In 1936--A party at the Ringling mansion Ca d’Zan in Sarasota, Florida, leads to a robbery--and possibly death.A successful historical mystery writer, Chloe Whitfield comes to Ca’ d’Zan to research her next novel. Chloe’s fascination with the circus is rooted in family stories of her great-grandmother Lucinda Conroy, who reportedly was a trapeze artist of some renown. She’s heard hints of scandal—and perhaps larceny, but no details.Chloe’s grandmother—rumor...

What could bring an Amish widow and a wealthy circus owner together? Though Hannah Goodloe knew she'd violated countless unwritten laws, she had to visit the only man who could help find her runaway son. But when the enigmatic Levi Harmon agreed to take her on his train, the results were utterly unpredictable.Levi never expected to find the embodiment of all he wanted in a woman in the soft-spoken, plainly dressed Hannah. And for Hannah, to love an outsider was to be shunned. The s...

"A feisty heroine and a hero eager to make everything right. What more could a reader want?" —LEIGH GREENWOOD, USA Today bestselling author for The Drifter"You can't be sure we're doing the right thing," she said.He drew closer to the barbed wire separating them. "It's impossible to know what's right. But it doesn't stop me from wanting you."The world is changing, and the West isn't as wild as it used to be. Trey ...

Her four stepchildren are thrilled when they learn an ice cream shop will be opening in their small Amish community. But widow Pleasant Obermeier isn't so pleased. Spending time with handsome shop owner Jeremiah Troyer is too much for a woman who's only ever been wounded by love. And now he wants to use her baking skills in his shop? Out of the question!A harsh childhood left Jeremiah convinced that family life wasn't for him. Yet something about the Obermeiers moves his heart. If ...

She'd always lived a charmed life, so when Bethany Taft's fiance was killed, she thought her chance for happiness was gone forever.But after her beloved aunt got engaged – at sixty! – Bethany found joy in her role as wedding planner. Spending time with Cody Dillard, the groom's son, was a given – the rancher flew Bethany to Chicago and back in his private plane.And between Cody's charming nature and her aunt's matchmaking attempts, Bethany found herself won...

To everything there is a season…In their almost forty years together, Zoe Wingfield and Spencer Andersen have experienced all the seasons of love. Yet when the rabble-rousing East Coast hippie and the levelheaded Wisconsin farm boy first met, they couldn't have been more wrong for each other. Nevertheless, the young lovers seized all the possibilities life had to offer and carved out a little slice of heaven on earth—successful careers, service to the public, a beautiful family, a d...

"A feisty heroine and a hero eager to make everything right. What more could a reader want?"—Leigh Greenwood, USA Today bestselling author of To Love and to CherishFirst in a historical Western series set in the sweeping 1885 Arizona Territory, Maria is in for the fight of her life keeping a greedy corporate conglomerate off her land and drifter cowboy Chet out of her heart.Caught between a greedy corporation and a desperate love of the la...

A collection of three novels by Anna Schmidt takes readers into war torn Europe during World War II, along with characters who exhibit an unwavering Quaker faith, strong family connections, and the conviction to stand for the truth against evil. Will three couple’s love, forged amid great hardship, stand a chance. . .if they even survive all the Nazis throw at them?

Wenn die Zeit stehen bleibt ist eine Gedichtsammlung, die die Leser: innen in die Innenwelt der Lyrikerin Anna Schmidt eintauchen lässt. Die zentralen Themen sind Schmerz, Einsamkeit, ein schwieriges Verhältnis zum Essen, Verlust, Liebe und Frage der Identität. Beim Lesen spiegelt sich der Leser, die Leserin, in diesen Versen wider. Sie fordern auf, sich mit eigenen Zweifeln und Emotionen auseinanderzusetzen, mit jenen Gefühlen, die oft unaussprechlich scheinen. Doch Anna Schmidt gelingt e...

Burnout und Depressionen überwindenAlles was du über die Entstehung, Auswirkung und Prävention wissen musstFühlst du dich manchmal überfordert, verzweifelt oder ständig gestresst? Hast du Angst, aufgrund der hohen Belastung im Berufs- und Privatleben völlig erschöpft zu sein? Möchtest du einen bestehenden Burnout oder eine Depressionen überwinden – oder der Erkrankungen vorbeugen?Fragst du dich, wie genau ein Burnout überhaupt entsteht und ob die Kra...

Everyone in their small Amish community expects Greta Goodloe to marry her longtime sweetheart – Greta included. So when he publicly ends their engagement, in front of newcomer Luke Starns no less, she is utterly humiliated. At least she can take comfort in matchmaking between Luke and her quiet schoolmarm sister. Yet the more she tries to throw them together, the more Luke fascinates her.A serious, no–nonsense schoolmarm should be exactly what Luke wants in a wife. Still, he can't...

MEET THE HARVEY GIRLS. These real-life pioneering women were symbols of elegance in the wild frontier: taming rough manners, falling in love, and changing the face of the West forever.Lily Travis may be a Harvey Girl, but she's a rebel—and a romantic—at heart. Too bad her impulsive nature led her to marry a man who promised a life of ease and prosperity, only to disappear the very next day. She's kept her secret as best she can, and now she's convinced she'll never...