Amish Fiction

She stopped in Lancaster County on a whim. She stays for love. Traveling nurse Olivia Ellis stops at an Amish Christmas market, drawn by the nostalgia of visiting with her late parents. Betrayed and jaded, she's buried herself in temporary assignments - until fate brings her face-to-face with widowed craftsman Matthias Yoder and his daughter Emma. In their world of simple faith, she discovers healing she never expected. His gift for creating therapeutic equipment for sick children reminds her why she once loved medicine, while Emma's innocent wisdom breaks through her defenses. As their two...

Featuring many of the beloved characters from Sylvia Price’s bestseller, The Christmas Arrival, as well as a new cast of characters, Amish Love Through the Seasons centers around a group of teenagers as they find friendship, love, and hope in the midst of trials. Tragedy strikes a small Amish community outside of Erie, Pennsylvania when Isaiah Fisher, a widower and father of three, is involved in a serious accident. When his family is left scrambling to pick up the pieces, the community unites to help the single father, but the hospital bills keep piling up. How will the family manage?...

Settling in to her new life in Canaan, Colorado, Katie Ann Stoltzfus gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. This child comes to her late in life following the death of her estranged husband. She resolves to play the role of both father and mother to the child. Ivan was her one true love and despite his infidelities, she mourns his loss and vows never to trust another man. But when a meddling - but good hearted - Englisch woman plays matchmaker for Katie Ann and Eli Detweiler who just arrived in Canaan, they both need to restructure their expectations of the future....

After the tragic death of her parents, Jonica Muller must return to the Amish community she left in shame. Tasked with settling her father's estate, she plans to keep her visit as brief as possible so she can return to start a life with Ephraim, a widower who has offered her and her five-year-old son the stability of a family.

Madison Arbour has had a rough life. She's never really married, and as a school teacher, she's all right with that. However, she's continued to date. And after breaking it off with one particular boyfriend, Madison has to flee. With a heavy heart, she leaves her hometown, looking for somewhere she could be safe. Josiah Fisher has lived a quiet life in the Amish community. He has three daughters, but after his wife passed away, he's wondered if he's ever going to find love again. No one else has made him feel that way since. His daughters do not mind that he has not married, but the eldest ...

A Love Restored (Book One in The Amish Blessings Series) Five years ago, Jacob King walked away from his Amish life—and from Hannah Lapp—without a single goodbye. He chased the promise of adventure in the Englisch world, only to find himself lost and longing for the home he abandoned. Now, he has returned to Willow Creek, determined to prove that he is a changed man. But forgiveness isn’t easily won, and Hannah’s heart isn’t so quick to forget. Hannah has spent years building a life without Jacob, pushing aside the pain of his departure. She’s content running the family bakery ...

Lydia Beiler has spent years trying to forget Samuel Fisher—the man who once held her heart before leaving Willow Creek behind. She has built a life of quiet purpose, tending to her family and her duties as a midwife. But when Samuel returns, determined to make amends, Lydia’s carefully guarded heart is tested in ways she never imagined. Samuel never expected to come home again. But faith has led him back to the one place he thought he had lost forever. Now, he must prove to Lydia—and to himself—that he is no longer the reckless boy who walked away. He is a man who knows what he ...

It was right on Christmas when Amity learned the news. Nothing would ever be the same. ***FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED*** Amity has been living life as an Englisher for a decade when she receives news that shatters her world. Knowing in her heart there is only one right thing to do, she returns home at Christmas time to her Amish community and to her family. When Frederick discovers that Amity has returned to her family he has mixed feelings about it. Afterall, she broke his heart when she left and no one has seen her in ten years. Yet in his deepest of hearts he is soaring with happiness. ...

By all accounts young Jenna Bellar should be happy. Experiencing her Rumspringa and many of the freedoms that go with it, her family is supportive and indulging. But that’s the problem. If courting young men turns into the kind of relationship her parents have, she isn’t sure she ever wants to marry. Sure, they love each other, but it seems empty and held together by history and convenience. What kind of marriage is that? And besides, she’s never gotten attention 0r turned heads like her sisters anyway. Maybe Jenna doesn’t need love in her life after all. Yet an Englisch boy soon ...

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 ...

An Englischer Woman. An Amish Man, A World Apart. Can A Christmas Miracle Bridge The Gap? Elizabeth Lapp is a successful physiotherapist exchanging letters with her Amish family only at Christmas. But this year’s letter begs her to return home, to assist with her mother. Andy Miller’s heart was broken when Elizabeth chose an Englischers life. Harsh words passed between them and deep wounds created. When he sees Elizabeth arriving home he is elated, but when Elizabeth does not acknowledge him, he knows the bitterness remains. When Elizabeth learns that her mother is being treated with ...

Emma Lapp wanted one thing more than anything in her life, she knew it was selfish, she knew it was wrong to question God, but she couldn’t help it. ***FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED*** Emma loves God, her husband and her family. But, it seemed that God in his wisdom had denied her what she wanted most, leaving her envious and depressed Richard Blake is floundering. Hit by a life changing tragedy he seeks out his old Amish friends in the hope that they can help him. Amos Lapp is shocked to learn of Richard’s predicament. Should he help his old friend, even if the consequences cause his wife...

Phineas King knows better than to expect anything but shock and pity wherever he shows his face. Horribly scarred from the tragic accident that claimed his mother's life, he chooses to keep his distance from everyone, focusing his time and energy on the bees his family raises. So why does he start finding excuses to seek out Deborah Lantz, the beautiful new arrival in town?

Farrier Perry Bontrager has had enough of his four happily married older brothers' attempts to find him a bride. When he finally reaches the end of his patience with them, he moves to nearby Marigold to escape their relentless matchmaking. But when his brothers there set him up with Daisy Hershberger, he's desperate to end their interference.

After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. Marriage seems like her best hope of moving out, but there are few young men in her tiny Indiana Amish community. When she comes across letters from her mother's aunt Ella Mae Zook, she sets off to visit Lancaster County's Hickory Hollow to decide where her future lies. Ella Mae is not quite ready to move from the farmhouse where she and her recently deceased husband many years, but her children are eager to resettle her, making Clara's visit seem like an answer to prayer.

Clara’s Courtship: Book Two of the Clara Engelman Series Having consented to a tentative courtship with her bishop, Vernon, Clara still thinks love will never be part of any other relationship she might have. Still, as a Beachy Amish Mennonite woman, she must consider her duty to her community and to her children, because they need a father to replace her beloved Abram. Still again, doubts in the form of rumors about Vernon’s wife worry her. As she attempts to overcome them, she spends time with Vernon to see if they are suited for each other.However, someone who cares for Clara is ...

Bailey King is living the sweet life as assistant chocolatier in New York City. But then her grandmother calls with news that her grandfather's heart condition has worsened. Bailey rushes to Harvest, Ohio, where her grandparents still run Swissmen Sweets, an Amish candy shop. She finds her grandfather is doing better than she feared. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for a local Englisch developer, whom Bailey finds dead in the candy shop kitchen - with Jebediah King's chocolate knife buried in his chest.

Miriam's Calling: An Amish Healer's Story is a heartwarming tale of love, faith, and resilience that follows the lives of Miriam Yoder and her family as they navigate the challenges and joys of life in an Amish community. Through triumphs and tragedies, the Yoder family's story explores the importance of family, community, and the healing power of love. When a devastating influenza pandemic sweeps through their community, Miriam Yoder, a skilled herbalist and healer, and her husband Daniel must confront the harsh realities of life and death. As they face their own personal losses, they also...

Miriam Stoltzfus has spent her life in the quiet village of Willow Creek, learning the art of healing from her father. But when he passes away, she is forced to confront a painful truth—her gifts are not welcome in a world where tradition dictates that healing is a man’s work. Torn between her faith and her calling, Miriam must decide if she is willing to risk everything to help those in need. Naomi Beiler arrives in Willow Creek with nowhere else to turn. Cast out from her family for refusing an arranged marriage, she is desperate to find a place where she belongs. Though met with ...

From USA Today Bestselling author Ruth Hartzler comes this heartwarming story of love and forgiveness. When Noah Hostetler while on rumspringa loses control of a borrowed car on an icy road and drives into a buggy, the Miller sisters are hurt. Injured and with unforgivingness in her heart, Hannah Miller vows she will never again feel for Noah what she once did... a deep and loyal love. Both Hannah and Noah believe that with God’s grace anything is possible, but healing from a painful past is no easy task. Can Hannah rediscover what once she felt for Noah before his terrible mistake, or ...