Category: Fiction

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

Yesterday’s Gone by Cindy Woodsmall & Erin Woodsmall

by LyndaP

A Hatfield & McCoy’s kind of Amish story except the tale concerns a curse. The Amish community believes marriage between a Bontrager and an Ebersol is cursed. Yet no one seems to know what the curse is.

Just before the ceremony, Eliza’s great-aunt gifts her with a family heirloom quilt. AND … and … tells her that the quilt can be used to change one event in the past. Eliza thanks her but doesn’t buy the strange story.

Eliza Bontrager and Jesse Ebersol do not believe in the curse and marry anyway. And a few years later, mourning again the loss of their third baby, Eliza learns there is a genetic issue with her delivering a living child. Distraught she uses the quilt to go back in time and “fix” the problem. But does her action resolve the problem? Or just create more?

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The Finding of Miss Fairfield by Grace Hitchcock

by LyndaP

Poor Miss Fairfield. Her father makes her a pawn in his business by a betrothal to a man, twice a widower, his business partner. You’ll dislike him immediately and well you should. The cad leaves town and asks his stepson to “look after” Sophia. The setting: Charleston, SC. The time: February 1899.

And you can guess what happens between Carver and Sophia. Carver’s stepfather threatens to ruin him financially. Unable to get her parents to change their minds. and seeing there was no way to stop the wedding, Sophia flees Charleston and becomes a Harvey Girl waitress in Las Vegas, New Mexico at the Castañeda Hotel.

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Dead Sea Conspiracy by Jerry B. Jenkins

by LyndaP

Archaeologist Nicole Berman is the first woman to be granted a permit to lead a dig in Saudi Arabia. She leaves America not long after her mother died. Or was it a natural death?

The team assembled has two new members after sudden last-minute withdrawals. One she knows well. She hopes the dig will prove that a Biblical figure lived in this location. If proven, it would seriously affect several major religions.

A parallel story is one of the young Abram (he would become Abraham) and begins in the ancient city of Ur. His ancestors, still living, were on Noah’s Ark.

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A Search for Redemption by Jo Ann Brown

by LyndaP

Grace Coffman’s life is not happy. Her fiancé died; her boss at the quilting shop is unethical. Grace is the sole supporter of her parents, both elderly and ill.

Joel Beachy is just out of prison and has returned to Bliss County; he didn’t know where else to go. In trouble as a child AND bigger trouble after leaving the Amish in his teens, he is now determined to avoid that deep water.

How will these two find each other? Does Joel’s parole officer really want him to mess up? And when two little boys need love and understanding, can they provide it?

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An Amish Marriage of Convenience by Rachel J. Good

by LyndaP

Nettie, a widow with four children, has deeply guarded secrets far different from other Amish women. Fear has gripped her over what her brother might do. Her children WILL NOT go through what she did!

Stephen, a widower with five children, moves to Lancaster County to buy his family’s farm stand. He can be paralyzed with fear in certain circumstances.

Both see themselves as damaged goods. Can a little old lady with a huge plan to improve the lives of teens in the town also make things better for Nettie and Stephen — and their children? She’s known as a matchmaker …

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The Amish Matchmaking Dilemma by Patricia Johns

by LyndaP

Mose Klassen wants to be married; Naomi Peachy wants to be married. But each has something that just tends to discourage potential matches. Mose and Naomi were friends as children before his family moved. He is back to his childhood home to find a wife via Naomi’s matchmaking sister, Adel.

But the minute the two meet again, their friendship is as strong as ever. As time goes on, both feel drawn to each other to be more than friends yet … they are SO different. Naomi is a chatterbox, a little “ample”, and a bit too liberal. Mose wishes she was less of the latter but he feels he has a much bigger p-p-p-problem.

Oh and the last matchmaking — arranged — effort for Naomi was a disaster. Never again!

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