Meredith Resce

After being expelled, Joey is sent to the country to help an old man. Will it turn his life around or will his past follow him? Joey is sent to the country where his phone won’t work, he’ll be far away from his buddies, and has to live with his great-aunt. His mother must be nuts if she thinks he’ll go. But there isn’t any choice. This is the third school he’s been asked to leave. For fighting. Which is stupid because he doesn’t fight. It’s an unfortunate case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sure, he disrupts every class he attends—a skill he’s proud of. Or at least he pretends to be proud of. He has to disrupt them to keep everyone from realizing he can’t read. But it turns out that Auntie Belle is not so old and not so bad, and when she asks him to help out a neighbor who’s recovering from a bad accident, Joey finds a world he can understand. Young Harry has horses and dogs and a bull. And he has a garden that produces more food than Joey has seen in the city supermarket. It looks like Young Harry will become his new best friend—better than the ones he hung out with on the streets in the city. Young Harry is eighty-five years old. He doesn’t have a phone either—or anything else from the 21st century. But even without electricity and the internet, Joey has never felt more at home. He likes the trust Harry has in him, hopes to join the local football team and he enjoys going for rides with Emily, the girl who looks after Harry’s horses. But that’s until the break-ins start. Robbie, who thinks Emily is his girl, points the finger of blame at Joey and the locals turn against him. And when one of his friends from the city is revealed as the culprit, he wants to recruit Joey in his break and enters. After all, he can’t change who he is, can he? And the locals will never accept him as one of them. Or will they? And will Joey betray Young Harry? Last Chance Joey is a great read for every kid who struggles to find acceptance and their place in the world. Joey finds not only somewhere that he belongs, but also the courage to stand up for what’s important to him and the people he cares about.

What a difference a year makes.Last year, Arianne Rayne was playing college basketball and looking forward to a permanent future with her boyfriend.This year, she is learning to live with disability.After walking away from an accident he'd caused by reckless driving, her boyfriend walked away from her. The uncertainty of how life would look now that she had lost mobility was enough for him to break the relationship, and her heart.Coming to Trinity Lakes to live with her stable, unflappable grandparents is hope for a new beginning and a chance to heal her heart. Away from her parents' cloistered, cotton-wool approach, she hopes to learn how to live independently with the help of physiotherapist and trainers at the local gym.Until she meets Matthew Kennedy. He might be buff and good looking, but he has no idea how to relate to someone living with disability. He's eligible, and he is certainly accessible, given he is one of her personal trainers, but will he ever see beyond her wheelchair? Arianne's heart tells her it's unlikely.Until she is stranded, and Matthew is her only hope of getting home.Book #8 of the Trinity Lakes Romance series (can be read as a standalone)An enemies to lovers, small town, contemporary Christian romance. Visit Trinity Lakes and meet the fun and quirky characters who value family, faith, and happily-ever-after.

Small town romanceSecond chance romanceAlanah, has set off on a trip of a lifetime. Her best friend from high school, Sasha Kennedy, has invited her to Trinity Lakes, Washington State, to be part of her wedding party. South Australia to Trinity Lakes is literally the other side of the world, so Alanah has a full schedule of adventure planned while she's away. A summer camp counselor; a trip to Canada; sightseeing in New York and Boston; and avoiding Sasha's twin-brother, Caleb. But a silly accident puts Sasha out of commission for all the planned adventures, and Caleb is sent to retrieve his former high school sweetheart from the airport. Eleven years should be enough time to have cooled the love Alanah and Caleb once shared. Should be, but apparently not. This is not a great thing to acknowledge considering Caleb has just announced his engagement to someone else. Six months of avoiding Caleb-worse-avoiding feelings about Caleb-is going to be a long time.

Contemporary Christian FictionRegency romance author, Luella Linley, arranges her characters' lives, making sure that they weather all storms and live happily-ever-after. Her characters are putty in her hands, but her 21st Century adult children are not so easily organized. When her daughter, Megan, asks for support with an inappropriate situation at work, Luella decides Megan should get a boyfriend to intimidate her boss. The cop who just pulled Luella over for speeding is a likely candidate.Cam Fletcher is expecting to be interviewed by a famous author. Instead of sharing insights into his job working in the police force, he is sharing a meal with the famous author and her daughter, Megan. When left alone with Megan, Cam wonders when the interview will begin. The parents' extended absence gives him a clue, which Megan confirms. Luella Linley is playing matchmaker, but is he willing to play the game?