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Five Miles South of Peculiar

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A Gift of Grace

Amy Clipston

Rebecca Kauffman's tranquil Old Order Amish life is transformed when she suddenly has custody of her two teenage nieces after her 'English' sister and brother-in-law are killed in an automobile accident. Instant motherhood, after years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive a child of her own, is both a joy and a heartache. Rebecca struggles to give the teenage girls the guidance they need as well a

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Back Home Again

Melody Carlson · 308 pages

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The Thorn

Beverly Lewis · 346 pages

Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she aba

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A Sister's Test

Wanda E. Brunstetter · 288 pages

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Blue Moon Bay

Lisa Wingate

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Barefoot Summer

Denise Hunter · 336 pages

In the years since her twin brother's drowning, Madison has struggled to put it behind her. Despite the support of her close-knit family and her gratifying job as a veterinarian in their riverside town, the loss still haunts her. To find closure, Madison sets out to fulfill his dream of winning the town's annual regatta. But first she has to learn to sail, and fast. She'll even work with the infam

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Gone to Green

Judy Christie

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The Only Best Place

Carolyne Aarsen · 330 pages

Leslie Vandekeere thought her big-city career made her life worthwhile, but a move to small-town Montana shows her how big the world really is. Leslie had a good life: a happy family, a great career (even if it did pull her away from her home), and all the energy of urban living. But she finds herself miles away from the city she knows and loves when her husband moves her and the children back to

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Out to Canaan

Jan Karon · 464 pages

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The Outcast: a modern retelling of The Scarlet Letter

Jolina Petersheim · 424 pages

Rachel Stoltzfus is a strong-willed single woman, content in her Old Order Mennonite community until whispers stir the moment her belly swells with new life. Refusing to repent and name the partner in her sin, Rachel is shunned by those she loves most and is eventually coerced into leaving by her brother-in-law, the bishop. Secrets run deep in this cloistered community, but when the life of Rachel

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The Wedding Machine

Beth Webb Hart · 320 pages

"The weddings of Jasper, South Carolina, have been run for years by four women respectfully dubbed "The Wedding Machine." This summer the daughters and sons of these four women are each being 'married off' (to some unlikely characters!) and the gears of the machine begin to grind to a surprising halt."--Publisher description.

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Summer of Secrets

Charlotte Hubbard · 328 pages

When a strange Englischer arrives in the cozy Amish town of Willow Ridge, Missouri, claiming to be Rachel and her twin Rhoda's long-lost sister, Rachel finds the promise of a new future with carpenter Micah Brenneman threatened by this woman.

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A Kind of Spark

Elle McNicoll · 192 pages

Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different."A must-read for students and adults alike." -School Library Journal, Starred Review Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I c

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We Had a Hunch

Tom Ryan · 352 pages

Nancy Drew meets Yellowjackets in a new small-town mystery from USA TODAY bestselling author Tom Ryan that asks a simple question: what happens to your favorite teenage detectives when they grow up? Twenty-Five Years Ago Few stories captured the public’s imagination in the year 2,000 like the friendly rivalry between the Teen Detectives of Edgar Mills, Massachusetts. Twin sisters Alice and Samanth

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Paige Rewritten

Erynn Mangum · 299 pages

Paige is still overcommitted but making more time for God when Preslee, the sister she has not spoken with in almost a year, returns wearing an engagement ring, the youth pastor asks her to take a job at the church, and an old boyfriend resurfaces.

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The Art of Losing Yourself

Katie Ganshert · 306 pages

"A contemporary novel of two sisters trying to find new life--one in her marriage and faith, the other desperate for a chance at a future"--

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The Mailbox

Marybeth Mayhew Whalen · 464 pages

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Bittersweet

Colleen McCullough · 483 pages

"Returning to the sweeping romantic saga, Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia. Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit, and ambition, but as they step into womanhood, they are not e

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Gone South

Meg Moseley · 344 pages

Leaving frosty Michigan for the Deep South was never a blip in the simple plans Tish McComb imagined for her life, dreams of marriage and family that were dashed five years earlier in a tragic accident. Now an opportunity to buy her great-great-great-grandparents' Civil War era home beckons Tish to Noble, Alabama, a Southern town in every sense of the word. She wonders if God has given her a new d

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The Orphan Sister

Gwendolen Gross

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That Certain Summer

Irene Hannon · 344 pages

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Home Another Way

Christa Parrish · 350 pages

After he mother's death and her father's abandonment, tiny infant Sarah Graham was left to be raised by her emotionally distant grandmother. As a child she turned to music for solace and even gained entrance to Juilliard. But her potentially brilliant music career ended with an unplanned pregnancy and the stillborn birth of her child. In an attempt to escape the past, Sarah, now twenty-seven, is l

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Jaded

Varina Denman · 432 pages

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The Lightkeeper's Daughters

Jean E. Pendziwol · 336 pages

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