Böcker av Walker Hilary Walker

The skillful trainer can heal horses' wounds. But will he let a teenage boy make him face his own?Jack's only interest is helping troubled horses. People annoy him.When bad news sends him back to his native England for the first time in two decades, dark secrets erupt from his past - secrets he fled the country to escape.On his return, Father Michael asks him to help Joe, a teenager in desperate need of what only the trainer can offer. Jack hasn't been to church in years and wants nothing to do with the kid.Then he learns the true nature of Joe's problems - and is forced to face his own wounds.Will Jack stubbornly persist in bitter isolation?Or will he open his heart and use his God-given talents to heal the boy?

Father Michael's brother-in-law has an impossible house guest - Justin, an army veteran suffering from PTSD. The man is making life miserable for his host family. The priest has no practical assistance to offer, until an incident in church gives him an idea. Naturally, his plan involves the ever-reluctant and newly-wed trainer Jack Harper. It will also require the help of Isaac, a very special but damaged horse on his farm.And a wager.Meanwhile Father Michael gives a podcast interview to a local atheist hoping to trip him up on Catholic matters. As soon as the podcast is aired, church attendance plummets and the priest is under intense pressure from his bishop to rectify the situation.Justin is no closer to coming back to the faith and the podcaster is rejoicing in his victory over the Church. Will God makes good come out of evil for those who love Him, as Father Michael wants to believe?

Jack has a new love - and a dark secret that will drive her away. Will he choose to live a lie or come clean and risk losing her forever?After revealing the truth about their baby, Jack's ex-girlfriend hopes to rekindle her romance with him. But Jack cannot give her what she wants.Meanwhile, Father Michael has a new mission for him: to help bullied teenager Robert gain self-confidence by working on the farm during the summer. When Robert shows more interest in canines than horses, Jack and the priest become unexpectedly involved in the world of dogs.Then Joe, the teenager Jack helped, returns with Laura, his widowed mother. She wants to thank Jack in person for helping her son and his horse.Jack is instantly smitten with her.Then Laura unwittingly reveals a connection between her and Jack's past. But if she discovers the full truth, she'll reject his advances, and he'll lose her and Joe forever.Jack is at the hardest crossroads of his life.Should he risk telling her the truth, come what may?Or live a lie and never be able to reveal their true relationship? *****Riding Out the Tempest is the second book of The Jack Harper trilogy.It will transport you into Jack's world, where God continues to call him through the one medium the trainer understands: horses.

Father Michael returns home late to find an old college roommate sitting on his doorstep: Father Dan has been kicked out by his wife and needs somewhere to stay. In the past, Jack Harper's horses have always helped solve people's problems and Father Michael appeals to the equine trainer for assistance in reconciling the married couple. But the outcome is devastating. Not only that, but veteran Justin Chambers and his estranged spouse Elizabeth are at each other's throats. As if that weren't enough, the pastor's ex-girlfriend shows up, rekindling emotions Father Michael thought he'd dealt with long ago. The world of evil is crushing his soul as he struggles to live up to his priestly calling and fight off the devil's onslaught.