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Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1850, Mellie helps her family by finding employment creating silhouette portraits at a daguerreotype shop. When romance slowly blossoms with one of her charming customers, her life seems to have fallen perfectly into place. But when the unexpected happens, she struggles to find happiness in spite of hidden secrets" --
Author
Series
Postcards from Pullman volume 3
Language
English
Description
Olivia Mott becomes torn between her loyalty to Pullman Car Works and love for Fred DeVault, who is the union's delegate, and when Lady Charlotte Spencer returns to Chicago with her son, Chicago Herald reporter Matthew Clayborn shows interest, causing Charlotte to wonder about his motivations.
Author
Series
Daughters of Amana volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
Although she's always longed to see the outside world, Johanna Ilg believes her future is rooted in the Amana community inhabited by devout Christians. But when she learns a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew is shattered and she is forced to make difficult choices about a new life and the man she left behind. Berta Schumacher has lived a privileged life in Chicago, and when her parents decide they want a simpler life in Amana, Iowa,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
342 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Karlina Richter discovers that a new shepherd will be sent to her village, she fears that she'll no longer be allowed to help her father with the sheep. She'll be relegated back to kitchen work, stuck inside all day. Her fears increase when the new shepherd shows little interest in the flock -- or in divulging why he's suddenly been sent East. Is he keeping secrets that will impact Karlina's family?" --P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Daughters of Amana volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
Gretchen Kohler, an Amana storekeeper's daughter, keeps her passion for writing a secret, but she shares her stories with a young reporter, putting her job, her reputation, and the love of her childhood beau in jeopardy.
Author
Series
Daughters of Amana volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana, but as the United States enters the Great War, she can feel her world changing. The residents of the towns surrounding the Amana Colonies used to be accepting of their quiet, peaceful neighbors, but with anti-German sentiment running high, the Amana villages are now plagued by vandalism, threats, and insults. Things get even worse when Ilsa finds out her family won't be...
Author
Series
Postcards from Pullman volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
Olivia Mott struggles to balance her two jobs, one as an assistant chef at Hotel Florence and the other as a rail spy for the Pullman Palace Car Company, with the unexpected demands of motherhood as she cares for the infant Lady Charlotte left in her care.
Author
Series
Home to Amana volume 02
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
477 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Joining the communal society of the Amana Colonies isn't what Jancey Rhoder had planned, but when unforseen circumstances force her family to make difficult decisions, she gives up her teaching position in a Kansas City orphanage and moves with her parents to Iowa. Her besotted suitor, Nathan Woodward, is determined to get Jancey to change her mind. And Jancey herself isn't sure what she's gotten herself into when the simple life of the Amana Colonies...
Author
Series
Refined by love volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ainslee McKay's world is upended when her twin sister secretly elopes and leaves Ainslee alone to move to Weston, West Virginia, to fulfill their obligation at the McKay family's new tile works. While her brother, Ewan, agrees to travel with her and help her learn the ropes, she still intends to sell this business she no longer wants if a buyer can be found. When the talented Levi Judson arrives to show Ainslee his designs for new tiles, she's impressed...