Amish Fiction

Spring has arrived in Middlebury, Indiana, and Amber Wright is optimistic about the growing profit from her collection of Amish shops - until she receives a call that Ethan Gray is dead. Hurrying over to A Simple Blend, she finds a solitary hole in the front window and the store manager lying next to the espresso machine, dead from an apparent heart attack. All the money is still in his register. When Amber hires a young Amish woman, Hannah Troyer, to take over the shop’s duties, the two women become fast friends - as well as amateur sleuths.

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?

William Bieler just wants a simple Amish Christmas. But with a newborn child at home, nothing is simple. When William's wife falls ill, however, it will take a miracle to save Christmas at the Bieler house.

After years of wanting a husband and family of her own, Amish nanny Trudy Schwartz’s hopes soar with the arrival of a handsome newcomer at the local matchmaker’s home. Looking for a fresh start, the last thing solitary carpenter Eli Mast wants is a wife, though he is grateful for the kind nanny caring for his young niece. But when Eli’s custody of little Leah is in jeopardy, he agrees to a courtship of convenience—except Trudy believes Eli’s intentions are genuine. Will the truth lead them to heartbreak…or will their arrangement blossom into an unexpectedly perfect match?

Lydia Wyse, a book editor from Seattle who grew up Amish, returns to the small community of West Kootenai to give comfort to her father after her mother’s death. Lydia soon finds herself falling in love with Amish bachelor Gideon Hooley. She wants nothing more than to forget her past and look forward to a future as an Amish bride. But will the pain of her childhood - and her potential betrayal of her community - keep her from committing her whole heart?

The quaint Indiana town of Pleasant Creek is bustling with activity as Christmas draws near. Boston native and innkeeper, Liz Eckardt, is learning to embrace her new home's holiday traditions and welcomes the slower-paced life at the heart of Amish country. The little town is brimming with yuletide cheer, and the brisk air is filled with the smell of freshly baked Christmas cookies and the merry sounds of carolers.

Jalon Chupp has a past he isn't proud to claim. He's worked hard to overcome his youthful mistakes, and he has recommitted himself to his faith. When he receives a sweet note included in a piece of misdirected mail, he can't help but write back. Soon, the letters he receives from Phoebe are the highlights of his days, and with a hopeful heart, he suggests they meet in person.

United by faith, and bonded by their quilting circle, the Amish women of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, are there for one another through all life's joys and challenges....

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.

In the midst of family heartaches, can two young Amish people move past their grief and trust that God’s will includes finding happiness again?

Wilma Baker was a widow for the second time. She had buried her first husband when her daughters were still young. And now, here she was, burying her second husband when she was only middle-aged. When other Amish widows rally to support Wilma, how will Wilma's life-long best friend react? Meanwhile, Wilma's niece Debbie has problems of her own. She has fallen for her ex-boyfriend's brother. What will she do when both men come back into her life? Will she be sensible and choose the man she has known for years? Or will she choose his brother with whom she'd had an instant connection?

As Promise Lodge's first wedding arrives, the evidence of a community building a foundation for the future is a cause for celebration. But the bishop's narrow-minded wedding sermon doesn't sit well with the Bender sisters, the town's courageous founders, especially widowed Mattie Schwartz. She believes marriage and family aren't the most important of God's gifts - even if she suspects her tender feelings for Preacher Amos Troyer run deeper than simple friendship.

En Alt Maedel - an old maid. At age 29, that's what Eva Lapp considers herself. Finding a good Amish husband at her age will be next to impossible. Plus, Eva's unwarranted bad reputation in Lancaster County precedes her. Maybe living the Englisch life would be better. Squeezed out of her childhood home by her brother's boisterous family, Eva finds lodging and a new job managing a small cafe at a local plant nursery. Then to her surprise, her first love, Jake Miller, suddenly returns to Lancaster County.

Can a couple rent by grief find renewal? Timothy Fisher’s decision to move his family from their home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, isn’t a happy one for his wife, Hannah. Everything she knows is in Lancaster County—her mother, her home, her friends. But what choice does Hannah have? Realizing that her place is with her husband and young daughter, she reluctantly goes—but her new life is a hard adjustment. Nothing Timothy does pleases Hannah, and his best-laid plans are beginning to crumble before him.

Mark King was an elderly Amish man who lived alone. Partly out of choice, and partly because his seven (now adult) children could no longer cope with his ways. He did care about things and people, but felt unable to show it. Each year when Christmas comes around he feels himself becoming more stern and angry and resentful. He does not celebrate Christmas at all other than to attend prayer meetings etc., and distances himself from the community for weeks at a time. Could the sad, and bitter old man find happiness once again or will he be lonely for the rest of his life?

Faced with marriage to a man she doesn’t love, Becca risks alienating her parents when she decides to follow her heart. But she fears heartbreak awaits her as the man she is drawn to refuses to reciprocate her feelings.

এক শস্যক্ষেত্রে একটি পরিত্যক্ত শিশুকন্যাকে পাওয়া যায় এক দল খুনে নেকড়ের হাত থেকে এক শকুনের দ্বারা রক্ষিত অবস্থায়। সেই কন্যাকে মিথিলা নামের এক শক্তিহীন, সবার দ্বারা উপেক্ষিত রাজ্যের রাজা দত্তক নেন. কেউ বিশ্বাস করে না এই কন্যার কোনো মূল্য আছে বলে. কিন্তু তারা সকলেই ভুল ছিল. কারণ সে কোনো সামান্য নারী নয়. সে সীতা! রামচন্দ্র ধারাবাহিকের দ্বিতীয় বিয়ের সঙ্গে অব্যাহত এই মহাকাব্যিক যাত্রা, এক রোমাঞ্চকর অভিযান যা বিব্রত করে এক আশ্রিত শিশুর উপাখ্যান, যে হয়ে ওঠে একজন প্রধান মন্ত্রী এবং তারপর এক দেবী!

3400 ઈસાપૂર્વ, ભારત. નિર્ધનતા અને અરાજક્તાથી પ્રક્ષુબ્ધ દેશ. મોટાભાગના લોકો ચૂપચાપ પીડાય. અમુક બળવો પણ કરે. કેટલાક ઉત્તમ જગત માટે લડી લે, તો કેટલાક પોતાના માટે. મોટાભાગના લોકો જોકે ઉદાસીન છે. રાવણ એ સમયના સૌથી જ્ઞાની ઋષિઓમાંના એકનું સંતાન, જે અત્યંત બુદ્ધિશાળી અને પ્રતિભાવાન છે.

The Amish bonnet sisters are back and, as usual, are full of surprises in this seventh bundle. This three-in-one set contains books 19, 20, and 21: The Unsuitable Amish Wedding, Her Amish Secret, and Amish Harvest Mayhem.

For the Amish community of Alabaster, it seems to. They've maintained an uneasy alliance with the vamperkinder, the altered humans that rescued them from the zombies seven years ago. But after several vicious attacks—nighttime slaughters that could only have been perpetrated by the kinder—the union of the two peoples is shattered.