Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Ruth Reid, and Kathleen Fuller. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-529-11869-1
The concept of “home,” whether it be a place or a person, features prominently in this Amish romance anthology. Wiseman (Love Bears All Things) leads off the collection with the powerful “A Cup Half Full,” the story of Sarah and Abram, a young Amish
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Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Vanetta Chapman. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-5291-1853-0
Each of the four novellas from these veterans of Amish fiction is set in an Amish community at autumn harvest time. Wiseman's entry features a young mother with two small children who hides a secret to protect her dead husband's good name. In...
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Amy Clipston, Zondervan, $12.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-310-31995-5
Clipston wraps up the Kauffman Amish Bakery series with a tale of Amish star-crossed lovers Timothy Kauffman and Miriam Lapp. Miriam has left her Amish community, but returns when she receives news of her mother's death. There she must face her...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $9.99 trade paper (246p) ISBN 978-0-310-71981-6
In her first novel for teens, adult author Clipston (the Kaufmann Amish Bakery series) presents the conventional spiritual journey of 17-year-old Emily, whose life has been uprooted since her mother's death from cancer: Emily's father's auto shop...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-310-34199-4
Clipston, author of the popular Kauffman Amish Bakery series, will no doubt draw fans to the first in her Amish Heirloom series. The “heirloom” is a raspberry-pie recipe found in an attic trunk by Veronica Fisher as she mourns the death of her...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-3103-4197-0
Bestselling Amish fiction writer Clipston reveals Mattie Fisher’s secrets in the final installment of the Amish Heirloom series (after The Cherished Quilt). After her daughters discover baby clothes, handprints and footprints, and birth and death...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $12.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-7180-9115-6
Clipston (The Cherished Quilt) fills these four cheerful Amish romance novellas with uplifting, simple love. In “Love and Buggy Rides,” Janie Lantz becomes the new cashier at the Lancaster Buggy Rides and Souvenirs shop. While eating her lunch, she...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-3103-4908-2
This third book in Clipston’s Amish Homestead series (following Room on the Porch Swing) is a moving portrait of a disgraced woman attempting to reenter her childhood community. Pricilla Allgyer fled her family and their Amish community in Lancaster,
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Amy Clipston, Beth Wiseman, Shelley Shepard Gray, and Kathleen Fuller. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-7852-1848-7
Four Amish fiction writers celebrate the delights and difficulties of returning to one’s roots in this romantic inspirational anthology. Clipston (Room on the Porch Swing) and Wiseman (Home All Along) contribute stories featuring young mothers...
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Amy Clipston, Ruth Reid, and Kelly Irvin. Thomas Nelson, $12.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-7180-3965-3
Three Amish romance novelists confect variations on the theme of Christmas in a collection that’s long on seasonal sweetness. Irvin’s tale has the most effervescence: Rocky, a young English (non-Amish) man, follows Frannie, a young Amish woman, to...
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Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Ruth Reid, and Kelly Irvin. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-5291-1870-7
Wiseman (An Amish Year), Clipston (The Beloved Hope Chest), Irvin (Upon a Spring Breeze), and Reid (A Dream of Miracles) lend their considerable talents to this enjoyable Christmas collection. In “Winter Kisses,” Wiseman provides a multigenerational
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-310-35638-7
Clipston (Room on the Porch Swing) begins her Amish Marketplace series with this pleasing story of love and competition set in Lancaster County, Pa. Christiana Kurtz is thrilled at the prospect of moving her popular bake stand to the market where...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-310-36091-9
The pleasant third installment to Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series (after The Farm Stand) turns its focus onto Bethany Gingerich, the proprietor of a marketplace booth selling flavored coffee and homemade donuts in Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Still single...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-3103-5654-7
The pleasing final installment of Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series (after The Coffee Corner) sees widow Leanna Wengerd find love. Leanna and widower Emory Speicher Emory meet at the police station after their children are caught trespassing, and...
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Amy Clipston. Thomas Nelson, $16.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-78525-290-0
Clipston (The Jam and Jelly Nook), best known for her Amish fiction, changes gears for this enjoyable contemporary inspirational romance. After Brianna Porter’s father dies, Brianna struggles to manage the family resort in Splendid Lake, N.C., which
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-31036-429-0
Clipston (The Jam and Jelly Nook) kicks off the Amish Legacy series with a heartwarming romance. Crystal Glick, a 33-year-old unmarried woman, resides with her brother, Kane, and pregnant sister-in-law, Leona, helping them care for their six...
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Amy Clipston. Zondervan, $16.99 trade paper (346p) ISBN 978-0-310-36435-1
A young Amish man falls for his brother’s girlfriend in the lackluster second entry in Clipston’s Amish Legacy series (after Foundation of Love). Michelle Lantz has been dating Korey Bontrager for just over a year and is eager to marry and start a...
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Amy Clipston. Thomas Nelson, $16.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-7852-5296-2
Set in charming Flowering Grove, N.C., this pleasant romance from Clipston (The View from Coral Cove) pairs Christine Sawyer, owner of the Treasure Hunting Antique Mall, with former town golden boy Brent Nicholson, Christine’s fraternal twin’s ex...
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Amy Clipston, Shelley Shepard Gray, and Kelly Long. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-310-36322-4
This trio of cozy romance novellas highlights an underexplored corner of Amish life: midwives who put taking care of other families ahead of building their own. Each romance creates a homey sense of community that will appeal to genre fans and...
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Amy Clipston, Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Kelly Irvin. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-3103-5280-8
Four bestselling writers of Amish fiction offer sweet, romantic Christmas novellas. In Clipston’s “Cookies and Cheer,” Alyssa Byler’s window display made of Christmas cookies leads to a business boom at her bakery. But as the season approaches,...
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Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Shelley Shepard Gray. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-3103-6582-2
Clipston (The Bake Shop), Fuller (Treasuring Emma), and Gray (An Amish Surprise) deliver three wholesome romances about Amish teachers. In Clipston’s “A Class for Laurel,” Laurel Weaver travels from Pennsylvania to a small community in Colorado to...
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Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Shelley Shepard Gray. Zondervan, $14.99 mass market (336p) ISBN 978-0-310-36585-3
This sweet trio of Amish romances from Clipston (The Heart of Splendid Lake), Fuller (Matched and Married), and Gray (An Amish Surprise) combine quilts as emblems of caring, with protagonists recovering from trauma. In Clipston’s “Patchwork Promises,
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Amy Clipston, Kelly Irvin, Kathleen Fuller, and Vannetta Chapman. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-3103-5788-9
Four bestselling authors of Amish fiction deliver stories of finding love in the Plain community in this sweet set of romances. Clipston’s “Baskets of Sunshine” centers on Kevin Weaver, who has been postponing courtship until he feels financially...
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Amy Clipston, et al. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (414p) ISBN 978-0-310-36139-8
This charming collection of Amish stories set at Christmastime follows four lovable couples through their romantic journeys. In Amy Clipston’s “Evergreen Love,” ex-fiancés Ryan and Lorene realize their breakup may have been caused by a simple...
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