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Amish widow Hannah Yoder prays her daughters will each find a husband someday. Still, sensible Ruth believes it's God's will that she stay home and help care for her younger sisters. But when a handsome young man comes to Kent County, Ruth starts to rethink her plans. Not yet part of the church, Eli Lapp is allowed to run wild. Yet something in Ruth's sweet and gentle manner makes him yearn to settle down - with her at his side. Can Eli convince her...
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With dreams of marrying an Old Order Amish man, Leah Yoder plans on raising children in the peaceful Delaware community. But when Mennonite missionary Daniel Brown arrives to share his story with their church, Leah is fascinated by him. She spends time with Daniel in a forbidden courtship to learn how she truly feels about him. Before long, Leah has a choice to make. Should she stay with her community...or leave with the man she believes God has placed...
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Hannah's daughters volume 5
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With nowhere to turn, penniless widow Grace Yoder travels with her young son to the Amish community of Seven Poplars. She hopes to reunite with the Plain father she never knew and become part of the community. Though her father is deceased, his new family still welcomes her. Grace is overcome with gratitude. But when handsome family friend and Mennonite John Hartman offers her a job in his veterinarian office, Grace discovers a beautiful bridge between...
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Thorndike Press
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2012.
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Kathleen Monroe is the perfect wife, the perfect hostess, the perfect mother. But after a lifetime of practice, Kathleen is beginning to wonder if perfectionism is a good thing. After all, it didn't help her marriage and may very well have led to her daughter's illness. And if those aren't enough reasons to doubt her priorities, then meeting Logan Carr should be. Logan's kind, patient and nothing like her first husband. But to Kathleen, he's still...
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Second Chance At Love Amish widow Hannah Yoder never intended to marry again. Yet when her friendship with veterinarian Albert Hartman begins to bloom into something more, Hannah wonders if perhaps she's finally ready for a new love. Albert waited his whole life to find the right woman, only to realize Hannah was there all along. But there's more than their friendship to consider. Albert is a Mennonite, born-and-bred, and Hannah cannot - will not...
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Bridegroom Brothers volume 2
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Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
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2014.
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The Cowboy Meets His Match
Everything Gideon Thornton has worked for is in jeopardy, all because of one stubborn woman. Evelyn Montgomery insists that Gideon's new claim from the Oklahoma Land Rush legally belongs to her. Both refuse to budge-even when the law says that until their dispute is settled, they must share the land.
Their family feud has taught Evelyn that Thortons can't be trusted. Yet day by day Gideon's thoughtfulness to Evelyn,...
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Thorndike Press
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An inconvenient wedding
Wherever Caleb O'Malley goes, trouble follows, and trouble is the last thing Rebecca Thurston needs. But when Caleb appears-;gravely wounded-;at Rebecca's Smoky Mountain cabin, she can't turn him away. His life depends on her kindness, but she never anticipated it would lead to an unwanted proposal.
Caleb never forgave himself for the accident that ended Rebecca's engagement and destroyed her life. He doesn't want to...
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For the Thornton brothers, the Oklahoma Land Rush is the perfect opportunity to finally put down some roots. A new start, a new community, what more could preacher Elijah Thornton need? Not a wife, not after the pain of losing his fiancée. But something draws him to the pretty nurse whose eyes are clouded by trouble. Only by claiming her own homestead can Alice Hawthorne avoid an unwanted marriage. Even Oklahoma may not be far enough away from New...
11) An Amish harvest
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Nursing His Heart When Amish carpenter Samuel Bowman is injured in an accident, he fears he'll never see again. He's always provided for his family--and now that it's harvest season, the Bowmans are needed in the fields, not at his bedside. So when a young Amish widow becomes his nurse, Samuel expects Rebecca Miller to make his life easier. But his caregiver is bossy, outspoken and challenges him to move on with his life. Though Samuel's sight is...
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An Unexpected FamilyAmish midwife Anne Stoltzfus is used to late-night visitors-but she's shocked to find reclusive bachelor Joseph Lapp on her doorstep with a baby in his arms. Their neighborly quarrels are pushed aside when Joseph explains that his sister has left her daughter in his care-and Joseph needs Anne to be her nanny. Soon they're bonding over baby Leah, and the love they feel for her is healing them both. When Joseph makes an offer of...
13) An Amish noel
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Luke Bowman's homecoming is turning Emma Swartzentruber's carefully ordered world upside down. Gone is her rebellious girlhood crush, and in his place is a handsome man who seems committed to serving the community. Luke's even agreed to work for Emma's ill father, whose last wish is to see his daughter wedded to a stable, loving man. But Luke -- a man who flirted with the outside world with disastrous consequences -- is hardly marriage material for...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
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2017.
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Second Chance at Love Widow Sarah Nolt never expected another marriage proposal. She hardly knows the handsome Amish man who's come to help with her barn raising. Besides, they're both still mourning the loss of their spouses. But Mose Fischer needs a caretaker for his daughters, and Sarah needs to escape her father's oppressive rule. They agree to a marriage of convenience, but when Sarah moves to Mose's Amish community in Florida, she can't help...
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Smoky Mountain matches volume 7
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Thorndike Press
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2015.
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In nineteenth-century Tennessee, a young woman is reunited with the man who shattered her heart-but can she ever forgive him?
Jane O'Malley's young heart broke in pieces when the man of her dreams left town after being rejected by her sister. Years later-just after Jane endures a disastrous near-wedding at the town church-Tom Leighton returns home, and Jane's old feelings for him rush back as forcefully as the Tennessee mountain springs.
Tom...
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Smoky Mountain matches volume 6
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Thorndike Press
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2015.
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Being tied up and delivered to the sheriff was not how Nicole O'Malley expected to meet her new boss. Quinn Darling has the audacity to mistake her for a burglar! Now she's counting the days until she can leave small-town life behind to open her own boutique. But as long as she's helping two runaways, she can't leave. Quinn's determined to succeed in his first business venture without the support of his wealthy family. But he can't do it without Nicole....
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Frontier bachelors volume 3
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
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2017.
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School Bells and Wedding Bells James Wallin's family is depending on him to find a schoolteacher for their frontier town. Alexandrina Fosgrave seems to be exactly what he needs to help fulfill his father's dream of building a new community. If only James could convince her to accept the position. Alexandrina has traveled west to seek a fresh start, not to find a groom. But after she's stranded in the wilderness with James, he offers her his hand in...
18) A match for Addy
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2015
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In Search of True Love Spinster Addy Coblentz fears she'll never marry. So her parents hire the new matchmaker who's moved to their Amish community of Seven Poplars. But Addy doesn't just want a match. She wants love. While some of her potential suitors are perfectly fine, only one man catches her eye. Gideon Esch is everything Addy's looking for: strong, kind and handsome. But he's only a poor hired hand who can never give her family the stability...
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Thorndike Press
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2015.
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In this inspirational historical romance, a cowboy with kids and a woman on the run strike a marriage bargain and discover love on the western prairie.
A Mother for His Children
Single father Shane McCoy has his hands full trying to run a ranch while raising two-year-old twins. His children clearly need a mother's guiding hand. An encounter with a lovely stranger on a train platform offers an unconventional answer to his predicament when she...
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Thorndike Press
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2015.
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To help his dying sister, Nate Cooper once broke the law. Now the ex-con turned saddler hopes for a new beginning in Turnabout, Texas. So when he saves a young widow's daughter from imminent harm, Nate's shocked to be called a hero. Single mom Verity Leggett is very cautious, but her daughter's handsome rescuer seems like a man she can rely on. When Nate's secrets come to light, will Verity be able to overlook his past for the caring man he's become?...
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