A secret past forces Melissa James to flee her marriage and seek refuge with a Pennsylvania Dutch family, while her husband fears his own mistake will prevent their reunion.

A young Pennsylvania Dutch boy shows his sense of responsibility when he takes care of the family farm during his father's absence.

"Barbara Hostetler is sure she's having triplets, until only two come out and she is determined to find out why, hiring innkeeper Magdalena Yoder to catch a baby snatcher."--from NoveList.

Sadie Fisher wonders if she'll ever find true love again after the death of her husband. When wealthy Englischer Kade Saunders rents her guest cottage for a month, Sadie's world is turned upside-down. Kade has a five-year old autistic son who is unexpectedly left in his permanent care. As Sadie's feelings for the child grow, so do her feelings for Kade. But is this man suitable for anything more than friendship?

"Tucked away in a picturesque corner of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Magdalena Yoder's PennDutch Inn is the perfect locale for a cooking contest. Unfortunately, as Magdalena discovers when a corpse is found in the barn, some food is, literally, to die for.... The killer is old Matilda, a cow accused of fatally kicking the CEO of the gourmet food company sponsoring the contest. Melvin Stolzfus, the local police chief, known to be two eggs short of an...

"Magdalena Yoder, owner of the PennDutch Inn, must sort through a houseful of unwanted guests for the killer of her fiance's well-preserved cousin, whose body was found in a barrel of sauerkraut."--from NoveList.

"Struggling to cope with the discovery that her husband is a bigamist and the destruction by a tornado of her Amish country inn, Magdalena Yoder must turn sleuth when the reunion of a group of World War II buddies and an old vendetta lead to murder."--from NoveList.

"A selection of short stories by Elsie Singmaster that focus on the Pennsylvania-German experience. Includes commentary framing them in historical, cultural, and literary contexts"--Provided by publisher.