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"Join Mandy Frey as she and three friends leave their Amish community in Indiana for the trip of a lifetime to Hawaii. But when Mandy and one of her friends miss the cruise ship after a port of call on Kauai, how will they adjust and get back home?"--Goodreads.com.

Widower Eustace Byler, who stands out in his Amish community for his eccentricity and wealth, wonders if he can ever come to terms with his son's very different life choices.

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.

Living alone for the first time in her life is lonely for Elma Hochstetler, whose twin sister Thelma recently married. Though they share the running of a general store, more and more of Thelmas time is taken up by her growing family. Elma has dated some, but she wonders if she is just too picky to find love. Through a mishap at the farmers market, Elma meets Ben Wagler and instantly likes him. But there is a problem. He lives in Grabill50 miles away!...

Traumatized after surviving an automobile accident in which her boyfriend was killed, Katie Miller struggles to find her way out of depression, while Freeman Bontrager tries to gain Katie's trust in hopes of winning her heart.

Book 1 of an exclusive 6-consecutive-month release Amish serial novel. In Goodbye to Yesterday, part one of New York Times Bestselling author, Wanda E. Brunsetter's The Discovery—A Lancaster County Saga, Meredith and Luke Stoltzfus, an Amish couple, are faced with the greatest challenge of their young lives. Financial struggles. Arguments. A suspected pregnancy. A last-minute trip to Middlebury, Indiana. A deadly encounter at

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"Friendship Letters Series — Doretta Schwartz has always enjoyed writing letters and feels her letters can be a bit of a ministry to her friends. In this series, exchanging letters that contain open and honest feelings and struggles helps Doretta and two of her best friends through the darkest challenges of their lives. A Ministry of Letter Writing Restores Hope to the Writer Doretta Schwartz used to be so happy and passed her positive attitude...

After months of facing nothing but blank memory, "Eddie" remembers his name -- and Luke's past seems within reach. But miles away in Lancaster County, everything has changed. Luke's house is occupied by Englishers. His parents believe he is dead. And caught between her undying love for Luke and concern for her son's future, his presumed widow Meredith has grown closer to Jonah and closer to marriage. Can Luke salvage the rest of his memory and return...

Following the death of his father, Joel should be stepping up as the man of the family; however, his selfish determination continues to cause chaos and his actions may split the family for good.

"A homeless girl finds an unlikely family. What happens when making an elderly Amish couple very happy means going along with a lie that gets bigger by the day? Michelle Taylor is not who her new family in Lancaster County believes her to be. The Lapps were looking for their long-lost granddaughter when they met Michelle and she assumed the identity of Sara Murray. Once homeless and hopeless, Michelle has come to love her new Amish friends and even...