Virginia Green
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Top of the South
Location:
Nelson
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Out of the Ashes
What would you do if you lost everyone you loved overnight? How do you keep living when everything in you is screaming out in pain? GRACE KINGSTON had it all. A passionate marriage, two gorgeous children and a career she loved until they were ripped from her life in a hit and run. Thrust into a life she didn’t choose, she battles under the weight of her grief, and the conflicting desire to honour their memory. When she finds a handwritten bucket list in her son’s bedroom, she sells everything she owns and takes off on a quest that transforms her. Conquering some of her greatest fears and insecurities, across three continents, Grace is faced with a decision. Does she keep living her life in survival mode, clinging to the memory of her husband and children, or does she release them from her tight grasp and build a new life without them? What will it take to claim a life, filled to the brim with the passion and joy she desires? This raw, breathtaking story delves into the darkest places of grief and reveals the beauty that rises out of the ashes. Praise for Vanessa Evetts “Ms Evetts writes with honesty, passion, and raw emotion, to create poignant stories of love, loss, and life. Phenomenal, empowering, and heartbreakingly real, these are books that will inspire and uplift women everywhere.” Heidi Farrelly, Internationally bestselling author “Vanessa Evetts takes readers on a moving, hopeful, and deeply affecting journey into the world of life after tragedy. You will laugh, you will cry, and I guarantee that after it’s over you’ll think about this book for days. A brilliant debut.” Rebecca Addison, Author.
Beautiful Fragments
What benefit is hope, when you're trapped inside a nightmare that has no end? Abandoned by those who claimed to love her and manipulated into the sex industry as a teen mum, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a drug and human trafficking ring with no hope of escape. The only way out is to become the author of her own death and leave her daughter an orphan until a life-changing offer from a stranger gives her a taste of the freedom she so desires. Hidden away in a quaint beach town, Sophie and Lacie build a new life, clinging to the promises scribed in a handful of mysterious letters, until the strong grip of her past and the men who controlled it, turn up and rip her newfound peace to shreds. Alone, tortured and separated from her young daughter, Sophie has to decide whether to cling to impossible hope or give in to the desperate need to end her suffering. What would you choose? BEAUTIFUL FRAGMENTS is full of suspense, heartbreak and breathtaking transformation as Sophie discovers her worth and fights for her freedom against all odds. Set in New Zealand, this novel is a story about the power of grace, love and kindness and a celebration of the unbreakable strength of the human spirit.