Amish Fiction

Dale Cramer’s enthralling Paradise Valley introduced Caleb Bender, an Amish man who, in the 1920s, led his family from Ohio to Mexico to form a new settlement. Its compelling sequel, The Captive Heart, finds Caleb and his family struggling to adapt to their new lives in a country torn apart by revolution. But their true test is yet to come. When a bandit kidnaps his daughter and wounds his son, Caleb knows he must act before his children are put in further danger. Yet what can an Amish man do when violence is strictly forbidden?

Life on Windmill Farm hasn’t been the same since Julia Lapp’s father has had trouble with his heart. But that doesn’t stop Julia from hoping for a bright future. She has planned on marrying Paul Fisher since she was a girl. Now twenty-one, she looks forward to their wedding with giddy anticipation. But when Paul tells her he wants to postpone the wedding - again - she is determined to change his mind.

Grace Fisher's parents want her to settle down with her best friend, Daniel King. Friends since childhood, Grace and Daniel do not see each other in a romantic light. It is Daniel's cousin, Isaac, now an Englischer, that Grace hopes to court. When Isaac comes back to Lancaster after five years away to spend a few weeks with Daniel's family, Grace prays that she and Isaac can get to know each other better. But when tragedy strikes, Grace encounters a twist of fate which leaves her world turned upside down.

1900 a.C. L’area che gli indiani moderni associano erroneamente alla civiltà della valle dell’Indo, per gli abitanti di quell’epoca era la terra di Meluha, un regno quasi perfetto creato molti secoli prima dal signore Ram, uno dei più grandi re mai esistiti. Ma quell’impero, un tempo fiero e rigoglioso, e i suoi governatori suryavanshi furono costretti ad affrontare gravi pericoli poiché il loro fiume principale, il venerato Saraswati, si stava lentamente prosciugando. Non solo: erano costantemente sotto attacco a causa delle continue incursioni armate provenienti dalla terra dei chandravanshi, a est.

Amish woman Hannah Fisher had long regretted the hasty marriage in her youth to her grim husband many years her senior. When a lightning strike takes his life, Hannah is plagued with guilt over being free and devastated that their soon-to-be-born child will have no father. While wanting the best for her baby, Hannah is determined to marry for love the second time. Ideally, she'll marry fast so her baby can bond with both parents. Her sole hope lies with childhood friend, Levi King. When she finds out Levi intends to marry Lizzy Weaver, her dreams come crashing down.

Find out what happens when several visitors join Cherish at her farm. You won't believe it! Cherish finally has a love interest, but will she grow tired of his mother being the main woman in his life? Along with a devastating natural disaster and the usual everyday disasters surrounding the sisters, this trip will be life-changing for one of the girls. After much soul-searching, Adam makes a final decision about Bliss.

With The Telling, Christy Award-winning author Beverly Lewis delivers the stirring conclusion to her New York Times best-selling Seasons of Grace trilogy. As an Amish young lady leaves Bird-in-Hand in a fancy car to search for her mother in Ohio, she wonders if her mom really wants to be found. She also hopes her Englisher friend—determined to forgo traditional medicine—can find the healing she seeks. But she has no idea her mom is following clues of her own.

Isaac and David never thought they'd go back to the Amish world. But when Isaac's younger brother is stricken with cancer, they don't hesitate to return. Their relationship is on the rocks after insecurity and fear drove a wedge between them in San Francisco, and David is determined to make things right. Yet if they thought navigating "English" life was confusing, being back in Zebulon is even more complicated. Their families are desperate to bring them back into the fold, and pressure from the community builds.

Simon Graber became a widower and a bishop early in life. His sole focus is his very close-knit Old Order Amish community—not entertaining the idea of marriage, despite what many of the elders think. When sickness comes to Cherry Grove, Kentucky, Simon reaches out to a neighboring community for help.

Single and Amish, Grace Wittmer cares for three elderly Englisch ladies in her home. At first, it was to make enough money to survive. But now, she loves them as if they were kin. Thaddeus, Grace’s hired hand, takes care of the animals and the land. He’s a mysterious sort, silent and reserved, yet Grace relies on his steady and solid character.

Martha Sue Helmuth wishes she could just relax and enjoy her extended visit with her beloved grandparents. Instead, she is nursing a broken heart over gentle widower Yost Beiler. Yost's thirteen-year-old son, Jonah, refuses to accept Martha Sue, and she refuses to risk coming between them. For now, she is just trying to avoid her Mammi's choice of yet another eligible suitor. But when Yost moves himself and Jonah to Huckleberry Hill to change Martha Sue's mind, she can't help dreaming that somehow, some way, she and Yost will have a miraculous second chance to be together.

What are the strange lights in the Strongbergs' barn at night? Are they related to the recent murders of two Amish men? Thomas Strongberg's death was said to be accidental. They said he'd fallen off a ladder, but what is the explanation for the second death? Police have proof that Amish girl Thea Hersh is connected to the crime, but Thea refuses to talk to anyone but Ettie Smith.

Like most Amish young women, Phoebe Yoder has dreams - but not of a courtship - at least not yet. She dreams of caring for the tender-hearted alpacas at her Englischer neighbor’s farm and learning the business herself. But that longing falls away the moment her baby sister goes missing. In that horrifying instant, desperate for her sister’s safe return, she whispers a promise to Gott: She will give up her dreams and marry Micah Graber, a man she doesn’t love, but who is determined to make her his wife.

Capable and optimistic Molly Zook has a slight issue with control: She doesn't like giving it up. So she's chafing against her mother's wish that, to save the family farm, she marry Mervin Mosier--especially after she meets Leon Fisher. He's from Montana but is working in Molly's district, training horses at a nearby ranch. He is tall and muscular, with a confident demeanor. Molly has never met anyone like him, and he seems to feel the same about her.

Priscilla Herschberger and Elam Gingerich, a childhood friend from her Amish community, have been courting for a while, but a marriage proposal still seems to be in the distant future. David Morgan, an outsider raised in the modern world, often visits his grandparents in the area. He and Priscilla become fast friends, and David starts to research more about the Amish faith.

Decisions have always been hard for Mary. Her whole life, she has found herself so controlled by the stern voice of her father that she struggles to hear God's voice or even know her own desires. What does it mean to give up one's will when you can't tell what your own will is, never mind God's? Finally, Mary commits to marriage, and so begins a tumultuous journey into life as a wife and mother. Will she pass her insecurities on to her daughter, or will she choose a new way of parenting? And will her daughter be able to navigate life and love without the same pain that Mary faced?

३4०० ईसापूर्व, भारत. अलगावों से अयोध्या कमज़ोर हो चुकी थी. एक भयंकर युद्ध अपना कर वसूल रहा था. नुक्सान बहुत गहरा था. नुक्सान बहुत गहरा था. लंका का राक्षस राजा, रावण पराजित राज्यों पर अपना शासन लागू नहीं करता था.

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Shunned from the Amish life she once knew, Katherine Mayfield finds solace in her volunteer work and the delights of the modern world. Unknown to Katherine, her long-lost love, Daniel Fisher, is desperate to locate his "sweetheart girl", only to be frustrated at nearly every turn. Once again, Katherine is compelled to face the heritage of her past and recognize God's love in unexpected places.