Catalog Search Results
1) The fiddler
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetle, 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.
2) The secret
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grace Byler, who is Amish, begins to question her religion after the disappearance of her mother, while Heather Nelson, after receiving a diagnosis of terminal illness, visits the Amish countryside, which she and her late mother last visited, hoping to find peace of mind.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Solly and Rachel Slabaugh, along with Solly's brother Abel, are found dead in a hog pit, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the gruesome scene. Once again teaming up with Agent John Tomasetti, Kate reveals that the death may not have been accidental, but one of the most horrific hate crimes ever to befall the Amish community of Painter's Creek.
4) The telling
Author
Series
Seasons of Grace volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to forgo traditional medicine as she struggles to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, graduate student Heather Nelson hopes to find answers and healing in Amish country.
Author
Series
Hearts of Middlefield volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Amish wife Moriah Miller is abandoned by her husband, she fears that she'll never find a man of his word. What Moriah doesn't know is that Levi's twin, Gabriel, has loved her for years. Moriah must learn to accept his love so that she can be made whole again.
Author
Series
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
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
Series
Kate Burkholder volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kate Burkholder, a former Amish resident of Painters Mill, is returning as police chief sixteen years after a series of brutal murders took place there, but when a new victim is found under her watch, she struggles with a secret that could hurt both her and her family.
Author
Series
Sisters of the quilt volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community that she grew up in in order to help her sister, she is torn between her new life and love in the outside world and life in the community with her first love.
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jennifer Burns has always had an 'old soul,' but joining the Amish world will challenge her spirit--and her heart--in ways she never expected"--Provided by publisher.
11) The guardian
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
After schoolteacher Jodi Winfield finds a little girl on the side of the road, she delves into the isolated community of the Lancaster Old Order Amish to find answers.
12) The tinderbox
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Sylvia Miller finds the key to an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued. Shocked by the secrets it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community"--
13) The River
Author
Language
English
Description
"Tilly and Ruth, two formerly Amish sisters, are plagued by unresolved relationships when they reluctantly return to Lancaster County for their parents' landmark wedding anniversary. Since departing their Plain upbringing, Tilly has married an Englisher, but Ruth remains single and hasn't entirely forgotten her failed courtship with her Amish beau. Past meets present as Tilly and Ruth yearn for acceptance and redemption. Can they face the future in...
14) The betrayal
Author
Series
Abram's daughters volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seperated from her beloved Jonas after he takes a six-month carpenter's apprenticeship in Ohio, Leah hopes that their relationship will endure but finds herself challenged by an unexpected test facing their families.
15) A life of joy
Author
Series
Kauffman Amish bakery volume 4
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When she returns for an extended visit to her hometown in Virginia, eighteen-year-old Lindsay Bedford reconnects with old friends and faces family pressures as she tries to decide whether or not to stay in her Amish community.
16) The last bride
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in Amish country's beloved fictional Hickory Hollow, Tessie Miller, the youngest of her Old Order parents' five daughters, followed her heart, and the unthinkable has happened. Will she find a reason for hope, in spite of her desperate plight?"--Provided by publisher.
17) The timepiece
Author
Language
English
Description
Adeline Pelham drives up in a sleek, red sports car to an Amish farm and upends the family inside, claiming to be a long lost daughter from another mother.
Sylvia Miller's Old Order family is upended with the arrival of Adeline Pelham. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of a painful secret. As Sylvia and her mother struggle to come to terms with the news, it is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher--...
18) The wish
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Leona Speicher got the "sister" she'd always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County Amish farmland. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be everything a devout Plain family should be, and Leona can't help comparing Gloria's engaging young parents to her own. Leona's cousin shows a romantic interest in Gloria around the same time as Gloria's older brother expresses his fondness for Leona--it seems likely the two young...
19) The thorn
Author
Series
The rose trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she abandoned? And will she be able to convince Rose to steer...
20) A season of love
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Amy Clipston brings this warm and romantic series to an end with the story of three young women who are about to enter the most important seasons of their lives. Lindsay, Lizzie Anne, and Katie are baptized, and their thoughts move to their futures as Amish women. Dreams of courting and marriage are on all their minds, but for Kate it's a little more difficult. Unlike Lizzie Anne and Lindsay, she isn't interested in any of the young...