Kelly Long, Amy Lillard, and Molly Jebber. Kensington, $15 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0013-1
Three blended Amish families celebrate Christmas in this warmhearted romance anthology. In Long’s “A Sleigh Ride on Ice Mountain,” orphaned Kate is struggling to raise her disabled young brother. Gentle toy maker Sebastian offers Kate a job—and a...
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Jennifer Beckstrand, Molly Jebber, and Amy Lillard. Kensington, $15 trade paper (329p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1163-2
Three worthy women embrace their communities’ values and find true love in these sweet novellas. Beckstrand (the Honeybee Sisters series) spices up “The Reluctant Groom” with humor as Suvie hangs her hopes on widower Aaron and convinces his...
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Amy Lillard. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3453-7
In this sweetly inspirational contemporary love story, Lillard (Gabriel’s Bride) sets up two romances in a small Oklahoma tourist community. Caroline Hostetler, a young Amish mother from Tennessee, not only grew up Plain, but also committed herself...
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Amy Lillard. Kensington, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3457-5
Lillard (Courting Emily) returns to the Amish community of Well's Landing, Okla., in this gentle romantic meander, which begins with the death of Lorie Kauffman's father. Contrary to Amish practice, Henry Kauffman has a tattoo of Lorie's deceased...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3975-4
In this melancholy but ultimately uplifting contemporary, Lillard (Just Plain Sadie) revisits the Amish town of Wells Landing, Okla., where Titus Lambert is haunted by his past. Life as Titus knew it ended when his car crashed while he was driving,...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $7.99 mass market (331p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3977-8
In this wistful inspirational romance, Lillard returns to Wells Landing, Okla. (last seen in Titus Returns), an Amish community where everyone knows your name and, unfortunately, the details of your adolescent crush. Sarah Yoder has two goals:...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $9.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-4297-6
Kappy King, the Amish heroine of this unsatisfying series launch from romance author Lillard (Lorie’s Heart), looks into the death of her neighbor Ruth Peachey, who raised puppies on her Blue Sky, Pa., farm before her fatal head injury. Kappy phones
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $9.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-4299-0
The death of 19-year-old Sally June Esh, who was driving a pickle delivery wagon when she was hit by a car on a rural road in Blue Sky, Pa., kick starts Lillard’s middling sequel to 2017’s Kappy King and the Puppy Kaper. The day after the tragedy,...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $12.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-4301-0
In Lillard’s unremarkable third Amish mystery (after 2018’s Kappy King and the Pickle Kaper), Kappy King, a member of a middle-of-the-road Amish denomination in Blue Sky, Pa., learns that Alma Miller, the bishop’s wife, has been hospitalized after...
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Amy Lillard. Kensington, $7.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-1-4201-4956-2
The lovely ninth installment of Lillard’s Wells Landing series (after Marrying Jonah) set in the Amish community of Wells Landing, Okla., centers on the budding romance between two unlikely heroes. Jenna and Buddy are both seen as “less than” by...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $7.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4201-4958-6
Lillard continues her Wells Landing series with this tender 10th installment (following Loving Jenna). Sixty-four-year-old Nadine Burkhardt, who has been widowed twice, has just moved with her daughter-in-law and disabled adult granddaughter to the...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $8.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-42015-174-9
Lillard (A New Love for Charlotte) bakes up a new Amish romance series with an appetizing theme, set in Paradise Springs, Mo., where a neighborhood support group called the Whoopie Pie Widows Club convenes. Millie Bauman, six months pregnant and...
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Amy Lillard. Zebra, $8.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-1-4201-5526-6
Lillard (One More Time for Joy) centers the cheery conclusion to the Paradise Valley series on the power of positivity, sweet treats, and second chances. Hattie Schrock, 59-year-old co-owner of Poppin’ Paradise Popcorn Shop, is well-known in the...
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