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Lancaster Crossroads volume 3
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English
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"The final book in the Lancaster Crossroads Amish romance trilogy. Ever since Fanny Lapp's husband Tom died in a tragic accident one year ago, she's struggled to make ends meet with her three children and their large house in need of repair. Luckily, charity arrives in the form of Zed Miller, the black sheep in their community. Handy with a hammer and nails, Zed offers to repair her house and Fanny accepts--though she's dismayed about her attachment...
63) The tinderbox
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English
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"When Sylvia Miller finds an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued. Shocked by the secrets it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community"--
The day before her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father, Earnest, keeps in his Lancaster County watch...
64) The healing jar
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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After Lenore's fiancée calls off their engagement, she resigns herself to being permanently single, but while working in her grandmother's garden she digs up an old jar that may help her find healing.
An Amish schoolteacher in her late twenties still living at home with her parents and grandparents, Lenore Lapp thought love had passed her by. When she meets Jesse Smucker, a widower with a baby daughter, she falls in love with them both and accepts...
65) A Christmas home
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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,...
66) A road unknown
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Series
Amish roads volume 1
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is at a crossroads. Shes been given the chance to experience life outside of her community in Goshen, away from the responsibility of caring for her eight younger siblings, but Elizabeth Bontrager cant decide which road to take. Home has its charms, but Paradise, Pennsylvania, sounds& well, like paradise. But will the small town live up to its name? When Elizabeth meets Bruce, she quickly learns he wants more than a friendship. And the same...
67) Plain Peace
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English
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"01 02 Anna's grandfather seems determined to ruin her Rumspringa and any hopes she has of finding a husband. Anna Byler should be enjoying her Rumspringa as allowed by her faith. But because of the strict rules enforced by her grandfather, the available suitors in town are afraid to court her. Even Anna's grandmother is keeping a big secret from Anna's grandfather in an effort to keep the peace. Under her grandfather's oppressive watch, Anna begins...
68) Anna's return
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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...
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English
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"In the third installment of Amy Clipston's Amish Heirloom series, Priscilla Allgyer returns to the Amish community she'd dreamt of escaping and learns the hard lessons of love and forgiveness from a surprising source"--
Priscilla Allgyer left the community to escape the expectations of Amish life. Forced to return with her six-year-old son she is welcomed by her mother, but her father is cold and strict. He allows Priscilla to stay with them provided...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
David Stoltzfus and Anna Fisher have been best friends for as long as anyone can remember, but as they approach their teen years their friendship turns into deep attraction. David, however, takes off for Australia on an adventure, leaving Anna to sort through her feelings alone.
David Stolzfus and Anna Fisher have always been best friends. They live on neighboring farms in Lancaster County, they walked to school together-- but they've always denied...
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...
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English
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After her mother's death Sara Murray learns that her maternal grandparents are Amish, living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Making the trip to meet them, she is shocked to learn someone else has been pretending to be Sara. Tired of the secrets and deceit that seem to follow her, Sara has trouble building new relationships. She meets Brad Fuller who is visiting her grandparents during Christmas, and likes him a lot, but even he seems to pull away...
73) A time to heal
Author
Series
Quilts of Lancaster County volume 2
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Chris Matlock, a wounded and weary ex-soldier, just wants peace in his life, and he believes he{u2019}s found it when he visits Matthew and Jenny Bontrager. He envies their happiness and simple life but doesn{u2019}t believe that that life is meant for him. When he meets Matthew{u2019}s sister, Hannah, a small spark of hope flares within him. Despite the clash of cultures between the former military man and the pacifist Amish woman, Chris and Hannah...
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Series
Daisy's Tea Garden mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Even though spring in Lancaster County is still a bit far off, Daisy Swanson has much to look forward to: setting a date with her fiancé Jonas, a whimsical Alice in Wonderland tea event, and an anniversary celebration for her parents at a farm-to-table restaurant in Willow Creek. But a grim discovery turns her thoughts to the troubled present. Meeting up for a hike with her friend, Daisy and her fiancé's dog Felix find the woman dead on a trail,...
Author
Series
Sisters of Lancaster County volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Leisel Bachmann left her Amish roots and beloved sisters to pursue a career in medicine without a second thought. She has an Englisch boyfriend, Nick Jordan, and dreams of a new life--but those dreams come crashing down when her sister Marie is diagnosed with cancer. Soon nothing is going as she planned--not her state boards, not her first nursing job, and certainly not her relationship with Nick. As she becomes increasingly discouraged, her aunt...
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English
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"In the final installment of Amy Clipston's bestselling Amish Marketplace series, a young widow struggling to raise her son dreams of one more chance at love. Since her husband died seven years ago, Leanna Wengerd has done her best--tending to her son, Chester, and running her Jam and Jelly Nook at the Amish market. Though she enjoys seeing her cousins and customers at the marketplace, she wishes she could find more time for her rebellious teenage...
Author
Series
Hearts of Lancaster County volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Rebecca Zook has always dreamed of being a midwife. It's a bittersweet occupation for an Amish widow who didn't have children before she lost her true love. Now the only babies she holds are those who will belong to others. But Rebecca is afraid of risking her heart again, afraid that having had a miscarriage when she was married means she can't have more children. Samuel Miller is a widower and single father new to Lancaster County. He's drawn to...
78) A plain leaving
Author
Series
Sisters of Lancaster County volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At age twenty, Jessica Bachman left her two beloved sisters and her Amish community after clashing with the new bishop about her role in the family and the future of their farm. She tried to convince Silas Kemp, who'd been courting her for two years, to join her, but when he said no, she fled anyway. Three years later, she returns home for the first time since leaving Lancaster to attend her father's funeral. Her arrival back revives all sorts of...
79) Davey's daughter
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Series
Lancaster burning volume 2
Language
English
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Sarah Beiler grows increasingly concerned about Ashley, her friend who also works at the farmers market. Ashley acts strange, even nervous, when anyone talks about the rash of fires. When Sarah asks her what she knows, Ashley only heightens Sarah's suspicions. But that not Sarah's only trouble. She remains distracted by Matthew Stoltzfus, who says that God is calling him to leave the Amish community. When he begs her to join him, Sarah's heart is...
Author
Series
Quilts of Lancaster County volume 4
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since her step-mom brought her a snow globe of the New York City skyline, Annie has wanted to visit the beautiful, big city. Since its nearing the time of Annies rumschpringethe time when Amish youth experience English life to make a decision whether to live in that world or become baptized into the Amish faiththe family decides a visit is a good idea. They watch the Macys Christmas parade, admire the decorated store windows, skate at the Rockefeller...
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