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21) The struggle
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Welcome back to Kentucky, where a Lancaster County Amish couple seeks a new future in the land of tomorrow. When Timothy Fisher decides to move his wife, Hannah, and their daughter to Christian County where two of his brothers reside, Hannah is reluctant to go. Then a tragic accident occurs, and Timothy and Hannah are inconsolable. Is an abrupt separation the beginning of the end of their marriage, or will they rally to seize a God-given second chance?...
22) Sarah's choice
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Brides of Lehigh Canal volume 3
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Widowed Sarah Turner has her hands full, raising three young children, tending the lock on the canal, baking bread, and washing clothes for boatmen. Although she's not looking for love, she's vowed not to lose her heart to a boatman. Yet she didn't count on meeting Captain Elias Brooks. Will she follow her heart where it leads or accept the proposal of a handsome land-loving blacksmith?
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Putting her rumschpringe (running-around years) behind her, Grace Hostettler returns to Holmes County, Ohio, joins the Amish church, and begins a new life with a new romance. The next four years are nearly idyllic for the oldest Hostettler child - except for the hidden pain she bears from a carefully harbored secret. Then her peaceful world is shattered the day she runs into Gary Walker - an Englisher who knows enough about her past to destroy her...
25) Plain and fancy
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Laura Meade grew up with all the modern conveniences and frills that her fancy, English world could offer. While studying interior design at a school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she becomes fascinated with the Amish who live in the area, and she seeks to learn more about their culture. When Laura meets Eli Yoder, one of the Plain People, she falls hopelessly in love. Never much of a churchgoer, Laura has no real concept of God's love or the need to...
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Lopsided Christmas cake volume 1
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"Join the Hochstetler twin sisters on stage as they bumble their way through baking a cake for a charity auction in front of a live audience. The take-charge Elma and the klutzy optimist Thelma manage to entertain their audience-and attract the admiration of two bachelors, an outspoken woodworker and a shy harness maker from a neighboring Amish community. As fall leads into the Christmas season, could romance be blossoming for one or more of the Hochstetler...
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"For the past two years Belinda King, along with her two grown daughters and teenage son, has been struggling to keep the family greenhouse running. Despite disconcerting events that have threatened to put them out of business, they have survived two growing seasons. And now Belinda can focus on the two suitors vying for her attention. Herschel Fisher, a new acquaintance, makes her feel relaxed, and Monroe Esh, an admirer from her past, reminds her...
29) Lydia's Charm
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Suddenly a widow, Lydia King moves with her son to Charm, Ohio, to be close to her mother and help with her grandfather. Then gifts begin appearing on her porch from a mysterious source. Menno Troyer, a local store owner, is also recently widowed and needs a mother for his four boys. Levi Stutzman is dedicated to caring for his handicapped family. Will the anonymous gifts bring Lydia hope for a new life? And will the gift giver be there when tragedy...
30) A sister's test
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Ruth is the second oldest sister in the Hostettler family and has one burnng desire--to marry and fill her Amish household with children. Life seems to be falling into place when Martin Gingerich starts to court her and she becomes a friend to a motherless child. But her dreams are suddenly shattered in one horrific moment, putting Ruth's faith to the test. Finding herself spiritually adrift, Ruth's only real prayer becomes a desperate, "Why God?"....
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"In Strasburg, Pennsylvania, grief has paralyzed Sylvia, a young widowed mother, and mysterious events threaten to force the family-run greenhouse to close."--
Sylvia has been nearly paralyzed with grief and anxiety since the tragic death of her husband, father, and brother in a traffic accident. She tries to help in the family's greenhouse while caring for her two children, but she prefers not to have to deal with customers. Her mother's own grief...
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2013.
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235 pages ; 23 cm.
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After months of facing nothing but blank memory, "Eddie" remembers his name -- and Luke's past seems within reach. But miles away in Lancaster County, everything has changed. Luke's house is occupied by Englishers. His parents believe he is dead. And caught between her undying love for Luke and concern for her son's future, his presumed widow Meredith has grown closer to Jonah and closer to marriage. Can Luke salvage the rest of his memory and return...
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2013.
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185 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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After nearly losing her baby due to the shocking news of her husband Luke's presumed death, Meredith Stoltzfus has never been so scared. Her parents are supportive, but they have younger children to care for. And while her rekindled friendship with Jonah Miller is a blessing, she aches for Luke and the love they shared. She needs Luke at her side and her baby will need a father. Can Meredith manage to provide for herself and her baby -- alone? Meanwhile,...
34) Woman of courage
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"A Woman of Courage Makes an Epic Journey Take a three-thousand mile journey with Amanda Pearson as she leaves the disgrace of a broken engagement and joins the work at a Quaker mission in the western wilds. The trip is fraught with danger, and Amanda is near death before reaching her destination. Among those she meets are an Indian woman who becomes her first convert and a half-Indian trapper who seems to be her biggest critic. But love follows her...
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"Welcome to Sugarcreek, Ohio, where the Amish schoolteacher has a determined admirer. Tragically losing her parents as a child, Lisa Miller has grown up being afraid of loving and losing. She dedicates herself to teaching at an Amish schoolhouse and helping the grandparents who raised her, all the while avoiding the advances of newcomer Paul Herchberger. Paul enjoys antiques and meets Orley Troyer while looking for unique old milk bottles at yard...
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"Sara Murray had never met her mother's parents and was surprised to learn after her death that they were Amish living in Pennsylvania. When she is finally able to make the trip to meet them, she is shocked to learn someone else has been living with them and pretending to be Sara. Sara can't understand how quickly her grandparents are willing to forgive the imposter. Secrets and deceit seem to follow Sara, and she is so tired of it. Though soon she...
37) The crow's call
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"When Vernon King, his son, and son-in-law are involved in a terrible accident, three women are left to cope with their deaths, as they become the sole providers of the family they have left. The women's only income must come from the family greenhouse, but someone seems to be trying to force them out of business. Amy King has just lost her father and brother, and her mother needs her to help run the family's greenhouse. It doesn't seem fair to ask...
38) The gift
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Adam Beachy's mother walked out on him and his family and away from the Amish faith. Now he balks at the idea of ever marrying and having a family of his own. But when tragedy strikes, Adam is suddenly a father figure to his three nieces and finds himself needing a wife. Despite their differences over her practice of reflexology, Leah Mast seems the best option to fill that role. Can they make it work in a modern-day marriage of convenience?
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Brides of Lancaster county volume 2
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As a child, Rebekah Stoltzfus suffered a freak accident that left her legs paralyzed. Now, confined to a wheelchair, she feels she'll never measure up to the expectations of her Pennsylvania Amish community that a woman should marry and raise a family. She longs to be loved, yet she prays for a way to be self-supporting. Daniel Beachy wants to court Rebekah, but she believes that she is a burden and has convinced herself that love is not for her....
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