Frank Carlson Library

When a famous television chef and her husband drive by the old Victorian home and the barn that contains Secondhand Blessings, they are not only smitten with the place but also insistent on filming a secret episode of the chef's Dining and Décor Network cooking show there. With Mary and Martha still reeling from the news that their families are unable to travel to be with them during the holidays, and Elizabeth struggling to adapt to all the changes...

When a little Amish boy in Bird-in-Hand is diagnosed with leukemia, the Plain community rallies around him - as do Martha, Mary, and Elizabeth, and Secondhand Blessings becomes a staging area to gather donated goods for a fund-raising auction. The little boy's grandfather, Alvin Miller, donates a racehorse he recently acquired, along with a valuable saddle, to the cause. But when Alvin's stable is set on fire and both the horse and saddle disappear,...

As summer arrives, Mary and her sisters, Elizabeth and Martha, investigate the mystery of a valuable stamp that vanishes. Meanwhile, they also prepare for a family reunion, and try to create a milkweed preserve for the monarch butterflies.

"When Adam Fischer--Rachel's eldest son--faces arrest for a hit-and-run and other serious crimes, the Classen sisters are sure the authorities are targeting the wrong man. Adam doesn't even drive, let alone have a credit card, such as the one used for fraud. But someone claiming to be Adam has been involved in a number of crimes, and all the evidence points to him. As Martha and her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, learn more about Adam's past, they start...