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Lovina wants this to be the best Christmas ever. She wants this despite the fact that her marriage with Luke is fraying at the edges. Murphy's Law hits as well as everything seems to go wrong in preparation for a Christmas day; her kids become ill, her parents are fighting and Luke won't talk...Will Gott make everything okay come Christmas night?

Emma is an angry young Amish woman. Her father had tried to set her up with son of his best friend and she refused. She runs away with the blue-eyed Englischer, Travis, but soon longs for her simple Amish life. Will the community take her back after she has turned their back on them? Or will she remain on the outside world and work things out with Travis?

Hildegard was an orphan who was raised by distant relatives. On her twentieth birthday, her uncle announces that he has found her a "proper husband". Hildegard is shocked to learn that the man was known as the town jack ass, in and out of trouble with the law. She flees the Amish community but several months later a chance encounter with her arranged husband has her believing that she may have made a mistake. He is polite, handsome and respectful. Will she give him a chance?

A hard day teaching dance. Finish work and head to the beach. It's an appealing prospect especially when that beach is the North Shore of Oahu, on the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. Whether it is standing by the ancient temple looking out to sea, having a coffee on any of the waterfront cafes or swimming in the warm blue ocean, the beach is one of those paradise-like places about which we all dream...It might be a touch different today to what it was like back in the mid-1980s, but the ambience is little changed. On July 6th 1985, a talented and enthusiastic student planned to go to that beauty spot along with friends when she finished teaching her dance class at the Rosalie Woodson Dance Academy, located in the 'Aiea district of Honolulu. ..But Diane Yayoe Suzuki never made it. Her class finished at 3.00pm, but by the time her friend arrived fifteen minutes later, the student was missing. She has never been seen since.

Grace is a middle aged Amish woman who has given up hope of finding true love until she meets Mason, a widowed minister who is coming to replace Amos. Amos has always been a father figure to Grace and he thinks there is something off about Mason...something he can't put his finger on...But Grace and Mason soon develop romantic feelings for one another. When Amos finds out about Mason's past, he has a decision to make...Intervene on Grace's behalf or let her possibly get her heart broken...But what if Mason really is a changed man?

Mark is a cop with an attitude. But the chip on his shoulder leads him to accidentally kill a robber suspect while trying to get some information. With his back to the wall, he makes the incident look like a gangland murder. Will he be found out? Jesse is a loud-mouthed serial killer that murders on the spur of the moment. He has a chance meeting with Kelly, quiet and polite but a compulsive serial killer like Jesse. The two form an unlikely bond, sharing an affinity for killing while being complete opposites in personality.

Allison is new in the homicide division and is given a cold case as her first assignment. Seven years ago, a beautiful co-ed was found stabbed to death in her off-campus apartment. She had many lovers and stalkers. Allison knows the feeling all too well. When she investigates further she acquires a stalker of her own. Will she figure out the connection between her own stalker and the one that killed the co-ed before it is too late?

Sarah was content with her life. Jonah was the perfect suitor for her; he was kind, compassionate and humble. He was the one who healed her broken heart and made her realize there were second chances in love. But when Caleb Yoder arrives back in town after being away on an extended Rumspringa everything is turned upside down. Confused by the sudden turmoil and conflicting emotions, Sarah tries to figure out the matters of her heart. Caleb had been her first love, but he deserted her. And through the years, she secretly held on to the letters Caleb had written her before he had left. Lying not only to herself but to Jonah and pretending she was over him.Now with the truth staring her straight in the face, she has do decide between Caleb and Jonah...

A young female teacher accepts a live-in job with a woman who wants her to tutor her son. She soon learns that the son is actually dead and the mother is having considerable trouble accepting that fact. She escorts the invisible "ghost" boy in for lessons and expects the teacher to comply with her strange delusion. The teacher plays along..She needs the money... But she soon finds out that the mother isn't a victim of mental illness...there is something more supernatural and sinister at play.

Bonnie grew up listening to her grandfather speak wistfully of the Amish life. Even in his old age, he spoke fondly of his time there despite the fact that he was shunned. Now with his ashes in her hand, she knew what she had to do. All he ever wanted was to go home to Plain City, she remembered and suddenly, Bonnie knew exactly where she was going. She was going to take her grandfather home. But once she's in her grandfather's place of birth, she discovers a sense of belonging...and many secrets...that force her to decide whether she's able to let go of the life she had built for herself for a love she didn't know would be possible.

A metaphor for married life from author Vanessa Carlson....It is the night before Christmas and Aaron has still not returned home. A snow storm suddenly hit while he was out in the hills gathering wood. His wife, Emma, is frantic. She goes out into the wilderness looking for him. They both are lost in the storm, having their lives flashing before their eyes as the weather gets worse. Will they find each other in the storm?

Esther is a young Amish woman hired by a recently widowed man to help take care of his child. Esther agrees to terms with Isaac, but soon grows to love both him and his child. Esther thinks Isaac has feelings for him as well but they are both too shy and professional to make those feelings known. Isaac's family feels the need to help him find another wife so they begin seeking out another mate for him. Esther then begins to fear that their love will be forever unrequited. Or will one of them finally admit their feelings before it is too late?

When 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?

Matthew knows that his rambunctious cousin Thomas has a thing for Lovina. He and Lovina were once good friends and even though they have drifted apart he still cares for her...and doesn't want her to get involved with Thomas. But Lovina has other ideas. She still has feelings for Matthew but cannot forgive him for his past hurts. She seeks the will of God in her prayers and what happens is beyond both of their wildest dreams.

The thought of going blind scared Irene witless. She had to accept it, however. Because she had no other choice. There was nothing she-or anyone else-could do to change it. And she had tried to resign herself to the way her life would be.She had found ways to compensate for her deteriorating eyesight in the familiar setting of the orphanage, and she had imagined that she would remain there for the rest of her days, teaching and helping to care for the children without any family.Unfortunately, Mrs. Mortimer had other ideas for Irene's future. When Irene's eighteenth birthday had arrived, the older woman had given her a choice-become a mail order bride or find a means to support herself in Chicago. But either way, she must leave the orphanage.

Shannan and Chris Watts looked like the perfect couple. She had already proudly posted an ultrasound image of their new child, with whom she was just over three months pregnant, on Facebook. At a party, she would announce the gender of the latest member of the Watts family. It was a boy, and they would call him Nico. The thirty-four-year-old wife, with the good job, the nice home, the terrific kids and the perfect, loving husband really did seem to have it all.But, she didn't. It certainly seems to be the case that Shanann's publicly offered feelings were true to her heart, but her husband's were not. He was a man with many secrets; we are only just beginning to learn the extent of these, and time will help to identify those that are true, and those that have emerged, on shaky ground, from the gossip surrounding the tragic and horrific story which is about to unfold.Because Chris Watts is currently in prison, awaiting trial on a number of charges. Among them, are the first-degree murders of Shanann, Celeste and Bella, along with causing the premature termination of his son's life.

When Katie dies, Sarah's only goal is to get her four friends back to her Amish town to honor her death. Amazingly, she has stayed alone in the town while her friends went to the Englisch world as soon as they could. Her friends arrive but she soon realizes that the women are tangled in secrets that the Amish town has hidden. Why did all the women leave the town? Sarah works to find out the truth and begins to realize what matters most is faith, family and friendship.

Small towns in Texas aren't used to female sheriffs but Madison proves her mettle on a regular basis. She catches the eye of nearly every eligible bachelor in town but has her own sights set on a veterinarian. The two come from different sides of the fence, however, and the doctor elects to keep his distance from her even though it goes against the yearning of his heart. But when a group of bandits descend upon the town, he can't help but let his own chivalric instincts take over. Can he help save the town and a romance with Madison?

A love story gone horribly wrong, and the complex web that had to be untangled to get to the truth...On August 4th 1992, paramedics responded to an emergency call to Number Seven Summit Drive, Peru, Indiana. Outside, the caller still had the phone pressed to her ear, presumably still talking to Duke Memorial Hospital Emergency Room's dispatcher. Inside the master bedroom was a lifeless body lying on a couch, seemingly asleep. Upon closer inspection, E.M.T. technician Carolyn Shaffer could tell that the individual was no longer alive. Minutes later, the house was swarming with policemen, crime scene specialists, the medical examiner as well as a few family members. This quick response by authorities was mainly because the victim was one of their own. James Grund, who was called Jimmy by practically everyone, was a third generation lawyer in the town of Peru. His death came as a shock to many, and law enforcement officers pulled into the driveway to lend a hand, and their own theories as to who could have committed the murder...Little did they know just how tangled the web was...

Young love is infectious. The future is an open book, each page to be filled as the couple go along. Hope blossoms; everything is rosy. Amy Wroe Bechtel and her husband Steve were an active, outdoor adventure type couple making the small town of Lander, Wyoming a perfect location for their second home together. They had only recently moved into their compact ex miner's cottage on Climbers Row when their paradise was punctured. Because, on July 24th, 1997, Amy disappeared...What happened to Amy Bechtel? No one knows for sure but there are theories...

Mary was born into poverty. But when the opportunity to sail to America to become a mail-order bride becomes available, she's the first one on the ship. She carries the hopes and dreams of both herself and her younger sister. On the ship, however, she meets Jack. A lonely widow, he has no intention of finding a new bride as he's still grieving over the loss of his beloved. His attraction to Mary is immediate and vice-versa. Can they both see that they are meant for each other or will they stick their divergent plans once they reach the shores of America?

Rex is an outlaw determined to change his ways. A lot of good that sentiment does him now as he's on his way to prison...until he realizes that his mail order bride is on the same stagecoach as he... Mary doesn't know Rex is a would-be-prisoner who stole from his father's vast bank account. All she sees is a dog of a man. But when Rex plans his escape, he takes Mary in tow. And the longer they are on the run together, the more attractive she finds the man. She soon realizes that Rex is willing to do whatever it takes to make her his bride but only if they can escape from his father's men who are hot on their trail.

Sarah was overwhelmed with joy when she reads the words 'will you marry me?' in Aaron's letter. Upon arrival, however, she finally meets the man she's supposed to marry but he's burdened. She fully realizes that when he wrote "there is no greater pain than that of a man who has lost his wife" this could be something that could shape their marriage forever. She realized then that she knew very little about Aaron. She had been so eager to find someone to fill the emptiness of her life that she had not stopped to consider the repercussions of marrying a stranger. Who was this man? And could she learn to love him?

The townsfolk had made the mistake of having faith in the Adamson name. After all, James had been a solid man's man who took little guff from anyone. Crime had never been much of a problem in Paradise, Rhode Island and James had been largely credited through his thirty-year career. It stood to reason that Scott would be just as adept at running the show as his father. The election had gone uncontested and without Scott realizing what was happening, he found himself stepping into his father's huge shoes. It did not take long for the locals to realize that they had made a mistake in entrusting their safety with Scott. He was nothing like his father, no matter how much he tried to follow on James' path. Now rookie Sheriff Scott finds himself being bullied by local toughs and on the cusp of a mystery...Peoplein the town are going missing and upon further investigation he realizes that they all have one thing in common... the last time anyone saw them was that when they were entering a cave that used to be abandoned coal mine...Will he enter the cave and when he goes in what will he discover?

In August 1994, two farmers working in a field stumbled upon the skeletal remains of Clinton Trezise. Unfortunately, there was no evidence present on the remains or the grave that could help police identify the victim. There was evidence of dyed hair and previously broken bones, which gave forensic experts hope that they would be able to identify the victim, but nobody came forth to claim the victim, not even after a $100,000 reward was offered. Trezise's family finally filed a missing person report in October 1995, but authorities still couldn't make the connection. Photos of Trezise were sent to forensic experts to compare against the skull, and they concluded that they were not a match - twice. Trezise was an openly gay man. Soon there would be numerous bodies of gay men found dead or missing in the area. A man or group of men were targeting them. Thus began the story of the Snowtown Murders...

Katie is the eldest daughter in an Amish family. She has a younger sister, Mary, that has recently become bedridden due to a freak accident. Katie has now devoted her entire life to taking care of her. But Mary soon grows increasingly bitter and Katie struggles to cope. Complicating things is a young man who now takes a shine to the Katie after exploring the world outside the Amish community. Can Katie fulfill her obligation to Mary while still finding love?

On Wednesday May 6, 2020, investigators arrived at Clark Perry Baldwin's home in Waterloo, Iowa, and placed him under arrest for multiple murders. Brent Cooper, the district attorney general of the 22nd Judicial District in Tennessee announced the arrest later that day, revealing that Baldwin was the main suspect in three cold cases, one in Spring Hill Tennessee, and two in Wyoming. Baldwin is suspected of the 1991 murder of Pamela Rose Aldridge McCall and her unborn baby, and the 1992 murders of Bitter Creek Betty and the I-90 Jane Doe and her unborn baby. He was charged in Tennessee with two counts of murder in the case of McCall and her unborn baby. Two murder charges were also brought against him in Wyoming for the murder of the two Jane Does, Bitter Creek Betty and the I-90 Jane Doe, who had been discovered 400 miles apart in 1992. Baldwin, who grew up in Nashua, Iowa, graduated from Nashua-Plainfield High School in 1979. As an adult, he was a resident of a few different towns, including Nashua, Missouri, Waterloo, Virginia, Newport News, and Springfield. He worked as a long-haul trucker for Marten Transport for a number of years, spanning the times and locations of the murders.Baldwin's arrest came as a surprise to friends and neighbors, many of whom described him as a quiet person, with one person going as far as stating that he was a "gentle giant."What possessed Baldwin to commit the atrocities he did?

Sheila spent her whole life living on the wrong side of town and is used to people on the outside looking down on her. She maintains her dignity, however, working hard to built a better life for herself. The new sheriff in town takes a liking to her but she has no use for his laws and arrogant manner. But when he humbles himself and makes an effort to improve himself as a gentleman, Sheila begins to soften. But will she let her guard down enough to let a romance brew?

Father Jim arrives at a missionary outpost in a remote Mexican village to find everyone missing. What few inhabitants remain on the outskirts of the village warn him against staying any longer. Father Jim refuses and soon finds out that the missing people have fallen prey to a local "witch doctor" who now sets his sights on the visiting priest.

Things are tense around an Amish household when their young son is sick. The couple prays and prays together to no avail and the boy seems to be getting worse. Things also worsen on the homefront as their farm begins to fail. At their wits end, the couple begin to take out their frustrations on each other. Will they be able to rise above their circumstances and grow spiritually from the experience?