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In a 1980s Amish community, three sisters face a time of transition in their family and each searches for a way to define their own futures.
Carlyn Kearney has spent two lonely years not knowing whether to mourn or to hope after she receives word from the Union army that her husband is missing. The war ends without further word. Now penniless, in debt, and forced from her home, Carlyn seeks refuge at the Shaker Village of Harmony Hill.
Eli Brenneman wants a fresh start away from his Amish community in Sunrise, Delaware, and he finds a ticket out as a WW1 conscientious objector. Christine Freeman is a nurse at the hospital to which Eli is assigned, and when she becomes pregnant after being raped, Eli invites her to return home with him to have the baby under the protection of Sunrise.
Retired Amish newlyweds, Emma and Lamar Miller, start a new quilting class in which they work with an unlikely group of students to achieve emotional healing and create beautiful traditional quilts.
23-year-old Tyler Anderson was raised as a military kid until the age of 6, when his mom passed away and his father sent him to live with his Amish grandparents. Rachel Hoeck is the young woman waiting for Tyler’s proposal. She senses that though he loves her and wishes to make a commitment to her and his Amish beliefs, part of him still wonders whether an Amish lifestyle is truly for him.
Mary King has been raised in the conservative Pennsylvania Mountain Amish Way, but the allure of Jude Lyons, an outsider researching the Amish, is more than she can resist. When the two are caught kissing and forced into a hasty marriage, Mary must figure out how to stay true to her religious beliefs.
Marlena Wenger, a young aunt from the Beachy Amish caring for her infant niece, finds comfort and hope from an Old Order Amish mother, and her family, who extend friendship to a homeless man, whose few possessions include a collection of love letters.
Spinster Addy Coblentz fears she’ll never marry, so her parents hire the new matchmaker who’s moved to their Amish community of S Poplars. But Addy wants more than just a match; she wants love.
A young Amish woman fends off the matchmaking efforts of her fellow passengers on the Charming Nancy-the ship that brought the first wave of Amish to America in 1737.
An Old Order Amish young woman, Ariana Brenneman, and an old friend, Quill Schlabach, are on a collision course. Five years ago, Quill, along with Ariana’s dear friend, Frieda, ran off together and Ariana still carries the wound of betrayal. When she unexpectantly encounters him, she soon realizes he has plans to help someone else she loves leave the Amish.
Elizabeth Bontrager is at a crossroad. She’s been given the chance to experience life outside of her community, away from the responsibility of caring for her eight younger siblings, but Elizabeth can’t decide what road to take.
Moving from Pennsylvania, finding rewarding work, and leaving heartbreak behind is the best decision Jonah ever made. But is he ready to consider love again when he meets Elaine Schrock?
Veronica Fisher bakes pies to help salve her broken heart as she mourns the death of her fiancé, Seth. She has one steady customer, Jason Huyard, who begins to weave his way into her shattered heart. But, Jason knows more about Seth’s death than he lets on, a secret that threatens his growing relationship with Veronica.
When Charlotte Dolinsky goes “under cover,” dressing Amish in order to find out what happened to her only brother, she doesn’t anticipate a growing friendship with a quiet Amish man named Isaac Miller.
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