Amish Fiction

Spring has arrived in Holmes County, and Angie couldn't be happier. She's got great friends and a thriving business and is in the perfect relationship with Sheriff James Mitchell. The only thing raining on her parade is her mother drafting her into a massive home renovation project - and using their sudden mother-daughter bonding time to comment on Angie's ticking biological clock.

In this third and final novel in the Lancaster Burning series, author Linda Byler takes us inside the home of Davey Beiler, the leader of this Amish district. He clearly feels the heat in more ways than one. Some of the younger members of his church are ready to testify against the man who has allegedly started at least several of the fires. Davey counsels patience and forgiveness.

"Spring Is in the Air": As the young people of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, plant a garden in memory of their friend, Katie Ann begins to worry that her older brother, Ephraim, is dating her best friend. What if she somehow loses them both? "Home by Summer": Clara Hertzler's surprised when Jerry Petersheim, her old friend, comes to the garden to drop off his younger sister-especially because Jerry has been gone for years and now seems to be living as an Englisher. As the friends get to know each other again, Clara pushes Jerry to examine why he abandoned his Amish beliefs.

She left, heavily weighted with secrets. But God reveals all things, in His timing. And He redeems them. Suzanne Zimmerman was only 17 and pregnant when her shamed mother quietly sent her away from their Old Order Mennonite community in Kansas. With her old home, family, and first love firmly behind her, Suzanne moved to Indiana, became a nurse, and raised a daughter, Alexa, on her own. Now, nearly 20 years later, an unexpected letter arrives from Kansas.

Amanda Flower presents Book 2.5 in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery series.

When God calls an Amish man to run a marathon, hearts and lives are forever changed. Reuben Oyer never wanted to prove himself to the English world, especially not to the arrogant Randy Stargell. But when a divine whisper urges him to accept an impossible challenge, Reuben finds himself torn between his peaceful Amish ways and an undeniable heavenly calling. As he laces up his running shoes, he discovers the race before him is about much more than crossing a finish line—it's about crossing the boundaries of faith, love, and community. Beautiful Amethyst Schlappach has always followed the ...

When his past comes calling, will Jonas lose the love he’s just begun to find or will faith lead him to something greater? Jonas Fisher’s life is finally falling into place. His craft as a woodworker is thriving, and Mary Hershberger has agreed to courtship. But just as their tentative love begins to bloom, Megan Carter—a woman from Jonas’s Rumspringa past—arrives in Pine Creek with a six-month-old baby. The child is his, and Jonas is suddenly faced with a future he never imagined. Widowed Mary Hershberger has spent years guarding her heart after devastating loss. After finding ...

In the tranquil Amish community of Harmony Hill, Eleanor Stoltzfus, a kind-hearted young woman deeply devoted to her Amish faith and family, has always believed her future lies within the simple rhythms of her community. But when Ethan Abbott, a modern Englischer architect, finds himself stranded near her family farm, their worlds collide in unexpected ways. As Eleanor helps Ethan navigate his stay in Lancaster County, a bond begins to form between them, defying the cultural and religious boundaries that separate them. With each passing day, they must face the growing tension between ...

A Promise of Tomorrow by Eliza Maplewood A Willow Creek Amish Standalone Romance After a decade away, Leah Stoltzfus returns to her childhood home in Willow Creek with her young daughter, seeking refuge from heartbreak and the shadow of her late husband’s memory. But coming home isn’t simple—whispers follow her, questions linger, and the community she left behind isn’t sure what to make of her return. As Leah rebuilds her life, she meets Daniel Yoder, a widowed carpenter quietly raising his daughter. Bound by shared grief, they find solace in friendship, small kindnesses, and the ...

Annaliese Byler returns home to her family’s farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just in time for Christmas. After spending months caring for her aunt in another district, she’s eager to reconnect with her family. However, a sense of uncertainty stirs in her heart, leaving her wondering if there is something more God is calling her to. Josiah Petersheim, a longtime family friend and skilled woodworker, has also returned to town after apprenticing under his uncle. As they reunite, the once-shy Josiah is now a confident man, though still gentle at heart. Their friendship is rekindled,...

Unrest is stirring in Nellie's Pennsylvania Amish community. Some of the farmers are even demanding forbidden modern conveniences, such as tractors. Nellie, meanwhile, is distraught over the impediments set against her courtship to handsome Caleb Yoder.

Joseph was always his father's favorite son--but it cost him everything. When his brothers grow jealous of their father's favoritism toward Joseph, they frame him for a terrible crime, forcing him to leave home as a teen and live with family friends who are Amish. In Unity, Maine, Mr. and Mrs. Beachy trust Joseph completely when they see how wise he is. They even let him run their business, which he turns into a wildly profitable furniture-making company. Everything he touches prospers. When Mrs. Beachy has a dream about her troubled daughter Samantha, Joseph interprets it, saying that ...

Bailey King's in New York wrapping up a six-week shoot on her first cable TV show, Bailey's Amish Sweets. But back home in Harvest, Stephen Raber keels over from an apparent heart attack - with Bailey and Raber's pet bunny as witnesses. Except it wasn't Raber's heart that suddenly gave out - a lethal dose of lily of the valley was mixed into a tasty piece of toffee. Who'd want to poison a jovial rabbit farmer who reminded Bailey of an Amish Santa Claus?

Being a thief is all Aladdin has ever known until he meets Jasmine Byler, the bishop’s stepdaughter, in Unity, Maine while trying to steal from her booth at the farmers’ market. Instead of reporting him to the police, she lets him keep the food he tried to steal, and Aladdin is stunned by her kindness. Aladdin isn’t Amish like her. In fact, he knows nothing about the Amish—but he’s determined to learn everything about the Amish that he can so that he can impersonate an Amish man and ask her on a date. How can a homeless thief like him pass as a righteous Amish man? What if she ...

Katrina Stoltzfus thought she had life and love all figured out: She was going to marry John and live happily ever after. Those plans started to crumble when her father moved the family to Stoney Ridge then completely collapsed when John decided to marry someone else.

Mattie Zook always stands up for what's right—which is why she's been exiled from her Pennsylvania Dutch home to her Aunt Esther's farm. Outraged at local discrimination against the Amish, she's using her rumschpringe to run for town council. Esther can only hope that sensible local farmer Freeman Sensenig will help Mattie—and keep her from going too far. But Mattie is soon finding her new campaign manager all too appealing . . .

The hope of spring! The hope of a new life! Lena Graber is a relieved widow, not grieved. When her marriage ends, she relishes the peace, except when her mother-in-law torments her with debt. Fearful of losing her farm, Lena reaches out to Jacob King, who plows up the fields and plants winter wheat. Come spring, it should bring in a good profit. Jacob King has loved Lena since he was old enough to like girls. At twenty-seven he’s given up looking for a woman like Lena. Now that Lena is free to remarry, she considers Jacob’s proposal. But she needs time away and lives with her aunt and ...

Raven Meadows was raised on the Allegheny Indian Reservation in New York but placed in foster care after the death of her grandparents. Moving from one foster home to another, she’s had two constants in life: knitting and her ragdoll. Now at 24, she works as a social worker in a foster home for boys. To her surprise, Amish families from Cherry Creek, NY apply to be foster parents. She quickly bonds with one Amish woman, Susanna Yoder, a knitter waiting for a kidney transplant. Susanna shows Raven her prayer shawl, and seeing what comfort it brings, Raven eagerly knits prayer shawls and ...

Free to download with Kindle Unlimited The man she loves. The woman closer than a sister. The ultimate betrayal. When Esther Lapp suffers a most cruel betrayal, she packs up her life, to live with her uncle LeRoy in his community. Embittered and distrustful she meets handsome and charming Englischer Simon Davidson who offers no judgment and accepts her for who she is. When a storm, destroys her Uncle’s business, Esther grows stronger in her conviction that God neither cares, or controls what happens, and especially more so, when she meets sweet natured Lydia Bontrager who lives with ...

Can an English family find peace deep in Amish country in this Christian Amish series filled with lies and deception? Secrets from the past make a full circle as Daniel Miller faces the truth about his Amish family. Raised English, he was left to fight his way through foster care, believing he had no living relatives other than his imprisoned mother. Only after finding his biological sister, Emma, was he made aware of Bishop Shetler's lies and deceit. When life becomes too hard to bear, will Daniel turn his back on his family and drown the pain like his father did so many years ago? Can he ...