Linda Byler
1) Wild horses
Author
Series
Sadie's Montana volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Miller family's move from Ohio to Montana was uneventful. But now, Sadie's close-knit family is falling apart. And who is this fascinating Mark who helps to rescue a dying horse and shows up at the Amish hymn sing though he is English? And what is the story behind the mysterious wild horse?
Author
Series
Sadie's Montana volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Sadie must choose between Mark, who finds it hard to tell her the secrets of his past, and Daniel, a visitor from Lancaster County who's funny, well-mannered, and completely dedicated to his family. Meanwhile, there's horse trouble in Montana again - only this time, horses aren't being stolen, they're being shot by snipers in a blue pickup truck.
Author
Series
Sadie's Montana volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As Sadie and Mark settle into their new home, they are visited by FBI agents who warn them that Sadie's valuable horse may put them in grave danger.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hannah, feisty and independent as ever, has put everything into building up her family’s homestead in North Dakota. Despite tragedy and almost unimaginable hardship due to the Great Depression, unpredictable weather, and unforgiving landscape, she and her new husband Jerry are leading their Amish friends and family in their homesteading venture. When the winter storms and the untimely death of a child become too much for the rest of the community...
Author
Series
Lancaster burning volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Amish community of Lancaster is being terrorized by barn fires. David and Malinda Beile''s barn was the first to go. The clues are sparse, but Levi, the Beilers' oldest son, happened to be awake in the middle of the night and spotted a white vehicle driving past the house with its lights off. Sarah, David and Malinda's daughter, is in her late teens and old enough to observe her parents' agony. Not only is she afraid, too, and wishing she could...
Author
Series
Long road home volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It was the early 1900s when Obadiah (Oba) and Merriweather's (May's) parents died tragically, leaving them orphans at ten and eleven years old. When none of their nearby relations volunteer to take them in, they are set on a train to Arkansas to go live on their Amish aunt and uncle's cotton farm. Once there, it didn't take long to discover they would be treated cruelly, no matter what they did. May, always anxious to be a godly young lady, took...
Author
Series
New directions (Linda Byler) volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Susan Lapp is back in Lancaster and ready to begin a serious relationship with Levi Yoder. After all the ups and downs of her time out west, it's good to be back in the familiar routines of church, family, and working at the market and housecleaning. Nothing stays simple for long, though, and Susan finds herself trying to help her sister Kate navigate her complicated and painful marriage that is taking a toll on their entire family. As Susan and...
Author
Series
Long road home volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Having nowhere else to go, May decides to return to the Amish community she lived in as a child before her parents died. There she is taken in by Clara, who helps her reintegrate into the community, but she sinks into depression. Will May ever see her brother, Oba, again? How can she heal from her past? Can she ever open her heart to another man?
Author
Series
Lancaster burning volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sarah Beiler grows increasingly concerned about Ashley, her friend who also works at the farmers market. Ashley acts strange, even nervous, when anyone talks about the rash of fires. When Sarah asks her what she knows, Ashley only heightens Sarah's suspicions. But that's not Sarah's only trouble. She remains distracted by Matthew Stoltzfus, who says that God is calling him to leave the Amish community. When he begs her to join him, Sarah's heart is...
Author
Series
Long road home volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As May settles into family life, she has so much to be grateful for. Yes, there are plenty of challenges as she continues to heal from the demons of her past, but her loving husband and sweet children are the greatest earthly gift she could ask for. And having Oba in their home is almost more precious than she could have imagined ... at least, if it weren't for his ongoing anger and hardness of heart. May's children are steadily growing older, and...
Author
Series
New directions (Linda Byler) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The first in a captivating series about an independent Amish woman and her struggles in career and romance"--
Susan Lapp is a hardworking Amish woman in her early twenties. She enjoys the financial independence that working two jobs--as a housecleaner and at the local deli in Lancaster--affords her. And based on her sisters' tumultuous experiences with their husbands, she has no interest in dating or marriage. She's perfectly content with her life...
Author
Series
New directions (Linda Byler) volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Susan has been in Wyoming long enough to feel at home, but instead she finds herself still struggling to adapt to the dusty landscape, the different customs, and life so far from family. She knows she should be appreciating the big, beautiful log home that Isaac built, but sometimes even that feels like a burden—so much of it to clean, and Isaac always traipsing in with his muddy boots and clothes smelling of diesel. But those are just the surface...
Author
Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 1
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A hot-tempered, high-spirited teenaged girl who hates housework, dislikes babies, and loves driving fast horses tries to fit in among the members of her Amish community. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Liz looked up to find his eyes on hers, with an expression completely undecipherable. Instantly, the words she had been planning to say became [e]mbedded in her throat, her knees weakened, and all common sense evaporated." -- Back cover.
Liz had been in love once: the wedding planned, the barn cleaned, and the celery set to be harvested to make the traditional wedding soup. Just two weeks before the day she was to exchange vows with her beloved,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Edna Miller had found herself drawn to Emery Hoschtettler with an attraction she can explain no better than she can put a stop to it. Emery seldom seemed to pay her much attention, but Edna decided it would be unfair to marry anyone else when her heart longs only for him. By twenty-nine, just as she's reconsidering her choice, Emery asks her out. But not she feels Emery is hiding something. Or is Edna simply unable to accept true love after so many...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"John is the youngest of seven boys and is constantly overshadowed by his big brothers who seem to all be stronger, smarter, and better looking than he is. As a teenager, he knows he's overweight and is sure he'll never be popular like his brothers are. But those struggles are nothing compared to the battle he is about to fight. After weeks of feeling exhausted, depressed, and achy, he has no idea what's wrong with him and begins to wonder if he'll...