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Plain Perfect

Beth Wiseman · 305 pages

"A search for peace in Amish country proves anything but simple for a woman on the run from life...and herself. On the rolling plains of Lancaster County, PA., Lillian Miller is searching for her grandparents' house...and so much more. After years of neglect and abuse, she's turning to a lifestyle of simplicity among the Amish to find herself. As she discards the distractions of her former life, s

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Leah's Choice

Marta Perry · 312 pages

All of Pleasant Valley seems to think the newcomer from Lancaster County is the perfect match for Teacher Leah. After all, so few new families come to their separate Amish community, and fewer still unmarried men. Daniel Glick is a widower with three young children to look after-clearly he's in need of a wife. Daniel's past haunts him. Though he cannot miss the beauty in Leah's bright eyes and pat

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Rejoice

Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley · 369 pages

Brooke Baxter has achieved everything this world has to offer--a prestigious career, a beautiful home, and two wonderful children. Her recent return to her faith is an encouragement to her family. But if she faces tremendous loss, can her fledgling faith and her rocky marriage survive?

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Back Home Again

Melody Carlson · 308 pages

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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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A Time to Dance

Karen Kingsbury · 336 pages

When they learn that their daughter is getting married, John and Abby postpone their separation only to find their relationship growing stronger through the wedding planning process.

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Welcome to Last Chance

Cathleen Armstrong · 286 pages

The red warning light on her car dashboard drove Lainie Davis to seek help in the tiny town of Last Chance, New Mexico. But as she encounters the people who make Last Chance their home, it's her heart that is flashing bright red warning lights. These people are entirely too nice, too accommodating, and too interested in her personal life for Lainie's comfort--especially since she's on the run and

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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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The Letters

Suzanne Woods Fisher

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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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When the Heart Cries

Cindy Woodsmall · 328 pages

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Jaded

Varina Denman · 432 pages

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The Mailbox

Marybeth Mayhew Whalen · 464 pages

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A Passion Most Pure

Julie Lessman · 480 pages

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Evening Stars

Susan Mallery · 368 pages

Small-town nurse Nina Wentworth has made a career out of being a caretaker. More 'Mom' than their mother ever was, she sacrificed medical school -- and her first love -- so her sister could break free. Which is why she isn't exactly thrilled to see Averil back on Blackberry Island, especially when Nina's life has suddenly become complicated. Nina unexpectedly finds herself juggling two men -- her

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Born in Fire

Nora Roberts · 385 pages

*Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...* The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning. Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper. Hand-blowing glass is a difficult and exacting art, and while she may produce the delicate and the fragile, Maggie is a s

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Distant Dreams

Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson · 382 pages

Only her father understood her love of the unknown and the promise of distant dreams. Caught up in the excitement of America's westward expansion in 1835, fifteen-year-old Carolina Adams falls in love with the railroad. Living in a society that decidedly looks down on such aspirations in a woman, Carolina longs to study more masculine subjects such as science and advanced mathematics. Fresh out of

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Five Miles South of Peculiar

Angela Elwell Hunt

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A Sister's Test

Wanda E. Brunstetter · 288 pages

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Larkspur Cove

Lisa Wingate

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Out to Canaan

Jan Karon · 464 pages

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Stuck in the Middle

Virginia Smith · 336 pages

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Sensible Shoes

Sharon Garlough Brown · 354 pages

Meg Crane has never traveled more than two hundred miles from her home, but when she receives an invitation to the New Hope Retreat Center to travel deeper into the heart of God, she finds herself saying yes. What will she discover if she begins to walk the winding path through the broken pieces of her past?

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