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Amish legacy novel volume V. 1
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English
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"They were "only friends" . . . but they wanted so much more. Crystal Glick is grateful to live with her brother's family since her father died and her fiancé, Owen, broke their engagement. Crystal loves her bruderskinner and cheerfully helps her sister-in-law through a difficult pregnancy with babies number seven and eight, but she yearns for a husband and children of her own. Duane Bontrager is mourning the recent death of his wife, Connie, after...
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When her best friend's husband and two children are killed in a suspicious car accident, Amish community member Kate Burkholder maintains a vigil by a grievously injured survivor who may hold answers before investigating a brutal killer who makes her question everything about her Amish culture.
3) The fiddler
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English
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"A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever"--P. [4] of cover.
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English
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When the Slabaugh family is found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But it's soon revealed to be murder, possibly tied to a series of vicious hate crimes against the Amish. Alongside state agent John Tomasetti, Kate Burkholder searches for the link between the crimes, and uncovers a dark secret beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community.
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English
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In the final novel of the Kauffman Amish Bakery series, three young women's lives are about to change. Lizzie Anne and Samuel are getting married. Lindsay, about to be baptized into the Amish faith, is courting Matthew. Katie is happy for her friends, but also finds herself something of a fifth wheel. When Lindsay's sister, Jessica, returns to Bird-in-Hand, she finds that Jake Miller has moved on with his life and is becoming close friends with Katie....
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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Sixteen years ago a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community of Painters Mill, Ohio. Kate Burkholder survived the terror when she was a young Amish girl. Now she's returning as chief of police. When a new victim is found under her watch, she struggles with a secret that could hurt both her and her family. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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"Miriam Lapp, who left the Amish community in Pennsylvania three years ago, is heart-broken when her sister calls to say that her mother has dies suddenly. Traveling home, she is forced to face the heartache from her past, including the rift with her family and her broken engagement with Timothyh Kauffman. The wounds are reopened when her father disowns her and she finds the out that Timothy has proposed to his new girlfriend. Miriam returns to Indiana...
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English
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Sent from Michigan to Pennsylvania, Lena Rose Schwartz grieves the death of her Amish parents and the separation from her siblings as well as her beau, Hans Bontrager. She longs to return home to those she loves most. However, she soon discovers that Lancaster County holds charms of its own.
10) Sarah's gift
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Amish midwife Sarah Mast takes over responsibility from her aging aunt to run the Pleasant Valley birthing center and must fight those skeptical of her abilities, including Aaron Miller, who previously seemed drawn to her.
12) Pray for silence
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Series
Language
English
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Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family of seven. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to the secrets the Amish keep from the English--and each other--but this crime is horribly out of the ordinary.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
Description
Returning home to the Amish country she left behind, news photographer Libby Morgan is reunited with police chief Adam Byler, who, striving to keep peace between the Amish and their modern "Englischer" neighbors, needs her help in finding the person responsible for attacking a young woman.
14) The first love
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Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"In the summer of 1951, Amishwoman Maggie Esh is struggling with a debilitating illness and few future prospects. When revival meetings come to the area, Maggie attends out of curiosity, and the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she hope for a brighter future?"--
15) Susanna's dream
Author
Series
Lost sisters of Pleasant Valley volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about one another. When the long-held secret of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected. Now they reach out to the third . . . Susanna Bitler's life is in complete turmoil. Still reeling from the death of her mother, she is further disheartened when her business partner hints that she is going to quit the gift shop they run together in a...
16) Lydia's charm
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English
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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...
17) Dark harvest
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English
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Widower Luke Brand is a leader in the peaceful Amish community of Maplecreek, Ohio. But now his people are under attack - and the main target appears to be the children. Policewoman Kat Lindley is running from the big-city job that nearly got her killed, and memories of the abused boy she failed to save. Now she agrees to undertake a dangerous masquerade within the Amish community, desperate to help Luke save Maplecreek's children.
18) Seeds of hope
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print editon.
Language
English
Description
Miriam Troyer has had a secret crush on Mark Byler since she was a teenager, but she knows they can never have a relationship: Mark is a big-city attorney and an Englischer. Miriam loves her quiet way of life and Mark has always loved his visits to his grandfather's farm, but he's convinced the Amish life isn't for him, But when things go wrong and his firm distances itself from him to try to save themselves, Mark finds himself back at his grandfather's...
19) A happy heart
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Series
Rachel Yoder always trouble somewhere volume V. 5
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Even though it is spring, Rachel is not feeling very happy.
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Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Amish schoolteacher Lilly Lapp is tired of weddings afraid of horses and immersed in caring for her depressed mother. But when handsome horse breeder Jacob Wyse rescues her from a dangerous accident Lilly discovers a renewed interest in life and love. Yet Jacob has lost the one true love of his life to another man and doesn't care to expose himself to the vulnerabilities of loving again. God works to bring this unlikely pair into a sweet romance.