This was a nice story but I think the author needs to work on her research. This was a problem in a previous book as well. While I'm no expert in Ohio adoption law, I'm fairly certain it takes more than six weeks to finalize an adoption, especially when the child's state of residence isn't Ohio, ...
A promise to her sister sent rising ballet star Cheryl Steele temporarily back to the hometown she had fled years ago in disgrace. Then an unexpected snowstorm and an injured foot soon landed her in the home of Sam Hardin. Sam's two little girls wrapped themselves around her heart...while they sc...
Nick infuriated her. How dare that man presume to know anything about her? She didn’t want him to know anything about her. She didn’t want him to read her so easily. She was scared of the way it made her feel. Like she could depend on him. She balled her fingers into fists. She couldn’t decide if...
Slumped over his desk, Gideon “Booker” Troyer kept his aching head pillowed on his forearms, but managed to cast a one-eyed glare at Craig Murphy, his friend and partner at Troyer Air Charter. “I’m fine.” “And pigs can fly.” Craig advanced into Gideon’s office. “If they pay cash I’ll fly them any...
The wonderful aromas of baking ham, scalloped potatoes and hot dinner rolls promised a delicious meal would soon be ready. His mother, with beads of sweat on her upper lip, was stirring applesauce in a large pan on the stove. She looked over at him and smiled. “You’re just...
Are you going to tell him or not?”Annie Delmar chose to ignore the question from her roommate, Crystal Mally. Instead she continued folding the freshly laundered clothes in the white plastic hamper on the foot of her twin bed. The smell of hot cotton vied with the dryer sheet’s mountain-floral sc...
How are first impressions often misperceptions? Normally, Gideon and Mara would move in different circles. What brings them together at this point in their lives? Mara quickly sees and understands Lizzie’s yearnings, just as Gideon steps in to offer Dietrich the gentle yet firm guidance the boy n...
Nettie hung a pair of Elam’s pants on the clothesline and secured them with wooden clothespins. Monday was wash day. Beside her, Katie hung up one of Rachel’s gowns and reached into the basket for another. “I can’t continue living on your charity.” “Don’t worry about that,” Nettie mumbled around ...
When he’d first agreed to spend two months in Ohio, it had seemed like a prison sentence. He couldn’t imagine being away from his beloved ocean for so long. Now he wished he had more time to spend with Amber. They had done one more delivery together, a first baby for a non-Amish couple. In spite ...
“She tells me you have made some birdhouses out of the gourds from Mamm’s garden.” “I’ve made a few. Rebecca liked them.” Luke’s tone turned cool. “She thinks they’ll sell well if we can find a way to advertise them. Any ideas?” Was he really going ...
The bitter taste of ash clung to her lips. Flexing her jaw, she tested the limits of her injury. According to the EMT, she was going to have a nasty bruise. From the sting in her cheek, she knew he was right.A plume of dark smoke rose above the trees in front of her. The fire department had the f...
I’m not dumping her off the way her mother did.” Caleb needed all the help he could get. He couldn’t let Leah leave thinking less of him than she already did. If that was possible. As a teacher, Leah would be an important part of Joy’s life in the Amish community, second only to his parents if th...
At second glance, only the one gripping his nephew Micah’s collar looked irate. It was Faith Lapp, his neighbor’s wife. He didn’t recognize the pretty young woman standing behind Faith. She looked scared. Her bright blue eyes were wide with apprehension. Faith pointed to t...
No trace of the incident remained. No blood stains, no footprints, no proof that he had ever lain here. Squatting down, he touched the grass and waited for an answer to appear. Why had he been in this place? Had his injury been an accident or had someone deliberately tried to kill him? Had it bee...
She forced herself to swallow a bite. Between the chills and the sweats and her aching body, all she wanted to do was sleep, but her rest had been fitful at best. The shelter was noisy even at night with so many women packed into one room, and her bed, the one closest to t...