| The Lumber Baron's Wife by Lynn AustinIn 1873, Hannah Wagner and her physician husband arrive in a rural village near Lake Michigan, recruited by lumber baron Henry Abernathy. Hannah meets Henry's young wife, ex-burlesque performer Kate, who later mysteriously vanishes. In the present day, newcomers Ashley Gilbert and her conservationist husband move into the Wagners' old home, and after finding old papers, Ashley investigates Kate's long-ago disappearance. For fans of: faith-filled dual-timeline mysteries. |
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| Harbor Pointe by Irene HannonWhen New York prima ballerina Devyn Lee gets a call that her estranged sister is in a coma, she rushes to her Oregon hometown. While she helps her sister with her recovery, Devyn also organizes a dance fundraiser for a local charity, growing close with a widowed millworker and his daughter. Like all of Irene Hannon's Hope Harbor novels, this sweet romance can be enjoyed on its own. Try this next: Denise Hunter's Before We Were Us. |
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| Where We Belong by Kim Vogel SawyerAfter his wife dies during the Great Depression, Callum Holbrook takes his two girls to a New York City orphanage until he can get himself together. When he returns, they've been put on an orphan train heading west, so he sets out after them. The girls do all they can to avoid being adopted, but are finally left in Kansas with widow Hester Weber Haak, who's long wanted to be a mother. Read-alike: Jody Hedlund's Orphan Train trilogy. |
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New Beginnings: An Amish Romance
by Linda Byler
The first book in beloved Amish novelist Linda Byler's Seekers series. As a young man growing up in an Amish family, Amos struggles to fit in. Slow in school, overweight, and afflicted with terrible acne, he feels he's a constant disappointment to his mother, sisters, teachers, and employers. Convinced that he will never be good enough for them, he leaves home and accepts a job as a live-in groundskeeper for an English (non-Amish) couple. Gradually, he moves toward a healthier, more confident version of himself. But he can't leave behind the fact that living as an English person--driving a pickup truck, sporting short hair and a flannel button-up shirt--is the greatest disappointment to his family yet. When Amos meets Skye, he's drawn to her refreshingly forthright mannerisms. With her camouflage baseball cap and love of the outdoors, she's fun and free in ways that only an English girl can be.
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