Amish Bio

The Amish, one of America's most intriguingly private, unique, and often misunderstood religious communities, have survived for 300 years! How has that happened? While much has been written on the Amish, little has been revealed about their history. This book brings together in one volume a thorough history of the Amish people. From their beginnings in Europe through their settlement in North America, the Amish have struggled to maintain their beliefs and traditions in often hostile settings.

This Amish Romance anthology features 11 stories that will warm your heart including: Joseph Hersh The Amish Widow’s Faith Amish Temptation Amish Anniversaries Amish Rekindling Sadie Palmer The Buggy News Becca Fisher Chasing Heaven Lord Willing Waiting on a Prayer Keeping Faith Closer to Heaven Buy this boxed set now! After a long journey, love has finally come to Samantha Lapp's life. But just as quickly as happiness has found her, tragedy strikes. Samantha is left trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life. Will her faith be strong enough to guide her through, and will she ever be...

When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home on Juneberry Lane in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, they're looking for peace. Joel's recently returned from Iraq and is recuperating, and Shani is just happy to have her family back together. They can't imagine any trouble with their Amish neighbors, the Lehmans, but things get off to a rocky start when their son accidently hurts Simon, one of the Lehman boys.

In the tranquil heart of Pennsylvania's Amish country, Sarah Hershberger's world is defined by faith, family, and the comforting rhythms of farm life. But when John Miller, an "English" writer seeking to understand the Amish, arrives in her close-knit community, a forbidden spark ignites. As their connection deepens, Sarah finds herself torn between her devotion to tradition and the undeniable pull of a world beyond the orchard's edge. Will their bond survive the scrutiny of a community wary of outsiders, or will Sarah be forced to choose between love and the life she's always known?

After surviving human trafficking, Alexis gets a second chance at life. Will she use it to find love, or let guilt and fear hold her back? When she was held captive by a sex trafficking ring who kidnapped women--including Amish women--Alexis was forced to spy on the victims and report to her kidnappers or face horrific consequences. The Amish women she spied on forgave Alexis, and after they were all rescued by the Covert Police Detectives Unit, they even became good friends. Now that she is widowed, Alexis returns to the Amish community to raise her daughter and open a therapeutic equine ...

Nothing would stop this teacher from getting her schoolhouse back, even if it meant picking up a hammer herself. At twenty-six, Rachel Fisher has poured every ounce of her devotion into her classroom. Love once whispered to her heart, but she has long since silenced it, content with the laughter and learning of her students. But when a fierce tornado tears through their Amish community—leaving homes battered and the beloved schoolhouse in ruins—Rachel's world is shaken. With no funds to rebuild, the community elders offer a surprising solution: a traveling carpenter has volunteered his ...

Will a foundling baby give Susie Yoder the strength to love again? After Susie Yoder’s fiancé, Jacob, dies in a tragic accident, she loses herself in grief. Then she finds a baby in her barn with a note begging an Amish family to care for him. Susie feels called by Gott to raise the boy as her own, and with the help of her neighbor Mark Stoltzfus, she may just prove herself capable of providing a stable future for the child. But Mark has secrets of his own, and as lies leading to Jacob’s death surface, Susie is forced to question everything. With three lives on the line, can Mark prove...

Can love take root when two hearts grow from different soil? After the tragic loss of her husband, Emma Hostetler has devoted herself entirely to the one place that brings her peace—her garden. Nestled in the heart of Hope Springs, it’s a sanctuary of color, beauty, and quiet reflection. While her Amish family gently urges her to open her heart again, Emma clings tightly to her past in fear of betrayal. Miles away from the life he once knew, Luke Duncan is a Chicago landscaper who has left the chaos of city life behind. Tired of deadlines, demanding clients, and the emptiness that ...

A long, but rocky relationship is threatened to end forever when Chase, a good-looking, wealthy English man comes into the lives of Sarah and Timothy. Hard choices must be chosen that could lead to lives torn apart, yet understanding and a willingness to work for a solution is all but impossible when the two come together. Tempers are quick and patience runs thin, yet the heart wants what it wants. For Sarah Miller, the oldest of the Miller sisters, this means yearning for a resolution, and secrets that may yet need be revealed. If only Timothy, could make her decision for her, she'll have ...

A feisty Amish woman. A stubborn Amish man. An Englishcher baby. Can love be found in the midst of strife? Midwife Ruth has delivered more boppoli’s than she can remember, yet she has been denied the one experience she truly longs for - a baby of her own. When Ruth is charged with fostering an Englischer baby she soon becomes attached, and tongues begin to wag in the Amish community. When Aaron Yoder, Ruth’s neighbor warns her not to become attached to the baby, she comes up with an absurd idea. Seething with rage at the mockery Ruth is making of the Amish community, Aaron's temper ...

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Kidnapped. Starved. Hit by a car and left for dead. And she couldn't even remember her own name. When Afghanistan veteran Jefferson Martin witnesses a young woman being hit by a car near his campsite, all thoughts of vacation vanish as the car speeds off. When the malnourished, battered woman wakes up, she can't remember anything before the accident. They don't know her name, so they call her Jane. When someone breaks into her hospital room and tries to kill her before getting away, Jefferson volunteers to protect Jane around the clock. He takes her back to their Kennebunkport beach house ...

The remarkable response of the Amish Community to the horrific shooting of 10 schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania in October 2006 stunned the larger world. Amish Grace tells the incredible story of this community's reaction to the senseless shooting and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness.

The only boy Rebecca Miller ever cared deeply about made his choice years ago when he left the Amish community. Now he is back and has brought a world of trouble with him. Rebecca’s childhood crush has suddenly returned from the Englischer world. But her parents have forbidden her to see him because Caleb Yoder is trouble. Despite her parents guidance Rebecca forms a plan to see Caleb, but soon a startling secret is revealed and Rebecca is thrown into turmoil. As shocking truths surface, the community and Rebecca are left confounded. Has Rebecca been wrong about Caleb? Can broken ...

Goldie longs for more in life than just raising horses, but what specifically, she couldn't say. That is, until a meeting with the new Vet in town reignites her passion for healing animals and excites her joy for possibly helping rescues. Her family raises Morgans, but she wants to be more involved with animals and feels her heart, and maybe God's calling, is telling her to step out in faith and take up the passion she originally discovered among the English. It also doesn't hurt that Dr. Alan Trent is incredibly handsome, kind and also possibly interested in her. But that could never ...

Katie and Noah were following Gott’s path for their lives when the unthinkable happened. ***FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED*** Katie had dreamed of marrying Noah since before they started courting. Young and in love it seemed as though their lives were fully blessed and Gott was leading them in a path they would follow together. But fate steps in and a terrible event tears them apart, leaving a devastating rift in its wake. Now on the new path that Gott has set for each of them Katie and Noah’s path’s cross again. Is this what Gott intended? Can deep wounds be forgiven and love restored, ...

Raised in a broken family and emotionally overlooked, Sherry Gore grew up without a solid foundation, a prisoner of her own poor choices, and at times without hope. A series of terrible mistakes left her feeling wrecked and alone and a sudden tragedy threw Sherry into an emotional tailspin too...

From bestselling authors Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Ruth Reid comes An Amish Home, a beautiful collection of four novellas that spread the warmth of an Amish living with every word. A Cup Half Full by Beth Wiseman Sarah Lantz always dreamed of the perfect home, the perfect...

One fateful starless night, 17-year-old Ira Wagler got up at 2 AM, left a scribbled note under his pillow, packed all of his earthly belongings into in a little black duffel bag, and walked away from his home in the Amish settlement of Bloomfield, Iowa. Now, in this heartwarming memoir, Ira paints a vivid portrait of Amish life--from his childhood days on the family farm, his Rumspringa rite of passage at age 16, to his ultimate decision to leave the Amish Church for good at age 26.

In 1969, Ann-Marie’s parents did the unthinkable, leaving a Hutterite colony with their seven children to start a new life. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and did not understand them in this powerful story of understanding how our beginnings often...