets along the way who give the journey its true meaning.
5) Miles to go
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Alan Christoffersen, a once-successful advertising executive, wakes one morning to find himself injured, alone, and confined to a hospital bed in Spokane, Washington. Sixteen days earlier, reeling from the sudden loss of his wife, his home, and his business, Alan left everything he knew behind and set off on an extraordinary cross-country journey. Carrying only a backpack, he planned to walk to Key West, the farthest destination on his map....
Author
Language
English
Description
Chicago celebrity, Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted-fame, fans and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 1
Language
English
Description
To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael's friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The master of the holiday novel presents the moving story of two people who brave loneliness and loss to find love. Dear Universe, Is anyone out there? Thinking no one is reading, a blogger who calls herself LBH writes about her most personal feelings, especially her overwhelming loneliness. She goes from day to day showing a brave face to the world while inside she longs to know how it would feel if one person cared about her. Alex Bartlett cares....
Author
Series
Mistletoe collection volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Tired of spending the holidays alone since her bitter divorce three years ago, Elise accepts a proposition from a man in her building to be a pretend couple until Christmas. As the charade progresses, her badly broken heart begins to mend, but secrets threaten to destroy the emerging relationship"--
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In this new holiday-themed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk, a man receives the best Christmas present he could ask for: the chance to re-write the past. Jason Chercher is not doing well in love or life. Just two weeks after his wife leaves him he receives a phone call that his estranged mother has passed away, days before Christmas--leaving her home and all her belongings to him. Frankly,...
13) Promise me
Author
Language
English
Description
"Beth Cardall has a secret. For eighteen years, she has had no choice but to keep it to herself, but on Christmas Eve 2008, all that is about to change. For Beth, 1989 was a year marked by tragedy. Her life was falling apart: her six-year-old daughter, Charlotte, was suffering from an unidentifiable illness; her marriage transformed from a seemingly happy and loving relationship to one full of betrayal and pain; her job at the dry cleaners was increasingly...
14) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen-- a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner-- isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The second holiday love story in New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans' Mistletoe Collection. At thirty-two Kimberly Rossetti, a finance officer at a Lexus car dealership, has had her heart broken more times than she wants to remember. With two failed engagements, a divorce and again alone with no prospects, she hardly seems the type to dream of being a published romance author. Dreading another holiday alone, she signs up for The...
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 2
Language
English
Description
Sally Walther feels like her world is imploding. Publicly humiliated after her husband, a local councilman, is arrested for bigamy and her subsequent divorce, she has isolated herself from the world. When her only friend insists that Sally climb out of her hole and embrace the season to get her out of her funk, Sally decides to put up a Christmas tree and heads off to buy one--albeit reluctantly. She is immediately taken by Andrew, the kind, handsome...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling King of Christmas Fiction is back this holiday season with another heartwarming and wintery tale of rediscovering faith and love. A coming-of-age holiday tale based on Richard Paul Evans's own childhood that shows us how hope and acceptance can be found in the most unexpected of places. -- From the publisher.
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the night of her high school graduation, Richelle Bach's father gives her and her identical twin sister, Michelle, matching opal necklaces. "These opals look identical," he tells them, "but the fire inside each is completely unique--just like the two of you." Indeed, the two sisters couldn't be more different, and their paths diverge as they embark on adulthood. Years pass, until-- at their father's behest-- they both come home for Christmas. What...
20) A perfect day
Author
Language
English
Description
When Robert Paul is laid off from his job, he writes a novel entitled "A perfect day" based on the last few months his wife and her father spent together as he died of cancer. The story becomes a huge success and Robert finds himself swept into a world far from his family and home. As their relationship crumbles, Robert files for divorce, only to have his plans derailed by a peculiar encounter at a book signing.
In WISCAT Wisconsin Resource Sharing
Can't find what you're looking for? Search WISCAT Wisconsin Resource Sharing to search libraries outside our area. Contact your local library to place a request.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try suggesting a purchase. Submit Request