Kirsten Potter

Katie Ann Stolzfus mourns the loss of her estranged husband as she struggles to raise her young son alone, but when Eli Detweiler comes to town to attend his niece's wedding, they face an unexpected and hopeful future together.

When 18-year-old Danielle Kent becomes pregnant with Matthew Lapp's child, her Amish friend Levi Detweiler is sure that Matthew, an Old Order Amish, will do the right thing and marry Danielle, but when that doesn't happen, God calls on Levi to marry her.

"Laura Stutzman comes back to Middlefield, Ohio, with one purpose: to get back what Mark King took from her. Soon after she arrives, she is injured, and now her face bears the spidery scars of Mark's treachery, while her heart nurses new wounds. Laura's faith requires her to forgive, but she can only think of revenge." -- P. [4] of cover.

Hiding the truth about her feelings for a widower because of her youthful indiscretions outside of their Amish community, a young woman receives a note that threatens to expose her, forcing her to evaluate her understanding about the nature of forgiveness.

"When Anna decides it's time to leave her abusive boyfriend, she doesn't know where to turn. Rob has completely won over her parents, and the entire community, with his good looks and smooth charm. Only Anna has seen his dark side. Desperate, she runs to the only place she's ever felt completely safe--the Amish Brenneman Bed and Breakfast, where Anna met life-long friend Katie Brenneman. The family welcomes her in, and with few questions asked allows...

Dr. Carl Houseman, celebrated minister and speaker, is determined to find out what really happened to his wife, declared dead five years ago after her sailboat washed ashore on a coastal island of Maine. Private investigator Terri Blake-Addison must piece together the life of this woman who felt she didn't know or understand the God that her husband so faithfully served.

In 1850s Bethel, Missouri, people live simply, setting themselves apart from worldly distractions. But spirited Emma Wagner chafes at this would-be utopia. When her outspoken manner clashes with the colony's leader, she heads west in search of independence. But she discovers something unexpected: a longing for the warm embrace of community.

Emma Giesy, a strong-willed German American, believes her young family will thrive in the light of their newfound freedom after she and her husband branch off from their repressive religious community in 1856; she struggles to keep her children secure in the remote Washington Territory. [LARGE PRINT READING]

Battling his own personal demons, Police Chief Jonah Westfall has experienced the dark side of life and is committed to eradicating it. When a pair of raccoons are found mutilated in Redford, Colorado, Jonah investigates the gruesome act, seeking to unmask the perpetrator before the crime escalates and destroys the tranquility of his small mountain town. Jonah fights for answers, and his fragile sobriety, amid a rising drug threat and never-ending...

"The slightest spark will ignite an explosion. And the tinderbox of broken political and racial relations in 1960s France and Algeria provides plenty of kindling. In the midst of the chaos, Gabriella Madison guards the orphans in her care while battling jealousy with Anne-Marie Duchemin, David's former flame who has recently arrived in Castelnau, France. Even more problems arise when the townspeople start expressing their discomfort with the multicultural...