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Obsessed with books from childhood, Miriam answered her life's calling by working in the towns local bookshop. Although the shops owner is in a difficult situation she respected this hard working Amish girl...A girl who fought to save her life...to no avail. Just as the police arrive...Lucas, the towns newly trained lawyer could be her last hope...Her only friend...Her only chance...Her love of books could mean a final turn of the page. This is the authors favorite of all her books. She hopes you enjoy it also.

Emma used to watch Isaac working in the field outside the school and dream about what it would be like to get to know him better as he seemed a very kind person. Isaac used to watch Emma in the schoolhouse and wonder what she was like.... Were the rumors true about her? Isaac decided one day to see if he could get to know Emma better and decided to ask whether he could walk her home. What flourished from that first walk together not only changed their lives but could have a huge impact on the whole province.

Eva couldn't quite understand why this quiet outsider was so mysterious. Why did he leave the Englischer life behind? Why did the townsfolk talk about him in hushed tones as he walked by? Eva convinced her friends to accept the stranger, to help him find Gott and heal his soul.... Then Hannah went missing.... The townsfolk searched and found her lifeless soul...hidden deep in the woods. Was it the stranger? Is she in danger? Despite her fear, she knows that she, like all of us, must face the stranger inside....

The second in the series sees David and Dawn happily travel to Dawn's Province. They sit deep in thought. How will their lives develop and change? Dawn feels the butterflies circling in her stomach, as she's excited to be returning home to be back with her Mamm and Daed, but she's nervous, hoping that they will like and love David as she does. David looks to his future and prays that Minister Esch is right and that the move to this new Province will give him a new start and put some distance between himself and his past life. How will the future pan out for Dawn and David?

Emma did not know what she did to make her Husband Noah So angry...So violent...But the fear of divorce, was more painful than the abuse she received. Her friend Amos, begged her to leave...Could it be as simple as a New Heart = New Start? Amos so disgusted by her injuries, helps Emma to a hospital away from the village, away from the questions. When she returns, her husband is dead. And with no one to vouch for her and the secret of his abuse to hide. She becomes the prime suspect. But is "the accused amish widow" really guilty?

As a young boy Jacob had always been on the fringes of society...as he grew through his teenage years and early twenties he committed himself to the community and his faith but resigned himself to the fact that he was different to the others...Jacob prayed to Gott for more tolerance and control, and he was given a word from Gott...Would Jacob ever be an accepted part of the community?

Third in the series of Delicate Amish Girl stories that have captured the heart of Amish romance fans around the world. Dawn Zook had been through so much...too much...and yet she still felt herself to be a person who was timid, gentle, and meek. When a new member of her community falls ill, Dawn is asked to travel to another community many miles away on the other side of town to inform the woman’s distant relatives of her illness, and possible last days. Dawn was very nervous about the journey but of course said yes.

Dawn's traumatic past had calmed somewhat over recent years and her life was a good one. She had tried to organize a community Christmas event to bring the whole village together but at every turn gets pushed back. One night yet another disaster strikes, and Dawn is once again left devastated. The village seems to be ignoring her, and she begins once again to doubt herself. In one of her lowest and darkest days, will God and the community rally round, or is this the end of all hope for Dawn?

When Katie was young she had no friends, and was bullied by the other children. Katie was a sickly child. John, an older boy, befriended her and included her in his games. From the age of 10, Katie had decided that she was to marry John, but couldn't bring herself to be in his presence and hid when she saw him.

Fourth book in the well received Amish romance series of short stories by Abigail Augsburger. Dawn Zook has a complicated life for an Amish woman whose life is supposed to be so simple. She becomes more desperate for some peace and happiness in her life but with many twists and turns along the way she doubts if she will ever be truly happy.... Will Dawn find happiness?

Jacob and Anna married and are desperate to have children but are told that it is highly unlikely that they will. This makes things very difficult in their relationship...Anna dies of a heart attack one morning (they had parted following an argument) and Jacob misses her terribly. One day there is a knock on the door and Jacob opens it to his nephew (Noah) and Emma (his fiance) who ask if they can stay for a few weeks...eventually an announcement by Noah and Emma confess the truth of their visit. Will Jacob be able to help them and how will his life be transformed?

The latest in the best-selling series of Abigail Augsburger series covering the Amish life for Dawn Zook. Dawn is blessed with a child but trauma strikes when a group of teenagers cause problems and a moment causes many to question what is and is not acceptable to them in relation to their response?

Faith was your typical spoilt wild child until she met Paul, a kind and strong Amish man and they were soon in love, and married...Despite harboring feelings for him, there was something "not quite right", and Faith had a hunch that he was keeping something from her. Against his wishes Faith meddled in his affairs and found a can of worms that even she was unsure if she could close again.

Farmer Burton owned the farm down the road from the Amish community, and he had very little to do with them since his late wife had been asked to leave their land after chasing an escaped horse from their fields. When in town he would sneer at the Amish if he saw them in their buggies or in the shops getting groceries. He made certain that he and his 20-year-old daughter Amy had nothing to do with them.

A tormented former Amish community man is thrust into a mystery...and his past. They collide in ways that develop the character of our reluctant hero as he turns back to things he once treasured so dear. This is the first book in the Karsen Drew series of Amish mystery short-listen stories.

Dawn was a fragile young woman scarred by pneumonia as a child; she was effectively wrapped in cotton wool to protect her most of her young life. In an effort to improve her health and possibly find a man, her mother sent her to live with her aunt over the summer period and at once caused upset when a man showed interest in her - the same man her cousin wished to court. Her world was complete...or at least it was until her new love was arrested for a most evil crime.

Katie Beiler was always on the outside of community life...One day as she walked out through the woods to the quarry edge she heard a sobbing, and on reaching the open sheer edge of the quarry she found Eli standing on the edge of a large drop, sobbing as if he had no hope left. Katie sternly assured him of Gods love for him.... And also of her own feelings for him. Would Eli step away from the edge? Could they find approval for their relationship from the elders?

A Great value double Christmas book set A heart warming Christmas story. Two families are torn apart by mistrust and misunderstanding. With the help of Gott and their strength of faith can they find a way to heal and repair their love? The Christmas awakening...Abigail’s special Christmas gift to you.

When a chance meeting in a coffee shop leads to a former Amish community girl Miriam helping a sad young man, things soon take an unusual turn in her life. Is the young man all he seems to be, and will they be able to communicate their feelings for each other before it is too late? Will they go back to the ways of the Amish or remain on the outskirts of the society they long to be a part of ice more?

Samuel Abraham was a young man who had been put upon by his family to help some Amish friends from another community on the other side of the local Town. The daughter (Mary Whittmer) was a little younger than Samuel and was not well, needing treatment in the town at the hospital every other day. Samuel had been asked to travel to the other community and take Mary to her appointments in the family buggy. After initial dislike of each other, they came to have lengthy conversations about life and faith, and their affection for each other grew daily.