


Ties That Bind is the first book in the Amish of Summer Grove book series. If You Like Cindy Woodsmall Books, You’ll Love… WHEN THE MORNING COMES, close at hand when you finish this one so you can continue Hannah's intriging story right away.Note: Beginning with The Gift of Christmas Past, all standalone novels are co-authored by Erin Woodsmall. You will definitely want to have the second book in the series. Yet through it all the thread of hope also prevails. This story is a riveting page turner from beginning to end as she faces one challenge after another. She knew it would not be easy but one brutal act will set off a chain of events that would change her life forever. From the time that she secretly accepts not only the marriage proposal of a Mennonite man but all the changes that will entail with the disapproval and detachment of her family and the Old Order Amish, her story enfolds. The story of Hannah Lapp, a seventeen year old from the Old Order Amish is a moving, touching, emotional, tragic and powerful tale. If you enjoy reading about the Amish, you won't want to miss this awesome book that starts Cindy Woodsmall's Sisters of the Quilt trilogy. WHEN THE HEART CRIES is Cindy's first novel. Her husband became her staunchest supporter while she took writing courses, attended seminars, and strove to write a story from seeds sown years ago when her best friend was a Beachy Amish Mennonite girl. As she finds herself entangled in questions that the Old Wys of her people cannot answer, Hannah faces the possibility of losing her place in her family, in her community-and in the heart of the man she loves.ĬINDY WOODSWMALL and her husband make their home in Georgia and have raised and homeschooled three sons.

On the evening of their engagement, tragedy strikes and in one unwelcome encounter, all that Hannah has known and believed is destroyed. Hannah accepts, aware that her choice will change her relationship with her family forever. more » college for his senior year, Paul asks Hannah to be his wife. She's been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for three years, and before returning to. When Hannah dares to love across the boundaries of tradition, will she lose everything? - Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom, and marry outside the cloistered community.
