A lovely romance set in Amish country.I am a bit silly, I don't appreciate too much religion in "everyday" people stories but I have no problem with the level of religion in "Amish" stories. I enjoy looking into the world of people who really live their faith.A widow moves in with her sister's f...
I enjoyed reading Mary Ellis for the first time. This book has many storylines happening and all of which were entertaining and exciting. Catherine's budding romance with Issiah was my favorite. I had hope at the ending that Nathan would end up with someone. Love, loss. Forgiveness are imbued thr...
I read this on the KindleThis is the 2nd book in the series, i really enjoyed it & found it a good one not sure what they mean by Bangs when referring to something they do to their hair but i got the ideaEmma is the one the book mostly about but have the others from book 1 in it so you are readin...
"Sarah's Christmas Miracle" by Mary Ellis gets 5 stars from me. Sarah Beachy is afraid to tell Adam Troyer she will marry him because her brother Caleb left the Amish faith 5 years ago and no one has heard from him. Sarah must find him and find out the reason he left. She is afraid to have child...
I loved this book, Mary Ellis knows how to write a good story,keeping you in suspense until the end.from back of book:A tragedy, a refusal, a shunning.Amy King young, engaged and Amish, faces life after a challenge when she loses both parents. Her Finance John Detweiler persuades her to leave Lan...
How could she be such a goose? With all the things she’d wanted to share about her new job, she had filled up the time rambling about a dairy farmer two roads away. Even so, she was curious about certain things. Where did he come from? If he was Old Order, why hadn’t she seen him at preaching ser...
Two of the grooms at Rolling Meadows Stables quit to return to Mexico, so Matthew found himself tending to mundane chores besides training prestigious show horses. Not that he minded, but by Friday afternoon he was bone tired and eager to get home to his wife and children. He said a prayer of gra...
Hannah said. She had put the eggs away and returned to the porch in record time.“Oh, no, ma’am,” James said. “These weren’t expensive at all. They were grown in a greenhouse on campus. The students can buy them for their moms or…friends…for next to nothing.”“All right,” Hannah said to Emma. “Put ...
The thumb he’d hit with the hammer twice yesterday was swollen and throbbing. The steady rain thrumming on their steel roof meant little work would get done on the Sidleys’ back porch that day. They had already burned the rotted, warped boards from the previous porch in a bonfire, the sparks and ...
However, Micah barely lifted one bushy white eyebrow when he opened the door. “Good morning, sir.” The butler bowed, welcoming the colonel in, and reached for his hat. “Is Mrs. Howard expecting you? I’m afraid Mr. Duncan has already left for the office. He chose to walk on such a lovely day.” “No...
Hunt’s shocked expression was due to the insulting word she had just used or her inappropriate attire. “Well, that rather surprises me. And it’s none of your business what I wear when I ride, Mr. Alexander Wesley Hunt of Front Royal. If you’ve finished pouncing on me, I’ll be on my way.” The masc...
The hired driver dropped her off in the driveway turnaround, accepted payment, and lifted her bag from the trunk. A mercury vapor light burned in the barn’s eave, casting a yellow circle of light on the yard. “What if they’re not here?” asked Michelle. “Maybe I’d better wait to make sure.” She st...
Because he’d worked up an appetite from the morning excitement, he would chance a bout of heartburn from fried potatoes and bacon. Besides, he loved his fraa’s cooking, especially her scrambled eggs with chopped sweet red peppers. Filling a travel mug with the last of the second pot of coffee, he...
The view from his office window revealed exactly what he loved to see: ships entering and exiting the Wilmington harbor with astounding frequency. As soon as dockworkers loaded a steamer with cotton or tobacco, the captain navigated into the current of the Cape Fear River toward the sound and the...