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Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 1
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When young Emily Evans had felt God's call to start a church in a pioneer settlement, she never dreamed it would mean going alone. With over 7 million Oke books sold, this book is another memorable story in the Oke tradition.
22) The patient one
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"Marie Hartman never thought she'd move back to Walnut Creek but, still reeling from a friend's heartbreaking passing, she's desperate for the comforts of home. And she's determined to surround herself with people who care more about her heart than her striking looks. Vowing to reconnect with her childhood best friends and find a larger meaning in life, she's also decided it's finally time to summon the courage to see if there's something more between...
24) Rising darkness
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Sophie Wittenbauer left her strict Mennonite hometown under a cloud of shame. After a rough childhood and poor choices, she had to change her life. At her entry-level newspaper job, Sophie overhears gossip about a prisoner with information on an unsolved crime. The other reporters write it off, but Sophie can't--she knows the prisoner's name. Learning that one of the suspects is hiding out in Sanctuary, Missouri, she takes on a false identity to investigate...
25) Women talking
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Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote religious Mennonite colony, over a hundred girls and women were knocked unconscious and raped, often repeatedly, by what many thought were ghosts or demons, as a punishment for their sins. As the women tentatively began to share the details of the attacks -- waking up sore and bleeding and not understanding why -- their stories were chalked up to 'wild female imagination'. Women Talking is an imagined response to...
26) THE EBB TIDE
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When a well-to-do family asks Sallie Riehl to be their daughter's nanny for the summer at their Cape May, New Jersey, vacation home, she jumps at the chance to broaden her horizons beyond the Lancaster County Amish community where she grew up. Curious by nature, Sallie loves reading and learning, and she fears that her chances of making a good match with an Amish farmer will be hampered because of it. Though she loves taking care of nine-year-old...
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After his graduation from college, Thomas Ollenburger is filled with big dreams and many questions. What will he do for a career? Should he marry? Where will he call home? Torn between his Mennonite roots on the Kansas prairie and his love for the big city of Boston, as well as his affection for a girl in each location, Thomas is unsure of his place in the world. He has always sought God's leading in his decision-making, but now it seems as if God...
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Amish brides of Pinecraft volume 2
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"A young Amish woman, yearning for freedom, crosses paths with a handsome Mennonite celebrity in a ... tale of friendship and self-discovery"--
In the years since her sister's tragic death, Penny Troyer's parents want nothing more than to keep her safe-- even if it means never leaving the house. She goes to hear a speech by Michael Knoxx of The Knoxx Family Singers, a traveling Mennonite Evangelical family. He speaks about living life to the fullest...
29) Unforeseeable
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Callie Hoffman has a good life in Kingdom, Kansas. She's engaged to Levi Housler, the new pastor of Kingdom Mennonite Church. She spends her days working with Lizzie Housler, her friend and soon-to-be sister-in-law, at the town café. When a body discovered on the road outside Kingdom turns out to be the victim of a serial killer, the new county sheriff begins questioning Kingdom residents. Callie is desperate to find answers for herself -- especially...
30) Beginnings
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Beth Quinn left the city to live among Old Order Mennonites in the small town of Sommerfield, Kansas, but she doesn't fit in. Her mother has embraced the old life and reconciled with her family, but these people are strangers to Beth and her business focus doesn't fit their ideal for women. With two men vying for her attention, Beth is torn between independence and having someone to depend on. Will Beth be able to reconcile her old life with the new?...
31) Blessings
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For as long as she can remember, Trina Muller has had a special affinity with animals. When the local vet, recognizes Trina's passion and abilities, he assures her that she can take over his practice when she becomes a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. But that's a career of which her parents heartily disapprove. And Graham Ortmann loves Trina, but how can he marry someone who's determined to step outside the dictates of the Old Order Mennonite fellowship?...
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Alexa Zimmerman wonders if the Old Order Mennonite community in Arborville, Kansas will ever fully accept her. Her family roots here aren't what anyone thought when she first arrived, but she is hopeful that her culinary and hospitality skills will win the skeptics over. The bed-and-breakfast she's operating needs to succeed so Alexa agrees to allow Briley Forrester, the hotshot reporter from Chicago, to stay as a long-term boarder not knowing his...
33) The farm stand
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"Salina Petersheim runs her own booth at the Amish market, where she's known for having the freshest and most delicious produce in the area. Her father is the bishop of her church district, and her brother is a deacon. They are a very close family, yet sometimes she tires of being compared to her older brother, Neil, who is married and has two children. She also feels the pressure of having to be the perfect daughter for her parents. Salina has been...
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Walnut Creek volume 3
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"Shelley Shepard Gray weaves a moving and unforgettable exploration of love and friendship. The tragic and untimely death of an old friend has made Elizabeth Anne rethink not only her priorities but her courtship with David, her longtime neighbor and suitor. Though he's Mennonite like herself and has her parents' approval, she feels that a spark is missing. Desperate for a change, she breaks things off -- wondering if, perhaps, she's the one who's...
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"From the highly acclaimed author of The Outcast and The Alliance, which New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate called "a book that begs to be savored," comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on. When Ruth Neufeld's husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite...
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"Magdalena Yoder is accused of murdering her ex-husband in this delightfully quirky cozy mystery set among Pennsylvania's Amish-Mennonite community. "You're going to be sorry, Aaron Paul Miller. Before I'm through with you, you're going to wish that you were dead." Shockwaves are running through the small town of Hernia with the news that an enormous, biblical-themed amusement park is to be built on its doorstep, destroying the community's peaceful...
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Wynter Evans is a promising young reporter for a television station in St. Louis, but even a bright future doesn't take away her pain over the disappearance of her brother nine years ago. So when she stumbles across a photograph of a boy with an eerie resemblance to him, she can't pass up the chance to track him down. With research for work as her cover, she sets out with one of the station's photogs for the place where the picture was taken: the...
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Walnut Creek volume 0.5
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When Andy's baby sister Trish gets stranded at the family cabin during a massive blizzard, he calls upon his best friends-the Magnificent Eight-to go to his sister's rescue. Andy knows that several members of the Eight will drop everything to help, and they're the perfect solution because the Amish aren't hindered by stalled cars-they can travel just fine in their buggies. But when Logan, Trish's secret crush, is the first to volunteer to save her,...
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"Alongside her cousins who have booths of their own, Bethany Gingerich runs a busy and successful coffee and donut stand at the Amish market. Since she has café-style tables and chairs, her regular customers enjoy purchasing a morning treat so they can sit and talk to their friends.Micah Zook and his grandfather, Enos, visit Bethany every Saturday morning to purchase coffee and donuts before going to work at Enos's custom outdoor furniture shop....
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Anthony and Marty Hirschler are part of an Old Order Mennonite community in Pine Hill, Indiana. They have grown apart since a doctor confirmed they would never have children. Marty's childhood friend, Brooke Spalding, resurfaces with the wild idea of rebuilding a Kansas ghost town into a resort community. Brooke hires Anthony to help with the construction, drawing the Hirschlers away from Indiana and into her plan, and then finds herself diagnosed...
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