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Prayers for Sale, a novel, by Sandra Dallas ~ Hennie Comfort is eighty-six and has lived in the mountains of Middle Swan, Colorado since before it was Colorado. Nit Spindle is just seventeen and newly married. She and her husband have just moved to the high country in search of work. It’s 1936 and the depression has ravaged the country and Nit and her husband have suffered greatly.

The harsh conditions of life that each have endured create an instant bond and an unlikely friendship is formed, one in which the deepest of hardships are shared and the darkest of secrets are confessed. Sandra Dallas has created an unforgettable tale of a friendship between two women, one with surprising twists and turns, and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the human spirit.

The Alpine Uproad, by Mary Daheim ~ The picturesque little town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains is no longer the rough-and-ready logging camp of yesteryear. So when a drunken brawl at the Icicle Creek Tavern leaves a loner named Alvin De Muth dead, the residents feel as if they’ve gone back to the Bad Old Days.

Luckily for Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, the news breaks just before the paper’s Wednesday deadline, so for once she can give the radio station some real competition. But soon she has an even bigger story to report: a heartbreaking highway accident that leaves two people dead and a likable young local on life support.  Rumors are flying. Are the two tragedies linked in some inexplicable way? Emma senses that there’s a story behind the story and is determined to uncover the truth. Welcome to another Daheim masterpiece that will challenge the cleverest reader, and to a warmhearted world of small-town life that is richly addictive and dangerous.

A Widow’s Hope, the Miller Family series, by Mary Ellis ~ A bright new voice shares a tender love story set in the rolling green fields of Ohio Amish country. After the death of her husband, Hannah Brown is determined to make a new life with her sister’s family. But when she sells her farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moves with her sheep to Ohio, the wool unexpectedly starts to fly. Her deacon brother-in-law finds just about everything about Hannah vexing.

So no one is more surprised than Simon when his own brother, Seth, shows an interest in the beautiful young widow. Hannah thought she could never love again, until she meets the strong, gentle farmer. Unfortunately, Seth Miller’s only interest is in Hannah’s sheep. He is content in his bachelor state and slow to recognize his daughter Phoebe’s need for a new mother. Yet God offers Seth the perfect solution to their problems if he could only open his heart again and love.

Plain Perfect, a Daughters of the Promise novel, by Beth Wiseman ~ A search for peace in Amish country proves anything but simple for a woman on the run from life…and herself. On the rolling plains of Lancaster County, PA., Lillian Miller is searching for her grandparents’ house, and so much more. After years of neglect and abuse, she’s turning to a lifestyle of simplicity among the Amish to find herself.

As she discards the distractions of her former life, she befriends the young boy working on her family’s farm and his attractive widowed father, Samuel Stoltzfus. Despite Lillian’s best efforts to the contrary, her feelings for Samuel—and his for her—deepen. Will Lillian find her faith in Plain living, or will she be forced to return to her former life? (Content verified by Amish reader.)