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Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe hope-filled sequel to the bestselling One Tuesday Morning In this new novel by Karen Kingsbury, three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on New York City. Jamie Bryan, widow of a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day, has found meaning in her season of loss by volunteering at St. Paul’s, the memorial chapel across the street from where the Twin Towers once stood... -
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Virgins of Paradise by Barbara Wood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe acclaimed author of Green City in the Sun and The Dreaming presents a magnificent saga about women in a rich, aristocratic Egyptian family who search for identity amid historic change. A fascinating portrait of an ancient nation mired in superstition, magic, and mythology as it emerges into the modern era...Categorized as:
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![Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer]()
Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRaised among the Amish of Indiana, 18-year-old Marianna Sommer plans to get baptized into the church, marry Aaron Zook, and set up life in the only community she has ever known. But when her older brother chooses the world’s path following his rumschpringe, and a younger sibling begins showing interest in Englisch ways, Marianna’s parents move the family to Montana... -
![Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers]()
Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the dramatic conclusion to the New York Times best seller Her Mother's Hope, Francine Rivers delivers a rich and deeply moving story about the silent sorrows that can tear a family apart and the grace and forgiveness that can heal even the deepest wounds.Growing up isn't easy for little Carolyn Arundel... -
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![Remember Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury]()
Remember Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA wall went up around Alex Brady's heart when his father, a New York firefighter, died in the Twin Towers. Turning his back on the only woman he ever loved, Alex shut out all the people who cared about him to concentrate on fighting crime. He and his trusty K9 partner, Bo, are determined to eliminate evil in the world and prevent tragedies like 9-11... -
![Redeeming Grace: Ruth's Story by Jill Eileen Smith]()
Redeeming Grace: Ruth's Story by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort...Categorized as:
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![Bleak Landing by Terrie Todd]()
Bleak Landing by Terrie Todd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the dead-end Canadian town of Bleak Landing, twelve-year-old Irish immigrant Bridget O’Sullivan lives in a ramshackle house and dreams of another life, even as the Great Depression rages. Routinely beaten by her father and bullied by schoolmate Victor Harrison, the waifish yet fiery redhead vows to run away and never return...Categorized as:
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![The Waiting by Suzanne Woods Fisher]()
The Waiting by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJorie King has been waiting for Benjamin Zook to return home to Lancaster County so they can marry. When news arrives that Ben has been killed, Jorie finds comfort in the friendship of his brother Caleb. That friendship ripens into love, and it seems that they are meant to be together. But when the unexpected happens, their worlds are turned upside down once more... -
![Just Grace by Carolyn Brown]()
Just Grace by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGrace Benjamin Listen was just trying to rescue a poor helpless kitten. She certainly didn't plan on falling out of the tree and landing on Dodsworth's newest resident, Dr. Gatlin O'Malley-breaking her arm and wounding her pride in the fall. Gatlin only arrived from Atlanta, Georgia, the week before...Categorized as:
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![The Revelation by Beverly Lewis]()
The Revelation by Beverly Lewis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsABRAM'S DAUGHTERS introduces readers to an Old Order family, a close-knit community and a devout people whose way of life and faith in God is as timeless as their signature horse and buggy. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II, this compelling saga spans three generations of a Lancaster County Amish family... -
![Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin]()
Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLife in Sweden feels like an endless winter to Elin Carlson after the deaths of her parents. When circumstances become unbearable, she determines to find a safe haven for her sisters.So begins their journey to America, the land of dreams and second chances.But as hardship becomes their constant companion, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia question their decision to immigrate to Chicago... -
![This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof]()
This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is nothing extraordinary about Tucker O’Shay’s dreams. Go to college. Become president. Fall in love. And pretend like he has enough time to get it all done.Sixteen-year-old Sarah Miller doesn’t expect anything out of the ordinary when she begins her first day at the one-room-school house in her new hometown of Rocky Knob... -
![Written in Love by Kathleen Fuller]()
Written in Love by Kathleen Fuller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a postal error creates pen pals of two young Amish people, can they put behind their past mistakes to see the bright future God has written for them? Jalon Chupp has a past he isn’t proud to claim. He’s worked hard to overcome his youthful mistakes, and he has recommitted himself to his faith...Categorized as:
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![Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent]()
Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJessilyn Lassiter no longer has to convince people she's not a child. Having just turned 19 in the summer of 1938, her love for Luke Talley has never been more real. And Luke is finally beginning to care for her in the way she's always dreamed of...Categorized as:
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![Seasons of the Heart/Four Complete Novels in One Book by Janette Oke]()
Seasons of the Heart/Four Complete Novels in One Book by Janette Oke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJanette Oke, with over 11 million copies of her books in print, writes with a special feeling about her characters and their time. This heartwarming collection of four novels is a wonderful series of stories about an American family on the prairies of yesterday...Categorized as:
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![Streams of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling]()
Streams of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnji's Return to the Red River Valley Offers a Fresh Start--and a Surprising Second Chance at Love. Anji Baard Moen, recently widowed in Norway, returns to North Dakota with her children. She quickly settles back into life in the familiar surroundings of Blessing, teaching in the high school and writing articles for the Blessing Gazette... -
![Forever Safe by Jody Hedlund]()
Forever Safe by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRace Point, Massachusetts, 1876 Will she ever be able to stop running, even when she believes she’s finally safe? Heiress to a vast fortune, Victoria Cole has everything she wants, including the perfect fiancé. Having left two other men at the altar, Victoria is sure that now she’s found her true love and will finally live happily ever after... -
![The Highwayman's Letter by Martha Keyes]()
The Highwayman's Letter by Martha Keyes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe waylays her carriage and runs off with her property. Can she keep him from stealing her heart as well?By day, Reginald Sinclair works in the post office, but by night, he is the increasingly infamous Paladin, the gallant highwayman making young women swoon all over Somerset...Categorized as:
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![Wagon Train Matchmaker: Christian historical romance by Linda Ford]()
Wagon Train Matchmaker: Christian historical romance by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, a new series of four heartwarming historical romances about life on the Santa Fe trail. Note: each book can be read as a stand-alone. Mary Mae Clark has learned the hard way not to trust what a man says. Broken promises have made her wary and now she only wants to return to Santa Fe to help her friend Sophia keep her wee son... -
![Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof]()
Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAven Norgaard understands courage. Orphaned within an Irish workhouse, then widowed at just nineteen, she voyaged to America where she was wooed and wed by Thor Norgaard, a Deaf man in rural Appalachia. That the Lord saw her along the winding journey and that Aven now carries Thor’s child are blessings beyond measure... -
![A Widow's Hope by Mary Ellis]()
A Widow's Hope by Mary Ellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA bright new voice shares a tender love story set in the rolling green fields of Ohio Amish country. After the death of her husband, Hannah Brown is determined to make a new life with her sisterâ��s family. But when she sells her farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moves with her sheep to Ohio, the wool unexpectedly starts to fly... -
![Forever Hidden by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse]()
Forever Hidden by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Havyn Powell, growing up on her grandfather Chuck Bondrant's dairy outside the 1904 gold-rush boomtown of Nome, Alaska, offered all she needed. She had the love of her mother, two sisters, and grandfather. But now, at 23, Havyn realizes the stability of her life may soon vanish...Categorized as:
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![Searching for You by Jody Hedlund]()
Searching for You by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDespite years on the run, Sophie Neumann is determined to care for two young children. She won't abandon them the way she thinks her older sisters abandoned her. But times are growing desperate, and when she falls in with the wrong crowd and witnesses a crime, she realizes fleeing 1850s New York is her only option... -
![Love's Fortune by Laura Frantz]()
Love's Fortune by Laura Frantz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSheltered since birth at her Kentucky home, Rowena Ballantyne has heard only whispered rumors of her grandfather Silas's vast fortune and grand manor in Pennsylvania...Categorized as:
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![Newton & Polly by Jody Hedlund]()
Newton & Polly by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found… Now remembered as the author of the world’s most famous hymn, in the mid-eighteenth century as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton is a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life... -
![Gabrielle by Marie Laberge]()
Gabrielle by Marie Laberge
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsQuébec, 1930. Gabrielle est mariée avec Edward depuis bientôt dix ans. Entre la maison de l’île d’Orléans et celle de la Grande-Allée, elle mène une vie bien remplie, entourée de ses cinq enfants. De toute évidence, il s’agit d’un mariage heureux. Mais cette chose qui devrait être si simple fait pourtant froncer bien des sourcils dans l’entourage de Gabrielle... -
![Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer]()
Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Amish settlement in Ohio has run afoul of a law requiring their children to attend public school. Caleb Bender and his neighbors are arrested for neglect, with the state ordering the children be placed in an institution. Among them are Caleb's teenage daughter, Rachel, and the boy she has her eye on, Jake Weaver. Romance blooms between the two when Rachel helps Jake escape the children's home... -
![Orphan Train Escape by Rachel Wesson]()
Orphan Train Escape by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBridget Collins is in dire straits - she needs to get out of New York, fast. With two young siblings under her wing, her options are limited. Her priest sends her as an outplacement agent on the orphan trains that run from New York to out west. With almost forty orphans under her care, she's relieved fellow and more experienced outplacement agent Carl Watson, is there to guide her...Categorized as:
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![The Sacrifice by Beverly Lewis]()
The Sacrifice by Beverly Lewis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn 'Abram's Daughters', book 3, the sequel to 'The Betrayal', tragedy befalls Leah, forcing her to choose between her happiness and her family... -
![Jessica by Bryce Courtenay]()
Jessica by Bryce Courtenay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratings'A superb storyteller ... it is impossible not to be impressed by Courtenay's talents' - The Times JESSICA is based on the real life of a remarkable young Australian woman who defied the conventions of her time. She had a stubborn streak and the courage to act out her convictions ... in spite of the consequences...Categorized as:
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![Love's Long Journey & Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke]()
Love's Long Journey & Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first series from the pen of Janette Oke, follows the lives of one family through three generations. Lets the reader see the impact that Christian love has on relationships despite adversity and hardship... -
![Fearless Hope: A Novel by Serena B. Miller]()
Fearless Hope: A Novel by Serena B. Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an Amish woman falls for the New York crime writer who buys her family farm, she must decide whether to follow the longings of her heart or the rules of her faith. When Hope Yoder loses her husband, she is left trying to support her two small children—and one on the way—however she can... -
![Moondrop Miracle by Jennifer Lamont Leo]()
Moondrop Miracle by Jennifer Lamont Leo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChicago, 1928. Pampered socialite Connie Shepherd lives the kind of glossy life other women read about in the society pages. Engaged to a handsome financier, she spends her days and nights in a dizzying social round. When eccentric Aunt Pearl, an amateur chemist, offers her an unusual wedding present—the formula for a home-brewed skin tonic—Connie laughs it off...Categorized as:
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![Appomattox Saga Collection 2 by Gilbert Morris]()
Appomattox Saga Collection 2 by Gilbert Morris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnjoy the pleasure of owning three beloved novels reissued from bestselling author Gilbert Morris. The United States' most terrible war is the backdrop for adventure, romance, and power of God to move amidst tragedy. Follow three Confederate soldiers who find that their greatest allies could be brave women who cross battle lines for the sake of faith and love... -
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![The Wayward Heart by Nerys Leigh]()
The Wayward Heart by Nerys Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA heart isn't always the best thing to follow.Lizzy Cotton dreams of excitement, adventure, and falling madly in love with a cowboy, and she knows she's perfect to be a cattle rancher's mail order bride.But dreams don't always turn out as planned... -
![A White Rose for the Marquess by Fanny Finch]()
A White Rose for the Marquess by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bush of white roses there once was, and she was the fairest of them all. Then that cold winter came and wiped them all away, leaving her alone against a monster… until he comes, and he is not afraid of her thorns... After losing her family in a terrible accident, Gwendoline Hathaway becomes a servant in her cruel aunt’s home... -
![Reforming Elizabeth by Lorin Grace]()
Reforming Elizabeth by Lorin Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA confirmed flirt in need of reform meets a preacher in need of laughter. These opposites are on a collision course with love.Elizabeth Garrett’s latest flirtation embarrassed her father, a Massachusetts judge. Now he is determined to see her reformed or sent away. Who better than his Aunt Mindwell to oversee Elizabeth’s reformation? With a name like that, Elizabeth is sure her freedom is gone... -
![Margaret's Story by Eugenia Price]()
Margaret's Story by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Seminole uprisings to the Civil War, they fought for their beloved plantation, their family, and their faith. . . Margaret Seton had loved the handsome young widower long before she become Lewis Fleming's bride. Together they would rebuild Hibernia on the St. Johns River in northern Florida, and fill it to overflowing with laughter and tears of their large, close-knit family... -
![Never Far from Home by Mary Ellis]()
Never Far from Home by Mary Ellis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMary Ellis follows her captivating "Widow's Hope" with a new story from the heart of Holmes County, Ohio. In "Never Far From Home," fifteen-year-old Emma Miller finishes school, starts her own wool business, and is longing for someone to court... -
![Huckleberry Spring by Jennifer Beckstrand]()
Huckleberry Spring by Jennifer Beckstrand
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings>Nothing gives Anna and Felty Helmuth greater satisfaction than seeing their grandchildren happily married--except for planning their next matchmaking venture. And as springtime comes to Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin, the air is filled with promise. . -
![Lily For My Enemy: A Lockhart Sweet Regency Romance by L.G. Rollins]()
Lily For My Enemy: A Lockhart Sweet Regency Romance by L.G. Rollins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's from Lords. She sides with Commons.Watch out London, sparks will fly.Felix Lockhart is tired of balls, tired of musicales, and most especially tired of society only seeing him as the heir apparent to a powerful seat in Lords. Then, one evening he meets the witty Jocelyn Hunt—perhaps the only young lady in London who isn’t impressed with him...Categorized as:
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![A Light in the Window by Julie Lessman]()
A Light in the Window by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne Woman. Two Men. One stirs her pulse and the other her faith. But who will win her heart? Marceline Murphy is a gentle beauty with a well-founded aversion to rogues. But when two of Boston's most notorious pursue her, she encounters a tug-of-war of the heart she isn’t expecting... -
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![Before the Darkness Falls by Eugenia Price]()
Before the Darkness Falls by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorgia, 1842. A grand and passionate era of American history, forged by the dreams of extraordinary men and women...the willful Natalie Browning Latimer, whose newfound marital bliss was threatened by a shattering loss...the ambitious W. H. Stiles, whose daring political trail led his family into the turmoil of Western Europe..Categorized as:
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![Willow Springs by Jan Watson]()
Willow Springs by Jan Watson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1883 and following a whirlwind courtship, seventeen-year-old Copper Brown finds herself living in the bustling city of Lexington, KY, far away from her beloved mountain home, newly married to a man she barely knows. Having been raised to put her trust in God, Copper sets out to find a purpose for this new life that she'd never imagined... -
![Never Forget by Jody Hedlund]()
Never Forget by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRose Island Lighthouse, Rhode Island June 1880 Will she betray his trust to stay on the island she loves? Abbie Watson is content to spend her days clamming, crabbing, and tending Rose Island Lighthouse. Her grandpa is the head light keeper, but his senility may lead to their eviction... -
![A Love Surrendered by Julie Lessman]()
A Love Surrendered by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOrphaned in Iowa, Annie Kennedy moves to Boston to stay with her spinster aunt. She longs for romance to fill the void left by her parents' death. But when she falls hard for Steven O'Connor, the man who broke an engagement to her sister, Annie is worried...Categorized as:
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![An Amish Gathering: Life in Lancaster County by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller]()
An Amish Gathering: Life in Lancaster County by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree heartwarming tales of old friends and new beginnings that span one year in an Amish community. A Change of Heart by Beth Wiseman Leah is no good at cooking, cleaning, sewing, gardening—the skills that young women need to make a proper Amish wife. All she wants to do is write stories, but she's sincerely tired of being a disappointment...Categorized as:
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![To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price]()
To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith a compelling mix of historical personalities and fictional characters, Eugenia Price paints a vivid portrait of the Old South that has enchanted tens of millions of readers worldwide...Categorized as:
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![A Sister's Test by Wanda E. Brunstetter]()
A Sister's Test by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Hostettler family continues to face an unseen enemy who randomly attacks their property. Despite the unrest, Ruth, the second oldest sister, is about to realize her greatest dream—to marry and raise a n family with Martin Gingerich. But in one horrific moment, her world is shattered...
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