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Cindy WoodsmallAuthor Bio:Cindy Woodsmall is an award-winning New York Times and CBA best-selling author with twenty works of fiction. She’s best known for her Amish fiction. Her connection with the Amish community has been widely featured in national media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and ABC Nightline. The Wall Street Journal listed Cindy as one of the top three most popular authors of Amish fiction. Romantic Times recently gave Cindy a Career Achievement Award. She also coauthored the nonfiction work "Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women" with Miriam Flaud. Cindy and her husband reside near the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains. |
Books by Author
 The Gift of Christmas PastArson wasn't the only fire that ignited between them. Promises shattered. Lies spoken. She was arrested. He returned to the safety of his wealthy parents. Almost ten years later, Hadley and Monroe are both specialists in the field of speech therapy. They meet again . . . thrown together to help a four-year-old-girl… |
 Gathering the Threads |
 The Angel of Forest Hill: An Amish Christmas RomanceA time of anticipation. A season of miracles.Because of Joel’s impossible situation, twenty-one-year-old Rose must sacrifice everything. As days pass into years in the midst of the beautiful hills, the laughter of children, and God’s providence—is it too much for Rose to hope for love in return?An… |
 Fraying at the Edge: A Novel (The Amish of Summer Grove)Family, community, faith, and love. These “quilt blocks” sewn together made Ariana’s beautiful life. When they are pulled to pieces, will anything familiar remain?The Old Order Amish life Ariana Brenneman loved vanished virtually overnight with the discovery that she was switched at birth twenty… |
 Amish Christmas at North Star: Four Stories of Love and FamilyOne night four lives entered the world by the hands of an Amish midwife, just outside North Star, Pennsylvania. Rebekah’s Babies, as they are called, are now grown adults and in four heartwarming novellas each young person experiences a journey of discovery, a possibility of love, and the wonder of… |
 Ties That Bind: A Novel (The Amish of Summer Grove)Ariana’s comfortable Old Order Amish world is about to unravel. Will holding tightly to the cords of family keep them together—or simply tear them apart?Twenty-year-old Ariana Brenneman loves her family and the Old Ways. She has two aspirations: open a café in historic Summer Grove to help… |
 A Love Undone: An Amish Novel of Shattered Dreams and God's Unfailing GraceA husband and son abandoned to forge a path alone. A young woman who sacrificed her dreams. How will the God of grace and hope help them find their way? At nineteen years old, Old Order Amish Jolene Keim was on the brink of happily-ever-after when everything changed, stealing the future she expected… |
 Seasons of Tomorrow: Book Four in the Amish Vines and Orchards SeriesAs love restores Rhoda, a sudden tragedy is the test of faith she never saw coming.More settled in her heart than ever before, Rhoda Byler feels a newfound confidence living in the Old Order Amish settlement she helped establish in Orchard Bend, Maine. Time has helped to heal the wounds of Rhoda’s… |
 The Dawn of Christmas: A Romance from the Heart of Amish CountrySadie Yoder enjoys her freedom away from home but after four years, her Old Order Amish family insists it’s time to come home and settle down. Levi, a bachelor who distrusts women after a family heartbreak, also has no desire for romance. To keep their families from meddling in their lives, Sadie… |
 For Every Season: Book Three in the Amish Vines and Orchards SeriesWorking hard to develop a new Amish community outside of Unity, Maine, Rhoda Byler is fully committed to rehabilitating an orchard with business partner Samuel King. But an impulsive decision has created an unexpected strain in her relationship with her beau, Samuel’s brother, Jacob, threatening plans… |
 The Winnowing Season: Book Two in the Amish Vines and Orchards SeriesThe tornado that devastated Kings’ Orchard pushed Rhoda, Samuel, and Jacob to make a new start in Maine. Are they strong enough to withstand the challenges of establishing an Amish community—and brave enough to face the secrets that move with them? On the eve of their departure to begin a new… |
 Christmas in Apple RidgeThe Amish community of Apple Ridge is a place to discover anew that even though life doesn’t always look the way you might expect and pain can’t help but color our actions…love may just be around the corner, just in time for Christmas! Christmas in Apple Ridge is a three-in-one collection. It… |
 A Season for Tending: Book One in the Amish Vines and Orchards SeriesOld Order Amish Rhoda Byler’s unusual gift and her remarkable abilities to grow herbs and berries have caused many to think her odd. As rumors mount that Rhoda’s “gift” is a detriment to the community, she chooses isolation, spending her time in her fruit garden and on her thriving canning business.… |
 The Scent of Cherry BlossomsLove between a Mennonite woman and an Amish man threatens the lifelong relationship between two brothers. And two families. Annie is a young Old Order Mennonite woman whose grandfather co-owns a restaurant with the Zooks, an Old Order Amish family. Romance between the Mennonites and Amish is unacceptable.… |
 The Christmas SingingThree years ago, at Christmastime, Mattie Eash’s life was everything she could hope for. That is, until her childhood sweetheart, Gideon, betrayed her. Heartbroken, Mattie retreated to her brother’s home in Ohio and poured her life into the dream of running her own cake shop. There, she found someone… |
 The Harvest of Grace: Book Three in the Ada's House SeriesThe Harvest of Grace is the third and final book in the Ada’s House series. Come join us for the conclusion of this New York Times bestselling series as beloved characters from The Hope of Refuge and The Bridge of Peace continue to grow in their love and commitment to one another. In The Harvest of… |
 The Bridge of Peace: Book Two in the Ada's House SeriesHeadstrong schoolteacher Lena Kauffman finds herself at the center of controversy in her Amish community when a young man in her classroom refuses to submit to her authority. As her friends and family rally around her, especially longtime friend Grey Graber, things go from bad to worse when Grey’s… |
 The Sound of Sleigh BellsBeth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store, and serving as contact of sorts between Amish craftsmen and Englischers who want to sell the Plain people’s wares. But remorse and loneliness still echo in her heart everyday as she still wears the dark garb, indicating… |
 The Hope of Refuge: Book One in the Ada's House SeriesThe Hope of Refuge is the first book in Ada’s House series. Raised in foster care and now a widowed single parent, New Yorker Cara Moore struggles against poverty, fear, and a relentless stalker. When a trail of memories leads Cara and her daughter, Lori, away from the city toward an Amish community,… |
 When the Soul Mends: Book Three in the Sisters of the Quilt SeriesRumors and lies left Hannah’s life in tatters; can the truth possibly stitch it back together? Having fled in disgrace more than two years earlier, Hannah finally has found happiness in the Englischer world, as well as love with Martin Palmer, a man with whom she can safely entrust her heart. But… |
 When the Morning Comes: Book Two in the Sisters of the Quilt SeriesWhen the Morning Comes is the sequel and continuation of the best-selling novel When the Heart Cries. Her relationship with fiance Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education… |
 When the Heart Cries: Book One in the Sisters of the Quilt SeriesHannah Lapp was born and raised in an Old Order Amish home, without electricity, a telephone, or the right to follow her heart. Without her parents’ knowledge, she’s been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for years. When he asks her to marry him, she accepts, even though to do so will cause her… |