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1) The heirloom
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume Prequel
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English
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"After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. When she comes across letters from her mother's aunt Ella Mae Zook, she sets off to visit Lancaster County's Hickory Hollow to decide where her future lies. The two women form a bond while restoring an heirloom wedding quilt and sharing their lives, with Ella Mae confiding about a tragedy from her courting years. Eventually, Ella Mae...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The quiet Amish lifestyle isn't all that it seems in this debut cozy mystery series, for fans of Amanda Flower and Wanda E. Brunstetter. Petunia Yoder is Blueberry, Pennsylvania's youngest old maid, at twenty-two years of age, and completely unmarriageable. But she's determined to celebrate her friends' weddings with joy and a full heart. Unfortunately, Petunia's best friend, Eden Beiler, is playing a dangerous game with a man who is ruining her...
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Season in Pinecraft volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Sheltered yet adventurous, Betsy Detweiler is on a mission to get out of Kentucky and experience new things in life. What better place to start than with her friends in Pinecraft, Florida? When she walks onto the Snow Bird Golf Course to sign up for lessons, August Troyer is mesmerized. She's like no one he's ever met before, and as the only child of missionary parents, he's met a lot of people. Each intends to enjoy life to the fullest. They soon...
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New directions volume 03
Pub. Date
2024.
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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...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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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...
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English
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"If Trudy Yoder can stop construction at Wonder Lake, she'll save the bird sanctuary. Even better, she'll keep her beloved Micah Weaver from leaving town to find new birds to chase. What Trudy doesn't know is that Micah is already on a chase to find the girl who broke his heart--Trudy's estranged sister, Shelley"--
Trudy Yoder shares a passion for birding with Micah Weaver--and she has an even greater passion for Micah. Their friendship is finally...
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St. Lawrence County Amish novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Susanna Miller's freedom during her rumspringa goes a bit further than she wants her family to know. A birthday sign innocently placed on a gas station billboard condemns Susanna as she realizes her relationship with the charming Joey Macalister, an Englisha man, has become far too close"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
Description
"Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the brutal death of a young Amish man in An Evil Heart, the latest installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo. On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder responds to a call only to discover an Amish man who has been violently killed with a crossbow, his body abandoned on a dirt road. Aden Karn was just twenty years old, well liked, and from an upstanding Amish...
10) Tapestry of love
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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...
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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...
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Amish calling volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"At twenty-nine, auctioneer Toby Miller is a notorious bachelor. But his job keeps him on the road for months out of the year, and he knows no Plain woman could want a marriage that would force her to live and raise children alone. Thankfully, Toby's content to dedicate his life to the family business, especially now that his grandfather is retiring. So why does his heart keep longing for something-or more specifically, someone-he can't have? Rachelle...
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St. Lawrence County Amish novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
"Twins Rachel and Rebecca Mast keep few secrets from each other, but even Rebecca doesn't know how great the ache Rachel holds in her heart ever since Rebecca started dating the charming John Yoder. When will it be Rachel's turn for love? Despite having a willing suitor in the vainglorious Wendell Kaufman, a man who once unsuccessfully pursued her sister, Rachel's attention is fixed on Milton Beiler. Milton hasn't paid Rachel the least bit of attention,...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"It's August in Holmes County, and that means it's time for the Holmes County Fair. It's the county's biggest annual event, drawing tourists and locals alike to see livestock, eat too much fried food, and watch the rodeo and speed racing contests. This year, Millie has entered the quilting competition -- while her very not Amish best friend, Lois Henry, is distracted by her new dating app and her search for husband number five. In a place where quilting...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Lizzy Hershberger turns fourteen, her schooling ends at eighth grade, and she has no choice but to leave home to work as an unpaid maid for another family. To avoid being shunned by her ultra-conservative Swartzentruber Amish family and community, Lizzy is forced to abandon her dreams because they are "too worldly." After being raped by an Amish deacon over two dozen times, Lizzy makes her first attempt at "jumping the fence" to pursue a non-Amish...
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Friendship letters volume 3
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When she becomes physically and emotionally abusive to her own children, Irma Miller, struggling with her own childhood trauma, reaches out to her friend Doretta for prayer and wisdom, learning that to save her family, she must admit she needs professional help.
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Friendship letters volume 2
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English
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Doretta Schwartz used to be so happy and passed her positive attitude along to friends in several letters she wrote each month. But that all changed the day she learned of her fiancé's death and a heavy weight of depression fell upon her. Feeling empty, she puts away her letter writing and won't even respond to calls from friends. William's twin brother, Warren, is also grieving his loss, while at the same time, trying to be supportive to his parents...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Widowed sisters Esther and Lizzie are the town innkeepers--and the town matchmakers. But when a new tenant moves into a guest cottage at their Peony Inn, the sisters are shocked to discover that maybe this time, one of them might finally find a match of her own. Retired dentist Dr. Benjamin Stoltzfus has signed a lease at the cottage--and Esther and Lizzie are in a surprising competition for the his affections. Benjamin's granddaughter, Mindy, escaping...
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Daisy's Tea Garden mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When an anonymous tip during a true crime podcast reveals clues to a 20-year-old unsolved murder, tea shop owner and bride-to-be Daisy Swanson suspects a connection between a current homicide and this cold case, setting out to solve it before she walks down the aisle.
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner's report: natural causes. Ida's husband, Eli, was never considered a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his son, Danny, with him, murder followed. What really happened to Ida? The dubious circumstances of the tragic blaze were willfully ignored and Eli's shifting narratives disregarded. Could Eli's subsequent...
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