Central Kansas Library System

Meet Cheryl Cooper who left a banking job in Columbus, Ohio, to run a gift shop, the Swiss Miss, in Sugarcreek while her Aunt Mitzi fulfills an overseas missionary call. Cheryl is just getting over a bad breakup with her longtime fianc?? and is looking forward to a slower pace among the Amish community. But as she explores a neighboring corn maze, she overhears a man's menacing voice making serious threats. Upon her return from the unsettling experience,...

"Christmas time has come to Sugarcreek but the sleepy Ohio town is anything but calm. Cheryl Cooper expected a quiet holiday season filled with new friends and new traditions. Instead, Lance Martin, her ex-fiancé, shows up and proposes again. Then, one of her aunt's heirlooms turns up missing followed by the disappearance of the engagement ring Lance intended for her. When the Millers' estranged daughter Sarah leaves her Englisch husband and returns...

Though Cheryl Cooper wrestles with her own mixed feelings about Valentines Day, she wants to make sure her good friends Naomi and Seth Miller have the truest love possible which doesn't include the obvious tension that is building between them. So when Cheryl stumbles across clues that indicate Seth is keeping an odd secret, and he gets testy and elusive whenever she asks him about it, her mystery-solving radar kicks in. Candy-heart messages left...

"The Amish of Sugarcreek are experiencing a baby boom! Cheryl Cooper loves the air of excitement these new arrivals bring and as a recent member of the community, she enjoys getting to know her neighbors by delivering congratulatory gifts to the families. She never dreamed that one of these visits would end in an awful discovery--a baby has been snatched from his cradle! When Cheryl happens across a lead that could reunite the child with his mother...

When Sugarcreek decides to put together a display of local lore and Levi Miller and his mother, Naomi, agree to help with the research, Cheryl Cooper is happy to head up the project, But she is shocked when a search at the library turns up incriminating information concerning her dearly departed Uncle Ralph. Her questions about the untimely death of a member of the community make many townsfolk uncomfortable and at least one person angry enough to...

Spring has come to Sugarcreek and the community is rallying behind an effort to help victims of domestic violence. At a work day to remodel abandoned cottages for families in need of safe havens, volunteers discover dozens of jars filled with old coins hidden within the walls of a kitchen. When the money is stolen from the safe in Cheryl's office at the Swiss Miss, she feels a responsibility to find the thief and recover the loot. The investigation...

Cheryl Cooper loves helping out a friend so when Naomi Miller asks for a ride to visit a sick relative, she is happy to comply. They make numerous stops along the way including one to a large estate sate. When Cheryl's bid to buy a uniquely patterned quilt leads to a puzzling confrontation, she is more determined than ever to make it her own. Once she has her prized purchase, several attempts are made to steal the quilt including a break-in at her...

When Cheryl pays a visit to Naomi at the Miller farm, she learns that Seth's uncle Silas has just passed away. The whole family is upset, especially Levi, who has been saving up to buy land from his uncle. Levi is relieved to find that he has been given the land in Silas' will but there is one big problem: the deed has gone missing. Without it, the land and house will be seized by the state and sold, most likely to the shady developer who wants to...

"When their church hosts a children's choir from Aunt Mitzi's mission in Papua New Guinea, Cheryl and Levi invite Jennifer Lewis, a young single woman and chaperone for the group, to stay in their dawdy haus. An hour before they need to leave to meet the group for their first rehearsal, they relize the woman has vanished. Has Jennifer left voluntarily-or is something more sinister afoot? As Cheryly sets out to learn to learn what happened to their...

With each passing season in their first year of married life, Cheryl and Levi Miller find a fresh set of challenges and adjustments to be made as the Englisher and her Amish farmer husband learn to live together. But by observing their friends and loved ones in the Sugarcreek community, the newlyweds see firsthand how God uses each new phase of life to reveal inspiring insights, spiritual truths, and future surprises... all while they harvest a whole...