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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
Language
English
Description
The Powerful Conclusion to The Shunning and The Confession! Shunned from the Plain life of her youth, Katie Lapp (now known as Katherine) delights in the modern world, yet she longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart. Though her life is far removed from Lancaster County, she must come to terms with her Amish heritage...and the man she once loved.
2) The fiddler
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Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 1
Language
English
Description
A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler--and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow; despite their very different backgrounds Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle to have their hopes.
3) The orchard
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English
Description
"For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. But when Evan is drafted for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status. Can Ellie, with the support of a new beau, find the courage to face a future unlike the one she imagined?"--
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English
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"With her parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller finds her father's cherished brass tinderbox left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life and alter everything for her close-knit, Old Order Amish family. As the long-kept secret emerges into the light of day, can the Millers find a way forward through...
6) The longing
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English
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.
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Book 5 of the Amish-Country Mysteries
Three young friends disappear while traveling on their Amish rite of passage, Rumschpringe, or wild days. In a race against the clock, the sheriff must find a murderer and break a ruthless drug ring operating within the heart of Ohio's Amish Country.
Three young friends disappear while traveling on their Amish rite of passage, Rumschpringe, or wild days. In a race against the clock, the sheriff must find a murderer and break a ruthless drug ring operating within the heart of Ohio's Amish Country.
8) The heirloom
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
"Clara Bender believes a visit to Hickory Hollow may help her find direction after her father remarries. While restoring an heirloom quilt with her great-aunt Ella Mae Zook, the two form a warm bond. When Clara's life is again upended by an unexpected incident and a young Amish man, will she find where her heart belongs?"--
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Series
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English
Description
Returning home to the Amish country she left behind, news photographer Libby Morgan is reunited with police chief Adam Byler, who, striving to keep peace between the Amish and their modern Englischer neighbors, needs her help in finding the person responsible for attacking a young woman.
10) The love letters
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English
Description
"Marlena Wenger's life takes an unexpected turn on the day she learns she must care for her estranged sister's baby. Spending the summer in Brownstown| Pennsylvania| to assist her Mennonite grandmother| and miles from Marlena's Old Order Amish beau| she feels out of her element in nearly every respect. Yet Marlena determines to do her best and stay focused on her future| even as those hopes become drastically altered"--From the publisher's web site....
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Series
Amish of Birch Creek novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When tragedy strikes an independent Amish woman, she must accept a marriage proposal from the man she vowed never to marry. As the oldest daughter in an Amish family, Sadie's life was mapped out since the day she was born. She would join the church, marry an Amish man, and eventually she and her husband would take over her family's store. But when her parents unexpectedly die in a buggy accident, her life goes into a tailspin. Determined to keep...
12) The first love
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English
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"In the summer of 1951, Amish woman Maggie Esh is struggling with a debilitating illness and few future prospects. When revival meetings come to the area, Maggie attends out of curiosity, and the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she hope for a brighter future?"--Provided by the publisher.
13) The thorn
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Series
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English
Description
Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she abandoned? And will she be able to convince Rose to steer...
14) The letters
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Determined to find a way to support her family and pay off her late husband's debts, Rose Schrock converts the basement of her Amish farmhouse into an inn; asking God to bless each guest, Rose is surprised when her entire family receives the blessings.
15) Susanna's dream
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Series
Lost sisters of Pleasant Valley volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Trade
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about one another. When the long-held secret of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected. Now they reach out to the third . . . Susanna Bitler's life is in complete turmoil. Still reeling from the death of her mother, she is further disheartened when her business partner hints that she is going to quit the gift shop they run together in a...
16) The forbidden
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Series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 2
Language
English
Description
The Church Split Has Not Extinguished Their Love, But the Demands of One Man Still Stand in Their Way... Caleb Yoder's father has forbidden him to court Nellie Mae Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb's devotion. Yet if he continues to pursue Nellie, he risks losing everything. Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order beau but cannot ignore the gentle pull she feels toward the faith of her New Order family. Can she and her beloved...
18) Home all along
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English
Description
"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 in love with an Amish man. But just when she is considering a permanent conversion to the Amish way of life, her world...
Author
Series
Land of Canaan volume 2
Language
English
Description
Settling in to her new life in Canaan, Colorado, Katie Ann Stoltzfus gives birth to a baby boy after her estranged husband dies; when Eli Detweiler attends a wedding in Canaan, a good-hearted Englishwoman plays matchmaker to Katie Ann and Eli, and they find themselves facing a hopeful future.
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