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Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Lucy Flaud has given up hope of marriage because of mistakes from her past. She seeks to redeem the guilt she feels by volunteering her time in Lancaster County. When Dale Wyeth, a young Englisher interested in the self-sufficiency of the Amish, seeks mentorship from her father, Lucy forms a connection of her own with him. Is it too late to embrace redemption-- and the power of love?
2) The wish
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Leona Speicher got the "sister" she always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be the answer to Leona's prayers--until Gloria's father is expelled from their Old Order Amish church for reasons no one will discuss. Much to Leona's dismay, the Gingeriches suddenly pack up and disappear. Then, after a silence of several years, Gloria unexpectedly contacts Leona, who makes up her...
3) The proving
Author
Language
English
Description
After five years as an Englisher, Amanda Dienner is shocked to learn her mother has passed away and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. What's more, the inn will only truly be hers if Mandy can successfully run it for twelve months. Reluctantly, Mandy accepts the challenge, no matter that it means facing the family she left behind--or that the inn's clientèle expect an Amish hostess! Can Mandy fulfill the terms of her...
Author
Series
Spirit of the Amish volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Torn between the affections of two men, will a mission trip to the city help her choose?
5) The postcard
Author
Series
Amish country crossroads volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Amish widow Rachel Yoder helps run a bed-and-breakfast in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and when a guest, journalist Philip Bradley, finds an old postcard in the dresser of his room, it touches off a surprising chain of events.
Author
Series
Courtships of Lancaster County volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in Lancaster County, Addie and Jonathan struggle to continue their relationship against both sets of parents' wishes. Will love finally mend the feud between their two families, or will their forbidden courtship drive everyone further apart?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Spirit of the Amish volume 2
Publisher
Realms
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Will setback and loss help Lucy learn the true meaning of Christian fellowship... and love? --Publisher.
Author
Series
Amish turns of time volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Henry Edison turns up in Lancaster County to survey farm women about their domestic contributions during the Great Depression, the last thing Amish housewife Gloria Grabill has time for is the government agent's questions. Gloria's hands are already full trying to balance farm life, with a husband, children, an extended family, in addition to an English neighbor, Minera Swain. While the Great Depression shadows the country in gloom, can Amish...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Seen through the diary of Jacob, an Amish farmer trying to protect his family and his way of life, the book examines the idea of peace in the face of deadly chaos when an Amish community in Pennsylvania is caught up in the devastating aftermath of a catastrophic solar storm and the subsequent collapse of modern civilization.
Author
Series
Amish classics volume 4
Publisher
Realms
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When Henry Detweiler dies unexpectedly, he leaves his second wife and three daughters--Eleanor, Mary Ann, and Maggie--in the care of John, his oldest son from a previous marriage. John and his wife, Fanny, inherit the farm but make it clear Mrs. Detweiler and her daughters are not welcome. After the Detweiler women move to a nearby cottage, the spirited Mary Ann catches the eye of an older bachelor but is openly infatuated with a younger man set to...
Author
Series
Elizabeth Harris volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
By solving the murders of two local girls, Elizabeth has gained some trust from the Amish community. So she's the first person its members turn to when a fast and fatal illness takes hold, though many believe that the sickness stems from a hexerei--a curse placed by a practitioner of old-world folk magic. Elizabeth doesn't believe in curses, and when an entire Amish family is found dead, she begins to suspect something far more sinister. --Publisher...
Author
Series
Love in Lancaster County volume 3
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Talitha 'Tally' Byler's quiet life with her grandparents in Lancaster County is upended in an instant when a photo of her jumping into the street to save a puppy from being hit by a car goes viral. At first, Tally thinks the attention is fun, and she even receives gifts and letters in the mail from her fans, but her grandparents are not happy about her fame. They even consider moving to escape from the unwelcome spotlight. Tally...
Author
Series
Love in Lancaster County volume 2
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As a young woman, Lilith Kaufman King shocked her family and friends when she ran off to marry an Englischer — someone outside of the Amish community. But when her husband and their young son are killed in a car accident, Lilith returns to the Amish to be closer to her parents. They want her to move on with her life, but Lilith’s heart is still broken. As a way to stay busy, she agrees to help keep house for Joshua Troyer, who has also recently...
14) Beyond price
Author
Series
Love in Lancaster County volume 4
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ruby Beiler has always felt plain and drab, so unlike the red gemstone she’s named after. Unmarried, she delights in spending her time caring for other people’s children, but she wonders if marriage and children of her own will ever be in her future. When a health crisis takes Ruby to live with her beloved Aenti Leah, she finds herself often thrown into company with Daniel Fisher, the handsome young widower next door, who lost his wife, Sadie,...
15) A promise kept
Author
Series
Love in Lancaster County volume 1
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Dinah Lanz and Aaron Smucker have one thing in common: they always put family first. After his older brother’s wife died, Aaron accompanied Titus and his young son to Pennsylvania, hoping they could start a shed-building business and get a fresh start. Dinah spends all her time looking out for her stepsiblings and her pregnant stepmother, Loretta, who isn’t much older than she is. Dinah promised her father on his deathbed she would take care of...
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