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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 1914 Missouri, three friends head for college, leaving behind the orphanage that's been their home. Bennett, abandoned as an infant, wants to become an engineer. Libby, with no memory of her parents, dreams of becoming an acclaimed journalist. And Pete, cast off at seven and disabled, is preparing for the Christian ministry.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When a suspicious accident occurs at the famous Dinsmore Chocolate Factory in Sinclair, Kansas, Caroline Lang goes undercover as a factory worker to investigate the circumstances surrounding the event and how the factory treats its youngest employees ... Oliver Dinsmore, heir to the Dinsmore candy dynasty, has his own investigation to conduct. Posing as a common worker known as "Ollie Moore," he aims to find out all he can about the family business...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Abel Samms wants nothing to do with the group of potential brides his neighbor brought to town. He was smitten with an eastern girl once--and he got his heart broken. But there's something about quiet Tressa Neill and her bumbling ways that makes him take notice. When Tressa's life is endangered, will Abel risk his own life--and his heart--to help this eastern girl?
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to keep the Brambleville Asylum for the Poor running, Christina Willems turns to reclusive mill owner Levi Jonnson to take in a young blind boy named Tommy Kilgore. When an old adversary challenges Christina, will she find an unlikely ally--or more--in the aloof Levi? Can Levi reconcile with the rejection that led to his hermit-like existence and open his heart and life to something more, especially a relationship with a loving God?
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Anthony and Marty Hirschler are part of an Old Order Mennonite community in Pine Hill, Indiana. The couple has grown apart since a doctor confirmed they would never have children. Marty longs to escape the tight-knit area where large families are valued, and the opportunity to do so arises when her childhood friend, Brooke Spalding, resurfaces with the wild idea of rebuilding a ghost town into a resort community. Brooke hires Anthony to help with...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Mennonite widower struggling to raise his mischievous boys becomes the unwilling target of the well-intentioned women's benevolent society in this heartwarming romance inspired by historical events--from the bestselling author of Freedom's Song"-- With classes paused for the planting season, Alexandertol's schoolteacher Augusta Dyck is glad for some meaningful work to occupy her time. She even knows exactly who their town's benevolence society should...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Driven by survival to a life at a house of ill repute, Birdie Clarkson now longs only for escape. So when Reverend Isaiah Overly and his son, Ephraim, appear and offer a better life, she jumps at the chance. Ignoring the furious raging of the madam, Birdie climbs into the back of the preacher’s wagon. The men take her to Hope Hill, the haven the reverend and his wife, Ophelia, founded so women like Birdie can be taught skills to help them rise above...
13) Sweet sanctuary
Author
Series
Sweet sanctuary volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When the paths of a mother seeking sanctuary for her son Nicky and a doctor serving the immigrant population in Queens cross, the two suddenly become wrapped up in each other's callings, seeking a refuge of safety--for Nicky, for themselves, and for the needy people God unexpectedly puts in their lives.
16) Sinking sand
Author
Series
Sweet sanctuary volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After suffering a devastating loss, Dr. Holden Winters steels his heart against the idea of love and against the God he once served. Army nurse Callie Myers wants to learn as much about medicine as possible so she can help care for the people in her small mountain town of Shyler's Point, Arkansas. Dr. Winters is willing to teach her, but only if she stays quiet about her God. Will the idyllic beauty of Oahu convince Holden that God exists? Or will...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
On the Mississippi River, indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. As her contract comes to an end, she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her. An impulse leads Fanny to a group of enslaved people who are on their own dangerous quest for liberty. When Fanny is presumed drowned, Sloan Kirkpatrick, the riverboat's captain, sets off to find her replacement. His journey...
Author
Series
Sweet sanctuary volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Tessy knows it's futile to fall in love with a minister. What preacher-man would want a woman like her, one thought to carry bad luck, who always has leaves in her hair and ink on her fingertips? But she can't help but love the man who uses crutches to walk and whose eyes always hold warmth and acceptance. There's something else in Jeremiah's eyes, too -- a deep hurt. And Tessy wants to help ease the pain out of him."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In a short time 'ministering' in Fairland, Theo finds himself falling for Grace, stumbling through sermons, but becoming enmeshed in the triumphs and trials of the people in the community. When Theo's true identity is uncovered, what will be left of the wonderful world he has built for himself, Grace, and those in the town who have come to love and accept him?"--
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