Lauren Brooke

Heartland #1

Coming Home

Although Amy is helping out with the horses at Heartland again, she still feels guilty about her mother's death. To make matters worse, she is trying to care for Spartan, the horse she and her mother rescued before the accident. For Amy, Spartan is an everyday reminder of the wreck. And Amy is a reminder for Spartan as well. Finally, Amy realizes that Spartan will never forgive her until she forgives herself.

After the Storm

Amy's life has drastically changed. She's found herself taking on the huge responsibility of running Heartland, the horse refuge that was her mother1s life work. The one constant for Amy has been her friendship with Ty, Heartland1s 17-year-old stable hand. But the arrival of a new hand, Ben, throws everything off balance. By the time Amy realizes she1s taken Ty for granted, it could be too late.

Taking Chances

Heartland is a horse farm nestled in the hills of Virginia, but it's much more than that. Heartland is like no other place -- it's a place where the scars of the past can be healed, a place where frightened and abused horses learn to trust again. Pegasus is all Amy has left of her past, but he's steadily growing weaker. Amy's trying to care for him and hold Heartland together. She's striving to do just what her mother would have done, but everything is beginning to unravel. It will take all of Amy's courage to let go of her mother's legacy, but it is the only way that she will break free and find her own.

Breaking Free

Heartland is a horse farm nestled in the hills of Virginia, but it's much more than that. Heartland is a place like no other -- a place where the scars of the past can be healed, a place where frightened and abused horses learn to trust again. When Amy finds out her sister, Lou, is trying to get in touch with their estranged father, she doesn't know how to feel. She isn't willing to let her father into her life again. Forcing herself to forget about it, Amy focuses her attention on the new horse, Melody. But when complications develop with Melody's unborn foal, it takes nothing short of a miracle to help Amy realize that life is not about the pain you've felt in the past, but the hope you hold for the future.

Come What May

As Amy adjusts to life without her mother, she relies on her friend Ty, who shares with Amy the responsibility for maintaining Heartland, and when she's struck by another family crisis, it's to Ty that she turns for support.

One Day You'll Know

Gallant Prince was a famed and loved race horse before the stable fire. Now he is fierce and withdrawn. Even as his burns begin to heal, his soul does not. And Amy does not know how to help. Amy has never had such a difficult time reaching a horse. Since the first day Gallant Prince arrived at Heartland, he's stayed at the back of his stall, pacing anxiously. Amy knows the fear of the stable fire blazes behind Prince's threats, his bared teeth and haunted eyes. But she doesn't know how she can help a horse that has taken refuge so deep within itself. Amy can't face the fact that even she might not be able to lead Prince out of his darkness.

Out of the Darkness

The flu has overrun the horses at Heartland, and despite Amy and Ty's efforts to keep the unaffected horses out of risk, the illness keeps spreading, and causes a rift in friendships.

Darkest Hour

Twelve years after the last time she has seen him, Amy's father visits her at Heartland, and Amy wonders if they can ever reconcile their differences.

Thicker Than Water

When Amy meets Daniel, she is shocked by his coldness, but after she spends time with him, she begins to understand his desire to avoid the spectacle of the show circuit, and his great love for his horse, Amber.

Tomorrow's Promise

In an attempt to help two different horses, Amy finds herself involved in the personal lives of their owners, one whom is her showjumping rival, Ashley Grant. When Ashley Grant shows up uninvited at Heartland, Amy is suspicious. Ashley has been anything but nice in the past, and now she is asking for a favor. She wants Amy to help train Bright Magic, a showy European jumper recently purchased by her mom. Despite Amy's cloudy relationship with the Grants, she accepts the challenge, knowing that helping horses is her first priority. And as Amy starts to work with Ashley, she is forced to see her bitter old rival in a whole new way.

True Enough

When Amy has no solution for curing Mercury, a dapple-grey jumper, she seeks the aid of a Native American horse healer who had known her mother. Every New Day is a spiritual awakening for Amy. Amy is only 15, but she inherited countless responsibilities when her mother died. Most of all, she is expected to fill her mother's role as the horse healer at Heartland. Amy is talented, but still a novice. She can't admit she needs time to grow and understand. When she can't cure Mercury, and she and Ty argue about his treatment, she decides to visit a Native American horseman who knew her mother. Amy takes Mercury to the mountain-top stable searching for answers, but she ultimately learns that she can't always chase down solutions. Sometimes she has to wait for them to find her.

Every New Day

Amy visits her friend Carey and at first assumes that Carey needs help with her unruly horse Mustang. Later, Amy wonders why Carey is surprisingly cold towards both her and the horse.

New Beginnings

Amy must make a decision between two lifelong dreams--caring for sick and injured horses or showing Storm in major competition--when she realizes she cannot be dedicated to both.

Sooner Or Later

When an injured police horse named Venture arrives at Heartland, Amy assures Sergeant Garcia that Heartland can help him, but Amy finds her own faith put to the test as she works with the wounded gelding.

Holding Fast

On a visit to their father's ranch in Australia, Lou has no difficulty accepting her father's new wife, Helena, while Amy seeks refuge in the stables and in working with Spirit, the reluctant grey gelding trained by Helena.

Love Is a Gift

When Ty's father, Brad, makes an unexpected stop at Heartland, Amy is horrified to discover that he is transporting seven sick and dehydrated horses, which pits Ty against his father as he and Amy try to nurse the horses back to health.

A Season of Hope

Before leaving for college, Amy tries to help an injured paint horse and come to terms with her past.

Always There

Amy considers attending college next year - which would mean leaving Heartland.

From this Day on

Amy takes on the challenge of breaking a mustang while hoping her boyfriend Ty will recover from his coma.

Lauren Brooke

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