Category: Fiction

Amelia, a widow, lives with & assists Mary who suffers from severe arthritis. She is content despite her mother’s letters saying she must wed again. Soon!

Then Samuel, Mary’s nephew, arrives with six-year-old niece Ruthie to stay…permanently. But Ruthie’s aunt says a bachelor cannot raise Ruthie properly. She *wants* Ruthie. He hoped he & Ruthie would not be found in Pine Creek.

Amelia is determined to not have a broken heart again; she has refused marriage with anyone for years. But she loves Ruthie and marriage with Samuel will give Ruthie two parents. As long as it stays a marriage of convenience. But Samuel is falling in love … and …

A story of two families and each has specific plans for their child. The Kanagy’s operate a family gift shop business and Joshua is expected to work for and with his family in the shop. The Yoder’s raise horses and Joshua has a special talent with horses. Joy Yoder’s mother fully expects (that word again) her to marry the minister’s son, stay home & have “kinner“. Joshua & Joy are good friends. And then, Joy gets this great idea of how to get both of them what they want.

Annabelle Richards witnesses a murder and can identify the killer. Willing to testify, Deputy Conrad Westhouse volunteers to protect her by bringing her to his ranch which is in Amish country. Good at what he does, he can’t believe he is falling for the woman he is protecting. Can he still react to danger as fast when his mind is full of her?

Abe and Lavinia love each other. That is not in doubt. Abe, a dairy farmer, has had multiple serious financial setbacks and that was *before* he fell off a roof.

Lavinia has a craft talent that SELLS. Abe has no problem with Lavinia selling her craft. But he DOES have a problem with needing her income in a marriage.

So, he doesn’t propose. And doesn’t propose. Finally, Lavinia …