Heartland - Paradise for Horses (Book Series)
The book series Heartland - Paradise for Horses by Lauren Brooke is published by Ravensburger Verlag and comprises 22 volumes. The first volume was published in English in 2000 and in German in 2001. The books are about a young woman who has dedicated herself to healing mentally and physically ill horses.
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15-year-old Amy Fleming lives with her grandfather Jack Bartlett and her sister Lou on the Heartland farm in Virginia. In a tragic car accident in which Amy's mother Marion Fleming was killed, Amy has to continue her mother's legacy at the age of 15. This has healed horses that are injured in body and soul through alternative healing methods, communication and the resulting bond of trust. First, Amy has to fight for Heartland's reputation, as nobody wants to entrust their horse to a 15-year-old girl, especially since she is still in school. Due to the resulting financial problems, Heartland is about to end. Together with her sister, a businesswoman from New York, and the groom Ty Baldwin, they break through on an open house.
At first everything seems to be working out fine, but the various sisters find it difficult to come to terms with each other. Lou tries to contact their father, who left the family after a serious riding accident. When Lou locates him, she finds out that her father Tim lives in Australia with his second wife Helena and their child Lily. A little later he comes to Heartland to visit his two daughters. Amy cannot forgive him at first, but soon realizes that her father wanted to contact them again and again, but Marion prevented this. Amy finally forgives her father and he returns to Australia. Together with Ty, she devotes herself to healing horses again.
A short time later she realizes that her feelings for Ty have changed and that she feels more than just friendship for him. The two come together until the stable collapses in a tornado and Ty, who wanted to save the horses, is buried. He falls into a coma and Amy has to work more on the farm, but at the same time wants to spend a lot of time at his sick bed. When Ty finally wakes up, he has to relearn everything, which puts their relationship to the test. After Ty has regained his strength, he persuades Amy with her sister Lou and her boyfriend Scott to visit their father in Australia. At first, Amy cannot settle in with her father and his family and is in the shadow of her older sister. Only when she spends a few days alone with her boyfriend can Amy come to terms with Helena and her half-sister.
Amy, Lou, and Scott, whom Lou has since become engaged to, return home. There Lou and Scott get married and Amy is graduating from high school. To her amazement, she passed with quite good grades and Amy decides to leave Heartland and study veterinary medicine. Her friend Ty supports her, but soon they both find out that a long-distance relationship doesn't work. When Amy returns to Heartland during the semester break, the two separate. Her sister Lou is now heavily pregnant and is expecting her first child. After Amy returns to university, her niece Holly Marion is born. Amy has a deep friendship with Ty.
Characters
Marion Fleming : She is the mother of Amy and Lou and the daughter of Jack Bartlett. After her husband Tim left her, she returned to her native Virginia and built the Heartland Farm. There she healed mentally and physically sick horses with her special gift.
Amy Fleming : She is the daughter of Marion and Tim Fleming and takes over the Heartland Farm after Marion's death.
Lou Trewin (nee Fleming) : She is the daughter of Marion and Tim Fleming and used to work as a banker in New York until she returned to Heartland after the death of her mother. There she met her husband Scott Trewin. With this she has the daughter Holly.
Jack Bartlett : He's Marion's father and the owner of the Heartland Farm.
Ty Baldwin : After dropping out of school, he started working as a groom on the Heartland Farm. It was there that he met and fell in love with Amy, until they eventually separated because of a long-distance relationship.
Scott Trewin : He's the Heartland Farm's vet and is married to Lou.
Tim Fleming : He is the father of Amy and Lou and lives on a ranch in Australia with his second wife Helena and their daughter Lily. He used to be a world class show jumper, but fell into an obstacle at a World Cup. Since he was in a wheelchair and did not want to be a cripple to the family, he left them. A long time later, however, he was able to walk again.
Soraya : She's Amy's best friend.
Ben Slater : He is Heartland's second groom, but after a while he left and took a job with Nick Halliwell. On his horse Red he has the chance to become a good show jumper.
Nick Halliwell : He owns a show jumping stable and is a good show jumper. He is also friends with Amy and has sent several of his horses to the Heartland Farm.
Ashley Grant : She is Amy's greatest adversary and lives on her mother Val's stud farm, who keeps buying new horses for her.
Matt Trewin : He's Scott's little brother and Amy's friend too.
Nancy : She is a friend of Jack Bartlett, whom she married in Volume 22, and helps out on the Heartland Farm in later books.
Marnie Gordon : She is a good friend of Lou and Amy's and often helps out on the farm when there is a need.
Heartland Farm healing methods
Amy Fleming heals the horses with the help of various herbs, such as the Bach flower therapy , the join-up method , the T-Touch (a massage developed by Linda Tellington-Jones ) and her special gift with horses to communicate. All of these methods exist and are not imagined by Lauren Brooke.
Books
- Volume 1: Returning Home
- Volume 2: After the storm
- Volume 3: Hope for tomorrow
- Volume 4: The Chance
- Volume 5: Dreams and Disappointments
- Volume 6: High Expectations
- Volume 7: To new shores
- Volume 8: Through thick and thin
- Volume 9: And tomorrow is the new day
- Volume 10: More Than Just a Word
- Volume 11: Because only love counts
- Volume 12: Decision of the Heart
- Volume 13: Light at the End of the Night
- Volume 14: Hope and Trust
- Volume 15: Love is a gift
- Volume 16: Storm of the Heart
- Volume 17: Time of Longing
- Volume 18: Call of the Heart
- Volume 19: Decision for happiness
- Volume 20: Small miracles, great love
- Volume 21: Stars on the Horizon
- Volume 22: Change of Feelings
- Special volume: The magic of memory
Television series
Since 2007 the television station CBC has broadcast the television series Heartland - Paradise for Horses . This is based on the books, but there are many deviations. Some characters have different names or even new ones have been invented. In addition, the relationship between people is often not the same as in the books.