Beth Wiseman, Thomas Nelson, $14.99 paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-59554-824-5
Prolific Christian fiction author Wiseman (Plain Perfect) pens another Amish tale that has her characters relocating to Canaan, Colo. In this contemporary novel, Emily Detweiler and her Amish family move West a few months after she is brutally...
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Beth Wiseman. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-59554-887-0
Wiseman (Daughters of the Promise series) leaves the Amish category that she does successfully in this well-plotted but middling contemporary set in Texas. Darlene and Brad Henderson and their three children are new arrivals in the small town of...
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Beth Wiseman. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-4016-8595-9
Mallory Hammond vowed to save a life back when she was a teen after her chance to save her cousin was denied. Now she has another, different chance to offer needed help, but this time the stakes are dramatically higher. She leaves behind her beloved
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Beth Wiseman. Thomas Nelson, $12.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-4016-8977-3
Amish in different stages of life find love despite difficult circumstances in this collection of four novellas from Wiseman (Plain Perfect). Each novella is around 90 pages and takes place in a different season. Lonely Rosemary longs for a partner,
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Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Kelly Long. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-59554-921-1
Fans of Amish fiction will find triple the enjoyment here thanks to this gathering of novellas in one book. The trio of stories—all by accomplished writers of Amish fiction—create a tight braid of friendship and love as three young women follow...
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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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Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Kelly Long, Thomas Nelson, $14.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-59554-875-7
Three novellas in one book provide variations on the Amish theme. Each stands alone, though characters overlap as three couples search for love. In "A Marriage of the Heart," Abigail Kauffman forces her marriage to Joseph Lambert, a man struggling...
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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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Beth Wiseman. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-4016-8597-3
In the delightful final installment of Wiseman’s Amish Secrets series (after Love Bears All Things), heroine Charlotte must examine her commitment to her boyfriend, Daniel, as well as her desire to serve God. The story opens with the funeral of...
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Beth Wiseman. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-52911-8714
In this enjoyable second installment to the Amish Journeys series (following Hearts in Harmony), Wiseman expands on the story of the Shetler family. Englischer Natalie Collins and Lucas Shetler, whose family is Old Order Amish, convince themselves...
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Beth Wiseman. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-3103-5717-9
Wiseman’s delightful third installment of the Amish Journey series (Listening to Love) centers on the struggles and unexpected joys of a marriage of convenience. After a shotgun wedding, 17 year-old Lydia and 20 year-old Samuel Bontrager scramble to
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Beth Wiseman. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-3103-5725-4
The glowing second in Wiseman’s Amish Inn series (after A Picture of Love) features elderly sisters Esther and Lizzie, who run the Peony Inn and enjoy a bit of surreptitious matchmaking. When a movie production company books rooms at the inn, Esther
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Beth Wiseman. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-3103-5728-5
Wiseman’s excellent third installment of her Amish Inn series (after An Unlikely Match) is a heartfelt story of the effects of tragedy, letting go of the past, and opening one’s heart to new beginnings. Rose, a young and overly talkative maid, is...
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Beth Wiseman. Zondervan, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-310-36562-4
Wiseman (A Season of Change) kicks off her Amish Bookstore series with a heartfelt inspirational romance. Indiana Amish bookseller Jake Lantz realizes that he is in love with his assistant, Eva Graber, but another man wants to marry her. Jake feels...
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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, 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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