Frank Carlson Library

Hester Detlef, local Mennonite volunteer coordinator for disaster relief In Pincraft, Florida, defied the Old Order Mennonite tradition of limited education to get her college degree. Still single, Hester is well aware that her father has attempted to match her with Samuel Longbecker. but she has no feelings for the carpenter or for any other man. When a devastating hurricane roars across the barrier islands just off the Gulf coast of Florida, John...

Sisters Emma and Jeannie are best friends, and so are their teenage daughters Sadie and Tessa. But when a tragic accident results in Tess{u2019}s death{u2014}and Sadie is responsible{u2014}both families are devastated. Each sister must find a way from heartbreak and anguish to solace and forgiveness{u2014}but is there anything to be salvaged from a world that lies in ruins?

Widow Sarah Nolt never expected another marriage proposal. She hardly knows the handsome Amish man who has come to help with her barn raising. Besides, they are both still mourning the loss of their spouses. But Mose Fischer needs a caretaker for his daughters, and Sarah needs to escape her father's oppressive rule. They agree to a marriage of convenience, but when Sarah moves to Mose's Amish community in Florida, she can't help falling for the strong,...

Carpenter Noah Yoder agrees to help Lovina Miller make her lifelong dream come true by building a pie shop for her, but the love that grows between them is threatened by mistakes and insecurities from the past.

A young Amish woman is torn between the man she's pledged to marry and the man her heart desires in Shelley Shepard Gray's The Promise of Palm Grove.
Bride-to-be Leona is thrilled to be on a mini-vacation in the pretty town of Pinecraft. Her girlfriends think she's happy to be away from the stress of wedding planning; they have no idea that Leona's real joy is in being away from her fiancé.
Edmund is a good man and will make...

Beloved bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray returns with the second book in her Amish Brides of Pinecraft series— a story of finding the strength to follow your dreams . . . and your heart

Penny Troyer never disobeys her parents. But tonight she's bending the rules because Michael Knoxx—the most famous member of the Knoxx Family, a traveling Mennonite evangelical family—is scheduled to speak. Penny has heard of Michael—how

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Good things may come to those who wait, but Mattie Miller is confident that great things come to those who go after what they want... and Mattie wants Danny Brenneman. Danny is the reason she's returned to the sunny Amish community of Pinecraft, Florida - well, that and to see her best friend Leona get married. Mattie's met Danny only once before but she knows the spark between them is sure to lead to something special. Despite a missing cat, wedding...

Two tales of Amish men and women looking for a second chance The Amish Widow's Secret by Cheryl Williford Widow Sarah Nolt never expected another marriage proposal. But Mose Fischer needs a caretaker for his daughters, and Sarah needs to escape her father's oppressive rule. They agree to a marriage of convenience, but when Sarah moves to Mose's Amish community in Florida, she can't help falling for the strong, kind widower and his little girls. Hidden...

Sometimes Dreams Come Together One Piece at a Time. Joy Miller wanted nothing more than to be a wife and mother, especially now that her relationship with Matthew Slagel, the bishop's son, was deepening. But when a television crew rolls into Pinecraft, Florida, to film a new show about the Amish, tension threatens to rip apart their relationship...and the entire Amish community. Joy is initially hired to sew costumes for the show, but she soon finds...

"Marrying the woman he once deserted... A prodigal seeks forgiveness in this Pinecraft Homecomings story The last thing widowed single mother Verity Schrock expects is to find her former sweetheart back in town--with a baby. Now the bishop and Leviticus Hilty's father are insisting they marry for their children's sake. But the wounded warrior hurt her once before. Can a marriage of convenience possibly heal past wounds enough to risk her heart again?"--...