Shelley Shepard Gray

Viola Keim starts working at a Mennonite retirement home and soon finds herself torn between her attraction to Ed, missionary son of a resident, and her Amish values that require her to remain near home to care for her needy family members. Can she leave them behind to begin a new life abroad with Ed?

"Two years ago, Mark Fisher left his Amish community in Hart County after being wrongly accused of assault. When he has returns to help an old friend, attacks on women begin. Mark is the obvious suspect, but one woman, Waneta Cain, stands behind him. Mark fears he may know the real culprit and plans to keep Waneta safe"-- Provided by publisher.

"Miriam Zehr has worked at the Sugarcreek Inn longer than she cares to admit. The restaurant is a favorite of town residents as well as the many tourists who come to taste the famous Amish fare. Though she always tries to have a smile for every customer who comes in, deep down, Miriam knows something's missing... a family of her own. Miriam has never felt particularly beautiful, especially because she's always been a bit heavier than other girls her...

"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...

"Emma, a widow with three daughters, and Jay, a widower with three sons, understand each other's struggles. When Jay's oldest son becomes engaged, Emma helps with the wedding preparations. Jay want to court Emma in earnest, but Emma's relatives are troubled by the prospect of her moving on"-- Provided by publisher.

"Until Robert Miller met Lilly Allen, his world had been dark. A widower after only two years of marriage, he'd been living in a haze, feeling that, at twenty-four, his life was already over. But thanks to his friendship with Lilly, he now has new reasons to wake up each day. He knows his connection to her doesn't make sense. She's only nineteen, with a past the whole town talks about. Even more, she's not Amish, like Robert. A marriage between the...

"Ruth Stutzman is a wonderful caregiver--but she has no experience with [children]. Laid off from her job at a retirement home due to budget cuts, she's relieved to find work--even if it means temporarily watching widower Martin Rodes' brood of six. Martin has done the best he can since his wife's passing, but he and the children need help. Their house, once full of laughter and light, has been darkened by sadness. Soon after Ruth arrives, the children...

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.

As the search for Perry Borntrager's killer continues, Jacob Shrock, who got into a fistfight with Perry, feels like his world is about to crumble, and he wonders if Deborah, Perry's sister, will believe what everyone seems to think is the truth or listen to her heart.

An Amish woman's past deeds may ruin her one chance at happiness in Shelley Shepard Gray's Wanted, book two in the Sisters of the Heart series.
Twenty-year-old Katie Brenneman has always quietly fancied Jonathan Lundy. So when the brokenhearted widower asks her to help him take care of his two young girls, Katie knows it will be a trying time—yet she cannot pass up a golden opportunity to get to know this man better.
Just as...