Marta Perry
Author
Series
River Haven volume 1
Language
English
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"In the wake of his estranged wife's murder, widower Michael Forster returns to the Amish community he'd left as a teen. He wants a fresh start for himself and his daughter, Allie, away from those who still believe he's guilty. In River Haven, a quieter life seems possible. If only Allie's Amish schoolteacher, Catherine Brandt, was easier to ignore. A problem solver by nature, Cathy can tell Allie's withdrawn demeanor isn't due to shyness. But getting...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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In small town Laurel Ridge, not everything is as simple as it appears
After a terrible betrayal, Allison Standish flees Philadelphia for the small Amish village of Laurel Ridge to claim an unexpected inheritance. Allison intends to sell the mansion housing various shops on Main Street—until she meets Nick Whiting, a single father and tenant of Blackburn House, who challenges everything she believes about her estranged grandmother and the...
After a terrible betrayal, Allison Standish flees Philadelphia for the small Amish village of Laurel Ridge to claim an unexpected inheritance. Allison intends to sell the mansion housing various shops on Main Street—until she meets Nick Whiting, a single father and tenant of Blackburn House, who challenges everything she believes about her estranged grandmother and the...
Author
Series
Promise Glen volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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After ten years spent keeping house and raising her younger siblings, Sarah Yoder returns home to Promise Glen determined to make a fresh start. Her new job with neighbor Noah Raber's furniture business seems promising-until she and the woodworker clash over everything from the best way to reach new costumers to how to raise his mischievous six-year-old twin boys. Though Sarah longs for a home of her own, she fights the appeal of this ready-made family,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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In Laurel Ridge, Pennsylvania, a community once united must suspect one of their own
Amish quilter Sarah Bitler's dreams no longer feature a husband and family. Instead, she searches for success in the quilt shop within Blackburn House, a place once tarnished with deadly secrets. She refuses to let the past influence her future...until an ominous fire forces them to collide.
Firefighter Aaron King was the first to touch Sarah's heart—and...
Amish quilter Sarah Bitler's dreams no longer feature a husband and family. Instead, she searches for success in the quilt shop within Blackburn House, a place once tarnished with deadly secrets. She refuses to let the past influence her future...until an ominous fire forces them to collide.
Firefighter Aaron King was the first to touch Sarah's heart—and...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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As Laurel Ridge embraces a stranger hungry for answers, a sinister truth is awakened
A hard-hitting reporter, Kate Beaumont unearths the deepest lies and brings harsh truths to light. But the story that lures her to the gentle town of Laurel Ridge, Pennsylvania, is closer to her heart than anyone knows. The details of her half brother's sudden death have never made sense. She owes him justice, yet the one man who can help her is the stubborn...
A hard-hitting reporter, Kate Beaumont unearths the deepest lies and brings harsh truths to light. But the story that lures her to the gentle town of Laurel Ridge, Pennsylvania, is closer to her heart than anyone knows. The details of her half brother's sudden death have never made sense. She owes him justice, yet the one man who can help her is the stubborn...
6) Hannah's joy
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Years after leaving the Mennonite faith with her parents, the recently widowed Hannah Conroy returns to the simple life in Pleasant Valley with her toddler son to try and figure out where she truly belongs.
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Since her mother's death, Naomi Esch has been devoted to caring for her father and siblings, sacrificing any hope of finding love or having a home of her own. Still, working at the local bakery and expanding her beekeeping business gives Naomi a satisfying sense of purpose. Then, in the weeks before Christmas, her father announces his plan to immediately remarry. He and his new wife need the house for themselves, and suddenly Naomi's life is turned...
Author
Series
Lost sisters of Pleasant Valley volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When she discovers that she has two sisters who were raised in other homes, Lydia, taken in by her aunt and uncle after her parents died, is determined to find her lost sisters and reunite them all as a family despite her husband's objections.
9) Katie's way
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
After opening a quilt shop in Pleasant Valley, Katie Miller's efforts to attract both Amish and Englisch customers is greeted by acts of vandalism and she seeks support and comfort from Caleb Brand, owner of the furniture store next door.
10) The rescued
Author
Series
Keepers of the promise volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In modern day central Pennsylvania, Judith Wegler tries to heal the growing rift between her husband, Isaac, and his teenage brother Joseph whom Judith and Isaac have raised as their own ever since both brothers lost their parents and siblings in a horrific fire. Meanwhile, Isaac's hurtful silence about this tragic past has robbed Judith of any certainty of her husband's love. But when Judith's grandmother gifts her with an antique study table, she...
11) Susanna's dream
Author
Series
Lost sisters of Pleasant Valley volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
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...
12) The forgiven
Author
Series
Keepers of the promise volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Central Pennsylvania, current day. Rebecca Fisher gladly accepted her husband Paul{u2019}s dreams as her own, but now that he has passed away, she{u2019}s struggling to raise two children and keep her home. Renting her stable to carpenter Matthew Byler offers a partial solution{u2014}even though Matthew has a troubled history, having sometimes failed to embrace Amish beliefs. As Matthew seeks to prove himself, Rebecca realizes how dependent she has...
13) Sarah's gift
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
14) The rebel
Author
Series
Keepers of the promise volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A young Amish woman must choose between the home she loves and the new horizons she craves just as her grandmother did years ago. Central Pennsylvania, current day. Restless and adventurous, Amish Barbie Lapp has been stepping out among the Englisch. Minister Benuel Kauffman doesn't approve of her choices, but he can't deny the positive influence Barbie has on his wayward teenage sister. As Barbie is drawn to the kindness beneath Benuel's gruff exterior,...
15) Abandon the dark
Author
Series
Watcher in the dark volume 3
Language
English
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"Twenty years ago, Lainey Colton spent one perfect summer in Deer Run with her beloved great-aunt Rebecca. Since then, the beautiful graphic designer has been a gypsy, calling no place home. Now Rebecca is gravely ill, so Lainey has returned to Deer Run to care for her...and to escape her mistakes. Lawyer Jake Evans gave up a high-powered job to build a quieter life in the small Pennsylvania town. So when a beautiful stranger appears after twenty...
Author
Series
Amish suspense stories volume 2
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Lancaster County to find the truth surrounding her mother's mysterious disappearance, Marisa Angelo finds an ally in the man who discovered her mother's bloodstained suitcase in the wall of the house he inherited from his uncle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lydia Stoltzfus is content being a maidal, unwed but happily running an Amish coffee shop. Until her schoolgirl crush returns home and she falls in love, with his timid five-year-old daughter. Widower Simon Fisher has no plans to remarry, especially not his lighthearted former neighbor, but devotion to his timid girl, and a matchmaking community, shows them what their future could be.
18) Search the dark
Author
Series
Watcher in the dark volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Meredith King longs for escape. Life in Deer Run is stifling, the Amish town too small for a modern woman staying just to care for her ailing mother. When a friend enlists her help in clearing the name of an Amish boy whose decades-old death is still shrouded in mystery, she welcomes the distraction. But when a ghost from her own past reappears, there is suddenly a lot more at stake.
19) Leah's choice
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
20) Anna's return
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 3
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2010].
Language
English
Description
After spending three years in the English world, Anna Beiler returns to the Pleasant Valley Amish with a baby girl, which will surely cause a stir since Anna is unmarried. What they don't know is that the baby is adopted, and Anna desperately needs to protect it from its violent father. Anna finds it reassuring to reconnect with family and old friends. But she hasn't fully faced the consequences of her irresponsible youth. And now she may be endangering...