Amish Fiction

Awakening to darkness, Katie, in a dreamy haze, thought surely she was back in her bedroom at Hickory Hollow, that it was time to rise 'n shine, hurry into chore clothes, get out to the barn to help with the milking. But, as she lay there listening, ears attuned for her father's call up the steps, she realized she was not a girl growing up in the Lapp home. She was a young married woman, curled up next to Dan, her sleeping husband.

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.

Barbara Schwartz was born into a family of quilters, but she would rather eat dirt than partake in another quilting frolic or sew on another binding. When her parents send her to Indiana to help her grandmother in her quilting shop, she finds herself amongst a very different community. It's only one summer and then she will be back in Kentucky where she belongs.

Eva Esch and her sisters are in a predicament. With the passing of their widowed mother, Eva's older brother plans to move his growing family into the Eden Valley farmhouse where they all grew up, leaving little room for his three single sisters. Unless they marry within the year, the only apparent option is for two sisters to go to Indiana to live with an elderly great-aunt. Eva hopes to be married, but she isn't sure she wants to give up her sweet shop for the life of a farmer's wife.

In this sweeping new historical series by Virginia Wise, a young woman finds a new life in America's first Amish settlement - and discovers that love requires a special sort of courage...Pennsylvania, 1737. Greta Scholtz braved a perilous journey - and the loss of her beloved father - to find religious freedom in America. With two orphan children she's taken under her wing, she's trying hard to survive this rugged new world. So she won't let settlement elders pressure her into marrying reserved widower Jacob Miller.

In the serene simplicity of an Amish community, Hannah Fisher, nursing a freshly broken heart, finds herself in an unexpected web of emotions. Desperate to shake off her recent breakup with Samuel Beiler, she embarks on a misguided attempt to incite jealousy by cozying up to the quiet woodworker, David Stolzfus. But as the lines between pretense and reality blur, Hannah finds herself inexplicably drawn to David’s gentle strength and deep wisdom. What begins as a harmless scheme spirals into a whirlpool of public confrontations, heartfelt revelations, and profound introspection, leaving ...

Will this shame-filled believer ever allow God to heal her broken heart? Or will she carry the burden of her lie alone, permitting history to repeat itself? Barbara Wagler is filled with shame over dishonoring her husband’s memory. While the young Amish woman is devastated after her husband of five years dies in a farming accident, she is left to raise their sons alone. When her first love, Joseph Wagler, returns to Willow Springs, can they bury the past, or will widower Roy Mullet from Sugarcreek stir up trouble in Barbara and her sister Susan’s life? Still struggling to allow herself ...

When two wounded hearts collide, will they find the strength to love again? Katie Fisher's world is shaped by the rhythms of her Amish community—the joy she finds in her bakery, the laughter of her loved ones, and the quiet certainty of her faith. But when disgraced Levi Yoder returns to Willow Valley, the ghosts in his wake threaten to disrupt the peace she's so carefully cultivated. Irresistibly drawn together, Katie and Levi explore the tentative, uncharted territory of their own hearts. As they work side by side, they realize that the greatest risk might not lie in the judgment of ...

Lia Shetler is resigned to being a spinster. She's too tall and sturdy to ever be marriageable - so says her overbearing dad. Instead, she's helping her pretty, spoiled sister, Rachel, secure the perfect husband - the Helmuths' grandson, Moses Zimmerman. But the more Lia sees of his gently teasing ways and quiet understanding, the more she wishes that Moses could be hers alone.

Formerly Amish, Tilly Lantz Barrows and her younger sister Ruth Lantz find themselves plagued by the memories of their family's trauma when they return to Eden Valley for their parents' landmark wedding anniversary. Each woman carries a burden of past guilt, unknown to the other, along with unresolved relationships with their six married brothers...and aging parents. Headstrong Tilly urged Ruth to flee the People as well, welcoming her into the fancy English world. Neither had joined the Amish church.

Will a quiet candlemaker find her light in time for Christmas? In Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, Ruth Brenneman's exquisite candles speak far louder than her gentle voice. Content to work alone in her peaceful workshop, Ruth's orderly world changes when her best friend suggests sharing a Christmas market booth with Daniel Fisher—a handsome woodworker with dreams as big as his heart. As their matched creations draw admirers from near and far, his progressive ideas inspire Ruth to step from the shadows into light. But when mysterious thefts threaten their growing success and divide their ...

When tradition and innovation collide, will love be strong enough to bridge the divide? Rebecca Lapp has built her life on perfect order. Since losing her mother at twelve, she's kept her Amish family together through meticulous planning and unwavering devotion to tradition. But when a violent storm forces her to seek shelter with Jacob Zook—whose innovative ideas have always raised eyebrows in their community—her carefully constructed world begins to shift. As drought threatens their farms and livelihoods, Jacob's revolutionary irrigation system offers hope—and ignites controversy. ...

In just a few short months, Moriah Miller's perfect life unravels. Newly wed and newly pregnant, Moriah is abandoned by her husband, Levi. He's left her, his family, and their faith without a backward glance. The community, stunned, rushes to the young woman's aid. But there is someone who feels more than just sympathy for Moriah. Gabriel Miller - Levi's twin - longs for an intimate commitment that might someday bind them to one another. Convinced of the impossibility of his dream, Gabriel settles for a mere friendship with the woman he loves.

Sadie may be married now, but she's as spirited as ever, and her life is no less tame. In fact, soon after she and Mark are settled into the farmhouse Mark is renovating, she's visited by three FBI agents who question her about the two children who mysteriously appeared one day at the ranch. Before the agents leave, they warn Sadie that her beloved horse, Paris, is highly valuable, and that she and Mark may be in grave danger because of Paris.

For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their Lancaster County orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. Yet when Evan's draft number is called up in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in nonresistance. The faraway war that has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors threatens to touch much too close to home. Can she and her family find the courage to face a future unlike any they could have imagined?

When her young husband died unexpectedly, Millie Bauman thought her life was over too - until she learned she was carrying his child. Now, as she awaits the baby's arrival, Millie's sure her future will revolve around motherhood, the B&B she runs with her aunt Sylvie, and the beloved whoopie pies her Widows Club whips up each week. But when a handsome newcomer arrives in town, Millie is intrigued, and the club wonders if Millie might find a second chance at love....

Treva Zimmerman finds herself at a crossroads in life after a heartbreaking failed relationship. Returning to Lancaster County to visit her Amish grandparents and elderly aunt, Treva plans to leave her Plain heritage behind for a fresh start in Alaska. Torn between the expectations of her community and her own desires, she seeks to follow her own path—but all that changes when her aunt Rosene suffers a heart attack. As Rosene recounts her own past, Treva is determined to discover the whereabouts of Rosene’s former sweetheart.

*** From Best-Selling Author Sylvia Price, the Award-Winning Writer of The Christmas Cards, comes a new heartwarming Amish Christmas romance *** In the serene Amish community of Willowvale, Isaac and Mary Fisher are grappling with the profound loss of their young daughter, Grace. The grief weighs heavily on their hearts, straining their marriage and casting a shadow over their once-vibrant home. As Christmas approaches, the Fishers are unable to find solace in the warmth of holiday traditions. Amidst their struggles, a ray of hope emerges with the arrival of Levi Miller, a young man seeking...

Kira Detweiler doesn’t plan to be in Lancaster County for long. She’s left her family in Indiana to help her aunt after the birth of her fourth boppli. Or at least that’s what she tells people. Deep down, she’s trying to escape the heartache of a broken engagement and has no plans to date again anytime soon.

Snow is falling, cookies are baking, and Christmas is just around the corner in Willow Ridge, Missouri, where a new season marks fresh beginnings for the residents of the tranquil Amish town. As another year draws to a close in Willow Ridge, life seems to be changing for everyone but Rhoda Lantz. Her widowed mother is about to remarry, her sister is a busy newlywed, and soon Rhoda will be alone in her cozy apartment above the blacksmith's shop.