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When Susan Miller’s parents leave to care for ailing relatives, she is to spend the winter with a kindly widow. Neither Susan nor the widow expect the arrival of the widow’s handsome grandson, Ezra, who suddenly turns up for the holidays.

Sarah Lantz’s fresh start in Rock Point, Ohio, is meant to be a haven from the heartache and betrayal she left behind in Illinois. Seeking refuge with her aenti, Sarah starts working at her aenti’s quaint shop, hoping to rebuild her life and heal her wounds. Her resolve is tested when she meets Ethan Kennel, a kind-hearted Amish man who handles the bookkeeping for her aenti and several other local businesses. Despite a growing attraction to Ethan, Sarah hesitates to open her heart, fearful of repeating past mistakes and enduring more pain.

Unlike most women her age, Linda Shrock has no plans to get married - ever. When her sister Ruth has baby number five in six years, Linda goes to stay with them. The infant can’t keep her food down and cries constantly, and Ruth’s husband’s furniture-making business is struggling - not the makings for a merry Christmas. And the Weavers’ hired hand, Luke Troyer, seems determined to disrupt Linda’s carefully made plans to live her life out as a spinster. She tries to fight the intense attraction that pulls her and Luke together.

When a tornado roars through Boulder Creek, Ohio, it not only wreaks havoc on Dawn Beachey’s community, it also creates a storm of emotional turmoil within her. Her beloved Aenti Livinia is seriously injured, and her sweetheart Andy Eicher reveals a different and troubling side of himself. When volunteer Jonas Kemp and his sister Dorothy come to stay with the Beacheys, Dawn’s world is turned upside down again.

Becky Raber is a young widow, seven months pregnant. She’s alone, scared, and misses her late husband. Her only close relative is her cousin, Doris. Becky has no choice but to live with Doris and her husband, Abel Yoder, a stern, dour man. He’s determined to find Becky a new husband, marry her off, and get her out of his house But Becky wants to be independent, and take care of the baby by herself. Then, she meets Noah King, and her world is upended again. She hadn’t counted on meeting someone so kind and tenderhearted. Does Gott have yet a different plan for Becky?

Dorothy Hartzler, a restless young Amish woman, dreams of something more than the traditional Amish life. With her mother ill and her fear of being alone increasing, Dorothy is forced to make decisions. When she is thrown into Saul Beachey’s company, she questions her reluctance to open her heart.

Irene never imagined her life would turn out the way it has. Is she destined to always be tossed from one sibling to another, caring for their children and households? Is there no room for her dream of a family of her own? When a teaching opportunity comes about in another Amish community, Irene sees it as her way out. But once she secures the job, she comes up against a spinster teacher set like concrete in her ways, a group of parents who hardly give her a chance, and a handsome man whose disapproval vexes her at every turn.

Sadie King is left to raise three children alone after her husband’s death two years ago. Although she struggles to hold onto their family farm, she has good neighbors - the Troyers - who are more than willing to lend a hand. Unfortunately, she loses them when dear Millie Troyer passes away, and her devastated husband moves to his son’s farm out of state. A local farmer steps into the breach, and Sadie finds herself developing unexpected feelings for the younger man.

After a devastating end to an engagement, Mary Wittmer finally finds contentment as a live-in caregiver for Dinah, an elderly woman in the Amish community. Mary tends to the household but becomes frustrated with the ragged condition of the property. Despite fixing what she can, the house and outbuildings need carpentry work. After Mary falls off a ladder, Dinah requests help from her grandson.

Debbie Miller isn't looking for love—just friendship first, and maybe love second. But when Jacob Yoder, a handsome man with a mysterious past, arrives in her community and starts working for her uncle, her priorities begin to shift. Debbie isn't the only one captivated by Jacob. Her cousin Leah, nearing the dreaded status of spinster, sees Jacob as her last chance to avoid a life of loneliness. Desperate to win him over, Leah is willing to do whatever it takes.

When Waneta Bowman is forced to go and stay with her cousins in Rock Point, Ohio, she misses the beau she left behind in Indiana. Even as she tries to settle into her new life, she waits anxiously to receive a letter from Thomas. But all her letters to him go unanswered. Isn’t he missing her? As the days wear on, Waneta feels guilt when thoughts of her beau are replaced by another man who offers friendship—and perhaps something more.

Forced to leave her community with her family, Clara Burkholder is cast into a miserable life of work and drudgery. She misses being Amish and longs to return. When she hears that Jonas, her childhood friend, has returned to the community, Clara becomes even more desperate. She longs to reach out but can’t find a way. Not until tragedy strikes. Jonas Garber is putting his foot down. After growing up in the Amish community and being forced to relocate with his family, he has returned and is determined to remain.

Evelyn Lantz’s widowed father has recently remarried. At 23, his new wife Greta is only a few months older than Evelyn herself. Yet she behaves like a spoiled child. Now she’s expecting a baby, and things are worse than ever.

Louise Lambright had never been so confused. She fears her infatuation with Mark Jones, the Englischer next door, is not the Lord’s will, but she seems to have little control over it. Mark is fun, friendly, and fascinating. Louise secretly wonders if he might be willing to convert to the Amish faith for her.

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Dorothy Bontrager has lived at her grandparents’ farm since she was orphaned as a young girl. Though it has been many years since then, she fears her current home with the older couple could be lost - for it happened once before. With the New Year fast approaching, Dorothy plans to start a business in a bid to feel more secure following her grandfather’s recent passing. She keeps her heart guarded, but the arrival of a young man in town catches her attention.

Florence Glick has devoted her life to taking care of her injured, widowed sister and her four children. When a mysterious neighbor moves into the abandoned Yoder farm next door, Florence’s interest is piqued. Philip Lehman seems to always be in the right place at the right time to help them, but there is something odd going on. Something he’s not revealing. Something that makes his behavior confusing. As Florence falls for him, she yearns to know his secret.

Blanche Weaver’s life falls apart when her husband Andy is killed in a tragic accident. Now widowed with four children, she has no idea how she’ll survive. With winter upon them and Christmas approaching quickly, she manages to get hired at the factory where Andy worked. Blanche’s eldest daughter, at only 10 years old, is tasked with watching her younger siblings. Just when Blanche is about to despair, Jonas Eicher, the local toymaker, intervenes. Blanche doesn’t know what to make of this kind, quiet man who seems to instinctively know what she and her children need.

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Nettie Bontrager has spent the last 10 years helping her mammi tend to people in need. She feels valued by the Amish community and has gained the respect of an Englisch doctor who praises her skill and knowledge of herbal remedies. But Nettie’s younger sister often complains about the time Nettie spends working with her herbs while ignoring many household chores. Still, Nettie has much to be grateful for. She especially looks forward to going for drives with her beau, a handsome Amish man she hopes one day to marry.