By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year.Each entry describes a separate book, listing everything readers need to know to make selections. Arranged by author within six genre sections, detailed entries provide: Title Publisher and publication dateSeriesNames and descriptions of charactersTime period and geographical settingReview citationsStory typesBrief plot summarySelected other books by the authorSimilar books by different authorsAuthor, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre/sub-genre indexes are included to facilitate research.

An Arranged Romance Molly Ziegler is proud of being a successful midwife. But at age twenty-one, she's unmarried—and fodder for gossip in her Amish community. Even as her meddling mother urges her to marry the town's most eligible bachelor, Molly wants more. And in newcomer Isaac Gruber, she's found her way out. If Isaac will pretend to court her, her mother has to stop matchmaking—once and for all. What Molly didn't plan on are the unexpected feelings the businessman stirs in her. Isaac will go along with Molly's ruse. Especially since he can't stop thinking about her. But when the favor backfires spectacularly, it might just lead them toward true love.

Discovering faith and love in Amish country The Amish Midwife’s Courtship by Cheryl Williford In newcomer Isaac Gruber, single twenty-one-year-old Molly Ziegler has found a way out of her mother’s matrimonial meddling. If Isaac will pretend to court her, her mother has to stop matchmaking once and for all. Isaac will go along with Molly’s ruse—especially since he’s falling for her. But when the favor backfires, it might just lead them toward true love. Plain Truth by Debby Giusti When widowed doctor Ella Jacobsen is attacked, the peace she’s found in Georgia’s Amish country is shattered. Now her life is in the hands of army special agent Zach Swain. Zach can’t resist the vulnerable but headstrong Ella. To save her, he must uncover the secrets that swirl around the idyllic community. And he needs to do it fast, because Ella is running out of time.