“Heart Journey” by Bobbi Blanzy is among the books displayed by Author Reputation Press during the 76th Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 16-20, 2024.
The 76th Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 October 2024) puts a spotlight on current topics in the world of international publishing and on today’s socio-political issues. At the same time, it is expanding the venues that allow readers and authors to interact, with an emphasis this year on the growing desire younger readers have to engage with literature. The book fair’s opening ceremony took place on 15 October 2024 under the motto “FBM24 is Read!ng—Read. Reflect. Relate.”
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We see the book fair as a platform to share our passion for good stories and to experience creativity that engages all the senses. It’s where the fans and friends of renowned authors can meet and enjoy close encounters with their idols. At the heart of it, Frankfurter Buchmesse is a crossroads where people and culture meet. Frankfurter Buchmesse stands for respect, diversity, and tolerance. We celebrate our wide range of different participants, whom we engage with at eye level in open dialogue.
This year, Frankfurter Buchmesse is once again demonstrating its indispensability as a venue for professional exchange in the global book industry, thanks to its fully booked Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg), the largest meeting place of its kind worldwide, as well as an expanded audio area and an increase in international stages and trade events, including high-ranking CEO talks.
The mission of Author Reputation Press is to foster literary connections between authors and readers. In line with this, ARP displayed several of its remarkable books at the largest book trade fair in the world. The book gallery was even more interesting because of the large variety of genres in the exhibition.
The Hollywood Book Reviews commended Bobbi Blanzy’s book, “Heart Journey,” saying that the book “is a lovingly written and emotionally charged novel that explores the complexities of faith, love, and human resilience. Readers who appreciate emotionally complex, character-driven narratives will enjoy Joe and Callie’s romance, cheering for the couple as they struggle against doubt to discover new depths of faith in God. Heart Journey is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand their own faith and navigate the complexities of emotional healing.”
“Heart Journey” presents Dr. Joe Travis, a brilliant young surgeon skilled with a scalpel who is compassionate with his patients. His single-minded devotion to his workplace puts him far above the rest. Throughout his troubled childhood and into his abandoned years as a teenager, he struggled to maintain a belief in a caring power greater than himself. But by the time he reached adulthood, circumstances had merely strengthened his doubts in a loving God, until a woman of faith and conviction transformed his misgivings into a love and assurance he never dreamed existed.
However, the young doctor is severely tested through a tragic succession of personal losses. His newfound faith is destroyed, his confidence replaced with a dark sense of foreboding, and his compassion and optimism exchanged for angry indifference and doubt. Yet through all his trials stands Callie Jordan, whose unconditional and undisclosed love for Joe knows no boundaries. While she struggles to restore his angry and disillusioned spirit, she also touches his heart until an ironic twist of fate threatens to shatter their promising future.
Will Callie have enough courage to hold on until Joe reaches the end of his heart’s journey?
A brilliant young surgeon, Dr. Joe Travis is known equally for his composure and skill in surgery as well as for his compassion and kindness for his patients. A prodigy in every sense of the word, Joe’s success is more remarkable considering his difficult and disadvantaged childhood. However, working hard—in fact, working against every misery thrown at his teenage self—has always made Joe struggle to find faith in God. That is until Joe meets Callie. Devout and loving, Callie is full of the faith that Joe lacks. As their relationship blooms, Callie helps Joe to find peace and love from faith he has never known before.
Author Bobbi Blanzy has always dreamed of becoming a writer. In high school, she started a school newspaper and wrote short stories for friends. But when real life got in the way, she took a more practical route and went into education.
Currently, she teaches grades 1–4 in a multi-grade classroom in addition to high school English at a small, Seventh-day Adventist Christian school in Elkins, West Virginia. She loves music, sings with a mixed quartet, and particularly enjoys entertaining (aka teaching) her students with her lively (sometimes bizarre) sense of humor. She lives with her husband and two spoiled dogs and is the mother of three grown children.
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