Publisher's Synopsis
An anthology of Amish stories of young people growing up during and after their Rumspringa.MILLIE'S AMISH CHOICEA teenage girl sat in the crowded theatre watching a play unfold about the story of Ruth and Boaz.She gasped in wonder as an angel soared just beneath the ceiling, as actors in exotic Biblical costumes poured out their emotion in song and fell to their knees. She did not dare to look away for an instant although she knew the storyline by heart. She cried when the story grew mournful and clapped when it ended well. Her name was Millie, she was seventeen and she was not supposed to be here. The bishop in her Amish community would have never allowed it. Neither would her parents.When she stepped out into the sunlight, she felt like she had changed within an hour. She wanted to work in this theatre someday. She was absolutely certain.THE SHY AMISH MANRebecca is a shy Amish spinster that everyone tries to play matchmaker for. Her other two sisters are already married and she begins to feel the pressure to find someone by everyone close to her. She is set up with some perfectly eligible men in the community but Rebecca turns them down. Why? Because she secretly has a crush on a handsome young man who visits her bakery every morning. The problem is that he seems even more shy than she is. Can she break out of her shell and break the ice with him?SUSAN'S RUMSPRINGAAmish girl Susan runs into all kinds of trouble as she begins his Rumspringa. Her antics make her into a social media sensation and she catches the eye of a handsome Englischer named Robert. But word gets back to her mother about her exploits during Rumspringa and she is immediately called back home. Will Susan stay and enjoy her newfound freedom or will she return home to the community that raised her?MY AMISH ROOTSWhen Hayley Jones decides to leave everything behind and research her past, she finds herself in the midst of an Amish community. It is the last place she would ever have expected to find herself, but when she meets Duncan Beiler, she finds it easy to remain in her new surroundings.When Duncan lays eyes on Hayley Jones, he, for the first time realizes just why some of his best friends decided a Rumspringa was a good idea. After years of vowing to keep himself pure for the right woman, he realizes that Hayley Jones just may be that person.But will the great divide between their two cultures be too much to overcome?AMISH CREEKJacob is an Amish man who feels envious after both of his brother's have gotten married. His attitude changes after he has a chance encounter with Grace, his lost love from his teen years. Grace is trying to rejoin the community after years of living in the big city. Can he convince the Bishop to let her back and win her heart as well?REBECCA'S RUMSPRINGARebecca is an oddity in that she isn't looking forward to her Rumspringa at all. She knows what she wants out of life. She wants to stay in the Amish community, get married and raise a family. She already knows the man shw wants to marry but her parents want to stay true to their Amish tradition and allow her to experience Rumspringa. But what Rebecca didn't anticipate was her fiancee going on his own Rumspringa...and living it up...When she hears of his exploits will she still want to marry him?
