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When she finds a semi-conscious and barely alive man laying on his side in a snow drift, her life is turned upside down. She nurses the man back to health but the elders are angry and wanting the stranger gone from their community. Linda and the man become fond of each other and as things get tense in the village, a strange twist of fate will bring the stranger into the heart of Amish events, and this could lead to him leaving the village forever, or staying as a hero in their midst and starting a new life with Linda.

The elders had been predicting a cold snap for many weeks now, but nobody could have expected what was to happen next. In the town, the Englischers had their machines to clear roads, but the community just had shovels and each other. After prayers, the community left the prayer house to make their way home just as the snow began to fall. They all looked skyward, for the sky was a dull grey, laden with snow, and the flakes of snow seemed so large that the children ran around trying to catch them.

A tormented former Amish community man is thrust into a mystery...and his past. They collide in ways that develop the character of our reluctant hero as he turns back to things he once treasured so dear. This is the first book in the Karsen Drew series of Amish mystery short-listen stories.

Hannah would spend hours in prayer but often became a little disheartened when her prayers were not answered. She didn’t say anything to others in case they told the elders, but she often dreamt and prayed that Gott would show himself to her…but it never happened. Her husband David encouraged her to talk to Gott believing that she had a special gift to help others, but Hannah just thought her words of wisdom for others came from merely “common sense” and experience.

The forest on the edge of the community was not often entered into by the community folk due to children telling stories of things going on that were not normal or safe. Over years these stories had become village folklore and even some of the adults had started to believe in them. Miriam had long held desires over a young man in the village called Aaron who lived by himself after the recent passing of both parents. Miriam was trying to care for her elderly mother as well as make knitted goods to sell in the town for income. She was struggling to hold things together.

All Rebecca wanted was to be happy, and she was for a while. She had married the love of her life, Jacob, but when they discovered they couldn’t have Kinner of their own, things started to fall apart. Becoming more withdrawn from her Mann, she couldn’t help but blame Gott for their predicament. Why did Gott take away such a blessing from them? Jacob wanted his Fraa back. He too wanted Kinner, but who was he to question Gott? Jacob knew that if he could only convince Rebecca, they could be happy regardless, but the more time passed, the more distant between them they grew.

Emma was only 10 years old when her world was shattered.... Samuel, her brother, killed six boys aged 16, but why would an Amish teenager about to sample Rumspringa commit a sin in the eyes of Gott? Why would he kill? Did his friends know more than they said? Did they know the real Samuel? As Emma returns to find out the truth, will her old friends in the town now be foes? Will this return trip be the last trip ever?

Anna works as a nanny for the Lawrence family. She takes care of their three-year-old son, Joshua. Her employer, Arthur, is a friend of her older brother. He has made a couple of improper advances toward her before, but she often ignores them and brushes them off. He was drunk on all those occasions, so she decides to give him the benefit of the doubt. She hears him fighting with his wife in their room one afternoon. The next day, Sophia Lawrence is nowhere to be found.

A group of Amish youths go on rumspringa to a local city where they are picked on by a local gang. In the end, some of the Amish boys, despite their faith telling them not to fight back, decide that they have had enough and try and stand up to them.The next thing the Amish youths know is that they are being questioned over the murder of one of the local boys. The police ask Karson Drew to help with the investigation as they know that he will be able to help them with the Amish community. This is the last audiobook in the five-part series of The Amish Detective.

An Amish murder mystery...A group of Amish youths go on Rumspringa to a local city where they are picked on by a local gang. In the end some of the Amish boys, despite their faith telling them to not fight back, decided that they have had enough and try and stand up to them. The next thing the Amish know is that they are being questioned over the murder of one of the local boys...Will Karson be able to identify the killer before an innocent young man is possibly convicted.

Karson is restless. It has been some time since he has been called upon to solve a crime. As he suffocates in the boredom of day-to-day living, a letter delivered to his door brings news of new case. A young man has been arrested, accused of a murder for which his wife, Abigail, believes he is innocent. She pleads with Karson to come and help Jonathon, her husband, clear himself of these charges.

George had always felt like an outsider. Even his birth name made him stand out from others in the Amish community. His parents gave him a British name rather than an Amish traditional name, as they were happy to be seen as different within the community. He was your typical aloof and loner 19-year-old.

Abraham was working in the fields one Summers day, working the plough with his horse. He was distracted in thought as he worked by the heat of the days sun. Noticing something shining in the dirt as it was turned by the plough he found a tiny yellow rock. Will this be something that would change the community for ever...or is it worthless? Over the next days and weeks the community go through many trials and issues over this discovery and the final twist is most unexpected as Abraham seeks to do the “right thing” by everyone, and God.

Rebecca was confident and full of wit and humor, but her heart could never find the words to show her true feelings to Adam - the most popular boy in her community and only a year older. Unable to share the secrets deep within her heart, she finds solace by writing in her notebook - just her secret thoughts just for her. Then unexpectedly her younger sister Rachel announces to that she is to marry Adam!

A sweet Christmas story of Amish family life. Anna was in mourning for her departed husband and struggled to cope with the farm workload and bringing up her young daughter, Hannah. The daughter had numerous heath issues, and the women folk of the community all did what they could to help out.

When a much loved member of the family is in crisis, sometimes prayer is all we have? In this enchanting sweet story hear if prayer is enough to make dreams come true, and avoid disaster.

Abigail and Peter were school friends. Peter was very capable, but Abigail struggled with her studies. Peter helped Abigail with her studies while sitting under the old oak tree. As Peter and Abigail grew up, their parents became concerned regarding them spending so much time together as they agreed to study at each other's houses and support Amy, Peter’s sister, with her studies, too.

Two sweet, innocent Amish twin sisters have their family love and loyalty tested to the extreme when they both fall for the same man. As Sarah and her twin schweschder, Rebecca, consider courting and finding love, will Sarah decide to date the Mann who shows his interest in her but whom her schweschder is trying to woo?

Karson had almost by chance become a detective, and due to his extensive knowledge of the Amish community he was much in demand. Internal conflict and bad memories cloud his judgement, yet his sixth sense just kind of kicks in on this clean, short mystery. Will his past prevent him from helping solve this case, or can he rise above it all to serve the community, even if he is unsure if he loves it or despises it?

Mary and Ruth are the best of friends. Ruth leaves their village to work for a year at her relatives farm in the community on the other side of Town. Whilst away Ruth falls in love with a young man at the village, but is unsure if he feels the same way? Mary misses her friend very much and becomes lonesome after her Mother dies in a farming accident. Mary has a chance encounter in town with an Amish boy from another community, and she falls hopelessly in love with him. It “appears” he has similar feelings but is not sure. Ruth returns to the village.