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Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A tale inspired by the Amish tradition of shunning finds Texas businesswoman Carley visiting her friend, Lillian, in Amish country, Pennsylvania, where she falls for Lillian's shunned doctor brother-in-law and learns of his determination to save Lillian's dangerously ill stepson in spite of community edicts forbidding his intervention.
Author
Language
English
Description
Sadie Fisher wonders if she'll ever find true love again after the death of her husband. When wealthy Englischer Kade Saunders rents her guest cottage for a month, Sadie's world is turned upside-down. Kade has a five-year old autistic son who is unexpectedly left in his permanent care. As Sadie's feelings for the child grow, so do her feelings for Kade. But is this man suitable for anything more than friendship?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily Detweiler's family abruptly moved to Colorado after tragedy struck in Ohio. But Emily can't get far enough to escape what happened there. David Stoltzfus is not happy when his family relocates from Pennsylvania to Colorado. Nevermind that they haven't told him why. David struggles not only with this unwelcome move, but also with the fear that a health condition could keep him from living his life in full. Emily and David each come to terms with...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the rolling plains of Lancaster County, PA., Lillian Miller is searching for her grandparents' house...and so much more. After years of neglect and abuse, she's turning to a lifestyle of simplicity among the Amish to find herself. As she discards the distractions of her former life, she befriends the young boy working on her family's farm and his attractive widowed father, Samuel Stoltzfus. Despite Lillian's best efforts to the contrary, her feelings...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Josephine will discover more than she bargained for as her world collides with the Plain people of Lancaster County. Josephine Dronberger was a scared teenager when she left her baby in the care of an Old Order Amish couple. But seventeen years have passed and Josie longs to reconnect with her daughter. Linda -- as the couple named the child -- is promised to Stephen Ebersol, the bishop's grandson....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
When 18-year-old Danielle Kent becomes pregnant with Aaron Lapp's child, her Amish friend Levi Detweiler is sure that Aaron, an Old Order Amish, will do the right thing and marry Danielle, but when that doesn't happen, God calls on Levi to marry her.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Charlotte Dolinsky is not above playing dress-up and telling a few lies to find out what happened to her only brother. In fact, that is exactly what shes come to Lancaster County to do. Now, calling herself Mary and slipping on a kapp, Charlotte will lie her way into the confidence of anyone who knows why Ethan had to die. Unless she gets found out first"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
Widowed sisters Esther and Lizzie are the town innkeepers--and the town matchmakers. But when a new tenant moves into a guest cottage at their Peony Inn, the sisters are shocked to discover that maybe this time, one of them might finally find a match of her own. Retired dentist Dr. Benjamin Stoltzfus has signed a lease at the cottage--and Esther and Lizzie are in a surprising competition for the his affections. Benjamin's granddaughter, Mindy, escaping...
12) Plain peace
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anna Byler should be enjoying her Rumspringa as allowed by her faith. But because of the strict rules enforced by her grandfather -- the bishop -- the available suitors in town are afraid to court her. Even Anna's grandmother is keeping a big secret from Anna's grandfather in an effort to keep the peace. Under her grandfather's oppressive watch, Anna begins to feel her faith slipping away and wonders if God has forsaken her. Jacob Hostetler and his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"The third and final installment in the critically-acclaimed Amish Secrets series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman -- Charlotte has made a home for herself in Amish Country with Daniel. But unforeseen events rock their fragile world and may move them even further away from the life they long for...Charlotte, an Englisher, is living in Amish Country, and she has formed strong and lasting bonds with the people in her new community. She has even fallen...
Author
Series
An Amish journey novel volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lucas Shetler lives in a strict Old Order Amish district. His community hasn't embraced the technology common in other Amish communities, so they live without phones and keep food refrigerated with ice blocks. Lucas's family is intent on staying detached from the outside world. Natalie Collins is the furthest from Amish one can be. She's grown up with any convenience she could want but is carrying a past of pain and broken relationships with her...
Author
Series
Amish secrets novel volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
Could God be offering Charlotte a second chance at true love? Charlotte Dolinsky needs time to recover after breaking up with her boyfriend, Ryan. But when a surprise visitor shows up on her doorstep in Texas, she's forced to put aside her own worries to help her Amish friends in Lancaster County. Soon she is entangled in a web of deception--and this time, she isn't the only one keeping secrets. Daniel Byler struggles each day in his Amish community...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
Description
"In the third and final novel of Beth Wiseman's Amish Bookstore series, two young people must find the courage to defy expectations and become who they're meant to be. Sixteen-year-old Eden Hale doesn't want to be defined by her current circumstances. Her mother is in prison, she doesn't know her father, and she's had her own run-ins with the law, but Eden refuses to become what people expect. When she is sent to live with an Amish cousin she's never...
Author
Series
Amish inn novels volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Naomi Byler cooks meals for the guests at The Peony Inn, where Amish sisters and owners of the inn Esther and Lizzie love her like a granddaughter. She's as happy there as a young woman can be, considering that her fiancé, Thomas, has left her to court someone else. She knows she'll get over the love of her life in due time, but she assumes marriage will never be a part of her future. Amos Lantz and his mother are guests at the inn, visiting town...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An unrequited romance and a rare book... Yvonne Wilson makes the trek from Texas to Indiana with just one goal in mind: to convince Amishman Jake Lantz to sell her client a rare book from his collection. But Jake is as strong- willed as Yvonne. On the eve of his grandfather's death, Jake vowed never to sell the book, and he intends to keep that promise. But he can't say more than that, having never read it and not knowing why it was so dear to his...
Author
Series
An Amish Journey novel volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The first novel in the new Amish Journeys series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman. Mary Hershberger lives a happy life in an Amish community in Indiana with her parents and sister. Levi Shetler lives forty miles away in a crowded and unorganized home that is part of a much stricter community. When the two met as children, Mary learned a secret about Levi: he is a musical prodigy, but his talent must remain unused and unheard in his community. Eight...
20) An Amish miracle
Author
Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories of romance and miracles.
Always Beautiful by Beth Wiseman
Becky Byler is eighteen and overweight. She is overwhelmed by the embarrassment she feels when comparing herself to other girls her age. Having lost all hope, she considers taking her own life. As she stands before rushing water, unable to swim, Becky begs God for a miracle. In just several months, Becky sees her prayers...