Amish Fiction

The Creektown Discoveries: 3 Holmes County Amish Novels

An antique store becomes a place of healing for broken hearts. Welcome to Holmes County, Ohio, where Orley and Lois Troyer own an antique store they call &ldquo;Memory Keepers.&rdquo; Though knowledgeable in antiques and repair, their real talent is in mentoring folks who are hurting and don&rsquo;t even know it.
The Walnut Creek Wish In Walnut Creek, Ohio, Jeff and Rhonda are an English couple whose marriage is on the brink of collapse. An argument in the antique store over an old sled may be the last straw for their relationship&mdash;or it may just set them on the path to healing. The Sugarcreek Surprise In Sugarcreek, Ohio, Amish schoolteacher Lisa Miller is afraid of loving and losing. The Troyers offer prayers and advice as Paul Herschberger tries to woo Lisa. But when secrets are revealed, Lisa uses them as an excuse to close herself off again. The Apple Creek Announcement In Apple Creek, Ohio, Andrea Wagner has made it to her thirties feeling like she has had a charmed life and finally has fallen in love with Brandon Prentice, a local veterinarian. But then she discovers she was adopted&mdash;and all she thought she knew about herself implodes.

Who is Mary?: An Amish Romance

With copper hair and an inquisitive personality, Mary is an anomaly in her Amish community in western New York. Though she tried to join in with the other youth as they gather for hymn singing and games, she finds it all rather dull. None of the men are interested in her and she isn't interested in them. With each year, she feels more and more out of place and stifled my life as a misfit in a rural Amish community.
When her visiting aunt suggests she return to Lancaster with her to help her manage her bakery, Mary sees her opportunity for the change she so desperately craves. Her parents forbid her to go. Her father is convinced that leaving the community will lead her down a path of destruction. Mary is deeply distressed, torn between her need to honor her parents' wishes and her knowledge that she can't stay trapped in her isolated community forever. At 21, she's old enough to decide for herself, and yet, it's painful to be at odds with her father. Will she stay or go?

Unforgotten

Seven years after an attempted assault and the accidental death of her mother, Bethanne Hostetler is still haunted by the memory, but has found some peace. When her Englisher cousin and recent Miss Crittenden County winner, Candace, reveals that she has a stalker, all of Bethanne's old fears return.
Jay Byler had not protected Bethanne that fateful night, and it has haunted him ever since. She continues to avoid him even as he continues to love her. Jay can only hope that one day Bethanne will see the person he is today and not who he used to be.
As Candace's stalker becomes bolder, Officer Ryan Milany becomes her escort to various events. The more time they spend together, the harder it gets to maintain professional distance. All four must work together to prevent another tragedy before another innocent person is hurt.

Friendship Letters Book 3: Letters of Wisdom, by Wanda Brunstetter

In the&nbsp;Friendship Letters&nbsp;series, Doretta Schwartz exchanges open and honest letters with friends to help them through the darkest challenges of their lives.
In book 3 of this series, Irma Miller has the family she thought would bring her joy and a sense of accomplishment, but she struggles with memories of childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepfather. When she starts becoming physically and emotionally abusive to her own children, she reaches out to Doretta for wisdom and prayer. She finds herself at an even darker emotional place before she will admit she needs professional help to heal her past trauma. Will Doretta's wise letters help Irma and her family or is too much broken to ever be repaired?

Letters of Comfort, Book 2

In the second book of The Friendship Letters series, Doretta Schwartz used to be so happy and passed her positive attitude along to friends in several letters she wrote each month. All of that changed the day she learned of her fiancé’s death and she fell into a deep depression. Feeling empty, she puts away her letter writing and stops responding to calls from friends. William’s twin brother, Warren, is also grieving his loss, while at the same time, trying to be supportive to his parents and Doretta. Doretta responds to Warren’s friendship, but is he just becoming a replacement for the once-in-a-lifetime love she lost? 
&nbsp; 
&nbsp;

The Heirloom

After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. Marriage seems like her best hope of moving out, but there are few young men in her tiny Indiana Amish community. When she comes across letters from her mother's aunt Ella Mae Zook, she sets off to visit Lancaster County's Hickory Hollow to decide where her future lies.

A Sister's Secret

A Shameful Past Threatens to Unravel One Woman’s Future. Will one woman’s secrets destroy an entire Amish community? Can love and faith triumph over shame and deception? 
Putting her&nbsp;rumschpringe&nbsp;(running around years) behind her, Grace Hostettler returns to Holmes County, Ohio; joins the Amish church; and begins a new life with a new romance. The next four years are nearly idyllic for the oldest Hostettler child except for the hidden pain she bears from a carefully harbored secret.

A Healing Touch

Ruth "Dok" Stoltzfus is a doctor who believes in house calls, addressing her patients' physical and emotional needs equally. Newly widowed Bee faces a breast cancer diagnosis, and Dok connects her with Fern Lapp for support. Dok's painfully shy assistant, Annie, follows a new calling, so Dok helps her achieve her dream. And when an abandoned newborn mysteriously appears at her office on a frosty morning, Dok's world and the lives of others around her are affected by ripples of change. A Healing Touch is a captivating tale of compassion, resilience, and the bonds that form in surprising places.