Böcker av Marilyn Demars

The Way ForwardA sequel to The Way BackJody Mitchell, with her brother Don and friend Elliot Treggor, has moved to a heavily wooded area in the northeastern corner of Minnesota. Together they have ventured into purchasing and running the Pinewood Motel.As each leaves a troubled past behind them and is looking forward to a new beginning, some new and unexpected challenges hit by way of a bartender named Nora and a seven-year-old girl named Mad. Frenzy is soon back in their lives, proving that while The Way Forward is not always the smoothest road, its values run deep.

Jody gets a tip as to the whereabouts of her long-lost brother, Don. Ever since he took off eight years ago, when he was nineteen and she fourteen, she's missed him and worried about him incessantly. Finding him now and bringing him back to their home in Winona, Minnesota becomes her obsession. She persuades her boss, Elliot, to take a break from his failing motel business and go with her on the up-north trip. Due to some unexpected circumstances, a simple plan turns desperate and crazy. Returning home does not prove to be everyone's solace. Besides the brother and sister each having a nagging past that won't leave them alone, and an uncertain future to face, Jody struggles to reestablish their once close sibling relationship. Unusual obstacles work in strange ways toward keeping all of them, Jody, Don, and Elliot, searching for resolutions toward stable and meaningful lives.

Carla Wade makes a mistake for which she is terribly sorry. But being sorry isn't enough to stop the unfortunate chain of events that follow The Mistake.Carla's life in the small town of Tag Lake, Minnesota is no longer sweet and simple. A bad decision suddenly turns it upside down. Along with the stress and complexity she has created, she also has her approaching fortieth birthday to contend with. For someone not liking much change, she's deep in it now.

Just because Sunny loves books doesn't mean she has to work in a library forever. A delightfully charming single woman, made of spunk and compassion, and love, still looks forward to reaching her lifelong dream despite a big setback in her past.When she quits her librarian job to go to work for a troubled man named Garrett, she finds that helping him fix his unsettled life may also be just the step she needs toward moving forward on her own. Except...can it really be this easy?

When Mark asks Tracy to marry him, she tells him about this brother she has. Evan has agoraphobia, a fear of open places, which she seriously feels could be a threat to their relationship. Mark, easy going and less of a worrier, doesn't foresee this. But when he meets Evan, he develops a strong desire to cure him.Despite her devotion to Evan's welfare, Tracy nevertheless observes Mark's endeavor as more hindrance than help. Which in turn makes Mark soon realize that she may be as much of a puzzle as is her brother. Arguments and small wars develop between the three of them amidst their learning about challenge, trust, and a better way of perceiving the truth.