1951. Despite struggling with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Maggie Esh is sweet-spirited. When her Dat remarries, less than a year after Maggie's mother died, her stepmother-- though kind-- simply doesn't understand Maggie or her illness. An unsettling family situation occurs, and hope begins to seem elusive. Maggie attends some tent revival meetings out of curiosity, but the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she...

As Mona and Ken Sorenson approach their well-planned retirement, Ken wonders if he can abandon everything he has worked to achieve at work, just as their son looks to them to care for his two young children while he is deployed in Afghanistan.

"Susie Mast's Amish life in Lancaster County has been shaped by events beyond her control, with the tragic deaths of her Dat and close-in-age brother casting long shadows. Now twenty-two, Susie remains unmarried despite her longtime affection for friend Obie Yoder. Unfortunately, her concerns are soon multiplied due to her mother's worsening health and her younger sister's urgent desire for answers about her adoption. Once again, Susie faces the possibility...

When newly widowed Lydia Sellers discovers that she is the sole recipient of her husband's fortune, her stepchildren battle for the inheritance, and Lydia travels to Alaska to escape the memories of her painful marriage.

Rose Kauffman struggles with her feelings for Nick Franco, the bishop's foster son, who left the Amish community under suspicious circumstances, while her sister, Hen, tries to mend her marriage to her estranged "English" husband.

Longing to find her missing mother and uncover the secrets that led to her leaving three weeks earlier, Grace befriends the non-Amish Heather, and the two travel together in hopes of finding Grace's mother and bringing her home.

Just as Grace King starts to miss the bustle of her large Amish family, she runs into a familiar face--John Michael Miller, who'd broken her sister's heart five years earlier. The infatuation John Michael once saw in Grace’s eyes too is long gone, though his complicated attraction to her remains. When suspicious fires are set in their community, Grace dismisses his warnings, but all he wants for Christmas is to keep her safe.

"Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer's, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing...

"After the great fire that destroyed much of Seattle in 1889, Abrianna Cunningham recognizes that her longtime friendship with Wade Ackerman is changing, but she finds herself overwhelmed by her conflicting feelings and the pursuit of another relentless suitor"--