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Detective Olivia Mast would rather run through gunfire than return to her former Amish community in Unity, Maine, where she killed her abusive husband in self-defense and witnessed her family's murder. After an Amish man is murdered, the community will not answer questions from the police, so she begrudgingly dons her old prayer kapp and heads to Unity to investigate the murder undercover. To make things even worse, her captain also orders her to protect the man she dated as a teen: Isaac Troyer, who was attacked on the night of the murder but can't remember the incident.

When nurse Anna Hershberger finds a man with a bullet wound who begs her to help him without taking him to the hospital, she has a choice to make. Going against his wishes, she takes him to the hospital to help him after he passes out. She thinks she made the right decision...until an assassin storms in with a gun. Anna has no choice but to go on the run with her patient. This handsome stranger, who says his name is Connor, insists that they can’t contact the police for help because there are moles leaking information. His mission is to shut down a local sex trafficking ring targeting ...

After surviving human trafficking, Alexis gets a second chance at life. Will she use it to find love, or let guilt and fear hold her back? When she was held captive by a sex trafficking ring who kidnapped women--including Amish women--Alexis was forced to spy on the victims and report to her kidnappers or face horrific consequences. The Amish women she spied on forgave Alexis, and after they were all rescued by the Covert Police Detectives Unit, they even became good friends. Now that she is widowed, Alexis returns to the Amish community to raise her daughter and open a therapeutic equine ...

Ava Sullivan's father locked her up in their basement for over ten years--all because she witnessed him attempting to kill her mother. Once she is finally free, she leaves the Amish and moves to New York City with big plans of going to college for writing--instead, she is tricked and lured into forced prostitution with the false promises of getting a publishing contract. After she testifies against the criminals in court who stole two years of her life, she decides to go back to Unity, Maine to see her friends from childhood even though her pimp threatens to track her down and kill her if ...

Being a thief is all Aladdin has ever known until he meets Jasmine Byler, the bishop’s stepdaughter, in Unity, Maine while trying to steal from her booth at the farmers’ market. Instead of reporting him to the police, she lets him keep the food he tried to steal, and Aladdin is stunned by her kindness. Aladdin isn’t Amish like her. In fact, he knows nothing about the Amish—but he’s determined to learn everything about the Amish that he can so that he can impersonate an Amish man and ask her on a date. How can a homeless thief like him pass as a righteous Amish man? What if she ...

Escape to the peaceful, picturesque Amish community of Unity, Maine, where these three retold Bible stories are set. You will laugh, cry, and smile as you read these stories about family struggles, sweeping romance, buried secrets, steadfast faith in God, and the courage to persevere. ABRAHAM AND SARAH'S AMISH BABY When Sarah moves to a new town, she thinks it’s too late to find love, even though it is her dream to become a mother to a house full of children. Then she meets Abraham. After overcoming the obstacles of nosy neighbors, rumors, and miscommunications, they are finally married, ...

While driving through Amish country in Unity, Maine, Freya Wilson accidentally hits an Amish man with her car in a blizzard, instantly killing him. Panicked, she leaves him there in the road and drives away, afraid that if she is arrested, her violent ex will locate her using his connections with the police...and kill her. Adam Lapp left the Amish after his brother’s death and became a police officer for one main reason: to track down the person who killed his brother and left him to die. In his mind, he imagined a cold-hearted, mean drunkard with cigarette breath--not a beautiful, kind, ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Escape reality with these three clean standalone fairytale retellings set in the beautiful Amish community of Unity, Maine. Full of romance, heartbreak, and even some suspense, all three tales have satisfying happily-ever-after endings. AMISH SNOW WHITE An heiress on the run. A heartbroken Amish man, sleep-walking through life. Can true love's kiss break the spell? When Dominic rescues a woman from a car wreck in a snowstorm near his Amish community, he brings her home to his mother and six younger siblings. They care for her while she sleeps for several days, ...

After Maria Mast's abusive ex-boyfriend is arrested for being involved in sex trafficking and modern-day slavery, she thinks she and her son, Carter, can safely return to her Amish community. But the danger has only just begun. Someone begins stalking her, and they want blood and revenge.

Jake is considered to be a fine Amish man, and everyone adores him--except for Martha. Martha, an Amish schoolteacher in Unity, Maine, loves her job and her community. When Jake proposes to her and she turns him down, her stepmother thinks she is foolish. Whenever she's with Jake, all Martha wants is to be far away from him. She can't put her finger on it, but something about him makes her uneasy. When Isaiah moves to the community and meets Martha, their friendship sparks into something more. Their relationship causes conflict and turmoil within the community, including rumors that erupt ...

Threatened. Orphaned. On the run. With no one else to turn to, these two terrified sisters can only hope their Amish aunt will take them in, but the quaint Amish community of Unity, Maine, is not as safe as it seems. After Charlotte Cooper’s parents die and her abusive ex-fiancé threatens her, the only way to protect her younger sister Zoe is by faking their deaths and leaving town. The sisters’ only hope of a safe haven lies with their estranged Amish aunt in Unity, Maine, where their mother grew up before she left the Amish. Elijah Hochstettler, the family’s handsome farmhand, ...

Kidnapped. Starved. Hit by a car and left for dead. And she couldn't even remember her own name. When Afghanistan veteran Jefferson Martin witnesses a young woman being hit by a car near his campsite, all thoughts of vacation vanish as the car speeds off. When the malnourished, battered woman wakes up, she can't remember anything before the accident. They don't know her name, so they call her Jane. When someone breaks into her hospital room and tries to kill her before getting away, Jefferson volunteers to protect Jane around the clock. He takes her back to their Kennebunkport beach house ...

When Ashley Emma was a small child, she knew she wanted to become an author. When she was 20, she decided to stay with Amish families to do research for her writing. This journal captures her unique experience and the friendships she made with the Amish in Unity, Maine, who opened their homes and their hearts to this curious, young author. (PLEASE NOTE: The writing style of this research project will reflect the age of the author at that time and is very different from her USA Today Bestselling Amish novels.) Ever wondered what it would be like to stay inside an Amish home, make Amish ...

How far would you go to give your loved one the perfect Christmas gift? Clara and Willis are Amish newlyweds in Unity, Maine who have fallen deep in both love and financial hardship. Willis has started a new carpentry business with his brother, but they are barely getting enough customers to get by. Clara, with her nimble fingers and a heart full of passion, channels her creativity into sewing magnificent, intricately crafted quilts for the local tourist shop, but because they are so time consuming, she can only make so many quilts per month. With Christmas approaching, Clara and Willis ...

When Sarah moves to a new town, she thinks it’s too late to find love, even though it is her dream to become a mother to a house full of children. Then she meets Abraham. Abraham has been waiting his entire life for the woman of his dreams, even though he could have married any of the single woman in the community who have been pining for him, including Catherine, his meddling neighbor. When Abraham meets Sarah, he knows instantly she’s different. After overcoming the obstacles of nosy neighbors, rumors, and miscommunications, they are finally married, but their hardships have only just...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Arabella and Damaris look like identical twins, but their lives couldn't be more different. One is an heiress from Germany who is about to inherit a multi-million-dollar bakery, and one is an Amish baker from Maine. What happens when they secretly switch places? In order to get away from the pressure of inheriting her family's company, Arabella Blackwood escapes to the Amish community of Unity, Maine, hoping for some peace and quiet before beginning her new life. Her parents want her to marry the awkward son of their biggest competitor, Stefan Castle, which ...

Scarlett Schrock witnessed her father being killed by a rare coyote attack in the woods of Unity, Maine when she was sixteen, but not everyone in her Amish community believes her. Perhaps she was so overcome with grief that she imagined the entire thing. Scarlett always did have a wild imagination. But Scarlett knows what she saw, and she's determined to hunt down the coyote that took her father's life. After ten years with no coyote attacks, something vicious suddenly begins killing off livestock in the community at night. Scarlett knows the offending coyote has returned, so when a hunting...

In Unity, Maine, Ella Ruth Holt sneaks out of her Amish home to a masquerade gala, hoping to escape her life of never-ending chores for just one night. As her father's oldest unmarried daughter, most of the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings is now hers ever since her mother passed away. Ella Ruth's new stepmother and stepsisters do little to help, only adding to her workload. At the masquerade gala, Ella Ruth has an instant connection to James Baldwin, the wealthy heir of a car dealership chain. She feels so drawn to him that she shows him the story she's been writing in her...

Joseph was always his father's favorite son--but it cost him everything. When his brothers grow jealous of their father's favoritism toward Joseph, they frame him for a terrible crime, forcing him to leave home as a teen and live with family friends who are Amish. In Unity, Maine, Mr. and Mrs. Beachy trust Joseph completely when they see how wise he is. They even let him run their business, which he turns into a wildly profitable furniture-making company. Everything he touches prospers. When Mrs. Beachy has a dream about her troubled daughter Samantha, Joseph interprets it, saying that ...

When Juliet Hochstettler’s family moves to Unity to help rebuild her uncle’s store that burned down, Romeo Yoder remembers how they were best friends as children and falls in love with the woman she has become. Unfortunately, their fathers hate each other. Amos Hochstettler and Elmer Yoder blame each other for a tragic, fatal accident where each family lost their youngest child twelve years ago. The Amish community of Unity, Maine, should be a peaceful place to live, but their petty bickering is disturbing the peace, setting everyone on edge. Juliet’s father hopes she will marry Paul,...