Amy Lillard
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"Content to be unmarried and plain-spoken, Kathryn 'Kappy' King is an odd-woman-out in the Amish community of Blue Sky, Pennsylvania. She makes the kapps local women need to cover their hair. And she might be the only one who can unearth the danger in this peaceful valley. When Kappy's neighbor turns up dead in her yard, everyone believes it's a tragic accident. Until the Englisch police find that Ruth Peachey was deliberately struck down and...
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"When an accident puts beloved bishop's wife Alma Miller in a coma, many blame struggling widow Frannie Lehman. Both are the best bakers, but with Alma out Frannie finally wins first prize. When Alma dies, Frannie's kids fall victim to gossip. So Kappy King sets out to uncover the truth"--Provided by the publisher.
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"At first, young Sally June Esh's tragic death doesn't look like murder. Even in peaceful Blue Sky, collisions between buggies and Englisch cars aren't unheard of. Still, the Eshes are skilled drivers used to delivering their popular pickles for miles around. And after Kappy notices Sally's buggy was deliberately run off the road, her ex-Amish friend Edie gets strange texts saying the crash was no accident... Kappy won't let her community's silence...
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"A group of women who share solace, friendship, and faith in the close-knit community of Paradise Valley, Missouri, rallies around a local widowed baker to help care for her wheelchair bound son. As she works with her brother-in-law to renovate her house to make it more accessible, they find their mutual strength of faith draws them together in unexpected ways. Perfect for fans of Charlotte Hubbard, Amy Clipston, and Shelley Shepard Gray. At the heart...
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"While most women her age are searching for husbands, Astrid Kauffman has chosen a different path--writing romance novels and donating her profits to her beloved Amish community. But when Astrid struggles with writer's block, she agrees to play matchmaker for Imogene Yoder, a widowed mother of rambunctious twin boys. Perhaps the diversion--and the entrée it gives Astrid to the stories among the Widows' Club--will spark her creativity . . . Fortunately,...
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For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, all roads lead to faith, family, and tradition, even when the path is unconventional-especially at Christmas ...
Tillie Gingerich is so in love with Melvin Yoder that she agrees to leave her conservative Amish home to live with him in the English world. But when the struggle to make ends meet leads to conflict, and reveals troubling weaknesses in their relationship, Tillie returns to Pontotoc-pregnant and...
7) Loving Jenna
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"Jenna Burkhart is tired of being 'special' and hearing about what she can't do. Even though she suffered a head injury in a childhood swimming accident, she wants a life of her own just like any Amish woman. But now that she, her mamm, and her mammi have moved to Wells Landing, she's having a hard time fitting in... Until she meets Buddy Miller, a boy just like her, who gives her the confidence to reach for the impossible... Like Jenna, Buddy is...
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"Gracie Glick is known for being the helpful one, always available for a relative in need. But now that she's longing for a home and family of her own, it's time to help herself. With few eligible men in Pontotoc, Gracie's choices, and her time, are limited. So she takes a bold leap of faith- she proposes to Matthew Byler, a handsome, recently widowed, father of five. It's not until after they're married that Gracie learns Matthew doesn't want more...
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Looking for a fresh start, advice columnist Sissy Yoder heads to small-town Yoder, Kansas, to help in her aunt's café. But when a milkman is murdered, the newcomer becomes the prime suspect . . .
After Sissy's rodeo cowboy boyfriend turns out to be more of a rodeo clown, she packs a bag; picks up her Yorkshire terrier Duke; and leaves Tulsa, Oklahoma, bound for her parents' former hometown. There are still plenty of Yoders in Yoder, Kansas, including...
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Penelope Pinehurst didn't reach the ripe old age of twenty-five without knowing what the townspeople call her behind her back: Not So Pretty Penny. So when her neighbor declares his eternal love-citing her beauty among her many attributes-she knows he can only be after one thing: her family's land. With her father and brothers still not home from the war, Penny needs a husband to help her save the farm. But in a country still in recovery, marriageable...
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The award-winning author's brand-new Sunflower Café Mystery series, set in small-town Kansas, features a twenty-something advice columnist turned café manager and sleuth, her loyal Yorkie, farm-fresh produce-and murder. Will appeal to fans of Charlotte Hubbard, Molly Jebber, Susan Lantz Simpson, and Kelly Long.
Twenty-something Sissy Yoder never imagined herself running her Aunt Bethel's café, but her help is needed, so she's making a go of...
12) Courting Emily
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Wells Landing volume 2
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Return to Wells Landing, the close-knit Amish community in Oklahoma, where a hopeful young woman struggles to find true love while staying true to her faith. . .
Emily Ebersol is the bishop's daughter, and everyone--including Emily--assumes she'll marry a faithful Amish man and live out her days within the community. But her childhood sweetheart, Luke Lambright, fell in love with racing cars during his rumspringa and decided to leave Wells Landing....
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Grace Sinclair's life is all planned. As the eldest daughter to a widowed father, it's her responsibility to help him care for his church and congregation in Calico Falls, Arkansas. It's all part of God's plan. Just as it is part of God's plan for her younger sister Maddie to marry her long-time love Harlan Calhoun. But when Grace catches sight of Harlan's best man, she starts to wonder if working with her father is exactly what God wants from her.
Ian...
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Suzanne Rose never intended for Brice Van Sant to drink a cup of her homemade herbal shampoo. And she certainly didn't expect an impromptu marriage proposal from the hunky CEO. After an incredible wedding night, Brice wakes unable to remember his bride's name or why he proposed. Too late they realize the bright blue shampoo is responsible. Almost like...a love potion! Brice doesn't believe in love. But as chief executive of the area's largest pharmaceutical...
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Wells Landing volume 8
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As the most joyous of seasons comes to the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, one young woman gets a chance to start again-and rediscover the gift of true love...
Families rejoicing together, caroling parties full of cheer, and church get-togethers brimming with delicious cooking and warm fellowship. Ivy Weaver would give anything to be a part of Christmas in Wells Landing. But one reckless mistake made her an outsider, and it's all she...
16) Just Plain Sadie
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Wells Landing volume 4
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The Amish of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, treasure their close-knit community, and the promise of their growing families. But one young woman is struggling to choose a future that is true to both her heart and her faith…
Everyone in Wells Landing has long expected Sadie Kauffman and Chris Flaud to marry--despite Sadie's telling them differently. While she loves Chris, it is more as a friend than a husband. Yet at twenty-two, the plainest girl in her...
17) Marrying Jonah
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Wells Landing volume 6
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Life isn't always as simple as it seems for the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma. Neither is love...
Everyone in town knows that Sarah Yoder is enamored with Jonah Miller, even though he's been with his girlfriend, Lorie, for years. But all that changes when Lorie runs off with another man. Inconsolable, his faith in love shattered, Jonah resists everyone's attempts to ease his pain-until the unexpected happens one night.
Jonah is filled...
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After five years in the California mountains, Birdie Banks longs to return to civilization. Her father is gone and mining camps are no place for a lady alone. With the help of her Asian manservant, Lin Sing, Birdie hires Jedidiah Evans to escort them down the mountain. Jed is a big man, strong and capable and Birdie knows that God sent him to help get them back to Sacramento and to her fiancé Nelson O'Neil.
Nelson is a highly successful California...
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Sydney Jericho is not about to let some has-been shyster con her father into becoming partners in a run-down ostrich ranch, located-literally-in Nowhere, TX. Winston Jericho is obviously having a harder time dealing with his wife's death than Sydney had initially realized. But she has it all under control now; she's going to get her father from the ranch and bring him back to Austin where he belongs.Waite Harris has been dealt more than a few hard...
20) A Love for Leah
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Amish of Pontotoc volume 2
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For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, faith can open minds-and hearts-to create surprising bonds for a lifetime . . .
Independent-minded Leah Gingerich has always been outspoken. And even though she is now a progressive Mennonite, she's rediscovering the joys of family traditions back in her Amish hometown. Yet she can't help but clash with her handsome new Amish neighbor, Jamie Stoltzfus. He's too hard-headed and old-line to see that his traumatized...