With her love for all things old-fashioned, Jennifer Burns has often been told she's an "old soul." But no one expected her to set aside her modern life in favor of the Old Order Amish world. Yet Jenny adopts Plain dress and settles in with Samuel and Rebecca Lapp, while she works as mother's helper for the bishop's wife. And the people of Hickory Hollow are curious about the beautiful young seeker -- one handsome Amishman in particular -- and Jenny...

It's the fall of 1979 in New York City when twenty-three-year-old Anton Winter, back from the Peace Corps and on the mend from a nasty bout of malaria, returns to his childhood home in the Dakota. Anton's father, the famous late-night host Buddy Winter, is there to greet him, himself recovering from a breakdown. Before long, Anton is swept up in an effort to reignite Buddy's stalled career, a mission that takes him from the gritty streets of New York,...

Before she can be courted, tragedy befalls Leah, forcing her to choose between her happiness and her family. Abram's Daughters book 3.

Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was...

Retired couple Lil and Frank seek to understand the parents they each lost as children. Lil sifts through letters, notes, and diary entries, and Frank repeatedly visits the house where he lived as a boy. A young single mother, Shelley, lives there now, and Frank's repeated visits trigger memories of her own family, memories she'd hoped to keep buried.

The story of a half-brother and sister, Lark and Termite, leaving in West Virginia during the Korean War. Both children were given to their Aunt Nonie by their mother. Termites father dies in the Korean War and Lark doesn't know who her father is.

Tom and Annie's children have grown up, the mortgage is doable and they're about to get a kitchen makeover. But beneath the veneer of professional success and domestic security, their marriage is crumbling, eaten away by years of resentment, loneliness, and misunderstandings. Then the economy falls apart and their lives are upended when Tom loses his job. Is it possible, they ask themselves, to start again?

Leah's older sister Sadie has returned home from Ohio and is working toward reintegrating herself into the church. Leah is ecstatic to have her home, and she's happy to see her young siblings grow up. But part of Leah wonders, and still aches, when she thinks of the long-lost love of her life, Jonas Mast. She is very surprised and cautiously optimistic to hear about the prospect of his return. But what long-buried secrets will his homecoming bring...

Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, it's a high-risk game. Kate Madison's stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now they are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their mother's dismay. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when...

"An emotional homecoming brings hope and healing to three generations of women. The life Olivia Harper always dreamed of isn't so dreamy these days. The 16-hour work days are unfulfilling and so are things with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when she hears that her estranged mother, Juliet, has been seriously injured in a car accident, Liv has no choice but to pack up her life and head home to beautiful Cape Sanctuary on the Northern California...