In the book’s first sentence, a disparate phone call from her mother changes Shauna McKay’s life completely. And it would be the last time Shauna would ever hear her voice. Shauna flees to her uncle who lives in an Amish community and the local sheriff, Liam Harland, convinces her to hide with the Amish — she’ll blend in. But when a young Amish woman is attacked in a public place, can Liam really protect Shauna and stop the killer?
Category: Fiction
Books that describe imaginary events and people. A story, even though based on a factual event, can still be categorized as fiction.
Laura’s Shadow by Allison Pittman
Setting: De Smet, South Dakota 1890 & 1974.
Remember Cap Garland, a friend of Almanzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder? A novel based on Cap & a young Mariah (she was Martha in These Happy Golden Years).
And in 1974, a young woman, Trixie Gowan, who is on the staff of the newspaper. She creates advertising art *and* her comic strip–“Lost Laura” loosely based on guess who? There is a connection between the women in the 1890 and the 1974 stories.
In Plain View: The Daily Lives of Amish Women by Judy Stavisky
PLEASE, please, please — if you write Amish novels, stories, or novellas, BUY THIS BOOK. If you are an avid Amish story reader, you’ll want this book.
Why? For a decade, the author, a driver for the Amish, talked with the Amish women of Lancaster County, PA — married and unmarried. She joined in their tasks, what they thought, and shared about how they truly live as Amish. Not a boring textbook-type of read but a fascinating fresh view unlike anything out there.
Love Blooms in Morning Star by Charlotte Hubbard
My blurb … Jo Fussner is a crucial element to the success of the Morning Star marketplace; she is one of the five maidels who turned an old barn into a success. Jo and Michael Wengerd are in love but … the church elders have recently decreed that once married, a maidel can no longer run a business. What can be done? Anything? Will the elders change their minds? Will faith that God holds their future carry them through?
By the way, this is the final book in the series.
The Gunslinger’s Guide to Avoiding Matrimony by Michelle McLean
Adam Brady, 28, lives by two rules: never get married, never get caught. A town called Desolation, provides people with a past and a place to live *if* they get married or have a job. Adam rides into town and without realizing it ends up married to a feisty, sassy woman named Nora. Can he get out of the marriage? Why does he keep getting fired from one job after another? Why does she want to be married but not really?
Rebekah’s Riches by Sara Harris
Rebekah and Joseph are a content couple with a sweet baby boy. However, sadly Rebekah’s father is again seriously ill.
A bad summer storm hits their homestead. Rebekah was already facing the loss of her father. Now her husband is severely injured. Will she lose both?
