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Plain Fear: Forsaken

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Plain Fear: Forsaken is Leanna Ellis’s first Amish book and I should say she has entered this genre with a bang! Or should I say bite? Set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Forsaken follows Hannah Schmidt who cannot let go of her grief over losing her true love Jacob to death. Hannah feels lost and alone. […]

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The Healing

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The Healing by Wanda Brunstetter is the second book in the Kentucky Brothers Series. This book follows Samuel Fisher whose wife Elsie tragically dies when she falls down their basement stairs. Elsie was pregnant with their fifth child. Samuel is lost and alone trying to raise four children. He makes a rash decision to move […]

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A Plain and Simple Christmas

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I am feeling in the Christmas mood so I decided to share A Plain and Simple Christmas by Amy Clipston. This book follows Anna Mae McDonough who was shunned by her Amish family. Anna Mae left the church and married Kellan McDonough who is English. She is expecting her first child and desperately wants to […]

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The Journey

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Titus Fisher lacks confidence and feels as though he has lived in his twin brother Timothy’s shadow. His girlfriend Phoebe, whom he has been waiting years for to settle down, decides to break up with him and move to California. Titus is devastated and heartbroken. He seizes an opportunity that comes his way and moves […]

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An Amish Wedding

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An Amish Wedding tells the stories of a trio of ladies who are preparing for the upcoming nuptials of Priscilla King and Chester Lapp. Part one is A Perfect Secret by Kelly Long. Rose Bender has just accepted Luke Lantz’s proposal with apprehension. Although they have been best friends all of their life, Rose feels […]

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A Lancaster County Christmas

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A Lancaster County Christmas is a delightful book centered around two very different couples who are both searching for answers. Solomon and Mattie Riehl are desperate for more children.  Mattie has suffered a miscarriage that has her left her feeling empty and depressed. They long to add more children to their family, a sibling for […]

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Naomi’s Gift

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Naomi King is a 24 year old maedel who has given up on love. She has had her heart broken twice and has resigned to think love is out of her reach. The rumor mill has painted her as a too-eager woman who liked to chase the boys. She believes that she will work for […]

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Lonestar Angel

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Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble grabs your attention from page one and doesn’t let you go. You are introduced to Eden and Clay Larson who have been estranged for five years. Their baby, Brianna was kidnapped and never found. Eden left her marriage to Clay and ran to Indiana to escape the memories. Clay never […]

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Falling to Pieces – Vannetta Chapman

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There is a mystery brewing in the small, quaint town of Shipshewana, Indiana. When Callie Harper arrives in Shipshewana after inheriting her aunts quilt shop, she feels alone and depressed. Upon arriving she is approached by Amish woman Deborah Yoder, who wants her to honor the agreement that Deborah had with Callie’s aunt Daisy. The […]