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Elizabeth is confronted by her brother's murderer who claims he loves her. She flees across the wilderness and meets an…
unusual man. This gentleman's protection and her strong Christian faith help her survive. 1982, c1908.
In the summer of 1951, eighteen-year-old Maggie Esh is in need of some hope. Sweet-spirited and uncommonly pretty despite struggling…
with a debilitating illness, she is accustomed to being treated kindly by the young men of her Old Order Amish church district. Yet no one but Jimmy Beiler ever asks her out, and she always declines, certain he only pities her. To make matters worse, Dat has recently remarried, less than a year after Maggie's mother died. And while her stepmother is kind, she's much younger than Mamm, and she simply doesn't understand Maggie or her illness the way Mamm did. Strong in her faith, Maggie has been taught to accept her lot in life as God's will. But with declining health, an unsettled family situation, and few future prospects, any sense of hope seems elusive. When tent revival meetings come to the area, Maggie attends out of curiosity, but the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she hope for a brighter future? 2018.
Caleb Yoder’s father forbids him to court Nellie Mae Fisher because her family has left the Old Order Amish church…
for the New Order. Nellie tries to figure out a way she can have both salvation in Jesus and a relationship with Caleb. Sequel to “The Parting”. Followed by “The longing”. 2008.
Mary has been happily married to Jonathan for seven years, but he cannot father a child. He wants to do…
anything he can to make her feel fulfilled - even if it means giving her to his own brother. Mary is torn. Can the infidelity be justified, and what consequences will it bring? 1989.
New York editor Lynda Austin is alarmed when the last chapter of a book containing treasure maps disappears from the…
office. A clue leads her to believe the missing pages are in Montana, which gives Lynda a good excuse to meet up with appealing rodeo circuit cowboy Brady Stoner again. Sequel to "The Lost Manuscript of Martin Taylor Harrison", followed by "The kill fee of Cindy Lacoste". 1996.
Offers a collection of scripturally based short story views of six of the family members of Jesus Christ, including Mary,…
Joseph, Jesus' brother James, John the Baptist, Zechariah, and Elizabeth. 2014. Joseph, the protective stepfather -- Zechariah, the knowing uncle -- John the Baptist, the chosen cousin -- Elizabeth, the faithful aunt -- James, the doubting brother -- Mary, the loving mother.
When her car gets a flat tire, classical violin prodigy Amelia is rescued by Michael, a young Amish man. Amelia,…
who secretly fiddles in a country band, stays at Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, for a few days before returning to the English world. But she misses the simple life. Followed by “The bridesmaid”. 2012.
After her mother's death, Jane insists on staying with her father, and goes with him to California. She misses Sinclair,…
the cousin she grew up loving, and thinks perhaps returning to him in Scotland will bring her the true love she desires. Or have her senses been clouded by youthful infatuation? 1971.
Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six…
months. Will Annie's intention to join the Amish church be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher? 2006.
Anna Reardon and her brother, James, do not have much of a life in Boston. Their mother is a prostitute,…
and basically, they are raising themselves. When James sees Karl Lindstrom's advertisement for a "mail-order bride," he convinces Anna to write Karl. Desperate to change their way of life, Anna misrepresents herself in her letters. Now, in Minnesota, the truth is coming out. Descriptions of sex. 1991.
Virginia Keile secretly dreams of having a second chance to love the tall, dark Cornish farmer she foolishly lost 27…
years ago. Her life since has taught her harsh lessons about marriage and children, but now she is back in Cornwall with her children, to try and fill an empty house with love. 1973.
Poppy, a pastor's wife, begins to meet regularly with other local church ladies to pray for her friends. Poppy also…
wrestles with her own concerns as a pastor's wife. This book combines finely grained family drama with quirky Christian women's domestic fiction. 2001.
Katie, now Katherine Mayfield, searches for her birth mother. The journey takes her to the Finger Lakes region of New…
York and into a world of compassion and greed, mercy and betrayal. Meanwhile Katie's first love, Daniel, wants to rekindle their relationship. Sequel to "The Shunning" (DC36967), followed by "The reckoning" (DC36966). 1997. (The Heritage of Lancaster County ; 2)
Wells Fargo agent Zac Cobb's new assignment takes him to Arizona to track down bandits stealing army payrolls. It also…
leads him into a confrontation with his brother Julian, who, bitter from injuries suffered in the Civil War, has become an outlaw. They find themselves thrust together on a boat careening down the rapids of the Colorado River. Sequel to "The Rawhiders". c1996. (The Wells Fargo trail ; 5)
The last person innkeeper Megan Hamilton wants to ever see again is Elliott Bailey, who she feels is responsible for…
her brother's current predicament. But the heat between them is undeniable. Sequel to "Sugar Pine Trail", followed by "Season of wonder". 2018.
Owen was a normal high school student with a great life. He had a beautiful girlfriend, played on the football…
team, and was surrounded by a group of great friends. That is, until he found a well on some abandoned land, and a man who offered him a drink of water that changed his life forever. Suddenly, Owen is seeing things that no one else sees: Shackles and chains that bind his family and friends, terrifying creatures that connect themselves to the cuffs attached at the end of the chains, and angelic beings who seem to have a power that even the demons cannot withstand. Do the things Owen is seeing have anything to do with the suicide epidemic currently threatening to destroy his high school? How can this young man with no faith in the supernatural suddenly see invisible forces of terror provoking his fellow student's demise? For senior high readers. 2017.
Sallie Riehl has dreamed of traveling at least once before settling down to join church, so she is thrilled at…
an unexpected summer opportunity to nanny in Cape May for a well-to-do family. However, saying even a temporary good-bye to Paradise Township means forgoing baptism another year, as well as leaving behind a would-be beau. Yet the weeks in Cape May soon prove unforgettable as Sallie meets a Mennonite young man whose friendship she quickly begins to cherish. Has she been too hasty with her promises, or will she only find what her heart is longing for back home? 2017.