Hearts of Amish Country Books
Eva's aunts give her an early Christmas gift. A small wooden box meant to be filled with the desire of her heart. She finds herself praying for a stranger, a traveler whom Gott will guide into a life of honor and faithfulness and honesty. Soon a traveler shows up to rent a room. Eva thinks this is the guy she has been praying for. Jacob left the ways of the Amish for the English ways. Jacob has come to town with secrets that go back 6 years. As things come to light he is no longer welcomed in Blossom Creek.
hardcover 1st edition; like new dust jacket (s4)
Candace Beachey doesn't know how to help her father. Since her mother's death, Lemuel refuses to attend church and rarely steps out of his room ... and that leaves Candace not only to run the house and farm, but also to hold down a job in the Englisch world. She's exhausted, worried, and unable to grieve. When a young, handsome carpenter arrives in town, a ray of hope touches her weary soul. The only problem is that he seems to be promised to someone else. Micah Zehr has been sent to Randolph, New York, with express instructions to find a bride and return to Pennsylvania. His domineering father and the local bishop have someone in mind for him: the bishop's daughter. She's kind and pretty, but Micah doesn't even know her, let alone love her -- and it doesn't take long for him to realize that he never will, now that Candace has taken up residence in his heart. But even if he could secure his father's blessing, Candace could never leave her community, and Micah can't stay. Candace is overjoyed when Lemuel improves, thanks to Micah's gentle way of coaxing him out of his deep depression. And when tragedy strikes her family, not once but twice, Candace can't help but rely on Micah's steady presence. Yet it's only a matter of time before Micah will be summoned home. Now that she understands what a true partnership of the mind and heart can be, how can she give him up? The clock is ticking, and a decision will have to be made. Someone will be disappointed. But with faith and love all things are possible ... even an impossible choice.
Addie Weaver has lived in the Amish tourist town of Pinecraft for the last year since leaving her difficult life in Lancaster County behind. With the assistance of her dear aunt, she's making a new place for herself in the Florida sunshine, complete with her own tiny home and a job at the local diner. She's not sure she'll stay forever, but for right now she's content. When a handsome Amish man sits down at her booth one evening just before closing, she can see he is troubled by something. Her heart tells her she must try to help. David Brenneman is at the end of his rope. Since his parents' deaths, he's been responsible for raising his teenage siblings, Roy and Leona Sue. David is worried because the twins have run away from their Pennsylvania home. He's tracked them to Pinecraft, but now he's lost their trail. Tired and in need of a good meal, he can hardly believe his good luck when a kind waitress with a sympathetic ear offers him assistance. Addie takes David to visit her aunt, who knows everyone in Pinecraft, and she promises to put out the alert. If the twins are in town, Aenti Elma will hear about it. Relieved and buoyed by the progress, David walks Addie home. But when they arrive, they find a surprise on the doorstep: a basket containing a pink and precious baby girl. Who is the child? Where did she come from? David and Addie set out to find sweet little Libby Jo's Mamm, while at the same time continuing to search for David's missing siblings. But along the way they find more than they bargained for, in each other. Addie's love for the baby and encouragement for David are slowly but surely breaching his heart's defenses. And David's steadfast honor and determination are showing Addie that not all men are like her troubled, bitter Daed. Separately, they begin to envision a future with each other. But there's a big obstacle: David's life is in Pennsylvania, and Addie has too many bad memories to go back.