Fay Risner in Book two of her Nurse Hal Amish series links the modern world to the timeless Amish way of life when Nurse Hallie Lindstrom falls in love with Amish widower John Lapp. This is a fascinating look at two differing cultures set in an intricate and richly detailed tapestry of a traditional Amish setting in southern Iowa. The Amish simple way of life based on faith, convictions and honesty is entwined in this love story between an English woman and an Amish man. Hallie Lindstrom, ...

Strong willed and independent, Ella learned to stick up for herself in her large family. When the Civil War began few men were available to protect the homesteader women and children left to fend for themselves in Vernon County, Missouri. Invasions by Union Soldiers from Fort Scott, Kansas and thieving Jayhawkers from Kansas forced Ella to come to a decision. She wanted to keep her widowed mother and siblings safe. She felt she didn't have a choice when she dressed as a man and joined a ba...

Fay Risner brings readers the story of an Amish man and a once Amish woman. Follow the twists and turns in their lives while they make each other miserable. At the same time they try to carry out their Christmas Traditions for the little boy they both love.Levi Yoder threatens to make this Margaret Goodman’s last visit to his farm. A visit which proves to very different from all the others. A terrifying fire sets a girl’s dress on fire during the Amish Christmas school program. Mar...

Fay Risner takes readers on a emotional journey into a tender, original story set in the rolling hills of southern Iowa. A story that’s heartwarming, romantic and a mystery.Home Health nurse Hal Lindstrom is assigned Amish widower John Lapp. She offers to stay with his children while he’s in the hospital. Fifteen year old Emma takes care of the household. Her two younger brothers are handling the dairy operation. Hal soon realizes that Emma suffers from depression. Noah is withdraw...

Join the fun. You are invited to the wedding of John Lapp and Nurse Hal. Family and friends have gathered to cook, clean and plan. Men have put up a tent for the guests, so put on your bonnet or felt hat, hitch up your buggy and take a ride by scenic pastures and rolling hills to Wickenburg, Iowa. Take a seat on a bench next to Hal's folks. They will be glad to explain the ceremony, because they came armed with Aunt Tootie's book on Amish customs. You will find a few surprises when little ...

Home Health Nurse Hal Lindstrom is assigned Amish widower John Lapp. She offers to stay with his children while he is in the hospital. Fifteen year old Emma takes care of the household. Her two younger brothers are handling the dairy operation. Hal soon realizes that Emma is suffering from depression. Noah is withdrawn, and Daniel is so troubled he sleepwalks outside, looking for his dead mother. Drawn to this needy family, Hal discovers they have a secret swept under the proverbial Amish ...

Eighth grader, Amanda Craftton bent to peer pressure. She slipped away from school at lunch time with her friends. They went to the mall to get tattoos. Afterward, one of the friends invites the girls to go home with her to sample a beer. The time got away from them, making them late for math class. The teacher sent them to the principal's office for a tardy slip. The principal smelled beer on the girls' breath and suspended the girls from school for the last six weeks of the term. Amanda'...

Try the first book in this Stringbean Hooper Western Series. You will never find another sheriff like Stringbean Hooper. His description of the sheriff's job in Sully Town, Montana is relaxing with his feet on his desk while he watches the town's citizens ride by. That all changes when the doctor's wife disapears. Hooper finds himself in a murder investigation, bushwhacked, threatened and in the middle of a family feud between cattle barron Mac Sullivan, the missing woman's father, and his...

Elizabeth Winston grew up not caring about Christmas. This Christmas is going to be much worse than the holidays she and her brother, Scott, spent with her divorced parents. Her former boyfriend, Steven Mitchell, showed up to pester her about renewing their relationship now that his marriage has ended. Elizabeth always looks forward to sharing Christmas with her brother, Scott, but he says he has a business trip during Christmas. His present for her is an expensive and obnoxious robot man ...

Welcome to the Lapp farm near Wickenburg in southern Iowa. Come to visit and bring your sense of humor. Dependable Emma Lapp dreams about the same fate that happens to all teenage Amish girls. Eventually, she will fall in love, marry and have a large family, but she’s been offered the teacher’s job for a term. That means working away from home and leaving Nurse Hal to take care of the household while she’s still trying to perfect her cooking skills. That worries Emma. She doesn’t think Nur...

She grew up near Kokomo, Indiana in a small Amish community. At a young age she knew she wanted to go to college because she saw how her dad struggled to make ends met and feeding a family of six on a sixty acre farm wasnt an easy task. Her first obstacle was the fact she knew no English when she started school. This was her fault, her grandmother knew no English, and therefore she felt this wasnt a necessity. She soon realized her mistake and two weeks into the school year she knew how to...