Belletristik - Amische und Mennoniten

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Autor: Jolina Petersheim
Übersetzer: Silvia Lutz

Mennonites Don't Dance: Short Stories

Autor: Darcie Friesen Hossack

Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries: 3 Books-in-1: Amish Murder Too Close: Amish Quilt Shop Mystery: Amish Baby Mystery (Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries series, Band 2)

Autor: Samantha Price

Stitches in Time

Suzanne Woods Fisher

Detachment had worked well as a life strategy for horse trainer Sam Schrock. Until he met Mollie Graber. . . .

New to Stoney Ridge, schoolteacher Mollie has come to town for a fresh start. Aware of how fleeting and fragile life is, she wants to live it boldly and bravely. When Luke Schrock, new to his role as deacon, asks the church to take in foster girls from a group home, she's the first to raise her hand. The power of love, she believes, can pick up the dropped stitches in a child's heart and knit them back together.  

Mollie envisions sleepovers and pillow fights. What the 11-year-old twins bring to her home is anything but. Visits from the sheriff at midnight. Phone calls from the school truancy officer. And then the most humiliating moment of all: the girls accuse Mollie of drug addiction.  

There's only one thing that breaks through the girls' hard shell - an interest in horses. Reluctantly and skeptically, Sam Schrock gets drawn into Mollie's chaotic life. What he didn't expect was for love to knit together the dropped stitches in his own heart. . . just in time.  

Suzanne Woods Fisher invites you back to the little Amish church of Stoney Ridge for a touching story of the power of love.

Plain Perfect: Daughters of the Promise, Book 1

Beth Wiseman

Lillian Miller hopes the Plain life will offer her the peace of mind her heart desperately seeks.

Lillian's first 27 years have been challenging at best. Her decision to get reacquainted with her Amish grandparents in Lancaster County, P A, is an attempt at finding peace in a complicated world. But her plan has a flaw. . . . Lillian is practicing the Amish lifestyle with no real understanding or relationship with God. And despite her best efforts, complications arise when she takes a fancy to Amish widower Samuel Stoltzfus who has an 11-year-old son, David.

The Healing Jar

Wanda E. Brunstetter

What if you have waited to find love only to be rejected when it finally comes?

Lenore Lapp is an Amish schoolteacher in her late 20s still living at home with her parents and grandparents. She thought love had passed her by until she meets Jesse Smucker, a widower with a baby daughter. She quickly falls in love with them both and accepts Jesse's proposal of marriage, but Jesse breaks off their engagement when he realizes he can't marry only for convenience.  

Resigned to living single, Lenore throws herself into caring for her elders. While working in her grandmother's garden, she digs up an old jar. Will Lenore find healing for her broken heart and solve long-buried family secrets by reading the note contained inside?  

P L E A S E N O T E: When you purchase this title, the accompanying P D F will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

An Amish Cookie Club Christmas: Amish Cookie Club Series, Book 2

Sarah Price

Baking cookies every other Friday for their respective church districts gives Edna Esh and three of her closest friends a chance to give to the Plain community and strengthen their bond with each other. Now, with the blessings of Christmas in the air, they may even whip up a recipe for love. . . .

With the holidays around the corner, Edna is busier than ever juggling baking with her business serving meals to Englische tourists. Thank goodness for Mary Ropp's help - until she breaks her leg. Mary's daughter, Bethany, is available to fill in, but Edna isn't so certain. She knows Bethany is so painfully shy that she's never even courted, never mind interacting with Englische tourists! But the remedy may be closer than they think. . . .

When Bethany gets into a scrape with her bicycle, a personable, talkative young man comes to her rescue, and even accompanies her home. And he's none other than John Esh - Edna's oldest son. When he stops by again the next day, Mary gets an idea. Soon, with the encouragement of the Cookie Club, Bethany is indeed helping Edna, and spending more time around the Esh household - and John.

The Timepiece

Beverly Lewis

As the only daughter, Sylvia Miller of The Tinderbox has always held a special place in her Old Order family, one Adeline Pelham jeopardizes when she shows up at the Millers' Hickory Hollow farm. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of the painful secret that has so recently upended the Miller household. And with Sylvia and her mother still struggling to come to terms with that news, this is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher - especially this Englisher - into their midst.  

Despite the Millers' unexpected hospitality, Adeline is well aware that she's treading on Sylvia's turf, and she feels guilty about doing so when Sylvia is grappling with issues of her own. Not only is Sylvia trying to rebuild her trust in her father, but she's uncertain what to make of her once-promising engagement to Titus Kauffman, who hasn't pursued her since she confronted him. Adeline wishes she could help Sylvia, but she's not sure that either she or Sylvia is ready for that level of closeness in their relationship.  

Can God make something good come out of the mistakes of the past? Or does Adeline's arrival mark one too many surprises for the Millers and their Amish community?

Fleeting Hope: Dreams of Plain Daughters, Book 3

Diane Craver

After her fiancé, Daniel Beachy, died in a buggy accident, schoolteacher Ruth Yoder decided to move out of her parents' home and into the house he'd built for their married life together. Ruth has lived alone for the past 11 years.

When David Hershberger, a widower, starts spending time with her, Ruth is surprised. David's children are amazed, too, that their father is interested in their longtime neighbor. Ruth hopes that she and David will become more than friends. But since David lost his wife, Irene, the love of his life and mother of their children, David can't imagine anyone taking her place in his heart. His children and Ruth's sister also aren't so sure that the relationship should develop.
 

Although Ruth prays that she might finally become a wife, she will follow whatever path God has chosen for her.

The Amish Bishop: Two Amish Suspense and Romance Novellas

Samantha Bayarr

Find out what happened at the covered bridge. . . .

Adam had left her for dead under the covered bridge; thinking back, she might have been better off if she hadn't begged for her life.

The bishop is hiding a horrible secret that could expose his sins if he defends his son's sinful acts.   For Eva, getting shunned for their sins could be the answer to her prayers.

Lily can't forget what she saw; the community thinks she's making things up. When she suffers a breakdown after witnessing her mother's death from what is being called a freak accident, the bishop says he has no choice but to shun her and her father, claiming it's for the good of the community, but what Lily knows could cause her to become the murderer's next target.

A Family for Gracie

Amy Lillard

Gracie Glick is known for being the helpful one, always available for a relative in need. But now that she's longing for a home and family of her own, it's time to help herself. With few eligible men in Pontotoc, Gracie's choices, and her time, are limited. So she takes a bold leap of faith: She proposes to Matthew Byler, a handsome, recently widowed, father of five. It's not until after they're married that Gracie learns Matthew doesn't want more children.  

With his grief still fresh and his children needing care while he tends to his farm, Gracie is the answer to Matthew's prayers. But a marriage in name only suits him fine. And when he finally tells Gracie the dismaying reason why, they must decide whether to continue together - or apart. It's a choice that will force them both to look deeper into their hearts than ever before.

Andrew: Petersheim Brothers Series, Book 1

Jennifer Beckstrand

Andrew, Abraham, and Austin Petersheim's family business has earned them the nickname The Peanut Butter Brothers. But if their matchmaking younger siblings have their way, all three may soon bear another title: husband. . . .

Handsome, hardworking, and godly, Andrew Petersheim has always been sure of his place in his Wisconsin Amish community. He'll be a welcome catch for the local girl who finally captures his heart. Mary Coblenz certainly isn't that girl. Two years after "jumping the fence" for the Englischer world, she's returned, unmarried and pregnant. Yet instead of hiding in shame as others in the community expect, she's working at the Honeybee Farm, ignoring the gossips - and winning over Andrew's eight-year-old twin brothers. . . .

For all Andrew's certainty about right and wrong, it seems he has a lot to learn from Mary's courage, grace, and resilience. She's changing his notions about forgiveness and love, but will she in turn accept the challenge of starting over and choose to stay - with him?

The Promise of Palm Grove: Amish Brides of Pinecraft, Book One

Shelley Shepard Gray

A young Amish woman is torn between the man she's pledged to marry and the man her heart desires. . . .

Bride-to-be Leona is thrilled to be on a mini-vacation in the pretty town of Pinecraft. Her girlfriends think she's happy to be away from the stress of wedding planning; they have no idea that Leona's real joy is in being away from her fiancé.

Edmund is a good man and will make a decent husband. . . just not for Leona. The more time she spends with him and his overbearing ways, the less she wants to be his wife. But when a chance encounter with a wayward cat brings her face-to-face with a handsome, fun-loving Amish man named Zachary Kauffman, Leona's faced with two vastly different futures.

And now Leona must decide: Does she follow the path set out before her? Or take a chance with only the promise of what could be to guide her?  

Premeditated Peppermint (An Amish Candy Shop Mystery Book 3) (English Edition)

Autor: Amanda Flower

Zweite Chance auf der Ranch - Liebe in Star Valley

Autor: Cassidy Berg

Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder Book 5) (English Edition)

Autor: Linda Castillo

Marriage Can Be Mischief (An Amish Matchmaker Mystery Book 3) (English Edition)

Autor: Amanda Flower

BAD BOY: Ein Lehrer zum Verlieben!

Autor: Anna Sturm

OUR PRINCESS: Du gehörst uns! (Dark Mafia Romance) Sammelband

Autor: Anna Sturm

Healing Their Amish Hearts (Colorado Amish Courtships Book 4) (English Edition)

Autor: Leigh Bale

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