In the village of Charm, Ohio, Darla Kurtz's father's responsibility for a fire in which he and five other Amish men lost their lives leaves Darla's family to face community's disapproval, while Lukas must deal with the loss of his father and the new awkwardness between him and Darla.

Two years after leaving his Amish community under suspicion of having committed an assault, Mark Fisher returns to Hart County to help a friend, and finds a reason to stay in Waneta Cain, before new assaults in the community put him under suspicion again.

Bookmobile librarian and matchmaker Sarah Anne Miller discretely assists an Amish youth who would obtain his GED and a heartbroken reader who becomes his tutor.

As the holidays approach, Judith Graber, feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and underappreciated, is attracted to her father's new employee, Ben Knox, Sugarcreek's own bad boy, but refuses to be another one of his conquests.

"A young Amish woman finds herself torn between the man she's pledged to wed and the man her heart desires"-- Provided by publisher.

When someone breaks into Beverly Overholts beloved Orange Blossom Inn, she calls in the inn's owner, Eric Wagler, who instantly feels something for the Mennonite woman who was raised Amish, and shares something special with her as they work on the inn and prepare for Christmas.

Joshua Graber rethinks his relationship with Gretta Hershberger after non-Amish teenager Lilly Allen moves next door, but Lilly knows her secret pregnancy would only push Joshua away.