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"Eliza Bontrager and Jesse Ebersol have fallen in love and are determined to marry, despite the belief of their Amish community and respective families that there's a hidden curse-one that only shows up when an Ebersol and Bontrager marry. Before the ceremony on the day of the wedding, Eliza's great-aunt Rose gives her a family heirloom quilt and tells her that she may use it to change one event in the past. Eliza appreciates the woman's heart, but...
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"They were "only friends" . . . but they wanted so much more. Crystal Glick is grateful to live with her brother's family since her father died and her fiancé, Owen, broke their engagement. Crystal loves her bruderskinner and cheerfully helps her sister-in-law through a difficult pregnancy with babies number seven and eight, but she yearns for a husband and children of her own. Duane Bontrager is mourning the recent death of his wife, Connie, after...
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"Patchwork promises: When Colin Zook and his beloved grandmother lose everything in a fire, their greatest loss is a beloved family heirloom quilt that helped keep her dementia at bay. When Joanne Lapp hears about the loss, she decides to recreate the quilt. Colin soon feels himself developing feelings for her, but he's held back by the knowledge that a future with him would involve care of his grandmother and his farm. Will Joanne look past his list...
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"Warm and uplifting, Rosalind Lauer welcomes readers back for the third time to Joyful River, Pennsylvania, a faith-filled Amish community living side-by-side with the English world as they both overcome culture clashes with compassion, love, and abiding trust in Gott's plan. The job of running the Church in Joyful River and being a father is proving to be a bit too much for Bishop Aaron. But when widow Collette Yoder steps in to help run his house,...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2021.
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"A Class for Laurel by Amy Clipston Adventurous Laurel Weaver leaves Pennsylvania to answer a newspaper ad for a teaching position in Colorado. She stays with handsome Glen Troyer's family, and they become close. However, she never intended to stay in Colorado, and his family doesn't approve of her outgoing ways. Now she can't bear to think of leaving Glen and her beloved students, but she's beginning to feel like she's out of options. Will Laurel...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2021.
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"With her preacher father in prison for fraud, Elizabeth Yoder's life in the community of Bounti-ful has been painfully uprooted. Mindful of wearing out her welcome with her family, she jumps at the chance to stay with elderly Bridget Lantz while the woman's daughter is away. Elizabeth has secret plans to leave for another Amish community where she might get a fresh start, but here with Bridget, she feels comfortable--until Bridget's strapping grandson,...
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2022
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"Warm and uplifting, Rosalind Lauer welcomes readers back to Joyful River, Pennsylvania, a faith-filled Amish community living side-by-side with the English world and overcoming culture clashes with compassion, love, and abiding trust in Gott's plan... Caught in a love triangle, can a dairy farmer draw on his faith to show the woman he loves that he's the better match? For Sam Lapp, every day spent working on his family's dairy farm is a reminder...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2024.
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"Mistaken for His Amish Bride by Patricia Davids Traveling to Maine in search of family, Mari Kemp is injured in an accident--and ends up with amnesia. Mistakenly believing she's the fiancaee he's been exchanging letters with, wheelwright Asher Fisher will do anything to help Mari recover her memories. He's kind, caring--maybe even her perfect match. But she'll need to remember the past before she can see their future. Their Pretend Courtship by Carrie...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2021.
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"When Amish nanny Liddie Miller is attacked more than once while caring for Jonah Troyer's children, the attempts stir up too many memories of his wife's murder for comfort. Though the police insist the murderer died in prison, Jonah's convinced there's a connection. And he won't let another woman die on his watch. He just has to figure out the culprit's motives...before it's too late"--
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"In the third installment of Amy Clipston's beloved Amish Legacy series, Korey Bontrager and Savannah Zook pretend to date, only to find themselves unexpectedly falling in love"--
"In the third installment of Amy Clipston's beloved Amish Legacy series, Korey Bontrager and Savannah Zook pretend to date, only to find themselves unexpectedly falling in love. Korey, the middle Bontrager brother, has been spending time with cousins in Ohio and hasn't...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
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2023.
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"As the holidays approach, Collette King is eager for Matthew Mueller's return to Shadow Lake. Especially now that she has finally surrendered to the truth--that the friend she has known forever, the first man she ever kissed, is the one she longs to spend her life with. So when Mattie shows up at her sister's wedding with another woman on his arm, Collette's hopes are shattered. To heal her broken heart, she begins a quilt honoring her memories of...
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"Fresh-baked muffins fragrant with ripe blueberries ...cinnamon-scented turnovers that transform any meal into a feast. ... In 1914 Ohio, the Amish Charm Bakery holds a special place within its close-knit, faith-filled community, where love finds a way through God's grace ...even for a widow faced with an impossible choice between her head and her heart. So when a meet-cute at a wedding leads Magdelena and Toby into a cross-class romance against the...
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"As May settles into family life, she has so much to be grateful for. Yes, there are plenty of challenges as she continues to heal from the demons of her past, but her loving husband and sweet children are the greatest earthly gift she could ask for. And having Oba in their home is almost more precious than she could have imagined . . . at least, if it weren't for his ongoing anger and hardness of heart. May's children are steadily growing older,...
14) Tapestry of love
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"Susan Lapp is back in Lancaster and ready to begin a serious relationship with Levi Yoder. After all the ups and downs of her time out west, it's good to be back in the familiar routines of church, family, and working at the market and housecleaning. Nothing stays simple for long, though, and Susan finds herself trying to help her sister Kate navigate her complicated and painful marriage that is taking a toll on their entire family. As Susan and...
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"Reveals a future she didn't know she wanted. When car failure stalls Englischer Ruth Wengerd's impulsive cross-country trip, she doesn't expect to be rescued by a horse and buggy--or to suddenly become a nanny for widower Adam Chupp's son. Helping the sweet family reminds Ruth of her Amish upbringing and the shameful secret she's hiding. But when the temporary job begins to feel permanent, can she face up to her past...for a future she left once...
16) Sanctuary
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She prayed the day would never come, but when her past comes calling, Melissa James has no choice but to flee. Pursued and living on the run, she finds longed-for sanctuary in Amish country. Part thriller, art romance, Sanctuary is a compelling story of revenge, the price of freedom, and the solace found in friendship.
17) Romancing Nadine
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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"In this heartwarming series from Amy Lillard, three generations of women find the Oklahoma Amish community of Wells Landing a heaven-sent opportunity to take new leaps of faith . . . Wife, widow, mother, and grandmother-sixty-something Nadine Burkhart is everything a sensible Amish woman is supposed to be. She's moved to Wells Landing to give her daughter and granddaughter a fresh start-not herself. So as far as she's concerned, good-hearted farmer...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage bompany
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2024.
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"After a life-changing event, Lydia Troyer returns to her Amish community to repair her damaged reputation. But the baby she brings with her raises more questions than she can answer. Proving she's changed while keeping her secret becomes even harder when she finds carpenter Jonah Lapp working on her family home. Jonah is the only man she's ever loved, but winning back his trust will be hardest of all... From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith,...
19) The memory quilt
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2022.
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"Running a historic Inn on beautiful Shadow Lake is a satisfying life for the Amish King sisters. Until love stirs a longing for more... When Abigail King stumbles upon a man lying on the beach near her family inn, her every instinct says to help the stranger. With his memory gone, "Jonah" is reluctant to contact the authorities, so Abigail offers him shelter, despite her sisters' reservations. As she nurses him back to health, Abigail helps him recover...
20) Amish Jane Doe
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2022.
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"Escaping his Amish community as a teen was about survival, but leaving meant breaking LizBeth Troyer's heart. Now Detective Jackson Lapp is working a cold case--and the clue to a murdered Amish girl's identity leads him back to his hometown. Can Jackson and LizBeth rebuild their broken trust and work together to catch a killer before another young Amish woman is murdered?"--