Between Worlds Series

How can family rifts be healed when problems from the past keeps pulling them apart? Moving to Kitchener hasn't been an easy transition for Juliana. So, when Juliana's first dance practice at her new studio goes horribly wrong and her dad dismisses her feelings, Juliana snaps, unleashing years of resentment over his job as a truck driver. With no one to talk to, Juliana turns to the only thing that has given her comfort in Kitchener: her great-grandmother's sketchbook. Elisabeth needs her father now more than ever: a wedding on his side of the family means she must spend time with his hateful family members without him there to protect her. But his cousin Georg is different. Not haughty like the others, he suffers from frightening nightmares from the war. Everyone fears Georg, but the more Elisabeth gets to know him, the more she believes Georg's fits are not what others claim them to be. As Juliana and Elisabeth struggle with the conflicts in their families, they come closer to understanding the long-held pain that caused them. With a little empathy and understanding, could both girls find a way to close the distance between them and their family members before their pain becomes a permanent scar on their relationships? The Distance is the second book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. If you love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of The Distance and enjoy a story that spans generations.

For the fans of Twilight and paranormal love, a romance parody.   After multiple requests from her roommate to read a bad boy novel, Zhuri finally picks up the book. Despite having a strong hatred towards such stories, she gives it a try, but not without complaining about it every few seconds. Annoyed by Zhuri's attitude, her roommate makes a birthday wish for Zhuri to enter a bad boy novel and change it to her liking.   Silly of her roommate to think birthday wishes come true. Do they?   Zhuri goes to bed laughing at her just to wake up in the middle of the night in the room that doesn't belong to her, in the town that doesn't exist, and in the novel that she hates the most. The bad boy romance. To return to her own world, she has to change the course of this story. But she can't do it on her own. Being a complete stranger in this place, she needs help to understand the rules of this universe. Help only the character she despises the most can provide. The male lead.

Fourteen-year-old Juliana tries to make herself heard after a big move leaves her feeling ignored. Juliana's parents didn't ask her opinion about moving half-way across the second largest country in the world. They didn't ask if she minded interrupting her last year of junior high or first year of dance apprenticeship training. And they certainly didn't ask if she wanted to be separated from her best friend of ten years. Instead, Juliana spends a week trapped with her parents in an SUV as they repeatedly tell her why she has to begin a new life in a new city. When they arrive at her grandfather's, she tries her best to be polite to everyone, but it's all too much. Overwhelmed by the size of her mother's family, Juliana escapes to the musty basement of her grandfather's home. There, she discovers an old sketchbook of unknown people, struggles, and celebrations, all drawn by an artist about her age. Who is this person? What do these drawings mean? And why does the artist feel familiar to Juliana? The Move is the first book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's uplifting YA series, Between Worlds, which follows two teenaged girls growing up a century apart.

Reading a bad boy romance is the worst mistake Zhuri has ever made. After completing the vampire story, she thought she would land in her home. But here she is, stuck in yet another romance novel.   Being in a billionaire book can't possibly be as bad as being in a vampire book. Humans cannot be more dangerous than supernatural creatures. Or so Zhuri thought before meeting Dev Rogers, a narcissistic, possessive rich man who believes the world revolves around him.   To escape this story, she'll have to stop Dev from falling in love with her—but the more she tries to avoid him, the harder he falls for her.

Growing up is hard enough. Why does family have to make it harder? Fourteen-year-old Juliana didn't expect to be the one looking after her grandfather, who lives with Alzheimer's. But with her parents always at work, she feels they barely have time for her, let alone Opa. Add studying for exams at her new school, and Juliana doesn't know how she can focus on her grades while also caring for Opa on her own. Conflicted, she turns to the one thing that has helped her find solace since her move: her great-grandmother's sketchbook. Crotchety Omama has invited herself to stay with Elisabeth's family. But when Omama insists Elisabeth punish her brother by hitting him and conspires with Mammi to introduce her to her first marriage prospect, Elisabeth must decide for herself what discipline and marriage look like according to God's will. Even if that differs from her family's expectations. With family responsibilities bearing down on Juliana and Elisabeth, the girls must learn to balance their needs with what their families and society expect of them. The First Step is the third book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. If you love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of The First Step and enjoy a story that spans generations.

Passion and possession are not love.   People often confuse obsession with attraction, and that's the reason Zhuri has landed in yet another story to rewrite it. This time though her troubles have doubled. Raj is not just a possessive man, but a possessive kingpin who has already killed someone in front of her. Being the only eyewitness of the homicide, he drags her to his mansion. She has to stay with him till he destroys all the evidence of his crimes, and that includes Zhuri's testimony.   Having no interest in fighting a mafia, she complies to his demands. But the more she agrees, the more he holds on to her. He doesn't seem to have any plans of letting her go. Even criminals have hearts and desires, and this time his heart desires her. She can only avoid his carnal urges for so long. Her only way out of this purgatory is to escape. The problem is she doesn't know where she is, and Raj is a ruthless creature who won't hesitate to shoot her if she tries to leave him. Stuck with a murderer, she has to find her way out before one of them suffers a formidable fate.   *This book can be read as a standalone novel.

Can a move half way across the country be a blessing in disguise? Juliana is trapped between Opa and Mom: Opa doesn't understand why his daughter ever left home, and Mom is doing everything possible to not spend time with her father. Juliana has had enough! But with her parents always working and her best friend half way across the country, Juliana wonders who she can rely on for help. To soothe her feelings of despair, she turns to her great-grandmother's sketchbook. Elisabeth feels Tata's absence everywhere, especially at this important time in her life, her confirmation, when she becomes an adult in their church. But when schoolboys torment her younger sister because Tata has left their community, and Mammi mysteriously locks herself away in the shoemaking workshop, Elisabeth has no choice but to seek help from the very people Mammi despises: Tata's family. As both girls begin forging new bonds with family they've become closer to only after those life-changing moves so many months ago, they ask themselves: can something positive come out of something that at first seemed so devastating? Missing Home is the sixth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of Missing Home and enjoy a story that crosses generations.

Something buried isn't lost. It's just waiting to become someone's treasure. Juliana wants to find the perfect present for Mom's birthday to show how much she cares. When Mom wishes she still had a long-lost photo from her childhood, Juliana's found the ideal gift. She enlists her cousin Sophie to help her search all over her new—and therefore still unfamiliar—house. But when the mission turns impossible, Juliana turns to her great-grandmother's sketchbook to find hope… Planting season has begun, but with Tata in America, Mammi toiling non-stop in the shoemaking workshop, and Elisabeth preparing for her confirmation, Elisabeth doesn't know how they will manage all the fieldwork. Thankfully, cousin Georg is willing to lend a hand, if only Mammi would accept the offer from a man she despises. Elisabeth must search for a way to convince Mammi to accept Georg's help or her family risks not planting enough food for their survival. As Juliana hunts for a meaningful photo out of Mom's past, and Elisabeth seeks acceptance between Mammi and Georg, finding what is buried seems impossible. But both girls discover that buried may not mean gone forever. Hide and Seek is the fifth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. Specially included in this installment, Guillaume Côté of the National Ballet of Canada gives some advice to young dancers. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of Hide and Seek and enjoy a story that spans generations.

Friends hold our hands and light the way through tragedy, no matter how far away they live. Juliana and Rachel have been best friends for years. Which is why living so far from one another has been so hard. When tragedy strikes Rachel's family, Juliana begs to be by her friend's side, but her family forbids the cross-country journey. Scared this tragedy could threaten her friendship with Rachel forever, Juliana once again seeks guidance from her great-grandmother's sketchbook. The war has left Elisabeth's cousin Georg with horrible nightmares. Everyone fears and ridicules him, and the pastor declares Georg's suffering a punishment from God. But Elisabeth wonders: Does God not call on His followers to help those who are suffering? When she tries to help him, though, customers threaten to stop taking their shoes to Mammi, and Mammi also reveals why she believes Georg deserves these nightmares. Does Elisabeth obey her mother and stay away from her cousin? Or does she try to help a former solider whose mind is surrendering to memories of the horrific war? As Juliana struggles to support a mourning Rachel from afar, and Elisabeth toils with conflicting feelings about Georg's anguish, both girls face difficult decisions about how they can best help people they love grieve. What Friends Do is the fourth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of What Friends Do and enjoy a story that spans generations.

Time will march forward, no matter how terrifying the future seems.  During a nursing home visit with her school's dance group, Juliana catches a frightening glimpse into Opa's possible future. Her grades begin to slip because she can't study, worries of her grandfather's future overcoming her. After everything she's learned so far about how troubles were soothed in the past, Juliana hopes her great-grandmother's sketchbook can help her again. When Elisabeth's mother suffers a terrible loss, Omama moves in to help the family while Mammi recovers. Living with Omama's strict rules and discipline is already hard, but when Omama disapproves of Stefan, the kind man Elisabeth likes, because he lost an arm in the war, Elisabeth must find a way to convince Omama that she can determine her own fate.   While trying to be brave in the face of uncertainty, both girls must learn to embrace the changes the future may bring and to stand up for the future they believe in.  What Will Come is the seventh book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of What Will Come and enjoy a story that crosses generations.  

Two teens, a century apart, struggle to learn what love and fathers are really all about.   That does it, Juliana vows. It's Operation How to Train Your Father, full speed ahead. After years of making do with texts and phone calls while Dad was driving his transport truck for days, sometimes weeks, at a time, Juliana had thought she desperately wanted him home. That was before he wanted her to wear shorts down to her ankles and study 30 hours a day. But when a family secret derails her plans, Juliana discovers there's more to her father than she could have ever imagined. Elisabeth is breaking with tradition by getting her bangs cut for the very first time in her life when she hears Tata will be coming home early from America! How can she show him how much she loves him? She'll put on the best welcome-home celebration ever, that's it.  When a family crisis strikes, though, Elisabeth fears she'll never learn how to show her father just how much he really means to her.   A Father's Journey is the eighth instalment in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. Join Juliana and Elisabeth as they find family love in unexpected places.