Amish Fiction

Ex-con Seth Zimmerman has spent the last three years making amends by helping the vulnerable in his former Amish community. Lately, this mission includes calling on Tabitha Yoder, whose divorce from her abusive husband has isolated her from the community. Even though she never comes out of her house to talk to him, Seth knows she watches him from the window while he chops wood, clears her driveway, and drops off food. An uneasy friendship is just starting to take hold between them when small gifts begin to appear at Tabitha’s home—gifts that can only be from her ex-husband.

Recently widowed after twenty years of marriage, Frances Lehman is only just tasting the freedom and opportunity that her Promise Lodge friends enjoy. So she's not about to be pressured into marriage by her widowed brother-in-law, even if she and her daughter have no real means of support. Much more promising is her new friendship with Preacher Marlin Kurtz, though their respective families don't see their relationship as proper.

Sweet Naomi Byler cooks meals for the guests at The Peony Inn, where Amish sisters and owners of the inn Esther and Lizzie love her like a granddaughter. She’s as happy there as a young woman can be, considering that her fiancé, Thomas, has left her to court someone else. She knows she’ll get over the love of her life in due time, but she is beginning to assume marriage will never be a part of her future.

Energetic widow Mattie Bender Schwartz is working day and night to get Promise Lodge going. She's also hoping the change will help her son Noah's heart to heal after his broken engagement. Filled with regret and cast out by her dad for a reason she can't yet reveal, Deborah can only pray Noah will forgive her foolishness. But with her cruel words still ringing in his head, he's reluctant to accept her apology - even if the Old Order ways demand he try.

While traveling through Manhattan on the way back to her Amish community, young Amanda Beiler is struck by a limousine. The limo's passenger, Cuban-born superstar Alejandro Diaz, takes responsibility for her injuries and vows to oversee her recovery. Leaving the fame circuit behind, Alejandro returns Amanda to her family in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Amanda Miller is fraught with worry, and now everything she thinks she knows is crumbling down around her. She continues to go to work, looking for any normalcy, if not answers, even after her sister Martha forbids it which only adds to the problems and furthering the mystery and Danny and his father. But she's desperate to know why her sister forbids it. What has Martha kept secret for so long? Now that it's out that there IS a secret, Amanda won't rest until she discovers the past that others may want left buried. Yet not all feel the same way, and that could help dig out the truth. All ...

Bright, curious, and restless, Ruthie Stoltzfus loves her family but is stuck in a sea of indecision about her future: Should she stay Amish? Or should she leave? She's done all she can to prepare to go - passed the GED, saved her money - but she can't quite set her journey into motion. Patrick Kelly is a young man on a journey of his own. He's come to Stoney Ridge to convert to the Amish and has given himself 30 days to learn the language, drive a buggy, and adapt to "everything Plain". Time, to Patrick, is of the essence.

Fannie Hershberger’s heart yearns for so much more, even if she can’t put her finger on it. But one thing she knows, her job watching two English children has afforded her a glimpse of a life spent doing the things she loves most—reading, learning, and pursuing her interests untethered; something home may not be able to offer. Mark Hilty has been in love with Fannie since they were kids. At least that’s what it feels like, but how can he know or follow his heart when Fannie isn’t baptized? Does he wait until she returns from her Rumspringa? Can he? Would she even be interested ...

From best-selling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories centered around Amish traditions and the possibility of romance.

Ayodhya is weakened by divisions. A terrible war has taken its toll. The damage runs deep. The demon King of Lanka, Raavan, does not impose his rule on the defeated. He instead imposes his trade. Money is sucked out of the empire. The Sapt Sindhu people descend into poverty, despondency and corruption. They cry for a leader to lead them out of the morass. Little do they appreciate that the leader is among them. One whom they know....

With little left to tie her to her home state of Texas and yearning for a slower life, Yvonne Wilson jumps at the chance to shake things up with a move to Montgomery, Indiana. A dream job awaits her—managing an Amish bookstore for her good friends Jake and Eva. Besides the slow-paced setting and the comfort of beloved books, Yvonne hopes the change will help distract her from the emptiness she feels after the death of her fiancé.

Since losing his family in a tragic accident, building contractor Max Lambright can't seem to find purpose in anything but hard work...until he meets feisty newcomer, Willa Richards. As she struggles to make a new life for herself and her baby girl, she challenges him in just about every possible way. Dare he hope that, alongside this spirited woman, he might rekindle his lost faith, and find the path to love and the family he craves?

His world torn apart in an instant, Samuel’s life is forever changed. His broken bones are nothing compared to the wounds in his heart, and his pain runs deep. But his desire to be the father he needs to be… this is his calling. And when God gives you a calling, you step up and move forward, whatever the cost. Mary knows this pain, and each start to see in the other a reflection of themselves. But it’s their children that spark the most change in both themselves, and the other. For God has put an innocence and a joy in those we raise, for our children are the highest creation of love ...

Michelle Lantz dreams of marrying and starting a family, and now that she’s been dating Korey for more than a year, she thought it was only a matter of time before he proposed. But lately, Korey has seemed distant and is far from the attentive boyfriend she once knew. They’ve spent so much time together that she feels she can’t give up on their relationship, but she begins to question her own feelings as his seem to cool.

Claire Weatherly has fled a high-stress lifestyle for a slower pace - in Amish country: Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She only planned a short visit but instead found herself opening an Amish specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures, and settling in. Claire loves her new home, and she’s slowly making friends among the locals, including Esther, a young Amish woman who works in the shop. So when the store’s former owner, the unlikable Walter Snow, is murdered, and the man Esther is sweet on becomes a suspect, Claire can’t help but get involved.

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited A chance encounter, or a sign from God? Shy and reserved, Emma Hostetler is surprised to find a dog on her doorstep one morning. They take an immediate liking to each other, but she knows she must eventually seek out his owner. Emma returns the dog after doing a little sleuthing to discover where he’s from. But not before she discovers a gift she never knew she had. While she’s always loved animals, Caleb Lapp quickly points out she can do what others—including himself—can’t; befriend, train and earn the trust of animals nearly instantly ...

Annie Weaver was ready to become Mrs Noah Deiner, until he broke the shocking news. Annie is a plain ordinary farming girl excited by the prospect of marrying Noah the moment she turns eighteen. However when Noah announces that he has a different plan, Annie’s world crumbles and she is forced to consider her place in the world. Devastated by Noah’s actions, Annie flees her community to begin her life anew, knowing she can never have the things her heart truly desires. Daniel Esh is delighted when he meets the newcomer to his community. Although Annie is reserved, Daniel does his best to...

Amanda Flower presents Book 6 in the Amish Matchmaking series.

The Slabaugh family are model Amish farmers, prosperous and hardworking, with four children and a happy extended family. When the parents and an uncle are found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But in the course of a routine autopsy, the coroner discovers that one of the victims suffered a head wound before death—clearly, foul play was involved. But who would want to make orphans of the Slabaughs' children? And is this murder somehow related to a recent string of shocking hate crimes against the Amish?

Rachel Yoder's heart shattered when her intended vanished without warning, leaving behind messages of eternal love. Even though he has now resurfaced, their once-promising future lies in ruins. Overhearing a conversation between her sister and brother-in-law, Rachel resolves to mend her broken heart by seeking new experiences and freedom, and venturing into the Englischer world. There, she encounters Conrad, an Englischer who intrigues and and attracts her. Will Rachel and Jacob navigate the wreckage of their past, rediscovering their profound love, or will Conrad entice Rachel to forsake ...