Washoe County Library System

Chief of police Kate Burkholder is called upon to assist when an Amish teenager disappears without a trace. When a body turns up and another young girl goes missing, fear spreads through the community like a contagion. Kate delves into the lives of the missing teens and discover links to cold cases that may go back years. But will she piece together all the parts of this sinister puzzle before it's too late, or will she find herself locked in a fight...

Lena Rose Schwartz hadn't planned to leave her Old Order community in Centerville, Michigan. But then, she could not have foreseen the accident that made her and her siblings orphans. After her parents' funeral, her younger brothers and sisters are farmed out to various nearby relatives. But when the deacon in charge of the arrangements tells her there aren't places enough for everyone, she agrees to go live with her father's second cousin and his...

Joseph King admits homeless waitress Priscilla Allen and her four-year-old daughter into his home, but wonders what will happen as their lives begin to intertwine.

After taking in a pair of recently orphaned children, Heidi Troyer holds a series of cooking classes for kids to help them make friends and adapt.

"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--Provided by publisher.

Mary Anne Neuenschwander knows she should be content with what Gotte has given her. She has a comfortable house, a fruitful farm, and a good, steady husband, but after nearly six years of marriage, she still longs for a baby. Her husband, Jethro, seems to care more about fishing than about his wife. Unable to bear Jethro's indifference, Mary Anne moves into a tent in the woods where he won't have to be bothered. When her mammi and dawdi find out what...

Ella, after being forced to auction off most of her late father's belongings, including her family's land, must find the courage to risk her heart when Loyal Weaver, the new owner of her family's old farmhouse, asks for her hand in marriage.

Struggling to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, Heather Nelson is determined to forego traditional medicine -- to her father's chagrin -- in hopes of finding answers and healing in Amish country. But first, she offers to drive her Amish friend, Grace Byler, to Ohio in order to find Grace's mother. Will mother and daughter, and one seriously ill graduate student, find the answers they long for? Or will "the telling" cause them all further...

Faith faces an impossible situation: Should she do the right thing and bring heartache to nearly everyone she knows or deny her true self and always wonder . . . what if? Sixteen-year-old Faith has worked full-time in her parents' restaurant since she finished eighth grade. She loves her Amish community--and the romantic attentions of her longtime friend, Gideon.When her sister seems to be getting too friendly with Englischers, and her parents are...