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When Clara Vesper's husband, Adolph, dies suddenly, Clara is stunned -- but not grief-stricken. Her marriage to Adolph had been arranged, their primary interaction revolving around the sapphire jewelry Clara designed and Adolph produced and sold. Widowed and penniless, with two small children, Clara decides to return to her aunt and uncle's ranch in Montana, the only place she has ever been happy. Curtis Billingham, injured in a sapphire mine collapse,...
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Carolyn Lapp dreams of marrying for love. But will the errors of her past destroy this dream forever? Carolyn Lapp longs to have a traditional Amish family. But she lives on her brother's farm with her parents and her 15-year old son, Benjamin. Carolyn has never revealed the identity of Benjamin's father and lives daily with the guilt and shame of her youthful indiscretion. Her brother simply will not forgive her. His answer is to arrange a practical...
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Susan Hostetler returns to her Amish community with her English friend, Teresa, who hopes to settle there with her newborn, fatherless son. But Deacon Ray forbids the unwed mother from attending church services. Susan's estranged boyfriend, Thomas Stoll, in hopes of winning her back, convinces an old bachelor to propose to Teresa and adopt her child after the marriage. Deacon Ray agrees to the idea, but Susan is outraged at the turn of events.
4) Twice loved
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Christmas 1945. A position in a used toy shop is an answer to a prayer for Bev Winters, who finds herself widowed with a young daughter after World War II. But when her employer shows her surprising kindness, she is unsure how to react. After his wife's death, Dan Fisher dutifully maintains his used toy shop and closes his heart to ever loving another woman. Then Bev Winters enters his life, and he is drawn to help her and her daughter. Will this...
5) JESSIE
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As a single mom and the sole proprietor of Token Creek's general store, Jessie lives day to day with her hands full and her heart broken. When the husband who abandoned her returns to town claiming he's a man changed by faith, he sets out to prove his commitment and his love.
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"Young widow Joanna Watson is struggling to make a new home for her five-year-old son, Samuel, in the little mountain town of Settler's Fort. When she returns home from work to find Samuel and the woman watching him missing, with no lawman in town, she enlists a man she prays has enough experience in this rugged country to help. Isaac Bowen wants nothing more than a quiet, invisible life in these mountains, far away from the bad decisions of his past....
7) Twilight
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Returning to her hometown was the last thing Laurie ever expected. But with two children in tow, she must begin anew... and face the life--and man--she turned her back on. Cal has been struggling with his own problems, but the arrival of Laurie brings new hope and meaning to his life. Can he push aside his feelings to simply be the friend she desperately needs? And when the dangers of her hidden past threaten, can Cal overcome the haunting memories...
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Suddenly a widow, Lydia King moves with her son to Charm, Ohio, to be close to her mother and help with her grandfather. Then gifts begin appearing on her porch from a mysterious source. Menno Troyer, a local store owner, is also recently widowed and needs a mother for his four boys. Levi Stutzman is dedicated to caring for his handicapped family. Will the anonymous gifts bring Lydia hope for a new life? And will the gift giver be there when tragedy...
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Suzanne Zimmerman was only seventeen and pregnant when her shamed mother quietly sent her away from their Old Order Mennonite community in Kansas. With her old home, family, and first love firmly behind her, Suzanne moved to Indiana, became a nurse, and raised a daughter, Alexa, on her own. Now, nearly twenty years later, an unexpected letter arrives from Kansas. Her brother asks her to bring her nursing abilities home and care for their ailing mother....
11) Bygones
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"Twenty-three years ago, Marie Koeppler left her Old Order Mennonite family and faith to begin an exciting new life with Jep Quinn. But her husband's early death cut her dreams short. Widowed and alone, Marie makes just enough to survive and raise her daughter, Beth, in the outside world. Ensnared by life's rhythms, Marie has but a faint memory of her former life in Sommerfield, Kansas. That is, until ex-beau Henry Braun suddenly shows up, bearing...
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"She must face the reason she left... Moving back to her Alaskan hometown was an easy decision for soon-to-be-single mom Autumn Hines. It's the perfect place to raise her baby. When her path crosses that of her old flame, widowed fisherman Judah Campbell, new sparks are ignited. There's just one thing standing in their way: Autumn has a secret. Revealing it could set them free, but can she find the courage to speak the truth?"--