One Breath Away

✍ Scribed by Gudenkauf, Heather

• Book ID: 108426546
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 229 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

In her most emotionally charged novel to date, New York Times bestselling
author Heather Gudenkauf explores the unspoken events that shape a community, the ties
between parents and their children and how the fragile normalcy of our everyday life is
so easily shattered. In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed
with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of
Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the
town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his
two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and
wonders if he has failed his child again. Trapped in her classroom, Evelyn Oliver
watches for an opportunity to rescue the children in her care. And thirteen-year-old
Augie Baker, already struggling with the aftermath of a terrible accident that has
brought her to Broken Branch, will risk her own safety to protect her little brother. As
tension mounts with each passing minute, the hidden fears and grudges of the small town
are revealed as the people of Broken Branch race to uncover the identity of the stranger
who holds their children hostage.