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"Married for eight years with no children to help fill her days, Heidi Troyer cooks up the idea of teaching classes in the art of Amish cuisine in her Holmes County, Ohio, home. But it is a recipe for drama when five very different men and women answer the advertisement. Charlene Higgins is engaged, but to the despair of her fiance's family, she can't cook. Kendra Perkins, a teen estranged from her family, is facing an unwanted pregnancy alone. Loretta...

Set after the American Civil War (1861-1865), the novel is inspired by the story of an African American slave, Margaret Garner, who escaped slavery in Kentucky late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio, a free state. In the novel, the protagonist Sethe is also a slave who escapes slavery, running to Cincinnati, Ohio. After twenty-eight days of freedom, a posse arrives to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which gave slave...

"Ever since his father died in a tragic fire, Levi Kinsinger has felt adrift. Then Julia, his young widowed neighbor, asks for his help with a Christmas project, and suddenly Levi finds a sense of purpose again. Friendship grows into attraction, yet Levi can't help having doubts. There's something about Julia that doesn't ring quite true. Julia Kemp has survived her fair share of hardships--but only by hiding the truth of her past. After meeting Levi,...

"Sometimes love throws a curveball. Megan O'Donnell has everything under control: her job as a physical therapist, single motherhood, and anything else life throws her way. She has to-- since her husband walked out on her and their son when Sammy was born with cerebral palsy - taking with him her trust in men and God, too. Resilient, Megan's heading up All-Stars Sports Day, an event for special needs kids like Sammy. But her planning meeting is hijacked...