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Hannah Lapp has put a lot aside for her youngest brother, Elijah. He's been ill since he was four years old, and she has always wanted him to have a normal life. But that's come at a cost for her, mostly for her sanity. David King is Hannah's best friend in the community, and he sees a need to be filled. Hannah has not taken good care of herself since Elijah got ill. So, he decides that it's time that she learned that even in a family crisis, it's all right to need time to oneself. He may have an ulterior motive for pushing Hannah to take care of herself, but he's not the only one with ...

Annie Troyer has always wanted her own family. However, in her Amish community, many of the men have been married or are not interested in her. She’s only twenty-two. She shouldn’t be old enough to be experiencing a lack of interest. She’s got an apprenticeship that keeps her busy, and for a couple of years, she has reasoned that it was her time spent at Sophie’s shop helping sew quilts, clothes, and the like for others that had contributed to her lack of a courtship. However, now she wonders if it’s because she doesn’t make the time for it. Now that blackberry season has come, ...

Olivia Markham has had wonderful luck dating. She’s gotten engaged to a man named Rowen Jackson, and she’s just days away from getting married. Nothing could ruin this week for her. Until she goes to surprise Rowen and hears something she wishes she hadn’t. She calls the wedding off and heads home to her apartment in New York City. What did Olivia hear that would make her call off the wedding? Amos Miller lives in one of many Amish communities in Pennsylvania, and he’s just had the most devastating news. A woman he’s quite close with has decided to leave for Europe, and she wants ...

Meagan Stewart is running for her life and has ended up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the Amish country. She saw her ex-boss doing something that he shouldn't have been doing. When she spoke up, he decided it was time to silence her. Joshua King lives a clean, modest life in the Amish community he grew up in. He had his rumspringa and saw how his dad lived twenty-five years ago before marrying his mother in the Amish country. All he knew about his father's past life was that it was dangerous as he had enforced the law. Meagan's in luck because William King knew her father when he worked as...

Brigitte White is very excited about this Christmas season. She has gotten the principal part in a ballet that she has been aiming to get for years. She’s the sugar plum fairy in a production of The Nutcracker. And she has poured her heart into this part. When she decided to celebrate Christmas early with her family because of the performance dates, she never expected that she would end up getting in an accident. She ends up getting stranded in an Amish community she had been entirely unaware of. There, she meets Amos Yoder, and Rachel Yoder. Amos, in particular, catches her attention. ...

When Anna Schrock learns that her sister Elizabeth is planning to leave the community, she’s not entirely surprised. Her younger sister had never quite felt that she belonged. It’s not long after Elizabeth leaves, however, that Anna starts to find herself drawing the attention of a new visitor to the community: a man named Jonah Miller. He’s come to be the carpenter’s apprentice, though the carpenter has taken his son to be his apprentice. Jonah intrigues Anna. He doesn’t speak much about his experience in his home community, but he’s open about what has brought him here. ...

Jeremiah Yoder works as a delivery man for his father’s carpentry business. This means, despite having been baptized into his Amish community, he makes frequent trips on a buggy into the Englischer city. He’s not bothered by it, though many in the community would be. He finds the city quite enjoyable. That is until he is stuck there while his horse heals up from a leg injury from pulling too many deliveries. Will his horse be able to heal quickly enough? Isabelle Jackson is one semester away from graduating college. She has plans to attend medical school to become a veterinary tech and ...

Amanda Miller’s world turns upside down when her fiancé passes away the week between Christmas and New Year’s. They had been planning to get married just after the holiday season. His loss devastates her. She cannot even unpack what she had packed to move out of her parent’s home in the Amish community where she lives to move into the house she’d share with her husband. Ryan Anderson has struggled with the Christmas season ever since his wife Samantha passed away. She may have died another time of the year, but he misses her influence each year he has to put up the Christmas tree ...

When Hope Beiler got baptized into her community, she knew that she was committing to the Amish faith for life. It worked out well for her. She enjoys her life in the community, even if she finds she has little time for herself. With a large family and triplets only six years old, she spends much time helping her parents. She finally speaks up when she realizes that the only way she might be able to court anyone successfully at this rate is to move communities. She would hate to move so far away just to have a chance at having a familye of her own. When she starts to court Paul Schrock – ...

When Paulina Blackwell finishes her sophomore year of college, she thinks she's free of the tantrums that her spoiled younger siblings throw. She's looking forward to a nice, relaxing Christmas. She also has plans to have a party with some of her friends. Until her family shows up at her dorm, ready to take her on vacation to Florida! Elijah Yoder has always been discontented in the cold, struggling to enjoy the Christmas season. His family worries about him, but he pulls through every year. He just hates the cold. He hasn't shared it with his family, though. When the two collide because ...

Mary Flaud has been out on her rumspringa, but now she is returning home to the community. On her last day in the city, she decides to take a walk down a riverbank that she's walked many times before. Catherine Hannigan is running from an abusive ex-boyfriend who has had control of her life since her parents died in a car crash, prompting her to live with him. She has nowhere else to go but the streets. When these two worlds collide, Mary and Catherine become unlikely fast friends. When Mary suggests that Catherine join her in the Amish community, Catherine is initially not sure how to take...

Madison Arbour has had a rough life. She's never really married, and as a school teacher, she's all right with that. However, she's continued to date. And after breaking it off with one particular boyfriend, Madison has to flee. With a heavy heart, she leaves her hometown, looking for somewhere she could be safe. Josiah Fisher has lived a quiet life in the Amish community. He has three daughters, but after his wife passed away, he's wondered if he's ever going to find love again. No one else has made him feel that way since. His daughters do not mind that he has not married, but the eldest ...

Jason Owens has just finished his law degree. Thanks to his father's stellar work in the industry, he was able to secure work immediately as a legal assistant, learning the ropes of a company where his father had originally gotten his start. It's monotonous work until someone comes in complaining of a theft of a ring. To keep the client happy, Jason is asked to carry all the firm's documents on this client's case in a briefcase. At least it’s money. Ruth Yoder is a newly baptized Amish woman. She has always wanted to get married, but her experience so far has been lackluster. She feels ...

Sarah Yoder pushed her rumspringa back a year because her grandmother fell ill. As much as she has always felt connected to the Amish community she grew up in, she needs to see if the city holds anything better for her. She doubts it, but she has to see, right? So, off she goes. And for a year, she's not all that impressed with the city. George Hartford is in his last year of college. Last semester. He's just doing his required internship, and then he'll be done with the degree he's worked so hard to earn. As he's doing repair work on a property that one of the employees' friends lives in, ...

Margaret Yoder is recently divorced from Jared Black and decides to return home to the Amish community that she grew up in after living with outsiders, "Englischers" for years. Her family welcomes her back with open arms. However, there is a lot of talk in the community surrounding Margaret's return. Some don't believe that she should be allowed to have her baptism because she was divorced. However, there is no rule against it since she hadn't left the community following baptism, but when she was young on her Rumspringa. Margaret believes that in returning to her community, she'll be free ...

Following an attack on her Amish community, Esther is hospitalized for a serious injury. Her hospital stay is lengthy, and during her time there, she meets Dr. Sterling Jamison. He is more than a doctor; he becomes a friend. He asks her many questions about her community. When Esther returns to her community, she needs to adapt to the lifelong effects of her injury. But that isn't the only thing that Esther will have to get used to. Several other people were injured in the attack. Some were even killed, including Esther's love match, Marcus. Esther's sister Annie kept this from her during ...