Shelley Shepard Gray

When Perry Borntrager, an inhabitant of the quiet Amish town of Crittenden, Kentucky, is found dead, Perry's former girlfriend and his best friend, suspects in the crime, are drawn together as they try to prove their innocence.

Will MacMillan, masquerading as a member of the notorious Walton Gang, falls in love with Jamie Ellis, but must protect her when she is caught in the middle of a hostage situation gone awry.

Everyone needs a safe place to call home When her mother passes away, Ella's forced to auction off her family's farm. Her father died years ago, and she could never manage the fifty acres on her own. But after she moves to town, she can't deny the pain she feels watching the new owner, Loyal Weaver, repairing her family's old farmhouse--everything Ella had once dreamed of doing. What Ella doesn't know is that Loyal secretly hopes she will occupy this...

One woman's search for the truth of her sister's disappearance leads her to deceit and danger in 1893 Chicago.

"Overwhelmed by the responsibilities of running a ranch on her own, Laurel Tracey decides to hire a convict--a man who's just scary enough to take care of squatters and just desperate enough to agree to a one year post. The years following the war have been hard on Laurel Tracey. Both her brother and her father died in battle, and her mother passed away shortly after receiving word of their demise. Laurel has been trying to run her two hundred acre...

Tim Graber arrives in Sugarcreek to help his aunt and uncle with spring planting. At first, Tim doesn't fit in with his many cousins and their crowded lifestyle. But when he meets Clara Slabaugh, the local school teacher, he understands why the Lord brought him to Sugarcreek.

Always the obedient daughter, Judith Graber watches her younger siblings, helps around the house, and works in her family's store. Judith feels overworked, overlooked, and underappreciated this holiday season. Then her father hires Ben Knox. The "bad boy" of Sugarcreek, Ben left two years ago under a cloud of shame. Now he's back and working side by side with Judith, who steels herself to ignore the sparks that fly between them.

"Lukas and Darla had been close friends until her father caused the fire that killed five Amish men, including himself and the mill owner, Lukas's father. Now Lukas is responsible for the mill and his three siblings. But when he learns Darla's brother is taking his anger out on Darla, Lukas can't simply stand by and watch"--

Returning to the Amish community that wrongly blamed him for an assault two years earlier, Mark protects the only woman who believed him, Neeta, who wonders at the identity of the real culprit in the wake of new attacks. Mark Fisher returns to the Amish community that wrongly blamed him for an assault two years earlier when Neeta, the only woman who believed in his innocence, asks for his help. When new assaults begin, Mark fears he knows the identity...