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Wendy wasn't looking forward to marriage with anyone. She was considered the prettiest girl in her Amish town even as a teenager, but she rejects suitor after suitor all to the chagrin of her parents who think she is being to picky. Enter Benjamin, who has already had his heart broken by a woman the next town over. He finds himself attracted to Wendy but refuses to acknowledge it, knowing that she'll only break his heart. Wendy's mother, however,...
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Rebecca was only seventeen years old when she fell in love with Isaac, the bad boy of the Amish community. But during that summer, a murder occurred in town and Isaac was the number one suspect. He went on the lam and was never found by the authorities. Rebecca never got over his memory and remained unmarried ten years later when out of the blue, Isaac returned. He's still handsome but his character is different...he's now determined to clear his...
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Catherine's world has fallen apart in days. Her Amish husband is an oddity, he doesn't want children. So when Catherine announces that she's pregnant, a violent argument ensues. Her husband storms out of the home and doesn't return...he's killed in a tragic accident...but an unexpected romance comes in the form of a handsome fireman who arrives on scene...The fireman has lost his own pregnant wife in a tragedy years earlier and sees some kind of kinship...
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Leah is pregnant and newly widowed...Her friends work feverishly to find her someone new but no one can replace her beloved Caleb. She's given introduction after introduction to different suitors and becomes even more stubborn. None of them are a fit. She and her baby will be fine. Until she gets to know Simon. The man that wasn't on anyone's radar, she looks forward to seeing him more and more each day as he helps around the town. But is his character...
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Claire Miller was a simple woman; she wanted to live her life how she saw fit, make her own decisions - and, most importantly, have control over her own life. It wasn't, she thought, an absurd thing to ask.Unfortunately, her father didn't feel the same. He had controlled the family since long before she was born; and since her mother's death three years ago it had only become worse. It was stifling, overwhelming, and sometimes so much Claire felt...
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When a mysterious woman hitches a ride on Christopher's horse & buggy, he is fearful that she may be one of those wild Englisch women that the elders have talked about for so long. But while she is a pretty Instagram model with millions of followers, she is adamant about escaping her previous life. She's suspicious of everyone with a stalker on her trail but realizes that Christoper and his Amish safe haven may be her only way to developing a new...
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Abigail has regretted declining Stephen's marriage proposal over three years ago. He left the Amish town in humiliation but now he has returned to reconnect with family. Seeing him only stirs up the feelings of regret in her. As for Stephen, he has promised himself he would not fall for Abigail's charms again. He has moved on emotionally but remains single. Still, there seems to be a maturity in her that wasn't there before. Is Gott giving them a...
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Matthew returns to his Amish home town when his orphaned niece Christina stops communicating since her mother passed away. Also new to the Amish town is Mary, who baby-sits Christina while saving money to buy a bakery. When the two meet, sparks instantly fly but Matthew has a nosy ex-girlfriend who has never quite gotten over him. Which one will he choose and can he get his young niece to start talking again??
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Jacob was a simple Amish farmer. He didn't set out to fall in love with Faith. Or her three small children. But he did and he loved them as his own. He asks Faith for her hand in marriage and she happily accepts. But a terrible accident occurs...and Faith loses her life. With everyone's life now in chaos, Jacob tries to be a pillar of strength to help Faith's children. He is fully prepared to raise the children as his own and they fall in love with...
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When widow Leah Bontrager ventures into the Englisch world, she is robbed and nearly loses her life. She's rescued by Sheriff Eli Jones who is convinced that the robbery wasn't a random act of violence. There is an immediate chemistry between the two but Leah puts aside any thoughts of romance because of her daughter and her bakery business. Sheriff Eli secretly keeps a close eye on Leah and soon realizes that the Amish widow is in more danger than...
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Izzy helps out her sister Samantha when their father passed away. But now that her sister is pregnant, Izzy is starting to feel like she may get in the way. But when her Samantha's pregnancy goes awry, she's saved by an English doctor who immediately takes an interest in Izzy...much to the chagrin of Moses, a local Amish farmer who has held a torch for Izzy ever since he laid eyes on her as a young teen. If Izzy dates the English doctor, she worries...
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Patience Guth was known for living up to her name, known for being one of the kindest and most forgiving people in the entire town of over fifteen thousand people. Yet even she was capable of being tested. Unfortunately, this was one of those rare times...She and her husband are struggling with both their marriage and their bakery. When their store is burned in a fire, the community joins together to build the store back up from scratch as the couple...
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When it appears no Amish family will adopt all three of the orphaned Bontrager children together, a weary uncle fears he must break his promise to their mother, resigning himself to finding good homes for them, even if it means one of them may be forced to move far away from the other two.
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An Amish teenage boy meets a young girl who stays with his family while her father is away sick. Her father is abusive but she doesn't say anything...The boy and girl start to develop feelings for one another until her father returns home and takes the girl back. The girl doesn't really want to go, the boy's family had so much love to give...But then tragedy strikes in the worst way. Will their young romance recover?
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Mary Bontrager is having a difficult time letting go of the past. Years ago she left her Amish community out of spite but now she's forced to return with her young son in tow. Her mother is forgiving but her father...cold and distant. He allows Mary to stay providing she accept the stipulations of Amish life. Mary is resentful but has no other choice. It isn't until Noah, a handsome farmer, begins to soften her heart with some old-fashioned courtship....
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Laura is a beloved senior citizen in her Amish community...and the town is a quiet one until one day two of her close friends are found murdered. Shock reverberates throughout her neighbors and people become suspicious of one another. Forgiveness aside, Laura cannot take the death of her friend sitting in her rocking chair. Always the town gossip, she begins to connect the dots as to who would be capable of committing such a horrific act. Her own...
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SARAH'S AMISH CHRISTMAS Christmas. It was Sarah's favourite time of year; a time for love, for family, for community. For the entire month of December Sarah felt warm and at peace despite the havoc of arranging the festivities. Her parents and sister always left her in charge of everything, but in all honesty she didn't mind one bit. She enjoyed it. Everything about Christmas was just so wonderful. Which was why, as she unlocked the door to her little...
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