Lorhainne Eckhart has 54 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 26 narrators. The most-rated is The Hometown Hero.
In the Stars
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Don't ever fall in love with your best friend! Join a brand new generation of Friessens in New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Lorhainne Eckhart's Friessen Family series. In the latest book, two lifelong friends don't realize their love for each other. Evie and Danny have been friends forever, and neither has considered the other in a romantic way. Then, one day, in drives Charlie Adams, the sexy, gorgeous daughter of the town banker. When she sets her sights on Danny, he just can't resist her charms. Little does he know that Evie is about as down and out as she can get, working a dead-end job with less than 20 dollars in her bank account. Her future and options are bleak, and to make it worse, as she watches from the sidelines, she realizes she has loved Danny forever. Will Danny realize that the love of his life may not be the woman he's dating? The Friessen Family series reading order: The Outsider series: The Forgotten Child A Baby and a Wedding (short story) Fallen Hero The Search (short story) The Awakening Secrets Runaway Overdue (short story) The Unexpected Storm The Wedding The Friessens: A New Beginning series The Deadline The Price to Love A Different Kind of Love A Vow of Love The Friessens series: The Reunion The Bloodline The Promise The Business Plan The Decision First Love Family First Leave the Light On In the Moment In the Family, A Friessen Family Christmas In the Silence In the Stars In the Charm
©2018 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2018 Lorhainne Ekelund
A Different Kind of Love
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Brad and Emily return in a heartwarming and emotional story about a family faced with secrets and an unexpected visitor who could destroy their happily ever after. A Different Kind of Love brings back the couple you fell in love with in The Forgotten Child. Now, years later, Brad and Emily are faced with an entirely new set of challenges with their preteen autistic boy when his mother, Crystal, returns. She wants a relationship with the boy she abandoned - something Brad and Emily never expected. She says she's changed, but can the Friessens believe her?
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Price to Love
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The highly anticipated second book in The Friessens: A New Beginning continues with the moving saga of Neil and Candy in The Price to Love. *Warning - This is a highly emotional romance with realistic elements that may tug at your heartstrings. ...I knew my husband wanted a baby, but I couldn't give him one. When Neil paid for a surrogate and moved her into our home, he told me not to worry, but I couldn't help but notice that she recognized the strong, sexy alpha male inside him, and I suddenly felt as if I was on the outside looking in. Then, one day, I met Cat, the young girl who stole my heart. I saw something in Cat that I couldn't turn away from: a damaged, scarred soul filled with the kind of despair and hopelessness that should never have been in the innocent eyes of a child. Cat needed me - my voice, my hugs, and my love - and she captured my heart. However, neither Neil nor his family understood my need to help her. I found myself alone, and I knew I was the only one who could save Cat before it was too late.
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2014 Lorhainne Ekelund
Out of Time
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When single, unattached John McCabe goes out for last-minute Christmas shopping, what he doesn’t expect is to find himself in the middle of a life-or-death rescue. John isn’t known for having the perfect gift for everyone at Christmas. He usually hits the malls in the final hours before they close, grabs the last thing on the shelf, and cringes as the gifts are unwrapped. But this year is different. He’s determined to do better. However, on his way to a store in downtown Salem, he spots a crowd of people and sees a woman on the rooftop of a five-story building, about to jump to her death. Instead of waiting for help, John does what he knows his father and uncles would do: He goes out on the rooftop after the stranger, with the sole intention of talking her down. What he soon learns is how a desperate situation can turn into the worst-case scenario, because this woman believes there is no turning back.
©2019 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2020 Lorhainne Ekelund
It Was Always You: The Friessens
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She never realized until she lost him that he was the only man she’d ever love. Katy and Steven were the loves of each other’s lives until a tragedy and the fallout of Steven’s injuries drove the couple apart. They share a son, but Katy and Steven have moved on with their lives, dating other people, and neither has seen the other in five long years. But when Steven comes knocking on Katy’s parents’ door after learning she’s back in town, Katy is forced to face her estranged husband and the love that broke her heart, and his intentions regarding their all-but-over marriage are soon made very clear. The only problem is that as simple as it would be for them to walk away, seeing just what it means to move on and start a new life may not be as easy as they once thought. Did you miss the other books in this big family romance series? Start with the worldwide best seller The Forgotten Child, translated in German and French and coming soon to Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. Listening order: The Outsider Series (The Friessen Legacy) The Forgotten Child A Baby and a Wedding Fallen Hero The Search The Awakening Secrets Runaway Overdue The Unexpected Storm The Wedding The Friessens: A New Beginning: The Deadline (Andy and Laura) The Price to Love (Neil and Candy) A Different Kind of Love (Brad and Emily) A Vow of Love, A Friessen Family Christmas The Friessens The Reunion The Bloodline (Andy and Laura) The Promise (Diana and Jed) The Business Plan (Neil and Candy) The Decision (Brad and Emily) First Love (Katy) Family First Leave the Light On In the Moment In the Family: A Friessen Family Christmas In the Silence In the Stars In the Charm Unexpected Consequences It Was Always You The First Time I Saw You Welcome to My Arms I’ll Always Love You A Reason to Breathe You Are My Everything
©2018 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2018 Lorhainne Ekelund
In the Silence
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When a young woman searches her dark past for answers, she realizes that some secrets are best left unrevealed. In this touching Friessen family novel, as Cat searches for answers from a past that still haunts her, she unexpectedly meets a man hired to keep her safe - a man who reaches her in a way no one else has. When a dangerous flirtation ensues, and secrets are revealed, the ultimate cost could be her first love. Growing up, Cat Friessen didn’t always know who she was. In fact, her earliest memory is of being alone in a silent world, terrified and misunderstood, left like garbage in a Mexican orphanage. The memory haunts her, and it’s one she’s never shared with her parents Neil and Candy Friessen, who have given her their name, their love, and a surgery that changed her life for the better. Now 19, Cat struggles with her sheltered existence and the fact that she doesn’t really fit in. Her identity lies somewhere between deaf and hearing, and even though she now has a life she’s grateful for, she can’t help feeling as if this world belongs to everyone else, as her past continues to follow her like a dark cloud of secrets. Desperate to find answers, Cat can’t share with anyone what she’s thinking or feeling, but all that changes when she meets Xander Jennings, a man who takes tall, dark, and dangerous to another level. When the house almost burns down one night and Cat sleeps through the alarms, Neil hires Xander to make sure it can never happen again. Only, Xander has secrets of his own - ones he doesn’t share with anyone. He sets one strict rule for his jobs: no getting involved with the client. That is, until he meets Cat, who leads him into a dangerous flirtation and forces him to choose between doing the job he’s been hired to do or coming clean with her about everything he’s hiding, which could cost him this opportunity for love.
©2018 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2020 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Neighbor
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After the devastating loss of her husband, Jenny Sweetgrass packs up her teenage daughter Alison and moves to Livingston, Montana, hoping for a fresh start - that is, until Ryan O’Connell knocks on her door. Park ranger Ryan is one of the six O’Connell siblings in Livingston, raised by an independent mom who has been a rock to him. He has a career he loves, and up until six weeks ago, he lived a comfortable life. When a new neighbor moves in and disturbs the quiet peace of the area, bringing with her a daughter who’s walking trouble, Ryan is shocked to discover that the woman is a one-night stand he picked up at a bar, years ago. Right now, the gorgeous Jenny isn’t too interested in making friends, but despite her cool façade, as Ryan gets to know her, he can’t fight an idiotic need to try to ease the pain he sees her trying to hide. At the same time, he knows, deep down, that both mother and daughter have a secret, and if he were smart, he would listen to his brother’s warning and walk away. When Alison goes missing, everyone in town believes she simply ran off or found her way into trouble, but nothing about her disappearance adds up. She simply set out on an afternoon hike into the park and never came back. Jenny soon learns she’s not alone when Ryan takes matters into his own hands and sets off with her into the park to find her daughter. What he doesn’t know is that Alison is actually his daughter, too, and when he learns the truth and the real reason she left, the secret could end up dividing the O’Connell family and the community.
©2020 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2020 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Friessens: A New Beginning, The Collection
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From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Lorhainne Eckhart comes The Friessens: A New Beginning a big family romance series collection, which includes The Deadline, The Price to Love, A Different Kind of Love, and A Vow of Love. In The Deadline, Andy Friessen has packed up everything and moved his family two states away, to Montana, to protect his wife, Laura, his newborn babies, and his stepson, Gabriel, from the threats of his mother. What Andy doesn’t know is that they’ll soon face a new threat, one he never saw coming. Gabriel is sick, and a trip to the doctor confirms Laura and Andy’s worst nightmare: Without a lifesaving transplant, their son won’t survive. What Andy doesn’t count on, as he tracks down the young man who fathered Gabriel, as well as Laura’s estranged parents, is that a whole host of problems are about to be unleashed. The Price to Love She could give him everything except the one thing he wanted - a child. Candy knows that her husband wants a baby, but she can’t give him one. When Neil pays for a surrogate and moves her into their home, he tells her not to worry, but she suddenly feels as if she’s on the outside looking in. Then, one day, she meets a little girl who steals her heart, a little girl with a damaged, scarred soul filled with the kind of despair and hopelessness that should never be in the innocent eyes of a child. But neither Neil nor his family understand her need to help. As their marriage hangs on brink of disaster Candy is forced to make a choice between her husband and helping this child. A Different Kind of Love brings back the couple that started it all: Brad and Emily. You fell in love with them in The Forgotten Child. Now, years later, they face an entirely new set of challenges with their preteen autistic boy when his mother, Crystal, returns. She wants a relationship with the boy she abandoned - something Brad and Emily never expected. She says she’s changed, but can the Friessens believe her? A Vow of Love, A Friessen Family Christmas Sometimes, families need a helping hand.... Holidays are about family, love, and giving, but this Christmas, the Friessens are in for a rough holiday season. Thirteen days before Christmas, a letter arrives that Candy Friessen was never meant to see. When she opens it, she discovers a lie that rocks her world, and she begins to question everything she and Neil have created together, including his love for her and their family. Seven days before Christmas, her heart breaking, Candy considers leaving her husband for good, and she begins making plans - until a call one night alerts all the Friessens that Becky, their mother, is in the hospital, fighting for her life.
©2014 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
You Are My Everything
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Up-and-coming hockey rookie Michael Friessen has everything going for him: a future few could hope for and parents who are his everything. He doesn’t want anything more until one weekend before he secures a spot with the Canucks, when he wakes up with a ring on his finger and the hottest, sexiest blonde sound asleep beside him. He tries to tell himself it was a mistake...that he isn’t looking for a relationship, and despite everything about her - including the night he’s still trying to remember - he’s determined not to fall for her. But the closer they get, the deeper he falls, until he learns that the night they met may not have been accidental.
©2019 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Friessens
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This special boxed set edition includes five contemporary romance books from a big family romance series fans have fallen in love with. The Reunion The family you thought you knew. A reunion you'll never forget. A love that lasts forever. The Bloodline Andy Friessen has two guarantees in life: His wife, Laura, and his children are safe from the control of his family. A safety deposit box holds evidence that could blow his mother's world apart. But nothing is ever simple or easy, and one night tragedy strikes, yanking the rug from under him. This time, secrets and lies could destroy the solid foundation he's built for his family. The Promise Falling in love with Jed Friessen was a dream come true. Married to Jed, Diana has a family and is living her happily ever after. She knew heartbreak and suffering as a child, and the pain of rejection, but she now understands what it means to be loved. However, when the past comes knocking on her door, reminding her of everything she's left behind, everything she was, and everything she's lost, her guilt and doubt threaten the life she's built with her husband. The Business Plan Neil Friessen has almost everything he's ever wanted: His wife, the woman he's always loved. His children, whom he never believed he would have. And an empty bank account. Until one day, that is, when he comes up with the business plan. The Decision The Friessens, stars of the bestselling series, are back with another heartwarming fan favorite romance from author Lorhainne Eckhart. Emily Friessen has everything a woman could want: a husband who’s the love of her life, a family that stands together, and children she wouldn’t trade for anything. To everyone around her, she’s confident and strong; but then, she has to be with a man like Brad, who is all about family and too handsome for his own good. Emily isn’t as together as she appears, though, and when life throws her and Brad a curveball, it tests their relationship, leaving Emily scrambling and feeling very much alone as both are faced with a decision no parent should have to make.
©2016 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2016 Lorhainne Ekelund
Merkaba
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In Merkaba, everyone thought he was dead and that's exactly how he needs it to stay. Until one day he stumbles across a mysterious dark haired beauty. Only, there is nothing average or ordinary about this secretive woman, and she knows exactly what and who he is. He tries to get close to her, to figure her out and what she's really doing in the field of the state park. But when trouble finds her, he's the only one who can save her; even though she's the one woman who could ultimately be his undoing. Walk the Right Road Series: The Choice Lost And Found Merkaba Bounty Blown Away, The Final Chapter The Outsider Series: The Forgotten Child (Brad and Emily) A Baby And A Wedding (An Outsider Series Short) Fallen Hero (Andy, Jed, and Diana) The Search (An Outsider Series Short) The Awake
©2013 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
Not Quite Married
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Julia and Logan are getting married, and everything is going according to plan…until she finds out she’s pregnant! On the same day, she is served a child custody suit by her ex-husband and is involved in a car accident, and Julia feels that her life is spiraling out of control. She begins to question everything - including Logan’s love for her. In this touching romance novella, Not Quite Married, Logan has his work cut out for him in his mission to get Julia to the altar. (Guest appearances by Samuel Wilde.) Julia and Logan are getting married. Theirs has been a whirlwind romance: First, her daughter Trinity was abducted, but Logan found her. Julia can no longer fight her feelings for Logan, even though, deep down, she worries about the former marine and the nightmares he carries. However, when she finds out she’s pregnant, causes a car accident, and is served a child custody suit by her lying and cheating ex-husband all in one day, Julia feels that her life is spiraling out of control. She begins to question everything - including Logan’s love for her. But Logan can never let her go. He stands by her and her daughters, all the while hiding his own dark and painful secrets. Before she can marry Logan, Julia needs to be sure he’s the man she believes him to be. THE WILDE BROTHERS: The One (Joe & Margaret) The Honeymoon, A Wilde Brothers Short Friendly Fire (Logan & Julia) Not Quite Married, A Wilde Brothers Short A Matter of Trust (Ben & Carrie) The Reckoning, A Wilde Brothers Christmas Traded (Jake) Unforgiven (Samuel)
©2013 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2018 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Commitment
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As far as Marcus O’Connell is concerned, his situation is perfect. He’s now living with the love of his life, Charlotte, and they’re serving as guardians for Eva, a little girl he rescued whose mother is serving time in prison for a crime of which, in Marcus’s mind, she was unfairly convicted. But Charlotte isn’t on board with Marcus’ way of thinking. Because her divorce is now final, she wants - no, expects - Marcus to want the same things she does. One of those things is a committed relationship, which, to Charlotte, means marriage. For Marcus, though, marriage is only a piece of paper, and it doesn’t have anything to do with commitment. However, when circumstances change for Eva, whom they both love deeply, Marcus is forced to make some hard decisions to keep both Eva and Charlotte, and he questions his reasons for not wanting marriage. What will he need to do to keep the child he and Charlotte now consider theirs?
©2020 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2021 Lorhainne Ekelund
The Hometown Hero
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In this shocking O’Connell family novel, a brother’s secret is exposed, opening up old wounds and creating a scandal that could rock the community. Big brother Owen O’Connell was only 16 when his father mysteriously disappeared, forcing him to become a father figure to his five younger siblings. If you were to ask them, they’d say Owen is the perfect older brother with the perfect life: He’s single, a plumber, working his own hours in a close-knit community. Owen, though, knows that appearances are often deceiving. When he is called to a plumbing emergency at the local high school after a grad prank goes wrong, he finds his old rival Tessa Brooks, now a teacher, holding a broken pipe in the middle of the flood, thinking she can fix the problem. However, the two soon make a horrifying discovery: the body of a student tucked away in a closet. The event brings authorities flocking in, and in the ensuing chaos, Owen realizes that someone knows too much about his family. Having carefully held the family together since his father disappeared, he is determined to keep their secrets right where they are, dead and buried. But sometimes, secrets get revealed in the most scandalous of ways.
©2020 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2021 Lorhainne Ekelund