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Author
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Description
In mourning over the death of her fiance, Beth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store. When Beth responds to a woodcarving, Lizzy sees the changes in her niece and hunts down Jonah, the artist who created the healing work of art. Lizzy is determined that Beth meets this man. Will Lizzy's elaborate plan to reintroduce her niece to love work? Will Jonah be able to offer Beth the sleigh ride she's always dreamed of and...
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Description
After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennsylvania childhood. Having fled in disgrace more than two years earlier, she finally has settled into a satisfying role in the Englischer world. She also has found love and a new family with the wealthy Martin Palmer and the children she is helping him raise. But almost immediately after her arrival in Owls Perch,...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
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Two couples, four decades apart. One believes that if lovers die, they find each other again in another life. Or perhaps they wind up as stars side by side in the sky, together forever. Who knows how it really ends? Danielle Steel breaks new ground in her career as a perennial New York Times bestseller with the poignant story of two parallel destinies, and the kind of love we all hope will be everlasting.
A young New York lawyer and his wife link...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After writing a story in Amish country, New York journalist Phillip Bradley returns to Lancaster County haunted by the memory of soft-spoken widow he met there, but winning her heart is just the first step in a long journey that will require him surrendering his own culture.
Author
Series
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Lena Kauffman is a young Old Order Amish schoolteacher who has dealt all her life with attention raised by a noticeable birthmark on her cheek. Having learned to move past the stares and whispers, Lena channels her zest for living into her love of teaching. But tensions mount as she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises at the schoolhouse that threaten her other students. Her lack of submission and the use...
7) The longing
Author
Series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Although she still prays for Caleb, Nellie Mae Fisher has broken up with her beau, and now, her heart's greatest longing is for more knowledge of the Lord. Caleb must stay in Honeybrook as caretaker for his crippled father, but he hopes Nellie will return to the Old Order and to him.
8) The prodigal
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Truth can be thorny and even heartbreaking, yet Leah is required to make another difficult choice. Will this secret of secrets bring further sorrow for Leah, Sadie, and the Ebersol family? The Prodigal is a multi-layered mystery and a saga of love encompassed by the merciful threads that knit families together.
Author
Series
Fields of home volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Susan Hostetler leaves her Amish life behind and starts a new life among the English, but when a pregnant woman asks Susan to help her find an Amish family to adopt her baby, she finds herself drawn back to her Amish roots.
11) The sacrifice
Author
Series
Abram's Daughters volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
When Sadie Ebersol abndons the Amish community with her sister Leah's beloved Jonas, the family of four sisters is thrown into turmoil, forcing Leah to make difficult choices between her happiness and her loyalty to those closest to her.
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Description
"In the Amish community of Shipshewana, two women-one Amish, one English-reluctantly join forces for a short-term business venture. Neither is looking for friendship, but when the town's newspaper editor is murdered, and an unexpected prime suspect is identified, the women form an unlikely alliance to solve the mystery"-- Publisher's site.
13) Sarah's gift
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
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Description
Amish midwife Sarah Mast takes over responsibility from her aging aunt to run the Pleasant Valley birthing center and must fight those skeptical of her abilities, including Aaron Miller, who previously seemed drawn to her.
14) The forgiven
Author
Series
Keepers of the promise volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"When three women, all cousins, are given the task of sorting through the treasures of several generations of their Amish family, they each discover a story from the past that provides insights and inspiration for their own lives"--
Author
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"The Hope of Refuge" : Two very different women are pulled by their strongest desires. Deborah Mast joined the Amish church and longs to marry her fiancé, but he is changing. Cara Moore is forced to look into a life that was meant to be hers. Will Ada's House help them realize their hearts' desires or will it force them to accept what life has done to each of them?
"The Bridge of Peace" : Living out her passion for teaching, Lena Kauffman's work...
16) The tempted soul
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Series
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"The longing for a child tempts an Amish wife to test the boundaries of her faith in the third installment of the Amish Quilt trilogy"--Provided by the publisher.
17) The search
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Description
"As a child caught up in a crisis, Lainey O'Toole made a split-second decision with far-reaching effects. Fifteen years later, when her car breaks down in Stoney Ridge, she is forced to face the past. Bess Reihl is less than thrilled to be spending the summer at Rose Hill Farm helping her intimidating grandmother. But once Bess meets hired hand Billy Lapp in Stoney Ridge, the summer starts to hold some promise. Now Lainey's and Bess's worlds are about...
Author
Publisher
Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Join Mandy and Ellen on a trip of a lifetime to Hawaii in this two-novel collection. Will the discoveries these Amish girls make forever change the direction of their lives?"--FantasticFiction.com.
"The Hawaiian quilt: Mandy Frey has always longed to see Hawaii, so before joining the Amish church and settling into family life, she convinces three friends to join her on a cruise of the Hawaiian Islands. When Mandy and Ellen miss the ship after a...
20) The bridesmaid
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
Twenty-seven-year-old Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amish woman is a closet writer with a longing to be published something practically unheard of in her Lancaster County community. Yet Joanna's stories aren't her only secret. She also has a beau who is courting her from afar, unbeknownst even to her sister, Cora, who, though younger, seems to have suitors to spare. Eben Troyer is a responsible...
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