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"Camden Grayson loves her challenging career, but the rest of her life could use some improvement. 'Moving on' is Cam's mantra. Her two sisters insist that there's a difference between moving on and nonstop movement. Cam's full-throttle life skids to a stop when her father buys an island off Maine's coast. Paul Grayson has a dream to breathe new life into the island and reunite his estranged daughters. Certain Dad has lost his mind, the three...
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"Phoebe Starbuck has always taken care of her father as he chases one whim after another. Finally, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves she takes two gifts from her father, but desires only one: her great-grandmother's journal. The second gift? A 'minder' in the form of cooper Matthew Macy, a man she loathes. Phoebe soon discovers that life at sea is no easier than...
3) The calling
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2014
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"Bethany Schrock is restless. Her love life has derailed, her faith hangs by a thread, and she is spending the hot summer wading through a lifetime's accumulation of junk at the home of five ancient Amish sisters. About the only thing that holds her interest is handsome Jimmy Fisher. The sly old sisters and a guest at the Inn get Bethany involved in running the local soup kitchen and starting a community garden. But a gnawing emptiness about a...
4) The newcomer
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"In 1737, Anna König staggers off a small wooden ship, eager to start life in the Pennsylvania frontier. It's a time of new beginnings, and for Anna and Bairn's shipboard romance to blossom. But as Bairn grasps the reality of what it means to be Amish in the New World, his enthusiasm evaporates. When offered a first mate position, he grabs it. Just one more crossing, he promises Anna. As a newcomer joins the church, Anna is torn. This man is...
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"Six long years ago, Captain Reynolds Macy sailed away from his bride, Jane, looking forward to the day when he would return to Nantucket Island with a ship's hold full of whale oil. But when that day finally arrives, Ren discovers that everything has changed in his absence. Bold and spirited Daphne Coffin, sister to Jane, doesn't defer to Ren as an authoritative whalemaster, but sees through his aloofness to the aching heart beneath. She encourages...
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"Detachment had worked well as a life strategy for horse trainer Sam Schrock. Until he met Mollie Graber... New to Stoney Ridge, schoolteacher Mollie has come to town for a fresh start. Aware of how fleeting and fragile life is, she wants to live it boldly and bravely. When Luke Schrock, new to his role as deacon, asks the church to take in foster girls from a group home, she's the first to raise her hand. The power of love, she believes, can pick...
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"After three years on a whaling voyage, Henry Macy returns to Nantucket to news that his grandmother has passed, bequeathing her vast fortune to him and his sister, Hitty. And it was truly vast. But Lillian Coffin was no fool. The inheritance comes with a steep cost, including when they should marry and whom--a Quaker in good standing, of course. But if they relinquish the inheritance, it all goes to Tristram Macy, their father's thieving business...
10) The imposter
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"Katrina Stoltzfus thought she had life and love all figured out: she was going to marry John and live happily ever after. But as her plans crumble before her eyes, she struggles to face an uncertain future. When a widow asks for help starting a new business, Katrina quickly agrees. She needs time to heal her broken heart, to untangle her messy life, to find a purpose. What she doesn't need is attention from Andy Miller, a farmhand who arrives...
11) The return
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As the Amish settle in America, Tessa wishes Hans would notice her. When tragedy strikes--close to home and close to her heart--she discovers the cost of true love.
12) The devoted
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"Ruthie Stoltzfus is right on the cusp of leaving her Amish home. Secretly, she's earned her GED and saved her money. Just as everything falls into place, along comes Patrick Kelly, a young man on a journey of his own. He's come to Stoney Ridge to convert to the Amish church and has given himself thirty days to learn the language and adapt to 'everything Plain.' Time is of the essence and every moment is to be cherished--especially the hours he...
13) The quieting
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"The Stoltzfus family faces serious problems, both in the church and at home. Everyone expects minister David Stoltzfus to fix things--fast. But David prefers to wait for God to work in individual hearts. Yet even he is left wondering if the solution might be a Quieting"--From the publisher's web site.
14) The choice
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Lancaster County secrets volume 1
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Carrie Weaver looks forward to running away with Lancaster Barnstormers pitcher Solomon Riehl--plans that included leaving the Amish community where they grew up, but later Carrie joins the community of faith that sustains her, even as she questions some of the decisions of her elders.
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Stoney Ridge seasons volume 1
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Julia Lapp has planned on marrying Paul Fisher since she was a girl. Now twenty-one, she looks forward to their wedding with giddy anticipation. When Paul tells her he wants to postpone the wedding--again--she knows who is to blame. Perpetual bachelor and spreader of cold feet, Roman Troyer, the Bee Man. Roamin' Roman travels through the Amish communities of Ohio and Pennsylvania with his hives full of bees, renting them out to farmers in need of...
17) Lost and found
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"If Trudy Yoder can stop construction at Wonder Lake, she'll save the bird sanctuary. Even better, she'll keep her beloved Micah Weaver from leaving town to find new birds to chase. What Trudy doesn't know is that Micah is already on a chase to find the girl who broke his heart--Trudy's estranged sister, Shelley"--
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Stoney Ridge seasons volume 2
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Baker Publishing Group
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2012
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When Sadie Lapp steps off the bus in Stoney Ridge after being in Ohio for the winter, she is faced with a decision--one that goes against her very essence. Yet it's the only way she can think of to protect a loved one. Schoolteacher Gideon Smucker has been crazy about Sadie since boyhood. But his response to her surprising decision undermines his own reputation--and his relationship with Sadie. College student Will Stoltz is spending the spring at...
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"Fresh out of culinary school, Blaine Grayson returns to Three Sisters Island with big plans for work, family, and love. But the island and her not-my-boyfriend best friend Artie have changed, leaving her to wonder if her plans might need to factor in more than just her own desires"--
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