Linda Byler
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Becky Esh has lots of spunk. Never mind that she's Amish, she regularly confronts authority figures. Her beautiful singing touches those who hear her so deeply that even men cry. In Becky Meets Her Match, Linda Byler crafts an unforgettable character who is quick-witted, good-humored, and thrives on independence...but inwardly struggles with her own self-consciousness. Overweight at sixteen, Becky is frustrated by her inability to lose weight and...
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Pub. Date
2023
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The first in a new series about an independent Amish woman and her struggles in career and romance.
Susan Lapp is a hardworking Amish woman in her early twenties. She enjoys the financial independence that working two jobs—as a housecleaner and at the local deli in Lancaster—affords her. And based on her sisters' tumultuous experiences with their husbands, she has no interest in dating or marriage. She's perfectly content with...
Susan Lapp is a hardworking Amish woman in her early twenties. She enjoys the financial independence that working two jobs—as a housecleaner and at the local deli in Lancaster—affords her. And based on her sisters' tumultuous experiences with their husbands, she has no interest in dating or marriage. She's perfectly content with...
23) Keeping secrets
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Sadie's Montana volume 2
Description
Sadie must choose between Mark, who finds it hard to tell her the secrets of his past, and Daniel, a visitor from Lancaster County who's funny, well-mannered, and completely dedicated to his family. Meanwhile, there's horse trouble in Montana again - only this time, horses aren't being stolen, they're being shot by snipers in a blue pickup truck.
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Lancaster burning volume 1
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The Amish community of Lancaster is being terrorized by barn fires. David and Malinda Beiler's barn was the first to go. The clues are sparse, but Levi, the Beiler's oldest son, happened to be awake in the middle of the night and spotted a white vehicle driving past the house with its lights off. Sarah, David and Malinda's daughter, is in her late teens and old enough to observe her parents' agony. Not only is she afraid, too, and wishing she could...
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Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Will Lizzie Glick, a high-spirited Amish teenager, give up her dream of teaching school so that her wish for a family and a marriage can come true? Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
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Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"Edna Miller is a capable, strong-minded woman who tackles every task with efficiency and determination. She loves going from home to home, caring for new mothers and their infants, cleaning houses, making delicious meals for families who need a little support while they adjust to life with a new baby. But sometimes, despite her best efforts to be content with her career as a maud, she wonders what it would be lie to hold her own baby, to experience...
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Long road home volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"It was the early 1900s when Obadiah (Oba) and Merriweather's (May's) parents died tragically, leaving them orphans at ten and eleven years old. When none of their nearby relations volunteer to take them in, they are set on a train to Arkansas to go live on their Amish aunt and uncle's cotton farm. Once there, it didn't take long to discover they would be treated cruelly, no matter what they did. May, always anxious to be a godly young lady, took...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Plenty of young men had noticed Emma's smooth auburn hair and her quick intellect, but at twenty-six years of age, she was still single, much to the bewilderment of her Amish community. "She's just too picky," they said, and she supposed they were right. Most did not know that she had been in love once, and had wound up brokenhearted. When she becomes a nanny for an English (non-Amish) family along the coast of North Carolina, her world opens up in...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"John is the youngest of seven boys and is constantly overshadowed by his big brothers who seem to all be stronger, smarter, and better looking than he is. As a teenager, he knows he's overweight and is sure he'll never be popular like his brothers are. But those struggles are nothing compared to the battle he is about to fight. After weeks of feeling exhausted, depressed, and achy, he has no idea what's wrong with him and begins to wonder if he'll...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Lizzie is a five-year-old Amish girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is spunky, sensitive, and not nearly as pious as her older sister Emma. Lizzie sometimes daydreams instead of praying when she bows her head before meals ... but she figures God knows she's grateful for the good food Mam puts on the table every night. Her wild spirit often gets her into trouble, though, and she wonders why she can't be as sweet and kind as her goody-two-shoes big...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"When tragedy strikes in the Amish community, Elsie is forced to let go of her teenage angst and grow up quickly. But sometimes letting go of one's desires has a way of allowing one to accept something even better. A tale of longing, desperation, and finally hope, this is a heartwarming Christmas tale to be remembered." -- Amazon.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
David Stolzfus and Anna Fisher have always been best friends. They live on neighboring farms in Lancaster County, they walked to school together-- but they've always denied any romantic inclinations. When David,full of questions about faith, family, and the world, travels to Australia, Anna is devastated. She receives a letter from Leon Beiler, a young man she can't deny she has feelings for. How can she reconcile a lifetime of close friendship with...
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Liz had been in love once, had even been engaged. Just two weeks before the day she was to exchange vows with her beloved, he changed his mind, and that was that. When the wedding was canceled, the humility was as bad as the heartbreak. She vowed never to be such a fool again, and made peace with her life as a single woman, a "leftover blessing" as the Amish say. Matthew, the owner of the Amish restaurant at the market where she works, is handsome,...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Annie and Fannie are ten-year-old twins and the youngest of twelve siblings. Life is busy with so many living under the same roof, and though the twins love their family, they often feel overlooked. It's no fun being bossed around by older siblings and Mam is often stressed and always strict. As Christmas approaches, the twins have the added burden of practicing for their little Amish school's play, but what they're really passionate about is getting...
36) Big decisions
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Series
Lizzie searches for love volume 3
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Questions and indecision as well as answers and certainty enter Lizzie's life as she must decide whether to join the Amish church, to marry Stephen, and to continue teaching. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
37) Davey's daughter
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Lancaster burning volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Sarah Beiler's friend, Ashley, acts strange, even nervous, when anyone talks about the rash of fires raising Sarah's suspicions. But that is not Sarah's only trouble. She remains distracted by Matthew Stoltzfus, who says that God is calling him to leave the Amish community and begs her to join him"--
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
One barn fire might be an accident, the Lancaster County Amish community believes. But two barns burning just weeks apart is suspicious. Sarah Beiler wants to protect her family, even though they don't like Matthew, her new boyfriend. Book 1 in Amish author, Lydia Byler's, series"Lancaster Burning." The Amish community of Lancaster is being terrorized by barn fires. David and Malinda Beiler's barn was the first to go. The clues are sparse, but Levi,...
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Series
Lancaster burning volume Book 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The Witnesses is the third novel in Amish novelist, Linda Byler's current series, "Lancaster Burning." Byler takes readers inside the home of the leader of the local Amish community, Davey Beiler, who finds himself at the center of mounting fear and controversy. Fires have destroyed two more nearby Amish barns, and many of the farmers are ready to ask for police protection, an unheard of action. Beiler counsels against this, but then his beloved...
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Sadie's Montana volume 1-3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Now, three bestselling novels by Amish romance author, Linda Byler, are available in one volume.'Sadie's Montana novels are set in the wild West country and include:' Wild Horses, Book 1. Sadie Miller is adjusting to life at Aspen East Ranch when Ezra appears. Ezra seems like a dream, but does Sadie love him' And who is this fascinating Mark who helps rescue a dying horse and shows up at the Amish hymn-sing, though he is English' Now Sadie's own close-knit...