"This first volume of G.K. Chesterton's mysteries marks the debut of a most unusual detective: Father Paul Brown, a short, stumpy priest with an extraordinary and uncanny ability to spot the evil that lies in human hearts. In these twelve stories, Father Brown uses his wisdom, common sense, and experience as a confessor to solve baffling, fascinating crimes -- and save lost souls along the way." --

Ellie Maust grows up Amish, but she isn't happy with her father's strict ideas. Why can't she wear bright dresses like her friend, Missy, or perfume and powder like the hired girl? As the oldest girl in her family, Ellie learns responsibility young, helping to care for the babies, prepare food, and do household chores. She sits through the long preaching services, and goes with her boyfriend, David, to Sunday night singings. Join her as she experiences...

It is spring, 1890. Three eight-year-old girls leave overcrowded, bleak Greystone Orphanage near Boston and set out together on the "Orphan Train," heading West to adoptive homes. --- {Excerpt from back cover.}

Having escaped the famine that ravages their beloved Ireland, Nora Kavanagh and her son Daniel begin the difficult process of building a new life for themselves in America. Befriended by the wealthy Farmingtons and supported by the constant friendship of the injured Englishman, Evan Whittaker, Nora nevertheless finds herself caught in a conflict of the heart.Michael Burke, the strong, competent Irish policeman, desperately wants to keep his promise...

Growing up in a close-knit Amish family, Reuben struggles with peer pressure and his desire to own a horse.

Ardith has finally recovered from the heartbreak she suffered when pianist Gavin Parrish failed to meet her for a Paris rendezvous ten years earlier, but now a strange twist of fate has brought him back into her life again and she must find a way to save herself from the despair she is sure he will bring with him.

Morgan Fitzgerald, Michael and Sara Burke, and Evan and Nora Whittaker, friends divided by the ocean that lies between Ireland and America, have clearly seen the hand of God upon them, and they begin to realize His further plan for their lives when they are brought in contact with wounded people who need their love, strength, and help.

Victoria 'Smokey' Simmons stands silently on deck as her father's body is lowered into the Atlantic, asking God for the strength she will need to command the Aramis alone. Not wanting to remain at sea forever, Smokey dreams of the time when she can trade her life aboard ship for a home and family. When she meets another captain, Dallas Knight, Smokey believes her dream will finally come true. But circumstances beyond their control and the schemes...