Jenny Springer is the local historian for the Amish community in Apple Creek, Ohio. When Jenny was a child, Jerusha Hershberger Springer rescued her from a terrible snowstorm, and when no trace of Jenny's parents could be found, the Springer family adopted her. Since then, the burning desire in Jenny's heart is to find out who she really is.Then Jenny meets Jonathan Hershberger, a drifter from San Francisco who lands in Apple Creek fleeing a drug deal gone wrong. Intrigued by an Eng...

Jonathan and Jenny Hershberger are happily settled in Paradise, Pennsylvania on the farm Jenny inherited from her grandfather. But when Jonathan disappears in a terrible boating accident, Jenny and her young daughter, Rachel, return home to Apple Creek, Ohio to live with her adoptive parents, Reuben and Jerusha Springer.As Jenny works through her grief and despair, she discovers she has a gift for writing. A handsome young publisher discovers her work and, after the publication of h...

Isabella, Princess of Poland, is raised to a life of great wealth and leisure in the Polish Royal Court, destined to marry a king. But fate or divine providence intervenes when she meets Johan Hirschberg, a young Anabaptist who works in her father's stable. This chance meeting leads the young couple into a forbidden love. Together they flee Poland and embark on a dangerous journey that brings them, after great peril, to the small parish of a troubled priest named Menno Simons. Catholic Bis...

Jerusha Springer has spent months making the most beautiful quilt anyone in Apple Creek, Ohio has ever seen, and she knows it is going to take first prize at the Quilt Fair in Dalton. The prize money will be her ticket out of the Amish way of life—away from the memories of Jenna, the daughter she lost a year ago and Reuben, her tormented husband, who has been missing since Jenna's death.On the way to the fair, Jerusha gets caught in the Storm of The Century. An accident leaves her trapped ...

The Snowbank MurdersIn the quiet town of Apple Creek, Ohio, Jenny Hershberger dreams of peace in her golden years. But when Garrett Beller returns with haunting memories and chilling evidence from a decades-old murder case, her life takes a dark turn. Together with retired sheriff Bobby Halverson, they delve into a mystery tied to the Amish community—a crime that has lingered in the shadows for far too long. As secrets unravel, Jenny must confront the past, risking ...

This is Volume 1, a Box Set, of The Complete Porch Swing Mysteries series and contains the first three books in the series. The set includes two CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FIRST PLACE WINNERS — THE QUILT THAT KNEW and THE BOY IN BLUE DENIM, as well as book three in the series, 3 X 3.

THE COMPLETE BOX SET OF THE AWARD-WINNING ISLAND SERIES by Murray Pura and Patrick E. Craig!FAR ON THE RINGING PLAINS - CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FIRST PLACE WINNER — HEMINGWAY 20TH CENTURY WARTIME FICTION.Three men that had each other's backs and the backs of every Marine in their company and platoon. All three were raised never to fight. All three saw no other choice but to enlist and try to make a difference. All three would never be the same a...

An Amish Christmas Blessing invites you into the heartwarming story of Abigail Harris, a fourth-generation member of the Amish Hirschberg family separated from her community her entire life. Through a series of events she arrives unannounced in the San Luis Valley of Colorado at her uncle Jürgen's ranch , an uncle she has never met. Abandoned there by her companion, Abigail finds a place in Jürgen's home and heart. As the holiday season approaches, Abigail embarks on a pro...

ISLANDS: Far On The Ringing Plains INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTSIn the spirit of The Thin Red Line, Hacksaw Ridge, Flags of our Fathers and Pearl Harbor.Realistic. Gritty. Gutsy. Without taking it too far, Craig and Pura take it far enough to bring war home to your heart, mind, and soul. The rough edge of combat is here. And the rough edge of language, human passion, and our flawed humanity. If you can handle the ruggedness and honesty of Saving Private Ryan, 1917 or Dunkirk, you...

It did not end with Guadalcanal. It did not end with one island. There were more islands... an island with snow-capped peaks, friendly people, blue seas, where Bud found love with his Tongan princess. Where Billy breathed the clean air of mountains where no danger lurked. Where Johnny found a way to drain the hate that drove him mad. They found life again after the death-filled frenzy of GuadalcanalBut the God of war was not done with them. More islands sent their siren call from be...

When Penguins Fly: An Ascension Enhancement ProjectBy: Andrew Patrick CraigMy full name is Andrew Patrick Timothy Michael Craig. My Pops gave me that name, though he never intended to. It is quite a name: Catholic Saints, an Apostle, and an Archangel.It also has very powterful and symmetrical numerology, packed with master numbers: 11,33,11,33,11, yielding a 99-power number. The consonants also produce a 22-master number and a 99-power number. And my birthday yields...

When Penguins Fly: An Ascension Enhancement ProjectBy: Andrew Patrick CraigMy full name is Andrew Patrick Timothy Michael Craig. My Pops gave me that name, but he told me he never intended to. It is a heck of a name: Catholic Saints, an Apostle, and an Archangel.It also has very powerful and symmetrical numerology, packed with master numbers: 29/11(twice), 33(twice), 38/11, and 162/99. The consonants even produce two master numbers: 22 and 99. My birthday is yet ano...