Shelley Shepard Gray

It?s set to be a white Christmas in Hart County, and Grace King is pet-sitting in a beautiful home with only a difficult dachshund for company. Living right next door is John Michael Miller. He?s a fireman now, but five years ago, he had courted her older sister, then broke her heart. Seeing him again stirs Grace?s anger, but also reminds her of deeper feelings she?s done her best to deny. John Michael had walked away all those years ago when he realized...

Ever since his father died in a tragic fire, Levi Kinsinger has felt adrift. Newly returned to Charm, Ohio, Levi is trying to fit into his old life. When Julia, his young widowed neighbor, asks for his help with a Christmas project, Levi finds a sense of purpose for the first time in months. Soon enough, friendship grows into attraction, but Levi can’t help having doubts. There’s something about Julia that doesn’t ring quite true. Like Levi,...

Sheltered yet adventurous, Betsy Detweiler is on a mission to get out of Kentucky and experience new things in life. What better place than Pinecraft, Florida? When Betsy signs up for lessons at Snow Bird Golf Course, August Troyer is mesmerized. She's like no one he's ever met before. As Betsy and August embark on a month of enjoying life to the fullest, they'll encounter several reasons to back off and live small. But life and love require risk....

When word had gotten out that Andy Warner had committed suicide, everyone in Walnut Creek, Ohio, had been shocked. For seven men and women in their twenties, some Amish, some Mennonite, and some English, each of whom had once counted his or herself as one of Andy’s best friends, it had been extremely painful. Years have passed since they’d all been together last. Some of them got into trouble. A couple got into arguments. Eventually they all drifted...

"Miriam Zehr has worked at the Sugarcreek Inn longer than she cares to admit. The restaurant is a favorite of town residents as well as the many tourists who come to taste the famous Amish fare. Though she always tries to have a smile for every customer who comes in, deep down, Miriam knows something's missing... a family of her own. Miriam has never felt particularly beautiful, especially because she's always been a bit heavier than other girls her...

Honest and faithful Elsie Keim falls for her new neighbor, Landon, but she can?t bear to tell him the truth: She?s going blind. Landon is enamored with Elsie. When Elsie?s brother Roman steps in and shares the truth of Elsie?s disease, Landon is floored. His job is demanding and takes him away from home, sometimes for days at a time. He wonders how he?d be able to keep up with his responsibilities and take care of Elsie. It will take three generations...

When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation. They've always had a rocky relationship, and she is partly responsible for his most recent breakup. Harley realizes that Katie's been hiding her mother's hoarding, but they discover that clearing the debris in one old house also means they have to do some clean-up in their lives. Forced to reevaluate their...

Amelia Kinsinger is the perfect Amish woman. And while Amelia takes pride in her role as homemaker, she?s also harboring a secret: She?s been in love with bad boy Simon Hochstetler for as long as she can remember. Life hasn?t been kind to Simon. He ran away from an abusive home at fifteen and things went downhill from there. Eventually, Simon landed in prison. Now back in Charm as a grown man, he?s determined to make a new life for himself. He?s loved...

"Judith Graber has always been the obedient daughter. Over the years, she's watcher her younger siblings, helped around the house, and worked in her family's store during her spare time. Judith feels overworked and underappreciated this holiday season. But everything changes when her father hires Ben Know, the "bad boy" of Sugarcreek. Two years ago he left Sugarcreek under a cloud of shame. Now he's back and working side by side with Judith, and he...

"From bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray, comes a tender story of faith, family, and finding love with the Amish of Sugarcreek... Christina Kempf has always known that God chose Aden Reese to be her husband. As children, Aden was there to save her when she fell through a patch of thin ice, and he's been by her side ever since. After his parents died in a car accident ten years ago, the Kempfs raised Aden as one of their own, and everyone sees...