Volumes 1-4 in the 24 book Hearts of Amish Country series published by Annie's Fiction, a subscription publisher of wholesome fiction for a mature audience. These books are all tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and clean, in pictorial covers issued without jackets, with marker ribbons.  

Faith, family and fellowship -- it's the Amish way. But ever since Grossmammi passed last year, Sarah Beth's heart aches to feel whole again. She knows prayers cannot bring her grandmother back ... or her parents who were killed in a farming accident 12 years ago. It is the longing to have her youngest sisters rejoin Sarah Beth and their other siblings, Cora and Toby, in Hickory Meadows that pushes her to work so hard at selling her vegetables and handicrafts day after day.
 
All she needs to do is finish the shop next to the house and cater to the busloads of tourists who crisscross Lancaster County, Pa., throughout the summer. Then she will have enough money to bring the girls home. Nothing is going to stop Sarah Beth from getting her family back together! That is until Elias Stutzman, the attractive new buggy maker, moves in next door. And he's brought more than his hand tools to Hickory Meadows.
 
Since Elias arrived, the random acts of vandalism around Sarah Beth's farm are becoming more regular. She knows he is keeping a big secret-she can see it hiding behind his handsome blue eyes. Will Sarah Beth be able to put her growing curiosity about Elias's past aside so she can stay focused on bringing the twins home? Or will the handsome newcomer's arrival have Sarah Beth changing her plan from fixing family ties to unraveling mysteries and answering questions about tying the knot? Find out how the story unfolds when you join and receive your full copy of A Love Unexpected today!

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When her maiden aunts give Eva an early Christmas present -- a small wooden box meant to be filled with the desire of her heart -- she finds herself praying for a stranger, a traveler who God will guide into a life of honor and faithfulness and honesty. I wish for this honorable man to be mine, she writes on a piece of paper and tucks it away in her prayer box.

A short time later a traveler shows up, hoping to rent a room over her aunt's bakery shop where Eva works, and she senses he is the man God led her to pray for. But because he has left his Amish community and embraced the ways of the Englisch, she knows he can never be hers. And yet . . .

Along with the very qualities Eva prayed for, Jacob Whittmer has come to town with dangerous secrets going back six years. As his past begins to come to light, he is no longer welcomed by the Amish community in Blossom Creek and must once again face a life on the run.

As disturbing events unfold, Eva makes difficult decisions that will affect her own future. Was she wrong about the desires of her heart? Will her prayers ever be answered? Or will she be forced to endure being shunned by the Amish community and the family she holds so dear?

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Ruth Kaufmann has always been a pillar of strength, never showing her age, even after being widowed five years ago. So when she sends her family a letter hinting that her health might be failing, twenty-three-year-old granddaughter Leah is determined to travel from her home in Pennsylvania to Ruth's farm in Indiana to do what she can to help.

Leah quickly realizes that things in Stony Brook are not what she expected. For one thing, Grossmammi Ruth seems as vigorous as ever. For another, she refuses to explain her mysterious Thursday night outings. And then there is the handsome botany professor, Englisher James Holden, and his young daughter, Abby, who hasn't spoken a word since her mother's death a year ago, a death that is rumored to be more than an unfortunate accident.

When James needs someone to watch Abby, Leah is quick to offer her help. Even though she knows there is no future for her with an Englischer, she is drawn to the opportunities for learning that he introduces her to, and she is drawn to him. In spite of the fact that Grossmammi Ruth has plans of her own to see Leah marry Seth Eicher, a man Leah has no interest in.

Can Leah help Abby regain her will to speak? Will James learn to trust his heart -- and God -- again? As Leah struggles to get to the bottom of the many secrets and half-truths that threaten her relationship with her beloved Grossmammi, she will find her own life changing in positive and unexpected ways. 

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Fannie Lapp is thrilled when her aunts hire a handyman to help ease her burden of caring for the family's home and Alpine goat herd. She just wishes they would have told her the new helper is Gideon Zook, the man she'd admired from afar before he left their community and his family after his rumspringa. 

While Aunt Susie and Aunt Lucy are excited to bring Gideon back into the fold, Fannie is hesitant to accept his eagerness to give up modern living. When someone poisons Fannie's dog and releases the goats, Gideon's determination to call the sheriff seems to confirm her fears. Gideon's choice to have an English life broke Fannie's heart once. Can she risk trusting his decision to come home knowing that if he chooses to leave again, her heart may never mend?

The tragic death of a close friend makes Gideon reconsider every choice he's ever made and sends him back to his childhood home seeking the comfort of a simpler life. His hope of being welcomed back to the Amish community he left behind is dampened when Fannie meets his return with open skepticism.

Earning Fannie's trust soon becomes as important to Gideon as earning forgiveness for his past mistakes. Criminal activity on the Lapp farm and misunderstandings in the Zook family are not hurdles he's expecting to have to overcome, but his determination to rejoin the community is unwavering. He'll do whatever it takes to set things right and have the life he left behind and the woman he's come to love.