Category: Fiction

Books that describe imaginary events and people. A story, even though based on a factual event, can still be categorized as fiction.

The Courtship Plan by Kathleen Fuller

by LyndaP

Charity Raber may drive the reader crazy at first. She wears neon signs, front and back, in bold, blinking letters — “I WANT TO GET MARRIED. NOW!!!!”

She is ditzy, obnoxious, and has the social skills of a two-year-old. Okay, there had been a newspaper ad saying Birch Creek had a lot of desperate bachelors wanting to be married. When Jesse Bontrager tells her he is not interested and especially not interested in her, Charity is hurt. But she doesn’t give up her “plan” — she just changes locations.

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The Amish Mother’s Secret by Diane Craver

by LyndaP

Not until Lindsay Prescott is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer does she decide to break a years-old promise. She must tell her daughter the truth about her birth. And why her identical sisters were raised by Amish parents, Katie & Roman Yoder.

And learns why the triplet’s father never knew of their birth.

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Amish Voices, Volume 2 by Brad Igou

by LyndaP

“The story of the Amish—told by the Amish.”

Family Life is a monthly Amish magazine that has letters, history lessons, questions, challenges, and parables covering all sorts of topics like clothing, shunning, humor, old age, nonresistance, etc.

Brad Igou in this second volume consisting of 14 chapters is compiled from the last 3 decades, 1993-2020.

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Her Heart’s Desire by Shelley Shepard Gray

by LyndaP

Mary Margaret is escaping by bus to Pinecraft, Florida. On the way, she meets two other Amish girls, Betsy & Lilly, and a treasured friendship is formed. Mary meets Jayson who shouldn’t like her but does–ahhhh, there’s a girl in his home g’may. And then…someone from Mary’s past arrives in Pinecraft…Is the perfect vacation completely ruined?

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The Love of a Good Amish Woman by Rosalind Lauer

by LyndaP

The good Amish woman is Collette Yoder, now a widow, who gets “the looks” because her husband abandoned her. Now recovering from a bad accident, she is appreciative the new job will help provide for her children and help widower Bishop Aaron Troyer & his two daughters.

The bishop is much loved by the community but is becoming worn out by his bishop duties, running his farm and his daughters get little of his time. Collette is determined to help without letting them know how much she is attracted to this tired and kind man.

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Amish Holiday Vendetta by Laura Scott

by LyndaP

Widow Elizabeth Walton, an Amish quilter is coming home from work and is assaulted when she investigates why the barn door is open.

The question is why?!?

And why was she and David McKay, Englischer furniture maker fired upon? McKay has a past that might be the reason but then why was Elizabeth assaulted at her home?

Who’s the real target this Christmas? Is there a connection?

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