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Colin Fischer is in love with Collette Bontrager, but she’s in love with her long-time beau Ivan Yordy. Ivan hasn’t asked Collette to marry him yet, but Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and she has high hopes that the romantic holiday will be the day of his proposal. When rumors start circulating about Ivan and another woman, Collette is shocked and hurt. She remains loyal to Ivan, however, refusing to believe he would do that to her.

When Elaine Lapp’s parents decide to move to Pennsylvania, Elaine is given an ultimatum: Find a husband, or move with them. At 25 years old, Elaine is more than ready to start a life of her own, even though she struggles with her physical limitations. Asher Stuckey is a widow with a young daughter, still reeling from the loss of his wife, Rachel. When his path crosses with Elaine’s, he notices the bond she immediately forms with his daughter. As they work to overcome their limitations and past hurts, the two face a crisis that will either make or break their relationship.

Linda Hostetler is engaged to marry handsome Levi Resch, and they are planning a long and happy life together. Then, Linda suffers a tragic bicycle accident. When she wakes up, she can’t remember anything. Not Levi, not her family, nor anything about her past. Englischer Clay Dawson finds Linda at the scene of the accident, and she clings to him as the only familiar person in her life.

Justine Byler struggles to take care of her six brothers and sisters and tend to all the household chores by herself, after her mamm leaves the family in shame and goes to stay with kin far away from Rock Point, Ohio. Justine’s daed has become angry and distrustful, and Justine is often the target of his enraged tirades. Not having time to do everything, she visits the local bakery to buy bread instead of baking it herself. There, she finds herself drawn to the new baker in town - an Englisch man.

Sadie King is left to raise three children alone after her husband’s death two years ago. Although she struggles to hold onto their family farm, she has good neighbors - the Troyers - who are more than willing to lend a hand. Unfortunately, she loses them when dear Millie Troyer passes away, and her devastated husband moves to his son’s farm out of state. A local farmer steps into the breach, and Sadie finds herself developing unexpected feelings for the younger man.

Dorothy Hartzler, a restless young Amish woman, dreams of something more than the traditional Amish life. With her mother ill and her fear of being alone increasing, Dorothy is forced to make decisions. When she is thrown into Saul Beachey’s company, she questions her reluctance to open her heart.

Marlene Burki came to Baker’s Corner looking for sanctuary. She wasn’t expecting to find freedom. Pregnant and desperate, Marlene would never have left her husband Jeremy if she’d had any choice. Even now, she’s riddled with guilt over the fact that she’s breaking the sacred covenant of marriage, and she knows Jeremy will never forgive her. But her love for the child inside her drives her to do whatever it takes to keep the unborn baby safe - even if it means she has to lie to everyone she loves.

As a business leader, you spend much of your time dedicated to guiding the growth of your company. This step-by-step guide gives you tools to apply the same focus to improving the lives around you, by igniting your company’s purpose into action. This audiobook helps chart your course to leaving a legacy of impact and using your company’s powers for good.

Outspokenly conservative and unashamedly Christian, politics and culture through the lens of Scripture.

Every day, Mercy Hess walks home from her babysitting job and sees a particular driver zoom by. Always the same driver, yet always a different car. One blustery day, the driver slows and offers Mercy - who is drenched - a lift. Throwing caution to the wind, she accepts. The driver’s name is Charlie Westman, and she finds herself drawn to him...and accepting more than one ride from him as the days go on.

Irene never imagined her life would turn out the way it has. Is she destined to always be tossed from one sibling to another, caring for their children and households? Is there no room for her dream of a family of her own? When a teaching opportunity comes about in another Amish community, Irene sees it as her way out. But once she secures the job, she comes up against a spinster teacher set like concrete in her ways, a group of parents who hardly give her a chance, and a handsome man whose disapproval vexes her at every turn.

When Susan Miller’s parents leave to care for ailing relatives, she is to spend the winter with a kindly widow. Neither Susan nor the widow expect the arrival of the widow’s handsome grandson, Ezra, who suddenly turns up for the holidays.

Becky Raber is a young widow, seven months pregnant. She’s alone, scared, and misses her late husband. Her only close relative is her cousin, Doris. Becky has no choice but to live with Doris and her husband, Abel Yoder, a stern, dour man. He’s determined to find Becky a new husband, marry her off, and get her out of his house But Becky wants to be independent, and take care of the baby by herself. Then, she meets Noah King, and her world is upended again. She hadn’t counted on meeting someone so kind and tenderhearted. Does Gott have yet a different plan for Becky?

Forced to leave her community with her family, Clara Burkholder is cast into a miserable life of work and drudgery. She misses being Amish and longs to return. When she hears that Jonas, her childhood friend, has returned to the community, Clara becomes even more desperate. She longs to reach out but can’t find a way. Not until tragedy strikes. Jonas Garber is putting his foot down. After growing up in the Amish community and being forced to relocate with his family, he has returned and is determined to remain.

Anna Miller has her whole life ahead of her and everything to look forward to this Christmas. She’s always dreamed of being a wife and mother on an Amish farm, and her dreams are about to come true. She’s certain that this Christmas, after three long years, Jed Graber is finally going to propose. When Jed asks her out on a special Christmas date, Anna knows the moment has come. But instead of proposing, Jed tells her he’s moving hundreds of miles away, and Anna’s world comes crashing down. Later, Jed’s brother, Dale, tries to comfort her, but she draws away from everyone.

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Nicole Lantz’s life is filled with questions. At 19, she’s on the precipice of adulthood in her small Amish community: baptism, marriage, children, life as a homemaker on an Amish farm. And at the same time, her growing friendship with Englischer Viviana Holt is showing her glimpses of a whole different world. A world that grows increasingly alluring as Christmas draws near and Viviana’s gift sparks disapproval from her parents and Hamish, the young man who is courting Nicole.

Thomas Bontrager moves to Planter’s Point with his orphaned nephew, Bobby, following the death of the Bobby’s parents in a buggy accident that leaves the seven-year-old boy crippled. Bobby now walks with a leg brace, but Thomas fears his nephew’s wounds run much deeper than the one that can be seen. Bobby has grown silent and withdrawn, and Thomas doesn’t know how to reach him. Then, a visit to the town’s bakery brings someone new into their lives, a young woman who might have the ability to help heal Bobby’s heart.

When Waneta Bowman is forced to go and stay with her cousins in Rock Point, Ohio, she misses the beau she left behind in Indiana. Even as she tries to settle into her new life, she waits anxiously to receive a letter from Thomas. But all her letters to him go unanswered. Isn’t he missing her? As the days wear on, Waneta feels guilt when thoughts of her beau are replaced by another man who offers friendship—and perhaps something more.

Eleanor Chupp has spent the last six years caring for her cancer-stricken mother. Now her mother is gone, and Eleanor is left to live alone with her father, a mean-spirited man with a heart of granite. On a bitterly cold January day, Eleanor’s father loses his temper and strikes her. Eleanor, scared for her life, runs away on her bicycle amidst a winter storm. She rides until she’s exhausted and almost frozen. At last, she finds shelter in a barn.