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Escape to a simpler time with Tracy Fredrychowski as she talks with some of your favorite Amish Fiction Authors and guests. Each week she’ll take a peek into the Amish lifestyle. It might be a book, an Amish business, or a must-see tourist spot. Who knows she might even have some of your favorite Amish book characters on for exclusive interviews.

Tracy Fredrychowski, Author


    • Dec 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    Episode 69 – Patrick E. Craig – The Quilt That Knew

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 28:15


    • A young girl buried in the woods for forty years... • A desperate killer loose in the village... • A mysterious quilt and a golden ring... Jenny Hershberger returns to Apple Creek, Ohio, the village where she grew up. But this is not a happy homecoming. She's been called upon to solve a horrible crime. But will the killer find her first...

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    Episode 68 – Lenora Worth – The Forgiving Quilt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 24:35


    Eliza King already has a broken heart, and thanks to a rickety ladder, she now has a broken leg too. She isn't dealing with either very well. Ever since a brief romance ended when the boy who'd been courting her tried a little too hard to take things further, Eliza has sought refuge in reading books and tending to her beloved horses. Being incapacitated makes the latter impossible. But her Englisch doctor knows an Amish man looking for just such work . . .

    Episode 67 – Debra Torres & Tracy Fredrychowski – An Amish Christmas at the Apple Blossom Inn

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 36:54


    Two sisters. Two stories. One great Amish Christmas read. Orphaned just weeks before Christmas, the Beiler sisters suddenly discover they could lose their home and what's worse—each other. To make ends meet, sisters Sadie and Katie are plunged into working at Willow Spring's Apple Blossom Inn. But will their efforts be enough?

    Episode 66 – Jennifer Beckstrand – The Amish Quiltmakers Unconventional Niece

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 28:53


    Resourceful Colorado Amish quiltmaker Esther Kiem has her hands full with husband, home, and a baby on the way. But putting her skills to the test for an outspoken niece who's running for town council is a matchmaking challenge she can't resist. Infused with her signature humor and saturated with heart, award-winning, USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Beckstrand blends quilting, mischief, and matchmaking for the third Amish Quiltmaker romance – perfect for fans of Charlotte Hubbard, Wanda Brunstetter, and Linda Byler.

    Episode 65 –  Debby Giusti – In a Sniper’s Crosshairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 29:21


    An assassin's loose in Amish country…and she's not the only target. When a radio broadcast describes taxi driver Lily Hudson's passenger as an armed criminal, she becomes his immediate target. Narrowly escaping, Lily accepts Matthias Overholt's offer to hide at his Amish family farm for Christmas—until evidence reveals the gunman's plan is tied to Lily's past. Now to prevent an assassination, Lily and Matthias must unravel a years-old conspiracy…and evade a sniper who has them in his sights.

    Episode 64 – Suzanne Woods Fisher – Anything But Plain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 40:11


    It's not easy being the bishop's daughter, especially for Lydie Stoltzfus. She's not like other Amish girls, as much as she wishes she were. The only thing she does well is disappoint others. Leaving her family and church seems unbearable, but staying might be worse.

    Episode 63 – Wendy Rich Stetson– Heartsong Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 25:12


    Amish girls don't dance. Dancing is against the rules, and Nora Beiler always follows the rules…until a runaway logging truck shatters her world forever. Desperate to heal from the accident, she enrolls in Shuffle off to Fitness, an exercise class at the local senior center. She never dreamed it involved tap-dancing…or just how much she'd love to dance.

    Episode 62 – Sara Harris – Rebekah's Riches

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 14:53


    As the memory of the traumatic labor and delivery that made her a mother fades, life around Rebekah and Joseph's Gasthof Village homestead returns to a shade of normal that is better than she could have ever imagined. That is, until her father, Samuel, takes sick yet again.

    Episode 61 – Jennifer Spredemann – The Newcomer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 20:36


    This is where it all began... Silas Miller's life is exciting, and he and his friends have their whole lives ahead of them. Until their rumspringa trip turns into a reeling tragedy.

    Episode 60 – Mindy Steele – Cicada Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 21:45


    The Miller's Creek matchmakers are multiplying, and they aren't done with the Milford half dozen yet. Hannah Troyer thinks she can do it all, but it's clear the young woman needs help with the apple harvest this year. The local bakers have an idea on how to remedy that. Throw in a handsome, overly confident, Leon Milford and let the sparks fly. It will be the craziest summer ever to hit Miller's Creek, but who doesn't like a good challenge?

    Episode 59 – Rachel J. Good – An Amish Marriage of Convenience

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 21:18


    When widower Stephen Lapp moves his five children from New York State to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, his only plan is to buy his family's farm stand, Lapp's Pastured Pork. That way, his brother can move closer to his fiancée and open his own stand. But on Stephen's first trip to the market, his brave act of kindness nearly ends in catastrophe—until strong-willed Nettie Hartzler saves him—and makes an impression he can't forget . . .

    Episode 58 – Paul Stutzman – The Wanderers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 33:40


    Johnny Miller grew up in a secure, stable Old Order Amish family. He often quipped, though, that he was Out of Order Amish, never able to totally accept all the rules and standards of his family's way of life. His early and constant doubts about the Amish lifestyle lead to unwise choices ad unhappy consequences.

    Episode 57 – Tricia Goyer – Big Sky Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 34:59


    What happens when life shakes your foundation? What if your foundation isn't the foundation that God really wants you to have? Beside Still Waters is an Amish fiction novel by bestselling author Tricia Goyer that captures the struggle between dreams and the reality of life.

    Episode 56 – Amy Clipston – Building a Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 21:38


    They both had different plans for their futures . . . until their hearts led them to each other. Michelle Lantz dreams of marrying and starting a family, and now that she's been dating Korey for over a year, she thought it was only a matter of time before he proposed. But lately, Korey has seemed distant and is far from the attentive boyfriend she once knew. They've spent so much time together that she feels she can't give up on their relationship, but she begins to question her own feelings as his seem to cool.

    Episode 55 – Jennifer Beckstrand – His Amish Sweetheart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 31:20


    Fondly nicknamed “The Peanut Butter Brothers,” Andrew, Abraham, and Austin Petersheim skillfully run one of Wisconsin's most cherished family businesses. But their mischievous younger twin siblings have a talent all their own—for matchmaking . . .  

    Episode 52 – Kelly Irvin – The Warmth of Sunshine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 29:55


    Abigail's Amish life has always followed a certain path . . . until an Englisch woman disrupts all she's known to be true. Growing up Amish, Abigail Bontrager often felt like a square peg in a round hole. Her pie crusts always turned out tough. Her stitches always ran crooked. She was clumsy. Not ideal for an aspiring Amish wife and mother, but her faith and love of her family, which are so much more important, are solid. Plus, her relationship with the attractive and kindhearted Owen Kurtz is moving in the right direction.

    Episode 54 –Tracey J. Lyons – A Love for Lizzie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 24:24


    Childhood friends joined by a painful past…Can love blossom between them?

    Episode 53 –Mary Alford – Among the Innocent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 22:55


    When Leah Miller's entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago, the person believed responsible took his own life. Since then, Leah left the Amish and joined the police force. Now, after another Amish woman is found murdered with the same MO, it becomes clear that the wrong man may have been blamed for her family's deaths.

    Episode 51 – Laurie Strop Smith – Pockets of Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 27:50


    Five years after an unexpected pregnancy forces Lydia Byler to make difficult decisions, she is offered a job helping Birdie Miller manage her bed and breakfast in Pinecraft. Single, shunned, and desperate for a fresh start, Lydia agrees to relocate and reunites with the handsome Wesley Hochstetler.

    Episode 50 – Adina Senft – The Amish Cowboy’s Bride

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 24:09


    How can you dream about a man you've never met? Rebecca Miller is the shy twin, the thoughtful twin … the invisible twin next to her vibrant sister Malena. She's content to dream of a man she saw at a distance the previous summer—until one stormy winter night when she rescues an unconscious accident victim and recognizes him instantly as the same man.

    Episode 49 – Debra Torres – Forbidden Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 27:05


    What happens when living the dream means losing yourself? Johanna Yoder can breathe again. Willow Brook's once tyrannical Bishop Zook has been replaced by Gott's true elect, Gideon Hochstetler. And the new bishop can't help but show some special leniency towards the aspiring Amish writer.

    Episode 48 –Lenora Worth – Secrets in an Amish Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 28:33


    After losing her first love, Amish garden nursery owner Rebecca Eicher thought she'd shuttered her heart forever. But when English stranger Jeb Martin asks for work, there's an instantaneous connection—almost like Rebecca knows him.

    Episode 47 –Debby Giusti – Smugglers in Amish Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 48:23


    Uncovering secrets in this Amish town could deliver deadly consequences.

    Episode 46 –Shelley Shepard Gray – Edgewater Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 32:46


    When Jennifer Smiley's grandmother, Ginny, leaves her an old farmhouse on Edgewater Road in seemingly quiet Ross County, Ohio, Jennifer can't pass up the opportunity for a new beginning. Almost immediately she meets a group of men who generously help her move in. When she realizes that they work for Lincoln Bennett, her next-door neighbor, she's intrigued. Lincoln is gorgeous and has dark, lapis-blue eyes she could get lost in . . . but he doesn't seem all that friendly. She's torn between getting to know him and sticking with the solitude she knows so well. Maybe she could let down some of those walls she's built around her emotions?

    Episode 45 –Debby Giusti – Amish Spring Romance Collection

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 36:20


    Spring is in the air! And so is romance. Second chances and hope fill the pages of this new collection of Amish romances from seven of your favorite Amish fiction authors.

    Episode 44 – Ashley Emma – Amish Accident

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 30:57


    While driving through Amish country in Unity, Maine, Freya Wilson accidentally hits an Amish man with her car in a blizzard, instantly killing him. Panicked, she leaves him there in the road and drives away, afraid that if she is arrested, her violent ex will locate her using his connections with the police...and kill her.

    Episode 43 –MindySteele – The Butterfly Box

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 33:20


    When the small town of Miller's Creek suffers great loss, one band of brothers and a pair of town matchmakers help breathe life back into community.

    Episode 42 – Molly Jebber – Magdelena's Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 18:03


    Fresh-baked muffins fragrant with ripe blueberries …cinnamon-scented turnovers that transform any meal into a feast. … In 1914 Ohio, the Amish Charm Bakery holds a special place within its close-knit, faith-filled community, where love finds a way through God's grace …even for a widow faced with an impossible choice between her head and her heart. So when a meet-cute at a wedding leads Magdelena and Toby into a cross-class romance against the wishes of her father, can they draw on their faith to follow their hearts?

    Episode 41 –Jennifer Spredemann – Her Amish Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 22:42


    A troubled home. An altered identity. And a second chance at love. Sarah isn’t who she thinks she is… When amnesiac Sarah discovers she was Amish in the life she no longer remembers, her life is turned upside down. She has an Englisch family now—a husband and two daughters. But what happens when she discovers she also has an Amish family, […]

    Episode 40 –Laurel Blount – Strength in the Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 26:00


    In this touching Amish romance, a brokenhearted woman and a steadfast man discover that the safest place to weather tragedy is in each other's arms. After the murder of both her parents, Emma Hochstedler returns to the small community of Johns Mill, hoping to resume her quiet existence. Reclaiming her place proves harder than expected—especially now that a movie is being made about her family's loss.

    Episode # 39 Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Shelley Shepard Gray – An Amish Quilting Bee

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 44:38


    A collection of charming stories of cozy quilting circles and a budding romance come from three of your favorite authors. Join award-winning authors Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Shelley Shepard Gray as they introduce us to their latest release, An Amish Quilting Bee

    Episode 38 – Kate Lloyd – A Lancaster Family Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 35:44


    What starts as a getaway to Amish Country could turn into the Christmas that changes Diana's life forever, if only she opens her heart. Diana can't face another lonely Christmas in her Manhattan apartment. When a coworker invites her on a last-minute trip to visit her Mennonite family in Lancaster County, Diana jumps at the […]

    Episode 36 – Tracy Fredrychowski – Emma's Amish Faith Tested

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 29:23


    till fighting internally to forgive God for her tragedy, Emma sets out on a journey to discover the deep healing she craves. But her discovery of a newfound secret love of Jesus's teachings puts her at direct odds with the traditions of her community.

    Episode 35 – Loree Lough – Christmas at the Amish Bakeshop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 33:52


    USA Today bestselling authors Shelley Shepard Gray, Rachel J. Good, and Loree Lough celebrate the spirit of the season

    Episode 34 –Mindy Steele – Christmas Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 22:45


    Grace Miller believed herself in love with the charming Englischer who eventually broke her heart. Now alone except for the secret life growing inside her, she arrives in the unfamiliar small village of Walnut Ridge, Kentucky, to hide and hopefully gain forgiveness.

    Episode 33 – Jennifer Beckstrand – More Amish Christmas Miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 25:23


    She can't cook, sew, sing, or clean. And no matter how hard young Anna Yoder tries, she'd much rather help people in trouble than be a well-behaved pretty face and properly perfect Amish maidel.

    Episode 32 – Jennifer Beckstrand – First Christmas on Huckleberry Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021


    Discover more miracles in Amish country! Curl up in front of the fire, wrap yourself in a fluffy blanket, and treat yourself to this collection of romantic Christmas stories by some of your favorite Amish fiction authors.

    Episode 31 – Sara Harris – Rebekah’s Cradle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 31:58


    Rebekah and Joseph are enjoying married life when a letter, addressed only to Joseph, arrives from Katie, telling of her pregnancy. Soon after, Rebekah learns that she, too, is with child; however, her difficult pregnancy is nothing like Katie's idyllic one.

    Episode 30 –Laura Bradford – Her New Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 35:12


    Tess Baker thought she had the perfect everything--until her best friend, and (now ex) husband, betrayed her, leaving her with nothing, except her career as an investigative reporter.

    Episode 29 – Ashley Emma – Princess and the Amish Pauper

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 29:26


    Arabella and Damaris look like identical twins, but their lives couldn't be more different. One is an heiress from Germany who is about to inherit a multi-million-dollar bakery, and one is an Amish baker from Maine.

    Episode 28 – Molly Jebber – Maryann's Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 17:40


    Secrets devastated Maryann Harding's marriage to an Englischer—and took away her untrustworthy husband.

    Episode 27 –Thomas Nye – Samson & Amish Delilah

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 36:11


    Entertaining. Endearing. Unexpected. A story of clashing cultures, hearts laid bare, and the power of forgiveness.

    Episode 26 –Jennifer Spredemann – The Widower

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 34:37


    He needs a fraa, and a mother for his kinner. She wants someone to love. Could their meeting be a match made in Heaven?

    Episode 25 – Rachel J. Good – An Unexpected Amish Courtship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 25:27


    The luscious scent of fresh-picked peaches and summer apples . . . the warming promise of grilled corn, sweet and savory baked goods . . . and love. In Rachel J. Good's uplifting Amish romance series, blessed hearts come together in a bustling Pennsylvania community and farmer's market . . .

    Episode 24 – Amy Clipston – An Amish Schoolroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 26:16


    Three charming stories of new school years and new romance.  A Class for Laurel by Amy Clipston  Adventurous Laurel Weaver leaves Pennsylvania to answer a newspaper ad for a teaching position in Colorado. She stays with handsome Glen Troyer’s family, and they become close. However, she never intended to stay in Colorado, and his family worries […]

    Episode 23 – Laurie Stroup Smith – Pockets of Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 32:36


    Two years after exchanging her first love letters with Gideon Petersheim, Dixie Yoder tucks his notes into her pocket quilt and travels from Pinecraft to Holmes County, hopeful for a future together. Upon her arrival, their relationship blossoms until the auctioneer has surgery to remove a cyst from his vocal cords. Author, Laurie Stroup Smith […]

    Episode 22 – Kelly Irvin – Love's Dwelling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 32:30


    Young Cassie Weaver only wants what is expected of an Amish woman: a good Amish husband and a large family. But she's happy as Job and Dinah Keim's housekeeper, helping Dinah, who is losing her sight due to diabetes. For two decades the Keims have prayed for the salvation of their two children who left […]

    Episode 21 – Murray Pura – A Road Called Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 51:14


    Michal Troyer has been on Rumspringa for the last two years. She's free to explore the forbidden, worldly Englishe ways before she is baptized as an Amish woman and free to marry. So why isn't she ready? Her friend Milwaukee – who, in her heart, might just be more than a friend – calls Michal […]

    Episode 20 – Debra Torres – Forbidden Gift

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 24:33


    Johanna Yoder is Amish. Forbidden from writing by her Bishop. But she can't keep the words from pouring out, and when she's found out she faces an ultimatum that will crush her, no matter which path she chooses. And when Johanna discovers a secret that could tear her family and entire community apart, she must make a choice that could turn her Amish district upside down.

    Episode #19 Amy Clipston

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 32:00


    Amy’s Amish series includes the Kauffman Amish Bakery Series and the Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel Series. Her books have achieved the Christian Fiction bestseller lists, including the CBA (Christian Book Association) bestseller list and the ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) bestseller list. Amy signed with the Seymour Agency in 2006 and states her dreams came true […]

    Episode #18 Serena Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 42:01


    Serena is best known for her novel made for movie Love Finds You In Sugarcreek and Uncommon Grace. Since then, she has published many more books and won numerous awards, including Romance Writer’s of America RITA award for The Measure of Katie Calloway, American Christian Fiction Writer’s CAROL award for A Promise To Love, and her Under A […]

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