Bücher von Monica Marks

Irene is a young Amish woman who is chomping on the bit to get out of her Amish community. She wants more than what her family has prescribed for her. Her father is now widowed and has refused to remarry after her mother died. Instead, he wants to keep Irene home and has forbade her from participating in the Rumspringa tradition...But there is a widow in town who catches her father's eye. With his back turned, Irene begins to entering the courting charms of Joe, a handsome outsider visiting the town.

Southern girl Daisy is left widowed after only a few months of marriage and she turns to a mail-order bride service in order to save herself. She is sent to Wyoming and couldn't be happier upon meeting her new husband, Jess. He is strong and generous. He introduces her to a simple life in Wyoming and she feels as if she as hit the jackpot...But things don't stay that way. Daisy is pregnant from her previous marriage and Jess had been adamant about wanting a woman with no children. Will Daisy pretend that the baby is Jess? Or will she tell the truth and put herself and possibly the baby into more hardship?

An elderly Amish woman is brought to the hospital because of a stroke and her husband wants desperately to bring her home. She has lost her memory but he thinks of different ways for her to rekindle her memories of their life together, telling her about the good times of their past. This is all to no avail until the end when she remembers their first date and the memories come flooding back.

Joanna believes she has been irreparably changed by her Civil War time experience. A Southern debutante who once had money to burn, she now finds herself without money or family. She sets out in the post-war world to make her way to get what she wants, no matter who is hurt, or how...But when she meets a Southern gentleman with the same struggles, will she undergo a change of heart that leads to romance?

Bethany is a young woman who journeys to a third world country as part of the missionary team of her church. Once there, she meets a native doctor who melts her heart with both his compassion and handsome features. The two become close and battle the odds as they fight the medical problems of the poor country until it finally becomes time for her to leave. But with this unexpected romance she has a new problem, can she stay in the country with the man she has grown to love or return home?

Sylvia has had nothing but a rough road after leaving the west. She decides to move back home and answers a marriage proposal through a mail order bride service. Moving to the Montana Rockies, things start off even rockier as she finds herself in the middle of a gunfight! Her new beau is a reformed villain...a man seeking to go on the path of righteousness but whose past vows to collect on the dues he owes...Can this former outlaw outrun his bad deeds and become the man that Sylvia needs?

Honor is a young Amish woman who gambled and lost by marrying an Englischer. She returns home to her Amish community with both a sense of shame and disappointment in trying to find true love. She buries herself into her work at the bakery and closes herself off to her desperately desired wish of finding true love. Determined to never again risk her heart, she throws herself into running the family's bakery. But when another Englischer comes into town, Honor cannot help but be drawn to him. He's kind and gentle, a little on the shy side unlike her previous beau. As she gets to know him, she finds out he has his own emotional baggage similar to her own. Can they learn to trust the love that sparks between them and move forward?

Clara has found romance, adventure and love through the matrimonial columns. I could do the same, could I not?She was not yet betrothed to Cotter Finlay but Ella knew the time for him to ask her father for his permission was nigh. But Cotter Finlay cannot engage me if I am promised to another, can he? It was just as Clara said-if I am betrothed to another, breaking off such an engagement would look poorly upon my parents.It was in that moment that Elle made the decision. By next year on St. Valentine's Day, she, too, would be heading west to wed a man of adventure.

Elizabeth is on the run from a bad marriage. Once again facing poverty, she decides to try her luck at becoming a mail order bride. Growing up in New York, she's used to the hustle and bustle but fantasizes about a new life out West. Arriving in the small town, she finds the ranch life appealing and even more so when she meets her prospective husband, the handsome Jeb. But does he feel the same about her?

Elizabeth gulped back the lump of nervousness in her throat. Before her mother had passed away so unexpectedly, it had been her intention to bring the three youngest with her to Wyoming where her betrothed waited patiently for her arrival.For over a year, Elizabeth had been writing Stephan Carey, a rancher whose letters filled her with warmth and promise. He was more than she had ever expected to find in the pages of a matrimonial column and yet he seemed to display everything she had ever wanted. Elizabeth's mother had lived a long, hard life, particularly after the death of the children's father, one year after Franklin was born. Priscilla Danvers had worked very hard as a chambermaid at a hotel to provide for her nine children but it had never been easy. Elizabeth had proposed to her mother that when she married, she would take with her Franklin, Ivy and Anne to give Priscilla some reprieve. Stephan had agreed to the arrangement, being raised in a home for boys. He had never known the benefit of having siblings and he was eager to start a family of his own. But do they both know what they're getting into?

Michael is now a Sheriff and he returns to the Amish town of his birth to search for an escaped felon. Once there, he once again meets the acquaintance of his childhood sweetheart, Lovina. They had vowed to be best friends forever until circumstances split them apart. Now they are reunited but can their young love be rekindled after life has hit them with so many slings and arrows?

As a woman who took the law into her own hands years ago, the wanted Tabitha wants only to settle in as a dutiful mail order bride. She warmed quickly to her husband, despite not knowing the first thing about him. They had exchanged but two letters before the proposal had come and while she had been taken aback by the suddenness of his ask, she had been in just as much a hurry to leave New York. All she wanted was to put her past behind her...until a violent situation forces her hand once again...Will her new husband be forgiving when he finds out about her checkered past??

Julianne considers her Amish life boring. She's also resigned herself to being a spinster for the rest of her life. There are no men in town she's even remotely interested in even though every single man is pining for her attention.This all changes when a handsome stranger moves into the Amish town. His name is James and he is a former baseball star whose fame and fortune have fizzled out. He comes to the Amish town to get away from all the media but he doesn't count on the Amish people being quite nosy...Particularly when a romance between he and Julianne blossoms.But when an incident from his past life becomes newsworthy, their budding love is put to the test immediately. Can it withstand all of the gossip from the town and the media?

Unfairly treated in her medical career, Rachel seeks a place to hide and finds herself in an Amish community. With distant relatives who are Amish, she decides to stay and try the Amish life. She meets a quiet farmer who barely says a word to her but over time she becomes attached to both him and the Amish community. When she receives justice from her employer, she's invited back to her hospital job. But will she return when she's finally found peace and maybe love?

An anthology of Christian Romance and life drama...some stories to warm the heart, some to make you think...Christine is engaged to be married to a doctor. She soon has second thoughts, however, when her high school boyfriend returns from the Gulf War and sees her in church. They talk and soon nostalgia as well as his charms get the best of her. Will she rekindle the love she had for her old boyfriend or will she follow through with a marriage to the doctor?

Rachel has promised herself to never be hurt again after being left at the altar years ago. But when a handsome stranger gives her the eye at her sister's wedding, her heart skips a beat. It is a whirlwind courtship to say the least as Steven sweeps her off her feet and the two are soon married. But married life in the Wild West isn't what Rachel expected! She soon discovers that all the divorced Steven wanted was a woman to be the mother of his children. Where was the romance?!And Steven has his own secrets. He pretends as if he doesn't care but it is a mask. A mask for his own emotions that, similar to Rachel, won't allow him to love again...Will the newly married couple let their guards down and allow themselves to fall in love once again?

The only thing more painful than death is losing a parent and if that parent is the only person you have left in your life, it's a tragic event that could plot your way through life. Rachel never thought she would have to face the day when she had to attend her mamm's funeral. The sudden and tragic loss had rocked her foundations. Unable to bare the fact that her mamm was gone, Rachel goes on a Rumspringa with no intentions of returning home. Ready to tur her back on the only life she knew, she flees to an old ex-Amish friend in Muncie, to start her new life.Michael was not willing to let her go, and despised the fact that his daett had been unable to show the poor girl some compassion. Refusing to heed his daett's warning, Michael sets off to go find Rachel. But convincing her that her place is back home with the people she know, and getting her to realize only Gott can heal a broken heart, would be one challenge he wasn't quite ready for. Would he be able to convince Rachel to give up this foolish game and help her find her way back home?

Hannah has been dating her boyfriend for over five years with no wedding ring forthcoming. He's turning away from the Christian faith while Hannah accepts a matchmaking invite from a friend...She set her up with a young man who will become the new pastor in the church. They meet and the chemistry is immediate...But they soon face difficulty has they have both come from abusive family backgrounds...Their emotional triggers are the same, a fear of intimacy and a need to keep people at arm's length. But can God make two broken birds come together and become whole?

Joshua is burning candles at both ends, literally working on the family business in addition to being a volunteer firefighter. But when he meets Rachel, sparks fly and they both find it hard to deny the attraction they feel for another. But Rachel has already lost a loved one in a fire and she pushes Joshua away as she never wants to experience that kind of loss again. Can Rachel grow out of her fears and be willing to give love another chance? Those questions and more are answered when an out of control fire hits the Amish town...putting both Joshua and Rachel at risk.

Widowed at young age, Virginia has no choice but to put her energy into her work. And when her two childhood friends die in a terribly accident, they leave behind an infant daughter. Virginia agrees to become the temporary guardian until extended family comes through in the form of her ex-boyfriend, Garrett...Returning to the small town of his youth was the last thing Garrett wanted to do. This is the place where his worst decisions were made. But when he sees Virginia once again, the feelings reignite. Can he make things right a second go around?

THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMISH SHORT STORIESThe recently widowed Mary returns to the Amish community of her birth in order to pursue a lifelong dream...To own a bakery. Once there, she meets a handsome carpenter, Matthew, who helps build the store from scratch...wary about letting a new man in her life for her daughter's sake, Mary keeps Matthew at arm's length. But will she realize that sometimes Gott leads people into our lives that our meant to be?

Lamar is a lonely Amish man who has pined for Lovina for years despite the fact that she was married. Now that she is a widow, his guilt still holds him back. He feels responsible for her father's death many years ago and the memory of that day still plagues him. Can he overcome his feelings of unworthiness and proclaim his love for her?

Celia has been living the wrong kind of life. Hanging out with the wrong crowd making the wrong choices, her life is directionless as she longs for a Prince Charming to come save her. She really doesn't know how to make a change until she finds out a family secret that shocks her to the bone. She was adopted and her birth mother is still alive. Wanting to find out about her family origin, Celia journeys to the Amish community of her birth and finds the romance she's always dreamed of.

When a meteorite lands in the hills of an Amish town, it begins to have strange effects on the families of Mary and Aaron who are trying to decide whether or not they should marry. Aaron and his family believe that the star is a sign from Gott that they should be married...while Mary's family believes that the star is an omen that they should call the marriage off...Which one is right?

Jason doesn't like where his life is going. Everything seems scripted and it looks to be a foregone conclusion that he will marry Missy. Seeking escape, Jason heads out to an Amish community as they are preparing for a Christmas festival. Once there, he meets a woman that is the opposite of what all of his dating partners have been. She's kind, sweet and attentive toward him in a way that he's unused to. Smitten by her charms, does he have the character to win her heart despite the misgivings of her family?

Growing up in the Amish town, Rachel finally ventures out of the community. She finds herself a spectator when a fire breaks out and when she hears a crying baby inside, she leaps into action. But her heroic actions make her the target of a human trafficking ring that set the fire. Her only hope is the detective that left her Amish town when he became of age, all the while pining about Rachel, the beautiful young woman he left behind. The romance they once had reignites, but will the criminals who want Rachel dead destroy their future?

Joanna is the oldest sister in her family but unfortunately the only one that is unmarried. Taking care of her elderly grandmother, she is persuaded to grant her a dying wish. Her grandmother wants her to become a mail order bride....Thinking she is senile, Joanna refuses her sisters and grandmother set her up with a man named Lorne from Colorado. Upon arrival, Joanna finds him to be a man suffering from emotional wounds of the past. He seems resistant to her kindness but Joanna can feel his attraction to her, he just cannot express it. And the hurts from the past run a lot deeper than they both even realize. Will Lorne finally realize that Joanna is a gift from God and that he has been blessed with a second chance at life?

Samuel is an Amish man who does everything by the book. He is "perfect" in the eyes of his community but is drawn to the bad girl of the town, Willa. She ran away from home as a teenager in order to escape from abuse, landing in jail for a crime that she doesn't want to discuss. But now Willa is back in town and makes a play for the man she has always loved but was too afraid to say so. Samuel starts to return her interest but Willa soon finds his sister blocking her way, trying to protect her brother from her "bad influence." Can Willa overcome the secrets of her past and win the heart of the man she has longed for all these years?

Young Lovina befriends Mary, a girl crippled from birth with one leg shorter than the other and who, as a result, is teased by some mean girls and often left out of the other children's games. But when Lovina's widowed father comes up with a way to help Mary walk more normally, he meets unexpected resistance...from Mary's over-protective mother.

Rebecca is a young Amish woman with a whole lot of problems in the romance department. She was left heartbroken by the man she thought she loved but now finds herself courted by Jonah, the favorite son of the community. Her parents sign off on the union but Rebecca herself is unsure of committing herself to Jonah. Her parents go ahead and set up the wedding...But will Rebecca go through with it?