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DOWNLOAD FOR FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED It's been a year since escaping from her secret and horrible past, and Rachel sets up shop to start her new life and business in welcoming Stoney River. But nothing is easy, as starting anew leads to misunderstandings and a lack of faith in others until she can come to terms with who she is and God's will for her life in her new community. With only her faith and trust in God's plans for her future, she stays busy with her business and long walks by herself. But a chance encounter with Jacob Schrock and an old injury from an abusive relationship ...

Emily Graber had lived her entire life hiding away from people. Being self-conscious over the scar that marred her face, she preferred working with animals. When she is given the opportunity to work as a volunteer at a local animal shelter, she does not hesitate. But she gets more than she bargained for when a handsome Englischer expresses his interest in her. And when an old friend returns out of the blue, she’s left even more conflicted. Daniel had left Middlefield two years ago to experience the modern world. But when things don’t work out, he returns home and his heart is set on ...

Rachel has a secret she keeps to herself: the deep loss from her past. Now in a new town, she hopes to move on and just live her life. Angry at God, she rarely prays and lives only to get by. Until one day she meets Spike, a little dog that takes a liking to her. But it's the dog's owner that catches her eye, and she can't decide if that's good or not. Abe takes a liking to Rachel but has reservations of his own. Yet God seems determined to connect the two, if only they can get out of their own way and put aside preconceptions.

A frightening wilderness both outside the home and inside the heart. Veronica Allgyer lives with her large family in remote Montana. At sixteen, life is good, but her father worries his daughters will never meet good Amish men who will give them families of their own. Until a mysterious stranger shows up unannounced one day and changes the fate of not just Veronica, but her twin sister and closest confidant. It's a surprise that will lead Veronica to a premature decision that won't just affect her life, but the future of others close to her as well... Read the this inviting tale of ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Sarah Yoder snuck away from home without blessing or permission. She just wanted to find herself during her Rumspringa and work to earn her keep while doing so. She had to know what God willed for her life. Was that so bad? Once in her dorms at the Pony Patrol where she's volunteering, she meets the restless wanderer Dicky, himself on a constant journey to discover what he wants out of life. Immediately sparks fly with feelings of romance, but she holds herself to her proper upbringing, which Dicky respects and admires. Feelings continue to deepen, ...

His world torn apart in an instant, Samuel’s life is forever changed. His broken bones are nothing compared to the wounds in his heart, and his pain runs deep. But his desire to be the father he needs to be… this is his calling. And when God gives you a calling, you step up and move forward, whatever the cost. Mary knows this pain, and each start to see in the other a reflection of themselves. But it’s their children that spark the most change in both themselves, and the other. For God has put an innocence and a joy in those we raise, for our children are the highest creation of love ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Emma Yoder is content. Both in working her restaurant, and in life. But with the arrival of Caleb, an Amish man new to Coach opening his business next door, she soon realizes her status quo is about to be upset. Caleb wanders and never wants to settle down, laying roots just deep enough to make a living before moving on from both location and the few friends he makes in each subsequent town. But now Emma has caught his eye. There's just something about her, yet the two couldn't be more completely different. Happy to be, and work alone, Caleb's ...

Emma Yoder loves, and enjoys watching the children she nannies for while on her Rumspringa. But she also misses the Amish way of life and thinks more and more often of returning to Coach, a small town by Stoney River. She yearns for the true comforts of familiarity and Gott’s plan for her life. She left at sixteen, not to live wildly, but instead to find meaning in work and explore the outside world. If she was hesitant of what she wanted before, she realizes what’s best when Tyler, the children’s father, corners her unexpectedly and pressures her to move with the family as his job ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Rebecca Gish worries. Her parents moved and left her their bakery to own and run--a wonderful blessing. But big change may coming for her shop and all the Amish stores in the building she works in. Yet her faith is strong. When Adam Brunstetter moves in and takes over the butcher shop across from her, he inherits the same new concerns, but where his faith is weak, his inclination to take action is strong. He immediately takes a liking to the reserved and stalwart Rebecca; there's just something about her. But she's hard to win over, and Rebecca has ...

A warm, romantic Amish Christmas tale! Kate Lapp moved away two years ago at the suggestion of friends and family to start a new life and leave an abusive past behind her so she might finally heal. Away from her family, Christmas is always the hardest, but she resolves to busy herself in her work at her bakery until things take a sudden turn. A kindly Amish woman comes in and asks Kate to commit to a special arrangement with her grandson who is also broken in spirit from the loss of his parents. Before she knows it and against her better judgment, Kate agrees and everything she knows is ...

DOWNLOAD FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED Sarah is recovering from the aftermath with Clint. She and Isaac may have escaped, but that doesn't mean everything is okay. Doubt, anxiety and nightmares are the new normal, and they need each other more than ever if life is ever return to normal. But normal isn't on the menu for either of them. Sarah wants to be left alone, and her ideas lead her through dangerous territory, both mental and physical. She dares fate, and Isaac is convinced she has a death wish and wants nothing to do with it. But just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean someone isn't out...

Goldie longs for more in life than just raising horses, but what specifically, she couldn't say. That is, until a meeting with the new Vet in town reignites her passion for healing animals and excites her joy for possibly helping rescues. Her family raises Morgans, but she wants to be more involved with animals and feels her heart, and maybe God's calling, is telling her to step out in faith and take up the passion she originally discovered among the English. It also doesn't hurt that Dr. Alan Trent is incredibly handsome, kind and also possibly interested in her. But that could never ...

Beth finally goes back to live with David and his little girls, but she can’t escape the dark thoughts that plague her from deep within about her sordid past. And if she can’t even forgive herself, how can she expect David to see her any differently? But David is a man after God, and he’ll be the example he needs to be, to show Beth there’s always forgiveness and a higher calling than one’s self. Amelia also returns back to live with Luke and her stepsons, but now she fears a new relationship with Matthew might be too late as he fights his pneumonia and his chances don’t look ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Mariam King returns from Rumspringa ready to work for her father. But he has other plans, and as she goes back to life as normal, she suspects the plans involve far more than she's willing to go along with. But caught between family, order, and the Amish way, she wonders if it's best to just resign herself to her fate and marry Caleb, the boy placed in her path. Could it be so bad? But then, could Noah Miller, the one she's falling for really be so bad for her either, despite what everyone says? Her spirit wars within her, causing her to question ...

Amanda Miller is happy, or so she thinks. Her boyfriend Adam fills a void she didn't know she had, because love is about companionship. But something nags her, as what Amanda has in her life, her sister misses in her own. But why? It bothers Amanda and questions lead to trouble. Amanda's sister Martha, is much older, as are their parents. But it bothers her that the happiness she experiences isn't shared by her older single sister, herself already in her late thirties and never married. As she reflects on these things, Amanda meets a mysterious and handsome stranger. He keeps popping up in ...

Everyone wants Bekah to be baptized, but she’ll be ready when she’s ready. It’s not that she has doubts as much as it is her fiery spirit. She just wants to do things because she feels ready, not because others pressure her to. But that’s suddenly put to the test when she meets Noah, the handsome new young man in town. But he’s not like her; where she’s feisty, he’s straight-laced, where she’s uncertain in her faith or future, he’s confident in his. While she takes to him right away, he re-appraises his initial thoughts about her and isn’t sure if they would court even ...

Betty Lapp blames herself for her sister's death. When a car collided with their buggy one year ago, she had no idea how much it would affect her life, even beyond having lost both sister and father that fateful day. One innocent, but regretful decision that afternoon has plagued her ever since, and the guilt she carries shapes everything she believes about herself. Jonah Fisher hasn't been the same since his betrothed left the Amish world behind, crushing his heart and spirit--and any self-confidence he had--in the process. What he needs is to feel love again, for both himself and someone ...

Rachel Yoder has grand ideas. Fresh off her Rumspringa, she quickly grows bored with the lack of challenge at the farm stand with her father and seeks somewhere else to apply her talents and energy. Quiet, but hardworking Daniel Esh makes furniture, and he’s very good at what he does. What he’s not so good at is keeping his business afloat, mostly from lack of organization and a distaste for proper accounting. Daniel’s best friend Zeke, who happens to be Rachel’s brother, knows he needs help and suggests giving his sister a job. He grudgingly does so on a test basis, but quickly ...

"Leaving the Amish is never easy, but it’s never been this dangerous." ~ When a young, trouble-hearted Amish woman seeks help from an Englisher with dark, ulterior motives, she now must flee for her safety with only her struggling faith and secretly-in-love childhood friend to protect her through the night. Will she make it home? When the time comes to confront the growing doubts about her place in the Amish way of life, the troubled-hearted but determined young Sarah Troyer makes a fateful decision to meet up with an Englisch boy she recently met to help her on her road to the new life. ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Desperate to flee, she steals her best friend’s identity to escape. Sissie Blake has secrets. But with the sudden passing of her friend, she’s sees the sudden chance to start her own life over. Kelly answered an ad to be a bride out west, and Sissie couldn’t be happier for her, as they both led lives conning others to survive. But she wanted more, for both of them. But now Sissie arrives to meet the man Kelly had corresponded with for months and suddenly all bets are off. Overwhelmed by what she knows was a terrible mistake and gamble gone wrong...