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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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Hiding in Plain Sight by Laura Scott

by LyndaP

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?

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Laura’s Shadow by Allison Pittman

by LyndaP

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.

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In Plain View: The Daily Lives of Amish Women by Judy Stavisky

by LyndaP

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.

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Love Blooms in Morning Star by Charlotte Hubbard

by LyndaP

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.

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