Growing a boppli can be a blessing, but it can also be a recipe for burnout. Two years after being ordained as the new bishop of their community, Samuel and his wife Eve are still enjoying the freedom of being a newlywed couple. Their marriage began with some rocky roads, but now that they figured out how to manage it all, day-to-day chores and work seem comfortable. That is until they receive some life-changing news. Eve soon finds a new challenge knocking at their door. This is by far the hardest thing she has ever had to endure. She never imagined going through it on her own. She often ...

The Heart’s Gentle Turning A Willow Creek Amish Romance By Eliza Maplewood A new - longer length story for you to enjoy When city-bred Eliza Maplewood arrives in the quiet Amish town of Willow Creek, she intends to stay only long enough to honor her late grandmother’s final wish. But the peaceful rhythms of farm life—and the warm welcome of Rebecca Miller—begin to soften Eliza’s guarded heart. Then there’s Jonas Lapp: steady, kind, and rooted in a way Eliza has never known. As their paths intertwine amidst rolling fields and whispered prayers, Eliza uncovers an old diary ...

Stepping into the sunbeams of their golden years, the two accept their fate. “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades. But the word of the Lord remains forever.” 1 Peter 1: 24-25 After 50 years of serving as both a devoted bishop and a loving husband in Lancaster County, Samuel faces the reality of his responsibilities. The weight of his duties has been both a burden and a blessing—each season of his life marked by God’s steady guidance, patience, and the wisdom to lead as a bishop with kindness rather than authority....

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.

A Christy Award winner, New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis has garnered acclaim as the queen of Amish fiction. The Thorn begins her Rose Trilogy, the stirring saga of two Amish sisters on the fringes of the church—and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives.... Rose Kauffman finds herself growing closer to the bishop’s foster son despite the warnings of her older sister, who knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man.