While a young Dokterfraa learns to heal the body, the Great Physician heals the heart … Sarah Yoder is learning to serve her Old Order Amish community as a Dokterfraa, creating teas and tinctures from the herbs in her garden and fields. But her latest patient isn’t responding to anything she concocts—a woman who, in Sarah’s mind, would be better off in any place but the one she has. Meanwhile, Sarah’s relatives can’t resist doing some matchmaking between her and a prosperous visitor to their community. She should be willing for God to show her His choice of partner … and not allow her friendship with her neighbor, Henry Byler, to grow into anything more. Henry has seen some success as a potter since a major department-store chain commissioned his work. The trouble is that they’re telling the world he’s Amish. Though he was raised in the faith and now lives in Amish country, he never joined church—and doesn’t plan to. Which also means that, despite the attraction between them, he must keep his distance from Sarah. The plant Sarah calls keys of heaven may grow in impossible places, but it’s not that easy for people to find the place where they really belong. So it’s quite a temptation to take matters into her own hands … “A heartwarming tale that celebrates the best things about being Amish.” —Christian Fiction Addiction Keys of Heaven is the fifth novel in the Whinburg Township Amish series. Books 4-6 can be read as standalones, but they’re best enjoyed as a trilogy, as they tell a complete story. No strong language, just a loving kiss and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like books by Loree Lough, Mary Lantz, or Emma Cartwright, you’re in the right place. Enjoy! This is the second edition. First published by Hachette FaithWords in 2015.

While a young Dokterfraa learns to heal the body, the Great Physician heals the heart … Sarah Yoder, an Amish widow in Pennsylvania’s Whinburg Township, is doing her best to provide a home where her family and members of her Old Order Amish church can find fellowship and friendship. But it’s getting more and more difficult to pay the bills—until the local Dokterfraa, or herbal healer, makes a startling suggestion: Could she begin training as a healer? Now Sarah stands where two ways meet. Caring for others could take her away from home. At the same time, she must be willing for the place where God wants her. But when she does choose, her family seems to splinter. Her stepson Simon wants to move out west to find work. Her youngest, Caleb, is spending too much time over at the tumbledown home of Henry Byler, who left the church long ago. Henry inherited the family farm and has returned—under protest—never suspecting that God has been waiting there for him all this time. As Sarah compiles her cures, she waits for God to do his healing work. In a man who rues a harsh decision. In a lonely prodigal who has lost everything. And maybe even in a herbalist-in-training who firmly believes she will never love again … “Herb of Grace is filled with spiritual insights and multilayered storylines. At times readers will be chuckling and other times, misty eyed as the book unfolds.” —Amish Reader Herb of Grace is the fourth novel in the Whinburg Township Amish series. Books 4-6 can be read as standalones, but they’re best enjoyed as a trilogy, as they tell a complete story. No strong language, just a loving kiss and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like books by Samantha Price, Amy Lillard, or Grace Lewis, you’re in the right place. Enjoy! This is the second edition. First published by Hachette FaithWords in 2014.

While a young Dokterfraa learns to heal the body, the Great Physician heals the heart … With Henry Byler now engaged to an Englisch woman, Sarah Yoder is doing her best to find peace, treating the members of her Old Order Amish community with all the skill an herbalist-in-training can muster. Since Henry never joined church, they could never have been anything but cordial neighbors, anyway. The solution is to keep busy. Her son Simon is back from the ranch in Colorado. Her sister-in-law Amanda needs a little help in the matchmaking department. And more and more members of the church are seeking her help. When Henry comes to her for a cure to heal his sensitive hands before his success as a potter is jeopardized, Sarah must do all she can to stifle the longing in her heart. As his friend, she must also be painfully honest about this new plan of his—to be filmed for a reality show called Shunning Amish. Will the cost to the community be too high? The Great Physician is able to heal any hurt—only He has the power to change an impossible situation and bring people back to Himself. But Sarah has to wonder whether it might already be too late, with Henry's wedding only weeks away… "Balm of Gilead is a truly captivating and heartwarming journey of faith and love that is sure to be a hit with fans of the series." --GoodReads Balm of Gilead is the sixth novel in the Whinburg Township Amish series. Books 4-6 can be read as standalones, but they’re best enjoyed as a trilogy, as they tell a complete story. No strong language, just a loving kiss and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like books by Rachel J. Good, Mary Alford, or Dana R. Lynn, you’re in the right place. Enjoy! This is the second edition. First published by Hachette FaithWords in 2015.

Will returning to their Amish roots renew their faith in each other? After running away from their strict Amish community, Isaac and David never thought they'd return. But family tragedy draws them back to Zebulon, where they must once again pretend they aren't gay. Pretend they're only friends. Under mounting pressure from the community, their families are desperate to bring them back into the fold. Isaac and David struggled in the outside world, and there's comfort in reuniting with parents and siblings they love-even as they yearn for a future together. Even as it becomes harder to hide the truth about who they really are. They're caught between two worlds, and it could tear them apart. Can Isaac and David recommit to each other and find a place to call home? A Way Home by Keira Andrews is the third book in a series of forbidden Amish love. This gay romance features steamy exploration, epic family drama, and of course a happy ending.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University “Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library