Sarah’s parents, Amos and Emma, want her to marry, but their suitable match ideas are entirely different from hers. However, they believe their way is the only way. Sarah King considers herself a good daughter. She helps around the farm and in the kitchen. However, when the subject is raised of her marriage and her…
Heartbreak and anguish are daily companions to Anna and Aaron. They don’t know if they will cope with the pain at times. Anna’s life was on track to be all she had wished it to be. When she loses the love of her life, she knows that she has no option but to forfeit a future…
Ruth, Anna, and Samuel spent idyllic days together as carefree children. Then fate snatched it away. After the tragedy, the Troyers left the Amish community. The events had shattered their faith. Samuel and Ruth were split apart. What they always believed would be their future would never come to be. The passing years hardened the…
Martha would never sing again. Not now. Not ever. Not after fate had delivered its horrific hand. Sisters Rebecca and Martha would never be parted, they would sing happily together. Until that dreadful day. Her parents knew after a decade of silence that their only surviving child, Martha, would never sing alone. Samuel Lapp could…
Anna loved attending the Sunday Singings, but she could never accept the invitation that came after one. Anna had lost her beloved father. With that, she had also somehow come under the unreasonable rule of her brother, Jacob. All the townsfolk knew of Jacob’s way of treating any bachelor showing even the slightest interest in…
Festive joy seems in short supply this holiday season. When a rival appears for her Christmas cookies, Abigail is faced with ruin. Abigail Mast supports her family by selling her cookies in the market. Christmas is her biggest time of year, but disaster was soon to strike. The Troyer family had their sad past, which…
Many young Amish girls’ idyllic dream was a romantic buggy ride at Christmas. But for Esther Miller, the thought of it was nothing more than a nightmare. When Moses King starts showing an interest in Esther, she refuses his advances. But inside, she is torn. She wants a family of her own. But she has…
With Christmas just around the corner, neither Ruth nor Eli had any reason to look forward to it. Ruth had her life to live after losing her beloved Paul so soon after the blessing of the birth of their daughter. But she could not find the enthusiasm to live it among other people. Eli returned…
Christmas is a time that draws lost souls home, no matter what has happened in the past. Paul and Anna had been the best of friends since early childhood, and now they were both going on rumspringa together. Their future looked bright until Paul decided to fully immerse himself in the Englisch world, and Anna…
When an accident claims the life of his firstborn daughter, David Fischer becomes an overbearing and protective father. Since the day of her sister’s accident when Ruth was only 13 years old, her whole life changed. Whereas once their home was filled with laughter and love, it was now filled with rules, control, and sadness….
Some friendships are strong enough to withstand the challenges of life, but can they withstand the challenge of love? Abram, Jacob and Anna had been friends their whole lives. Ever since Anna could remember they had been part of her life. As they grew older, they each had their own ambitions, and yet their friendships…
Anna Lapp is a beautiful young woman but to her mother’s disappointment, Anna isn’t very interested in courting. When her mother sets her up with handsome Moses Miller, Anna is furious at first. But the more Moses happens to stop by, the more Anna finds herself charmed by the handsome man. Stephen Stoltzfus is a…
When shame is cast over Samuel’s family, Rachel is devastated that she is forbidden to see him ever again. Ever since they could remember, Rachel and Samuel had been friends. Years later that friendship had started to turn into something more. Both are overjoyed when declarations of love are made, but their happiness is short-lived…
When a fire destroys Sarah’s home and takes her family, she’s left destitute with an orphan to care for. Sarah’s engagement to Levi Troyer had been arranged by her father. With two farming families, it was the perfect way to unite their properties. But unbeknownst to Sarah’s family, Levi isn’t the man he pretends to…
Ambition, friendship, and loyalty are tested when a young Amish girl follows her dream. Martha Mueller opened her first ice-cream stand when she was only sixteen years old. The Creamery demanded a lot of her time and innovation, but Martha enjoyed every minute of it. Noah Fischer is a poultry farmer. Although he loves farming,…
Poverty, strangers, and wealthy benefactors bring hardship and chaos to the Fischer family. Emma Fischer has her hands full. Ever since the day her best friend, Amos King, disappeared into the Englisch world, life had only become harder. First her father had passed away, leaving the farm to Emma and her mother. Now the bank…
A buggy accident almost claimed her life, but it also gave her a chance at love. Sarah Yoder has been too preoccupied with running the family stall at the flea market to even consider courting. Adam Lemke has always been a little awkward. At 6 foot 2, he had been teased since kindergarten in their…
The return of a long-lost friend, a childless marriage, and a secret love are all tested during a winter storm. Katie and Leroy fell in love and married within a year of knowing each other. It was the perfect fairytale romance until life’s challenges became a struggle to overcome. First, she lost her parents. The…
The new year brings a time of hope, but for Abigail, it brought the dread of her reality. Abigail Fischer had always been the perfect Amish daughter until she realized that she wasn’t perfect at all. As her Rumspringa draws closer, Abigail comes to accept that she doesn’t have any of the talents her mother…
A widow, a disheartened bachelor and the New Year’s tale that might give them a second chance at love. When Esther lost her husband, she was devastated. A few weeks later she learned she was with child. A lonely, grieving widow, expecting her first born was not how she imagined her first years of marriage….
An orphan, a blizzard, and the Christmas wish that leads her home. Carol Westwood had a rough start to life. When she lost her mother at the young age of five she was turned over to the St. Thomas orphanage. Gone were warm hugs and friendly smiles, instead her days were filled with bullies, angry…
Can a Christmas wish make a Christmas miracle come true? The Hershberger sisters have faced many challenges since losing their mother. But now they’re facing a different type of challenge. One they have no control over, one that is hurting Esther with every passing day. Esther and Caleb have been trying for a baby for…
Will an Amish candlemaker find love with a carpenter or trouble with a traveling writer this Christmas? Mary Fischer enjoyed her life. She made candles to sell at the flea market, alongside her mother who made lotions and balms, and her father who propagated seedlings. It was a good life, but when she and her…
Christmas is a time of celebration for many but for some, it can be a time of sadness and heartache. From the first time Beth Weaver saw the sad little boy playing in the yard across her aunt’s fence, something tugged at her heart. For years to follow Beth looked forward to Second-Christmas because that…
This Christmas Katie Troyer is hoping for another miracle, but that seems unlikely as her mother’s health battle continues. Katie had been an only child for a very long time, but that all changed six years ago. On Christmas day her mother had brought Susan into the world, their very own Christmas miracle. But this…
Katie was always shy, but can she put her shyness aside to help a widower in need? Of the three Hershberger sisters, Katie has always shied away from strangers, preferring to take care of Anna’s twins and their home to interacting with strangers outside of her family. But when Anna mentions a family in desperate…
Some embrace their Amish heritage, others can’t wait to leave it behind. Esther Hershberger never could understand how other girls her age could just get married and have a family. How could you when there was an entire world just waiting to be explored? Although she loved her Amish heritage, she didn’t believe it was…
When fate seems to turn against her, Anna Hershberger starts to lose her faith. The Hershberger’s were once a happy family. But all that changed when their father died unexpectedly. Anna, the eldest daughter, began to pitch in to help her mother in their bakery and with raising her two younger sisters, Esther and Katie….
An accident robbed Ruby of her memories, now she has to fight to find herself again. Ruby’s life was perfect in every way. Courting Aaron Kauffman, a handsome young man who worked for her father. She had her faith, her family, and hopefully soon, also a husband. But it took only an accident for all…
As a midwife’s daughter, Ruth had seen it all, or at least most of it. When her mother is called to an emergency delivery in the dead of night, Ruth accompanies her. She takes care of the younger children and meets Moses King. After being away for three years, Moses King has returned from Ohio…