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The forest on the edge of the community was not often entered into by the community folk due to children telling stories of things going on that were not normal or safe. Over years these stories had become village folklore and even some of the adults had started to believe in them. Miriam had long held desires over a young man in the village called Aaron who lived by himself after the recent passing of both parents. Miriam was trying to care for her elderly mother as well as make knitted goods to sell in the town for income. She was struggling to hold things together.

All Rebecca wanted was to be happy, and she was for a while. She had married the love of her life, Jacob, but when they discovered they couldn’t have Kinner of their own, things started to fall apart. Becoming more withdrawn from her Mann, she couldn’t help but blame Gott for their predicament. Why did Gott take away such a blessing from them? Jacob wanted his Fraa back. He too wanted Kinner, but who was he to question Gott? Jacob knew that if he could only convince Rebecca, they could be happy regardless, but the more time passed, the more distant between them they grew.

As a young boy Jacob had always been on the fringes of society...as he grew through his teenage years and early twenties he committed himself to the community and his faith but resigned himself to the fact that he was different to the others...Jacob prayed to Gott for more tolerance and control, and he was given a word from Gott...Would Jacob ever be an accepted part of the community?

Third in the series of Delicate Amish Girl stories that have captured the heart of Amish romance fans around the world. Dawn Zook had been through so much...too much...and yet she still felt herself to be a person who was timid, gentle, and meek. When a new member of her community falls ill, Dawn is asked to travel to another community many miles away on the other side of town to inform the woman’s distant relatives of her illness, and possible last days. Dawn was very nervous about the journey but of course said yes.

Natasha, an overseas student at university, speaks perfect English, but her written work is not so good. Can she get extra tuition from her professor tutors? She is slim and attractive. Will they set out a deal that takes advantage of her alluring assets? Listen and enjoy. Best to listen alone in a hot, scented bath.

Seventeen-year-old Haruna Catherine Mitsukai has three goals: 1. Be liked by everyone. 2. Graduate from Shady Glenn Academy (with Honours, of course). 3. Get accepted into UBC (along with Mani, the gorgeous, super-rich boyfriend) - and get out of Campbelton forever. Ryu Debiru has only one: Survive.

Emma was only 10 years old when her world was shattered.... Samuel, her brother, killed six boys aged 16, but why would an Amish teenager about to sample Rumspringa commit a sin in the eyes of Gott? Why would he kill? Did his friends know more than they said? Did they know the real Samuel? As Emma returns to find out the truth, will her old friends in the town now be foes? Will this return trip be the last trip ever?

Emma used to watch Isaac working in the field outside the school and dream about what it would be like to get to know him better as he seemed a very kind person. Isaac used to watch Emma in the schoolhouse and wonder what she was like.... Were the rumors true about her? Isaac decided one day to see if he could get to know Emma better and decided to ask whether he could walk her home. What flourished from that first walk together not only changed their lives but could have a huge impact on the whole province.

Katie Beiler was always on the outside of community life...One day as she walked out through the woods to the quarry edge she heard a sobbing, and on reaching the open sheer edge of the quarry she found Eli standing on the edge of a large drop, sobbing as if he had no hope left. Katie sternly assured him of Gods love for him.... And also of her own feelings for him. Would Eli step away from the edge? Could they find approval for their relationship from the elders?

Anna works as a nanny for the Lawrence family. She takes care of their three-year-old son, Joshua. Her employer, Arthur, is a friend of her older brother. He has made a couple of improper advances toward her before, but she often ignores them and brushes them off. He was drunk on all those occasions, so she decides to give him the benefit of the doubt. She hears him fighting with his wife in their room one afternoon. The next day, Sophia Lawrence is nowhere to be found.

Dawn's traumatic past had calmed somewhat over recent years and her life was a good one. She had tried to organize a community Christmas event to bring the whole village together but at every turn gets pushed back. One night yet another disaster strikes, and Dawn is once again left devastated. The village seems to be ignoring her, and she begins once again to doubt herself. In one of her lowest and darkest days, will God and the community rally round, or is this the end of all hope for Dawn?

A group of Amish youths go on rumspringa to a local city where they are picked on by a local gang. In the end, some of the Amish boys, despite their faith telling them not to fight back, decide that they have had enough and try and stand up to them.The next thing the Amish youths know is that they are being questioned over the murder of one of the local boys. The police ask Karson Drew to help with the investigation as they know that he will be able to help them with the Amish community. This is the last audiobook in the five-part series of The Amish Detective.

Samuel Abraham was a young man who had been put upon by his family to help some Amish friends from another community on the other side of the local Town. The daughter (Mary Whittmer) was a little younger than Samuel and was not well, needing treatment in the town at the hospital every other day. Samuel had been asked to travel to the other community and take Mary to her appointments in the family buggy. After initial dislike of each other, they came to have lengthy conversations about life and faith, and their affection for each other grew daily.

An Amish murder mystery...A group of Amish youths go on Rumspringa to a local city where they are picked on by a local gang. In the end some of the Amish boys, despite their faith telling them to not fight back, decided that they have had enough and try and stand up to them. The next thing the Amish know is that they are being questioned over the murder of one of the local boys...Will Karson be able to identify the killer before an innocent young man is possibly convicted.

When Katie was young she had no friends, and was bullied by the other children. Katie was a sickly child. John, an older boy, befriended her and included her in his games. From the age of 10, Katie had decided that she was to marry John, but couldn't bring herself to be in his presence and hid when she saw him.

Karson is restless. It has been some time since he has been called upon to solve a crime. As he suffocates in the boredom of day-to-day living, a letter delivered to his door brings news of new case. A young man has been arrested, accused of a murder for which his wife, Abigail, believes he is innocent. She pleads with Karson to come and help Jonathon, her husband, clear himself of these charges.

George had always felt like an outsider. Even his birth name made him stand out from others in the Amish community. His parents gave him a British name rather than an Amish traditional name, as they were happy to be seen as different within the community. He was your typical aloof and loner 19-year-old.

Abraham was working in the fields one Summers day, working the plough with his horse. He was distracted in thought as he worked by the heat of the days sun. Noticing something shining in the dirt as it was turned by the plough he found a tiny yellow rock. Will this be something that would change the community for ever...or is it worthless? Over the next days and weeks the community go through many trials and issues over this discovery and the final twist is most unexpected as Abraham seeks to do the “right thing” by everyone, and God.

Rebecca was confident and full of wit and humor, but her heart could never find the words to show her true feelings to Adam - the most popular boy in her community and only a year older. Unable to share the secrets deep within her heart, she finds solace by writing in her notebook - just her secret thoughts just for her. Then unexpectedly her younger sister Rachel announces to that she is to marry Adam!

Emma did not know what she did to make her Husband Noah So angry...So violent...But the fear of divorce, was more painful than the abuse she received. Her friend Amos, begged her to leave...Could it be as simple as a New Heart = New Start? Amos so disgusted by her injuries, helps Emma to a hospital away from the village, away from the questions. When she returns, her husband is dead. And with no one to vouch for her and the secret of his abuse to hide. She becomes the prime suspect. But is "the accused amish widow" really guilty?