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"Heading west with her adventurous husband to claim land, tragedy intervenes and Marty is left alone with her great loss and no way to return home. After his wife's death, Clark and his little girl are also in great need. His proposal to Marty comes with good intention, but will courage and faith be enough to bring them true love?"--
2) The telling
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Struggling to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, Heather Nelson is determined to forgo traditional medicine--to her father's chagrin--in hopes of finding answers and healing in Amish country. But first, she offers to drive her Amish friend, Grace Byler, to Ohio in order to find Grace's mother. Will mother and daughter, and one seriously ill graduate student, find the answers they long for? Or will "the telling" cause them all further pain?...
4) The ebb tide
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"Sallie Riehl is thrilled at an unexpected summer opportunity to nanny in Cape May for a well-to-do family. It means forgoing baptism another year and leaving behind a would-be beau, yet the weeks in Cape May soon prove unforgettable as Sallie meets a young Mennonite man whose friendship she quickly begins to cherish. Has she been too hasty with her promises?"--From the publisher's web site.
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Orphan train novels (Jody Hedlund) volume 1
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When a financial crisis in 1850's New York leaves three orphaned sisters nearly destitute, the oldest, Elise Neumann, knows she must take action. She's had experience as a seamstress, and the New York Children's Aid Society has established a special service: placing out seamstresses and trade girls. Even though Elise doesn't want to leave her sisters for a job in Illinois, she realizes this may be their last chance. The son of one of New York City's...
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
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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.
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Willamette brides volume 1
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"In 1879, reunited with childhood friend and lawyer Seth Carpenter, recently widowed Nancy Pritchard must search through the pieces of her loveless marriage for the truth behind her husband's death after his schemes come to light. But as they pursue answers, their feelings create complications, and dark secrets reveal themselves"--
8) The guardian
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When Jodi Winfield comes to Lancaster to house-sit, the last thing she expects to find is a disheveled little girl alone on the side of the road who can't speak English; Jodi turns her attention to Hickory Hollow--and the cloistered world of the Old Order Amish--in search of answers.
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"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....
10) Treasured grace
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"Raising two younger sisters has become Grace Martindale's responsibility. A hasty decision to head west seemed like a good opportunity but has instead left Grace in a precarious position. When Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife agree to let Grace and her sisters stay at their mission for the winter, Grace is grateful. Grace meets a fur trapper named Alex Armistead who intrigues and infuriates her in equal measure. But when a measles outbreak threatens...
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Montana rescue volume 2
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When Deputy Sam Brooks commits to something, nothing can sway him--not just on the job as liaison between the Mercy Falls sheriff's department and PEAK Rescue, but in his private life. He's the one who stuck around to take care of his mother after his father's accidental death. And he's the one--perhaps the only one--who believes Sierra Rose is the perfect girl for him. Safe, practical, and organized, she's nothing like her hippie, impulsive, bleeding...
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Prairie Legacy volume 2
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Virginia Simpson is about to graduate from high school and continue her education at college when a family crisis derails her plans. Virginia soon discovers that the rest of the world is moving on without her. Her best friend, Jenny, discovers the freedom of college, and Virginia's boyfriend begins to grow away from God and then away from Virginia.
13) Blue moon bay
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Moses Lake volume 2
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Heather Hampton returns to Moses Lake, Texas, to help facilitate the sale of a family farm as part of a planned industrial plant that will provide the area with much-needed jobs. Heather's future fiance has brokered the deal, and Heather is in line to do her first large-scale architectural design--if the deal goes through. But the currents of Moses Lake have a way of taking visitors on unexpected journeys. What was intended to be a quick trip suddenly...
14) If I run
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"Casey Cox has blood on the bottom of her shoes, in her car, on her clothes. But there's no point in trying to defend herself. She just has to run. Casey didn't kill her friend Brent. She discovered his body, but she'd never try to hurt him. He's the only person she's ever trusted enough to tell the truth about what happened to her father and there's no doubt in her mind that Brent was killed trying to help her prove it. She has to run before they...
15) The tinderbox
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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...
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"After her father's death, Lizzy Brookstone, a trick rider in the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, wants to retire to her family's ranch. But returning home would bring ex-love Wesley DeShazer, the ranch's foreman, back into her life. Her departure could also doom the cash-strapped show. Lizzy finds a replacement in Ella Fleming, a natural talent who is fleeing a forced betrothal. But the show's future is in doubt after one of the show's...
17) The hope jar
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Prayer jars volume 1
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Michelle is not who her new Amish family believes her to be, but how can she tell the truth without hurting the ones she has come to love?
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2019.
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"Five young moms, including Robin Jones Gunn's beloved character Christy Miller, gather to share meals, and soon become unlikely best friends. The regular gatherings provide opportunities for the women to reveal their stories, and those life stories endear them to each other. They experience their lives naturally meshing as they raise their children together in community. In Becoming Us, the group finds ways to challenge, encourage, and help each...
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On the eve of Rhoda Butler's and the King family's departure to establish an Amish community in Maine, Rhoda is shocked to discover that choices made by her business partner, Samuel King, have placed her and her unusual gifts directly in the path of her district's bishop and preachers.
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