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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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Abby Wentworth is the glue that holds her book club together. So when she unexpectedly passes away on the cusp…
of the Christmas season, the rest of the women in the group are stunned, saddened, and sure that, without her, the group can't continue. They gather "one last time" to open gifts Abby left behind, little knowing how it will change each of their lives--forever. 2017.
Bright, curious, and restless, Ruthie Stoltzfus loves her family but is stuck in a sea of indecision about her future:…
Should she stay Amish? Or should she leave? She's done all she can to prepare to go--passed the GED, saved her money--but she can't quite set her journey into motion. Patrick Kelly is a young man on a journey of his own. He's come to Stoney Ridge to convert to the Amish and has given himself thirty days to learn the language, drive a buggy, and adapt to "everything Plain." Time, to Patrick, is of the essence. Every moment is to be cherished, especially the hours he spends with Ruthie, his Penn Dutch tutor. Ruthie's next-door neighbor and cunning ex-boyfriend, Luke Schrock, is drawn to trouble like a moth to a flame. Rebellious, headstrong, defiant, Luke will do anything to win Ruthie back--anything--and Patrick Kelly is getting in his way. Sequel to "The quieting". 2016.
As persecution of Christians intensifies, Julia - a merchant's daughter - finds hope in a new faith. When Jacob is…
hired to guard her father's caravan, Julia and the young man are drawn together - unaware they both are secretly delivering messages to believers scattered by persecution. Sequel to “The Hidden Flame”. 2011.
While Frieda Moore hasn't found the Good Word, she has charted a path to really good, upscale life. And she's…
not about to let her surgeon husband and baby son get in the way of her good time. Frieda's more sensible cousin, Hope Taylor, was sure she and her spouse, Cy, were solid-in-the-spirit. But now a long-lost love is requesting an act of Christian charity that could be a second chance at temptation. And when Hope's best friend, Stacy, must decide if a money-making scheme will fix her rocky marriage, the consequences will have the saved and hardly-saved begging for deliverance. 2013.
Continues the story of Dane and Tharyn Logan, a husband and wife medical team serving a mining community west of…
Denver. While caring for the physical ailments of the residents of this frontier town, the Logans also minister to their spiritual needs. Dane’s biggest challenge comes, however, when the stagecoach he’s riding crashes down a ravine. Dane survives, but loses his memory. Who is he? Does he have a family somewhere? And will his trust in God help him find his way back home? Sequel to "Beloved physician". 2004.