Wanda E. Brunstetter books

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A Cousin's Promise (2009)

Baffled how anyone can give this more than 3 stars. Writing is so stiff and detached, I was amazed how it had been published. Plot construction is horrible. For example, one scene they are at a flea market. A barn of some kind burns to the ground. There's chaos and drama. But what did it have to ...

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Lydia's Charm (Library Edition): An Amish Widow Starts Over in Charm, Ohio (2010)

I'm glad I read this book. Even though I thought it an easy read /romance and could project the ending, it had a few twists that I did not see coming. This book also had some good life lessons in it and I especially like the lessons on patience ! Lydia also prayed on most of her concerns and stru...

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Lydia's Charm (2010)

I loved this book. So much happened during this story, but I had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next!!! So happy Lydia married the man she truly loved, Levi was perfect for her! Menno really seemed nice but his boys sure were a handful. I liked how he heard his boys say how they ...

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The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club (2012)

This wasn't the first Amish-themed book that I've read, but it wasn't exactly what I expected either. The cover and description of the book were interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try. At first, the head-hopping from character to character drove me nuts, but I got used to that and enjoyed ...

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Amish White Christmas Pie (2012)

I would've given this book 4 stars if there hadn't been a few instances of vague language that might or might not have been inconsistencies. Also, the book centers around the Amish White Christmas Pie recipe, but at the end of the book, this pie recipe was not among the recipes given to readers. ...

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White Christman Pie (2000)

I have read and give it 5 stars. Christmas is a time of miracles and rejoicing the birth of Christ. When a young boy is left with an Amish couple by his father that never returns for him. He grows up Amish and is baptized. He stills wonders 16 years later about his real father. About to marry his...

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White Christmas Pie (2008)

First time I've read a Brunstetter novel in ages, and only because it was sitting in my collection of books to read. While the plot was okay, one of my major pet peeves is the way Brunstetter writes conversation between Amish characters. If one character uses a Pennsylvania Dutch word or phrase, ...

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A Cousin's Prayer (2009)

Katie Yoder's life changed drastically the day her boyfriend was killed in a van accident. Despite the change of scenery in Florida, she finds herself suffering from anxiety attacks and depression. No matter how much she tries, she just can't forget about the accident that took Timothy away from ...

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A Cousin's Challenge (2010)

I was excited for this book, because I am in the same position as Jolena, I am very hard of hearing. I am glad for this story. Which I pray it makes an awareness for all those who know deaf people or hard of hearing and how we feel. I know where Jolena comes from. She had to learn to communicate ...

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Goodbye to Yesterday (2013)

Wanda Brunstetter writes a new series "The Discovery" little small books in 6 parts Goodbye to Yesterday-The Silence of Winter-The Hope of Spring-The Pieces of Summer-A Revelation in Autumn-A Vow for Always.I prefer to have them all in one, to me it seemed as if you were reading few chapters in ...

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The Struggle (2012)

I didn't care for the whinning, the grumbling Hannah all the way through the book. She need to grow up some and take responsibility for her own actions and thoughts. I enjoyed the end when she came to realize where she needed to be and that was with Timothy. He tried so hard to please her ris...

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Kelly's Chance (2010)

Kelly's Chance is the first in the Brides of Lehigh Canal Series by Wanda E. Brunstetter. The book is set in the late 1800's and based on the life of a girl who works on the canal for her father. Kelly is expected to do the work of two people and is not paid anything for her time. Her father has ...

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The Tattered Quilt (2013)

I really enjoyed reading this book, it kept my attention and entertained me. The characters and the plot both were very well written and there was enough surprises I had a hard time putting the book down.Emma Yoder Miller was newly married and she and her husband did a quilt class lasting 6 weeks...

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The Silence of Winter (2013)

This is the second book in a series about Lancaster County Amish couple Merredith (Merrie) and Luke Stoltzfus. I do not understand why this series is broken up into such short books, other than they would make perfect TV episodes as they are written, with the perfect cliffhanger at the end of ea...

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A Vow for Always (2013)

A Vow For Always is book 6 of Wanda Brunstetter’s 6-consecutive-month release of her Lancaster County Saga.Meredith is ready to move on without her beloved Luke. Jonah has proposed and is ready to marry her and become a father to Levi. In the meantime “Eddie” realizes after months of not know ...

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Betsy's Return (2010)

Many of my friends go on and on about Wanda Brunstetter so when I saw this book I decided to give it a try. I enjoyed the book and didn't find anything truly terrible about the book, but, as with Karen Kingsbury, I simply don't understand why people wax poetic about Ms. Brunstetter's work.Certai...

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Sarah's Choice (2010)

Sarah was desperate to escape the Lehigh Canal in Pennsylvania. Forced to work the canal path by her father with no money in return, she runs away with Sam Turner and begins her married life in New Jersey. When the couple returns home, tragedy strikes and she is left a widow with three young chil...

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The Healing Quilt (2014)

The Healing Quilt is the third book in the Half Stitched Amish Quilting club. But it is easy to read as a stand alone. Lamar and Emma Yoder are an elderly Amish couple who travel to Florida in the winter due to Lamar's arthritis. Emma decides to hold quilting classes for six weeks to relieve bore...

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Twice Loved (2013)

Twice Loved by Wanda E. Brunstetter1945 brings many changes to everyone. Soldiers are coming home and some are not coming home.This story is about a young widow Bev Winters and her daughter. Bev was struggling to make ends meet as best as she could. She had a job as a bookkeeper at a company, ...

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A Merry Heart (2007)

'A Merry Heart' by Wanda E. Brunstetter is a life changing intriguing book. 'A Merry Heart' is the first book of the four books in the 'Brides Of Lancaster County' series and it is my book of the year! Miriam Stoltzfus, a twenty-six year old Amish woman in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, s...

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The Hope Chest (2007)

Rachel Beachy is a tomboy who loves climbing trees and being outdoors. But on the other hand, her sister Anna is very different. You could say, VERY different. Rachel is perfectly satisfied with the Amish way of life, but she has one problem. She is in love with her sister's boyfriend, Silas Swar...

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Dear to Me (2008)

I really enjoyed reading Dear to me by Wanda E Brunstetter it is in the Bride of Webster County series. This one deals with caring for animals that get hurt and orphan. But the main character can only do so much without a proper education. She is faced with either trying to become a vet or sta...

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Looking for a Miracle (2007)

Can you imagine suffering an accident that would forever change your life. Well Rebekah Stolitzfus was injured in the storm when a huge branch fell on top of her buggy when she was just little. Rebekah was paralyzed. She feels as if she's failing her family and the rest of her Amish community. In...

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The Bishop's Daughter (2006)

The third in the "Daughters of Lancaster County" and I was pleased to meet again Abraham, Naomi and Abby, with the key characters here their close friend's family of Jacob, Grace and Leona Weaver. The other strand of the book brought up to date the situation of Jimmy Scott, which I had found frus...

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The Storekeeper's Daughter (2005)

Time seems to stand still in Naomi Fisher's tranquil community, but it cannot hold back tragedy. Helping her widowed father run a store, manage a household, and raise seven children is a daunting task. There is no time to think about courtship or having her own family, though her heart yearns for...

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Allison's Journey (2006)

Allison Troyer is of marriageable age and needs to learn how to manage an Amish household. Can a girl who feels as faceless, purposeless, and neglected as her tattered Amish doll, find her way among strangers? James Esh likes what he sees when Allison Troyer walks into the barn. Will anything kee...

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Plain and Fancy (2007)

The realistic fiction novel 'Plain & Fancy' is the third book if Wanda E. Brunstetter's series 'Brides of Lancaster County.' Anyone that reads this book won't be able to put it down. This book really grabs your attention! I rarely put it down, and when I did, I thought about it util I picked it u...

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Clowning Around (2003)

Joe Richey has spent most of his life clowning around.... His unwillingness to express feeling of anger or hurt has made him the "good guy" who jokes about everything and laughs his way through life. Lois Johnson broke up with her rich boyfriend who wasn't a Christian. Now she's committed to serv...

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The Quilter's Daughter (2006)

Abby Miller leaves her successful quilt shop and patient fiance in Ohio to help her newly remarried and now pregnant mother in Lancaster County. While she's away, Abby's world is shattered in one fell swoop. How can God make anything good come out of this tragedy? With shaken faith, Abby is force...

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On Her Own (2007)

Barbara Zook lost her husband David. They ran a harness shop together. After giving birth to their son a few months after Davids death, she is too weak and too tired to run the harness shop eventhough she wants to provide for her 4 children.Paul Hilty, who now lives in Lancaster, PA, returns hom...

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A Sister's Test

Ruth said as she and Martin traveled down the road in his buggy toward her parents’ house. She wished they were riding in an open sleigh so she could lift her face toward the sky and catch snowflakes on her tongue, the way she’d done as a child. Martin reached for her hand. “Life’s pretty good, j...

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The Gift (2015)

Two weeks had passed since Amos and Mary’s deaths, and Adam’s world had been turned upside down. In addition to seeing that his sister and brother-in-law received proper burials at the Amish cemetery back in Nappanee, he’d brought Mary’s three girls and their belongings to his house last night an...

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The Divided Family (2016)

It was the first time since Doris’s accident that they’d been able to continue searching for the will. Thanks to Aunt Verna showing up and offering to care for Doris, Elsie and Arlene felt free to spend time here again. They could only be at Dad’s a few days a week, however. With Christmas drawin...

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The Missing Will (2016)

Brunstetter New York Times, award-winning author Wanda E. Brunstetter is one of the founders of the Amish fiction genre. Wanda’s ancestors were part of the Anabaptist faith, and her novels are based on personal research intended to accurately portray the Amish way of life. Her books are well-read...

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Green Fever (2013)

Grandpa had spent the whole morning showing Mattie how to bait her hook and throw her line into the water. Mark was used to having Grandpa’s full attention when they went fishing, and he didn’t like sharing Grandpa with Mattie. He wished his sister had stayed home today, and he didn’t understand ...

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Bumpy Ride Ahead! (2012)

CHAPTER 5 Zoo-rific! “Guess what?” Mark asked Mattie as they rode their bicycle built for two home from school on the first Monday of October. “What?” Mattie questioned, leaning forward so she was closer to Mark’s ear. “During recess this afternoon I was talking to my friend Dan Yoder. He said hi...

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Growing Up in Lancaster County (2009)

Don’t panic, Rachel told herself. Sherry and Dave wouldn’t have left without me. They must be here someplace. Oh, I hope they’re still here. Rachel sat on a bench and placed the things she’d won beside her. She drew in a couple of shaky breaths. Dave had told her to meet them by the Wild Mouse ro...

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The PIECES of SUMMER

Meredith asked when Laurie showed up at her house the following Monday morning. Laurie nodded enthusiastically, her face fairly glowing. “Oh, jah. It was a lot of fun spending time on the beach. No wonder you stayed in Sarasota a whole summer when you were eighteen. I thin...

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The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club - 02 - The Tattered Quilt

Even though Terry was dressed in nicer clothes today, he still looked a bit rugged. Of course, as she’d heard Pastor Gene say on more than one occasion, “A church is a hospital for sinners, not a home for the saints.” Cheryl thought about how Jesus had spent time with people like Zaccheus, whom m...

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Going Home

She’d been pacing the kitchen floor for the last ten minutes, periodically going to the window to see if he had arrived. “It was nice of Noah to invite you out for the day. It’ll be good for you and the kinner to have some fun.” Faith whirled around at the sound of her mother’s voice. She hadn’t ...

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A Sister's Secret

When she’d put Anna in bed with her last night, the child had cried herself to sleep. Cleon had apparently followed through on his intention to spend the night in their unfinished house, because he’d never returned to her folks’ home.“Anna, wake up. It’s time to get dressed and ready for church.”...

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A Sister's Hope

“Are you just getting home from school?” she asked, glancing at the battery-operated clock above the refrigerator. “The others have been here for nearly an hour already.” Gideon scrunched up his nose. “Teacher kept me after school. Didn’t Esta tell you I was gonna be late?” Ruth’s forehead wrinkl...

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Woman of Courage

“I go out to get wood,” she told Amanda, who sat at the table reading her Bible. “You watch Little Joe?” Amanda smiled. “Of course I will, but wouldn’t thee rather that I get the wood so thee can stay inside and care for thy son?” Mary shook her head. “Me need exercise and fresh air. Get tired of...

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Hope Chest

She rolled her wheelchair across the floor and peered out the low kitchen window. The car that sat in the driveway belonged to Sheriff Andrews. The family had met him a couple of times when buggy accidents had happened near their home. The sheriff got out of his car, glanced around the yard as th...

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Love Finds a Home (Anthologies)

Of course, I’m not doing such a good job of making conversation, either. Judith hated to admit it, but she was attracted to Ernie. There was only one problem—she was sure Ernie didn’t feel the same way about her. For that matter, no man had ever shown an interest in her, and she knew why. She lif...

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The Healing (2011)

Ever since Titus had suggested she rent her house to Samuel, her mind had been swirling with unanswered questions. She’d been praying about it, too, but was still unsure what to do. It would be hard to leave the roomy home she’d lived in since she was a young girl and move into the small guest ho...

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Love Finds a Way (2012)

When their waitress came, they ordered a large combination pizza and a pitcher of iced tea. As soon as the server was gone, Evan leaned forward on his elbows and gave Lorna a crooked smile. “You’re beautiful, you know that?” She gulped. No one but Ron had ever looked at her as if she were the mos...

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A Log Cabin Christmas

The noise and motion carried on, emptying her stomach and filling her heart with dread. She might have stayed clutching the ground were it not for one driving thought. Belinda’s in the loft. Oh Lord. The mountain will surely rend in two, collapsing around us, and Belinda is trapped in the least-p...

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The Decision (2015)

It was an hour past lunchtime and Grandma should have been here by now. What in the world could be keeping her? she worried, pacing the floor. I wonder if she stopped somewhere to eat lunch. Elaine looked at the shelf where Grandma kept her medicine and gasped. There sat the bottle. Oh dear, Elai...

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The Lopsided Christmas Cake (2015)

Thelma hollered as her sister bent over a clump of weeds. She’d told Elma to vomit it out, knowing it would make her feel better. Of course, it might not do much for her headache. When Elma returned to the buggy a few minutes later, her face was pale as goat’s milk. “I’m glad I didn’t do that in ...

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The HOPE of SPRING

Danki for inviting me to stay for the meal,” Jonah said after he’d eaten a few spoonfuls of soup. Laurie smiled at him from across the table. “I’m glad you think the lunch is good. With the weather warming more every day, it won’t be long before we’...

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The Selfless Act (2016)

It was nice to know their financial burdens would be lifted soon. Now they wouldn’t have to be stressed out, trying to make ends meet. Doris needed to consider whether she wanted to continue working or stay home and keep house. Her last stop before heading home was the pharmacy inside the German ...

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Cousin's Challenge (2009)

She had two stops to make before going home, and she dreaded them both. When she’d tried to give Fern’s class another signing lesson today, she’d had problems with Kyle again. Not only had he been unwilling to learn, but he’d convinced two of the other boys to ignore her as well. If that hadn’t b...

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