Amish Fiction

A girl afraid of love and loss. A boy determined to change her mind. Leah Bontrager, the daughter of the town soapmakers, is grieving the death of her older brother. Compounding the grief is the vision of his widow’s devastation. As a result, Leah vows never to fall in love to spare her ever suffering such pain. Matthew Mast arrives in Cardinal Hill to help out his cousin after the death of her husband. He is hired as an apprentice at the Bontrager’s soapmaking business. He meets Leah, and in time, he finds himself drawn to her and sets off down the path to change her mind about love. ...

New love, old hardships, surprise beginnings... She was the rebellious Amish candlemaker, following her dreams against the rules of her traditional community. He was the restless woodworker, searching for a place he could finally call home. When Miriam and Aaron find each other through her newfound business relationship, their secret correspondence sparks a forbidden connection neither saw coming. But surreptitious glances and stolen kisses leave them racked with guilt and doubt. Will they find the courage to honor their growing love instead of fear? Can they blaze a new path that brings ...

When Vernon King, his son, and son-in-law are involved in a terrible accident, three women are left to cope with their deaths, as they become the sole providers of the family they have left. The women’s only income must come from the family greenhouse, but someone seems to be trying to force them out of business.

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Sarah Yoder snuck away from home without blessing or permission. She just wanted to find herself during her Rumspringa and work to earn her keep while doing so. She had to know what God willed for her life. Was that so bad? Once in her dorms at the Pony Patrol where she's volunteering, she meets the restless wanderer Dicky, himself on a constant journey to discover what he wants out of life. Immediately sparks fly with feelings of romance, but she holds herself to her proper upbringing, which Dicky respects and admires. Feelings continue to deepen, ...

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.

DOWNLOAD FOR FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED It's been a year since escaping from her secret and horrible past, and Rachel sets up shop to start her new life and business in welcoming Stoney River. But nothing is easy, as starting anew leads to misunderstandings and a lack of faith in others until she can come to terms with who she is and God's will for her life in her new community. With only her faith and trust in God's plans for her future, she stays busy with her business and long walks by herself. But a chance encounter with Jacob Schrock and an old injury from an abusive relationship ...

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.

Back and broke in Stoney Ridge, Jimmy Fisher has coasted as long as he could through life on charm, good looks, and deep-set dimples. They always worked just fine for him - until they didn't. His smile has no effect on the violet-eyed beauty he met at the Bent N' Dent, the one with that stunning horse. She's offered him a job, but nothing else. The last thing Sylvie Schrock King needs around Rising Star Farm is a grown boy working for her, especially her neighbor Edith's son. The woman holds a serious grudge against Sylvie and her son....

Margaret Yoder is recently divorced from Jared Black and decides to return home to the Amish community that she grew up in after living with outsiders, "Englischers" for years. Her family welcomes her back with open arms. However, there is a lot of talk in the community surrounding Margaret's return. Some don't believe that she should be allowed to have her baptism because she was divorced. However, there is no rule against it since she hadn't left the community following baptism, but when she was young on her Rumspringa. Margaret believes that in returning to her community, she'll be free ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Mariam King returns from Rumspringa ready to work for her father. But he has other plans, and as she goes back to life as normal, she suspects the plans involve far more than she's willing to go along with. But caught between family, order, and the Amish way, she wonders if it's best to just resign herself to her fate and marry Caleb, the boy placed in her path. Could it be so bad? But then, could Noah Miller, the one she's falling for really be so bad for her either, despite what everyone says? Her spirit wars within her, causing her to question ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Anna Graber is fresh off her Rumspringa and suddenly finds herself a nanny to two rambunctious young boys, sons to a widower named Moses. She quickly grows to love the boys that Moses has trouble raising, and settles in quite easily, feeling at home with both the boys and their father. But angry with God, Moses has a hardened heart and can't always understand what his boys need, let alone what his heart needs for himself. Yet somehow Anna quickly brings out the hope that lies buried within, but at a price. For it doesn't take long for their innocent, ...

Standing at six feet tall, Lydia was the tallest woman in her community, even towering over most of the men. She knew that was the reason she was 25 and unmarried, destined for a lonely life of watching her more correctly proportioned younger sisters falling in love and starting families. When her parents suggested she stay at Aunt Stella's and look further afield for love, Lydia quickly agreed. When she arrived at Aunt Stella's, she was surprised that Stella already had a plan in place.

Rachel Yoder has grand ideas. Fresh off her Rumspringa, she quickly grows bored with the lack of challenge at the farm stand with her father and seeks somewhere else to apply her talents and energy. Quiet, but hardworking Daniel Esh makes furniture, and he’s very good at what he does. What he’s not so good at is keeping his business afloat, mostly from lack of organization and a distaste for proper accounting. Daniel’s best friend Zeke, who happens to be Rachel’s brother, knows he needs help and suggests giving his sister a job. He grudgingly does so on a test basis, but quickly ...

A Scorned Woman With A Broken Heart. A Regretful Man With Amends To Make. A Deeply Held Grudge That Will Not Be Forgiven. A Miracle is Needed This Christmas Close to Christmas In the snow-blanketed town of Millersburg, a mysterious stranger, John King, enters the life of Timothy Yoder, a widowed Amish carpenter struggling to care for his family. As Timothy welcomes the stranger into his home amidst a fierce winter storm, he cannot shake the feeling that this meeting is part of a divine plan. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Raber returns to her childhood community, haunted by a past love and painful ...

The Amish bonnet sisters are back in the ninth boxed set edition. In A Season for Change, Cherish worries that her first potential boyfriend might be way too close to his parents. He is an only child, but still. In Amish Farm Mayhem, find out what happens when several visitors join Cherish at her farm. In The Stolen Amish Wedding, it's been three years since Cherish has been to her beloved farm. Catch up on everything that has happened for the blended Baker/Bruner family. Plus, there’s a wedding for one of the sisters and Wilma is not happy about it!

In this unabridged audio download of A Promise of Hope, the second installment in the Kauffman Amish Bakery series by Amy Clipston, an Amish widow with newborn twins discovers her deceased husband had disturbing secrets. As she tries to come to grips with the past, she considers a loveless marriage to ensure stability for her young family ... with her faith in God hanging in the balance.

Twenty years ago, a terrible tragedy shattered the tranquility of the small Pennsylvania Dutch town of Reflection. The residents of the village have never forgiven the one woman they blamed for what happened - Rachel Huber. After the incident, Rachel left the town and cut off all ties there. But when Rachel receives the news that her estranged grandmother, Helen, is ill and needs her care, she returns to Reflection.

The matchmakers have their eyes on romance - and in this small Amish community, no one is safe. Their sights are first set on plain, independent Willow, who’s shocked when her parents try to marry her off to bachelor Samuel. But can she and Samuel evade their parents’ meddling long enough to find love on their own? Then there’s Valerie, a widow who’s never recovered from losing the man she really loved. Now at her friend’s urging, she and Ed have one last chance to find their own happiness…if they can revive the spark that once promised a lifetime of love.

Will her choice between two brothers shatter the bonds of family and faith? In Lancaster County, Tabitha King is caught in a storm of the heart. Peter Zook's quiet strength offers a suretey and stability she longs for, while his younger brother Saul's infectious joy awakens long-forgotten dreams and laughter. As autumn leaves fall while the harvest is reaped, Tabitha's indecision plants seeds of discord in their close-knit Amish community. Whispers travel faster than a buggy, and soon Tabitha is stuck in the middle of a controversy that threatens to upend more than just her carefully ...

(Includes the bonus novelette Only Esther, a more traditional retelling of the Bible story.) To escape her Amish life for just one day, Esther Albrecht puts on Englisher clothing, sneaking off to go to the movies with her friends. That’s when Esther literally bumps into Xavier Carnegie, who gives them invitations to an elite masquerade gala at his parents' mansion. Xavier's parents are urging him to marry, since they won't let him access his inheritance or hand down their company to him until he does. To his dismay, they invite several other women from the gala along with Esther to their ...