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Mary Stoltzfus is 30 years old, splashed with freckles, and unmarried. In her Amish world, that qualifies her to be called an old maid. She is living her quiet schoolteacher life in the Lancaster County Amish community when she gets a surprising invitation in the mail one day. Would she come to Montana to teach?

Barns are burning in Amish author Linda Byler's second book in the Lancaster Burning series, and no one knows who's doing it or why. Can Sarah Beiler end the terror that is pulling apart her community, even as her own heart is pulled between two young men? Sarah Beiler's barn was the first to burn, and it was quickly followed by two other barn fires.

Everything has led up to this moment in Lizzie Glick's life. All of her curiosity, concern, and dreams have pointed to this time when she must make some very big decisions. Will she join the Church? Will she continue teaching? Will she marry Stephen? Questions and indecision as well as answers and certainty enter Lizzie's life in Big Decisions, the third and final novel in this series written by an Amish author and based on true-life experiences.

Sadie may be married now, but she's as spirited as ever, and her life is no less tame. In fact, soon after she and Mark are settled into the farmhouse Mark is renovating, she's visited by three FBI agents who question her about the two children who mysteriously appeared one day at the ranch. Before the agents leave, they warn Sadie that her beloved horse, Paris, is highly valuable, and that she and Mark may be in grave danger because of Paris.

Betty Sweet never expected to be a widow at 40. With so much life still in front of her, she tries to figure out what's next. She couldn't have imagined what God had in mind. When her estranged sister is committed to a sanitarium, Betty finds herself taking on the care of a 5-year-old nephew she never knew she had. In 1960s LaFontaine, Michigan, they make an odd pair. Betty with her pink button nose and bouffant hair. Hugo with his light brown skin and large brown eyes. But more powerful than what makes them different is what they share: the heartache of an empty space in their lives.

Eva - known to all as Lovey - grew up safe and secure in Oxford, Mississippi, surrounded by a rich literary history and her mother's stunning flower gardens. But a shed fire, and the injuries that it caused, seemed to change everything...especially when her older sister, Bitsy, blamed Lovey for the irreparable damage. Bitsy became the cheerleader. The homecoming queen. All the while, Lovey served as the family scapegoat, always bearing the brunt when Bitsy threw blame her way. At 18, Lovey fled to Arizona. In time, she became a successful advertising executive....

In the small Southern town of Blessings, Georgia, you'll always find: A friend willing to lend a helping hand Sweet magnolias scenting the breeze after a storm Sunshine sparkling on glasses of sweet tea And a place to call home you'll want to make yours forever"Sharon Sala is a consummate...

Tansy Perkins only has room in her life for her daughter and her library. And maybe the next book to add to her collection. But after a catastrophic hurricane severely damages her library, she's forced to temporarily move into a building in the adjacent county botanic gardens, where Jack Reid—the world grouchiest gardener who rescued her and her daughter from the flood—happens to be the assistant director. 

Book one in the Silver Springs series. Pretty Little Scars is a forbidden, forced proximity romance...

Full of small-town charm, this latest cozy, low-spice romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Kathleen Fuller offers a second chance at love for one local reporter and his big-city accountant ex. Little Rock, Arkansas, 1995: Jade Smith's life has never been entirely stable. Bouncing back and...

"A delight!" --Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author "The perfect escape for every sweet romance lover!" --Courtney Walsh, New York Times bestselling author "Another laugh out loud, pitch perfect romance." --Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author Wes left Addie at the altar two decades...

I came to Texas for business, not to fall for a stubborn, boot-wearing, way-too-handsome cowboy. Running a billion-dollar marketing firm is my thing. Getting caught up in a country-boy fantasy? I did not see that one coming. But when my dad hands me our biggest client- a grumpy, old-school...

Charlotte Barthélémie lutte de toutes ses forces pour sauver sa terre. Justin Barthès pour faire triompher ses idées de progrès social. Opposés dans un combat superbe, ils se reconnaissent comme deux êtres d'exception. Justin, devenu maire de Sainte-Colombe, verra triompher ses idées avec le Front populaire et continuera son combat dans la Résistance alors qu'au Solail, où Charlotte vieillit, on accueillera plutôt favorablement l'occupant.

Follow Father Tim and Cynthia on their journey to research his Kavanagh ancestry in the Irish countryside. Vacation—the very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh. Now retired from tending his flock in the village of Mitford, he is making good on a promise to show his wife...

Ils s'appellent Étienne, Abel, Philomène et Mélanie. Ils ont vingt-trois, quatorze, dix et six ans quand nait le XXème siècle. Enfants de pauvres métayers du Causse de Granger (Lot) - et Dieu sait ce qu'il en allait d'être pauvres et métayers dans ces années-là et sur leur terre de misère ! - , ils ne peuvent choisir qu'entre le départ ou la soumission. Mais déjà le monde change, des idées nouvelles circulent qui commencent à ébranler cet univers de pierre figé dans l'Histoire.

L'Histoire gronde au-dessus du Solail, dans ce Languedoc d'ombre et de lumière. Les enfants doivent affronter chacun à sa manière tout autant les ravages de la vigne frappée par le phylloxéra que ceux de la guerre ou de leurs propres déchirements. Mais c'est une femme inoubliable, entière et passionnée, Charlotte, la cadette, qui émerge de ce roman où l'air vif de l'épopée parcourt une terre sensuelle, immémoriale.

From bestselling author Beth Wiseman--winner of the Carol and Inspirational Reader's Choice Awards--comes the beloved Daughters of the Promise series. With over two million books sold, Wiseman crafts heartfelt Amish fiction that blends rich emotional depth with compelling romance and themes of...

C'est Elina Donadieu, la mère de Benjamin, qui appelle la Dordogne "La Rivière Espérance". Car pour tout le peuple de la vallée, la Dordogne est la vie, le grand chemin ardent, violent et coléreux, fraternel et généreux aussi, qui, tel un Dieu, dispense bonheurs et malheurs, fortune et misère sur ses rives, de Souillac aux portes du Périgord jusqu'à Libourne et la Gironde.

"Pour la plupart des familles françaises, passées en trois générations de la paysannerie à l'université, le XXe siècle a été un formidable ascenseur social."

"Julien Signol, mon grand-père paternel, ne sut jamais lire ni écrire, et moi, son petit-fils, je suis devenu écrivain."