Gudrun Frerichs

The Broken Heart Gudrun Frerichs

True love never does run smooth - but there is a price to pay for giving up
When Ashley catches Daniel with another woman in a compromising situation, her love is deeply shaken, and she questions the bedrock of their relationship. To find herself and heal her broken heart, she comes to Settler's Ridge, a remote mountain village in New Zealand. Falling in love with the slower pace of village life, she has to rethink her values and what's important to fight for. Can Daniel redeem himself and prove that he's the victim of a set-up? He realizes their ten-year relationship is at stake and asks his friend Mark, a private investigator, to help him. They're faced with unraveling a string of incidences that get increasingly more serious and life-threatening. When things get heated, all he wants is to keep Ashley safe ... but can he?Ko au te awa - ko te awa ko au ... I am the river, the river is meTime has stood still in Settler's Ridge, a small mountain village on the Whanganui river in the heart of New Zealand. The four-hundred residents maybe be short on words, they are big on helping each other.