After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennsylvania childhood. Having left Owl's Perch more than two years earlier, she finally has settled into a satisfying role in the Englischer world. But almost immediately after her arrival home, the disapproval of those who ostracized her, including her headstrong father, reopens old wounds.

Like her favorite honey locust tree, Leah's love for God and family has grown deep roots as she faces life's seemingly perpetual storms. But now Sadie, the beloved sister whose choices and circumstances drew her far from home and family, has returned to Gobbler's Knob. Yet Sadie is not the only prodigal in the story of the Ebersols....

In this poignant story of two parallel destinies, a young New York lawyer and his wife link their destinies forever in a follow-your-dream move to rural Wyoming. Thirty-eight years later a Manhattan publisher and a young Amish woman become irresistibly drawn together through her writing. Somehow these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways, as lovers are lost, and find each other again.

"When you're the bishop's daughter, there are certain standards that have to be met. Anna Weaver felt the weight of that burden. Believing people were always waiting for her to put a foot wrong, she retreated into her shell and had few friends. There was only one man she did not feel awkward around, and that was her close friend, Levi Glick. Even though he had been in and out of the Amish community over the past year, Anna was certain he would soon...

"In the summer of 1951, Amishwoman Maggie Esh is struggling with a debilitating illness and few future prospects. When revival meetings come to the area, Maggie attends out of curiosity, and the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she hope for a brighter future?"-- 1951. Despite struggling with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Maggie Esh is sweet-spirited. When her Dat remarries, less than a year after Maggie's mother...

"Cassandra Yoder was a girl who never wanted to follow the rules. Soon after Cassandra's boyfriend finds out she's pregnant, he leaves her alone on rumspringa and returns to their Amish community. Not long after, he is killed in a shooting. Cassandra considers she has no choice but to return home. When her parents find out she's pregnant, the only solution is to send her to Aunt Maud who will help her find a couple to adopt the baby. When Cassandra...

"With the sole care of Jonah, her autistic brother, Amy could never be carefree like other girls her own age. The last thing she needed was Adam, a visitor to the bishop next door, to 'help' her with Jonah. Especially when he admitted he knew nothing about autism. Gradually, she started to appreciate Adam and his interest in her brother. She had never thought she could find a man who would include Jonah in their family. Could Adam be the man for her?...

"When Amish woman Katie's volunteer firefighter husband dies while in the line of duty, she is heartbroken. Not only have her two young sons lost their father, but the child she is carrying will never know him. Her husband's best friend, Mark, steps in to take care of Katie and her children. Many months pass and Mark is offered an opportunity away from Lancaster County. Not wanting to leave Katie and the children behind, he makes his feelings known....

"When Amish woman, Courtney, is left widowed and expecting a baby, she moves to a larger community in hopes of finding a job and a new life. She is delighted to receive a job as a nanny for a widower, who has three unruly children. The nanny he'd pictured was not the one who arrived. He was disturbed to see she was expecting and he knew that would affect her work. Will Courtney be able to persuade him she'll be able to do it all even when her baby...