Presents four stories about Amish girls and their gardens, including Beth Wiseman's "Rooted in Love, " in which Rosemary, who is trying to support her family but cannot garden, accepts help from Saul, who has loved her for years.

A grandmother's letters bring three women home for Christmas.

"Luellen O'Connell is stunned when her husband of just one month tells her he is leaving-- and his reason devastates her. Deeply wounded by this betrayal, Luellen decides to follow her dream to become a teacher, a desire she had set aside when she married. But can she truly hide her past? Or will it destroy her ambitions forever?"--P. [4] of cover.

Take an adventurous ride along on the bumpy trail to love as six independent women of yesteryear are cautiously courted into matrimony by men they have both intrigued and hurt. Angie thinks she can pick a bride for her brother-in-law. Isabel tells her new boss how to do his job. Percy keeps secrets from the lumber camp doctor. Christa tries to help a man in a predicament. Meredith disputes the school superintendent. Rose pries into a homesteader's...

Finally free to pursue her dreams, Laura Foster is trying hard not to fall in love. She knows that the Reverend Brand McCormick's reputation would be shattered if her former life is discovered. But it's not only Laura's history that threatens to bring Brand down-it's his own.