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Leora King’s life boils down to two things: running her parents’ farmhouse and trying to keep her cranky father happy. Both require all of her energy. She’s all but given up on finding true love; she’s all but given up on a home of her own. Johnathan comes to Green Valley for the express purpose of finding a wife and settling down. His first choice is Mae Gross. She is a pretty, nice, friendly girl, who just happens to be Leora’s best friend.

Every day, Mercy Hess walks home from her babysitting job and sees a particular driver zoom by. Always the same driver, yet always a different car. One blustery day, the driver slows and offers Mercy - who is drenched - a lift. Throwing caution to the wind, she accepts. The driver’s name is Charlie Westman, and she finds herself drawn to him...and accepting more than one ride from him as the days go on.

Timothy Studor barely makes it through his former fiancée’s wedding. When it’s finally over, he’s ready to flee when he overhears his friends talking. Pausing to listen, he learns that the Amish district in Green Valley, Ohio, is calling for young Amish men from Hollybrook to move there and court their women. It’s the perfect chance for Timothy to get away. Though not interested in courting again, he nevertheless volunteers.

A tragic road accident sends Leah Yoder reeling. Her mother is dead. And so is the mother of Seth Knapp. Now in charge of her household, Leah struggles to do not only her chores, but her mother’s. And when her father deserts the family, her brothers are left tending the crops. Leah reaches out to her beau Timothy for help - something she quickly regrets. Timothy is so busy, and isn’t inclined to spend too many hours helping out on the Yoder farm.

In the filth-ridden streets of East End in London, Young Elsie Griggs knows little more than grueling poverty and constant hunger. When Mama becomes ill, Elsie must get a job to support the family. But working as a personal maid in Whiston Manor proves a constant challenge for Elsie. The only good thing about the manor is Mrs. Whiston's grandson, the kind and charming Andrew - who is out of bounds to Elsie. She has no way of knowing a series of tragedies are barreling toward her that will rip her entire world apart, setting her on a new path. But will this new path include Andrew?

Norma Glick has been longing for something better, ever since her mother died, leaving her in charge of a household with four siblings. She dares to dream of Trevor Schwartz - with his tender smile and easygoing ways - as part of her future. But when her aging Onkel Silas comes to stay in their home, Norma finds herself forced to give up all her dreams. Silas's demands consume her days, and as he gets older and sicker, her resentment grows.

Doris Glick’s beau has been released from prison - and just in time for Christmas. Doris is sure that now everything will be fine. Life can return to normal, and she and Jordan can continue their courtship, with Christmas promising to be especially dear. But Doris is wrong. Dreadfully wrong. Nothing goes as she hopes. Jordan has changed - and not in a good way. She hardly knows him anymore. Matthew Wanner, Doris’s best friend and adopted cousin, begins to court his girlfriend in earnest. Doris wants to be happy for him, but she struggles.

Edward Ahlborn is a prodigal son. After almost a decade away from home, he returns to the family ranch in Culver’s Creek, Montana to visit his parents, sisters, and his twin brother Will. Ten years will change any man, and he wonders what his family will think of him, now that he’s been away.

Amish mothers Doris Schrock and her best friend, Marge Gundy, decide to play matchmaker for their two adult children. Since Marge is traveling east to take care of her ailing mother, this would give her daughter a place to stay. However, Lucinda Gundy and Jeremy Schrock couldn’t be more opposed to the idea. While neither are courting others, the idea of their mothers’ conspiring to put them together couldn’t be more unappealing.

When the notorious Linch Gang strikes in Rough Creek, Missouri, deputy sheriff Jordan Tredwell finds himself with a big responsibility on his hands - find the Linch Gang and bring them to justice, all while stepping into the shoes of the former sheriff. Jordan pours himself into the task, putting everything else on hold - which worries his mother to no end. Afraid that Jordan will make himself sick - or put himself in great danger, she follows the lead of another local family and writes for a Mail Order Bride...on her son’s behalf.

Amateur sleuths Geneva Pomolo and Iris Reeves are invited to the local high school by their young friend Suzie Orleans, who is rehearsing for a performance of Agatha Christie’s Murder at the Vicarage. From the moment they set foot on campus, Geneva senses mysterious things afoot. When not one, but two murders take place on campus in the span of an hour, Geneva and Iris are thrust neck-deep into their most dizzying case yet. When an innocent teenage girl is targeted, Geneva tangles with a culprit both cunning and ruthless.

Following the passing of her mother, Ella Emerson faces a whirlwind of upheaval. Burdened by family debt, her house must be sold, and her uncle arranges for her to become a Mail Order Bride. Her intended husband, Lawrence Carrington, is a handsome, wealthy rancher in Mountain Pass, Oregon. With little say in the matter, Ella agrees to the arrangement to honor her mother's memory.

Mary Yoder, a 19-year-old Amish girl, has been sucked into the Englisch world, following the lead of her two newly acquired friends, Amber and Denise. Mary blindly trusts them, letting them whisk her off to parties, change her appearance, and convince her that playing the field is much better than courting her love interest, Isaiah Kauffman. The excitement of Rumspringa is too alluring to think of anything other than having fun, so Mary ignores the nagging feeling in her gut that she’s headed in the wrong direction.

Amateur detective Geneva Pomolo has a busy weekend planned. An old flame is coming into town, and her current boyfriend isn’t exactly happy about it. On top of that, Geneva is busy planning the annual 5K Fun Run alongside the various local charities - which proves difficult, as the planning committee is full of backbiting and gossip.

Iris James has every reason to run away from home. Living in her uncle’s cold, loveless household has stripped her of everything – including her hope for the future. When a matrimonial agency matches her up with a widower in Mountain Pass, Oregon, she’s only too glad to accept. Though the challenge of stepping into a dead woman’s shoes and becoming a wife and mother all at once will be difficult, she can’t believe it could be any worse than staying in Philadelphia. But there’s far more to the story than she expects – her new husband is haunted by the ghosts of his tragic past.

Abbie Hughes lives in a tiny, rundown tenement with her crippled father and younger sister. Her mother is long dead, and her brother has gone out to sea. Abbie and her sister, Gail, eke out a living by selling posies and broth on the street corners. It isn’t much, but at least they aren’t starving, and they have each other; in truth, their little tenement is filled with love.

Leah Studer, a young Amish woman, eagerly anticipates the Valentine’s Day sled ride. She expects the man she’s been dating, Samson Graber, to invite her to the event. But when a new family moves into the community, Leah discovers the beau of her dreams isn’t quite the man she thought he was. Something is very wrong...Someone else has noticed Leah. Joab Fisher, a young man new to the community, comes to her aid after a frightening accident. He would love to ask her to the sled ride—but he heard she’s going with someone else.

Unlike most women her age, Linda Shrock has no plans to get married - ever. When her sister Ruth has baby number five in six years, Linda goes to stay with them. The infant can’t keep her food down and cries constantly, and Ruth’s husband’s furniture-making business is struggling - not the makings for a merry Christmas. And the Weavers’ hired hand, Luke Troyer, seems determined to disrupt Linda’s carefully made plans to live her life out as a spinster. She tries to fight the intense attraction that pulls her and Luke together.

Debbie Miller isn't looking for love—just friendship first, and maybe love second. But when Jacob Yoder, a handsome man with a mysterious past, arrives in her community and starts working for her uncle, her priorities begin to shift. Debbie isn't the only one captivated by Jacob. Her cousin Leah, nearing the dreaded status of spinster, sees Jacob as her last chance to avoid a life of loneliness. Desperate to win him over, Leah is willing to do whatever it takes.

Abigail Joyce has never fit in with her middle-class family, or with the other young people her age obsessed with social media and the latest technology. Searching for something more, she agrees to spend the summer working at a bed and breakfast on a Mennonite farm in Rock Point, Ohio. Suddenly, she feels as though she might have finally found a place where she belongs. And that feeling only grows stronger when she meets an intriguing young Amish man.