Rose Kauffman is engaged to Silas Good, a well-liked Amish fellow, so why does she still pine for Nick Franco, the former foster son of the bishop? Especially now that Nick has left the Amish community under a cloud of suspicion after the death of the bishop's biological son. Meanwhile, Rose's older sister, Hen, has returned to live at her parents' farm with her young daughter. Hen and her modern husband, Brandon, are separated by mutual agreement,...

Married to prominent Manhattan doctor Gabriel Rosen, Magdalena Yoder is delighted to be selected as the emcee for the first annual Hernia Holstein Competition, but when someone murders the contest's founder, she launches a personal investigation.

When eligible bachelor Cornelious Weaver suffers a heart attack while in bed with another woman just days before his wedding to Priscilla Livengood, and it is revealed that there may have been foul play, Madgalena Yoder must uncover the truth.

When a bestselling novelist falls face-down dead into Magdalena Yoder's prize-winning apple pie during the village of Hernia's 110th Annual Festival of Pies, there is no shortage of suspects in the subsequent murder investigation. A former guest at Magdalena's PennDutch Inn, the author had made many enemies on publication of her subsequent tell-all book, exposing the faults and foibles of members of the local Amish/Mennonite community, and mocking...

Writer Lucas Yoder, editor Shirley Marmelstein, critic and would-be author Karl Streibert, and reader Jane Garland, who treasures the written word, play key roles in a study of the people who create, publish, critique, and enjoy books.