Books with author Karen Anna Vogel

The hope of spring! The hope of a new life! Lena Graber is a relieved widow, not grieved. When her marriage ends, she relishes the peace, except when her mother-in-law torments her with debt. Fearful of losing her farm, Lena reaches out to Jacob King, who plows up the fields and plants winter wheat. Come spring, it should bring in a good profit.Jacob King has loved Lena since he was old enough to like girls. At twenty-seven he’s given up looking for a woman like Lena. Now that Lena is free to remarry, she considers Jacob’s proposal. But she needs time away and lives with her aunt and uncle in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for the winter. But the Amish in Pennsylvania are vastly different than the strictest of strict Amish sect Lena is used to in New York. As Lena finds liberty in Pennsylvania to wear colors other than black and blue, be a passenger in a car, have trusted English friends, and other luxuries forbidden back home, will this divide her from Jacob? All winter, like the dead seeds of wheat grow and swell under the earth, so does Lena. As the desire to remarry grows, God is molding a man who will love her unconditionally…Best-selling author, Karen Anna Vogel, is known for her ‘redemptive novels.’ filled with hope. She’s been a trusted English friend to many Amish in New York and Pennsylvania over the past thirty years and strives to accurately portray their culture. To learn more about Amish life, you may want to grab her devotional, 31 Days to a Simple Life the Amish Way: Inspirational Secrets from Amish Friends.

Amish Knit & Crochet Circle: Smicksburg Tales 5, consist of 8 episodes along with 8 thrifty recipes that Granny shares with the new outreach at the Smicksburg Baptist Church. But this gives Granny time to get involved Amish women in need. The Punxsutawney Amish cell phone kerfuffle is in full swing. Clara and Jacob move down to Smicksburg, hoping their kin will follow a narrower path. Melvin wants a cell phone in his variety store sending Fannie into a tizzy. Would Melvin expect her to move to Punsxy? NEVER! A very homesick Ella visits from New York, a rift in her marriage and soul. Widow Sarah comes to visit her cousin, wrapped in a crocheted black shawl, as fancy as she dare make it, and has the women in Granny's circle hankering to crochet. Sarah's more than willing to stick around chatting with Jonas over her wayward son. Can Jeb's new C.S. Lewis reading circle help young Samuel believe in a loving God? Denny and Becca have many decisions to make after his baptism. Will these teen lovebirds tie the knot?But how can Becca think of getting married with her dad so ill? Smicksburg Tales is a continuing short story serial which started in 2011 and is still in full swing. After 8 episodes are written they are combined into 300+ page novels. If you like the "old-fashioned serials" as many readers do, look for the books in episodes. To start at the very beginning, when Granny starts the knitting circle, look for Amish Knitting Circle: Episode 1 ~ Beginnings. Each episode is approximately 40 pages and only 99 cents. If you prefer reading in long novel format, the books are in the following order: Amish Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 1 Amish Friends Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 2 Amish Knit Lit Circle: Smicksburg Tales 3 Amish Knit & Stitch Circle: Smicksburg Tales 4 Amish Knit & Crochet Circle: Smicksburg Tales 5

Twelve year old Lexi Remington has a Christmas wish: to get out of foster care and be adopted. She gets it into her head that she can take the place of Matthew Yoder, her shunned Amish neighbor, and be part of the huge Yoder clan. A stray white dog, fixing a manger set with her foster dad, and a homeless man all show Lexi an important lesson about the love of God...which prepares her heart for the biggest Christmas surprise ever.

Karen Anna Vogel's 3 bestselling Christmas books all in one bundle, along with dozens of authentic Amish recipes baked or cooked in the stories. ***Love Came Down at Christmas: Ranked Amazon's #1 Christmas book 2014Twelve year old Lexi Remington has a Christmas wish: to get out of foster care and be adopted. She gets it into her head that she can take the place of Matthew Yoder, her shunned Amish neighbor, and be part of the huge Yoder clan. A stray white dog, fixing a manger set with her foster dad, and a homeless man all show Lexi an important lesson about the love of God...which prepares her heart for the biggest Christmas surprise ever.***Amish Knitting Circle Christmas: Granny & Jeb's Love StoryGranny Weaver started a knitting circle believing women are stronger spun together, just like her wool. But she was young once with her own struggles. In 1963 Deborah Byler is twenty-one and has turned down seven marriage proposals from hopeful suitors in Millersburg, Ohio. At her parent's request, she goes to live with relatives in the new Amish settlement in Smicksburg, Pennsylvania, praying she'll find a match. Jeb Weaver lives in a strict Swartzentruber Amish settlement, and he can no longer abide under the rules of the Ordnung. His older brother left the family farm and settled in Smicksburg, and convinces Jeb to do the same. When Jeb meets Deborah, he finds her too liberal and outspoken. Deborah thinks Jeb's judgmental and a complete stick in the mud. Their constant clashing makes sparks fly. Will an African American man, who hitchhikes around the country to attend Martin Luther King Jr. marches, help Jeb and Deborah see their own prejudices? ***Christmas Union: Quaker Abolitionist of Chester County, PARebecca Mendenhall is counting the days to Christmas, when she'll wed Johnny Whittier in their Quaker Meeting House. But in September, a division is formed between Rebecca and Johnny. The Fugitive Slave Law is enacted, making it illegal to aid runaway slaves in Pennsylvania, punishable by heavy fines and prison sentences. Rebecca's parents are avid abolitionists and Johnny' father is not, believing Quakers must abide by the laws of the land. Division's among the Quakers on how to deal with this new law splits their Meeting House in two: Rebecca in one house and Johnny in another. Will Rebecca and Johnny be united by their wedding date, or will Rebecca see Levi Vickman, a passionate young abolitionist, in a new light? A house divided against itself cannot stand, Rebecca's parents warn her, implying someone like Levi would be a better match. Abolitionists such as Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and John Greenleaf Whittier, persuade many Quakers who feel they are breaking this new law realize that they are keeping a commandment from God: to cloth the naked, feed the hungry, and remember those in chains. Christmas Union is based on true stories of abolitionist in Chester Country, PA, and the anguish the Fugitive Slave Law brought to the local Quakers.

Can the love of God that came down at Christmas heal all? Cure all? Lexi believes this with all her heart.Lexi Remington, the twelve-year-old foster child readers worldwide adored in Love Came Down at Christmas, received a new name: Lexi Stotler. Yes, her Christmas wish to be adopted came true. Now, at thirteen, her Christmas wish is to see Mr. Fraudburg be transformed like Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. So, Lexi brings a stray dog to Mr. Fraudburg. After all, don’t dogs calm a soul down? His son, Adam, asks little of his father, but instantly loves this dog…and asks, pleads, to keep him. The more Adam pushes to keep the dog, Mr. Fraudburg becomes more miserly and despicable. He knows he needs help when his wife, son, and church members shy away from him. But Lexi sees through his tough, rough exterior. She was like that once, too. Lexi enlists the aid of Emma Yoder, an elderly Amish woman. Emma still helps Lexi let love in, and surely she can do the same for Mr. Fraudburg. By Christmas Day, Lexi wonders if her obsession with A Christmas Carol is being played out right before her. Not in Victorian England, but Smicksburg, Pennsylvania.

Fourteen-year-old Lexi needs a Christmas miracle, again. Her grandma, Gloria, now a widow, comes to live with the Stotlers and brings a luggage full of dark secrets. Literally. Last Christmas, Lexi and Emma Yoder cracked open Elliot Fraudburg, but even they think Gloria is a nut too hard to crack. Angela is unraveled by her mother's mysterious past and is in counseling.Lexi turns to ‘Amish Santa’, a jolly man with a white beard, children mistakenly call Santa. He just bellows out, “Ho! Ho! Ho!” Noah Weaver knows some of these children won’t get presents this year since the closing of the coal mine. He makes two-hundred Christmas presents, asking Gloria to help. But even he wonders if all things are possible with God after being around, ‘That woman!’ Will Lexi get her miracle? Will her grouchy grandma lighten up before Light Up Night? The regulars from Love Came Down At Christmas 1 & 2 are in this 3rd book. Can be read as a standalone. Based on true stories, Karen Anna Vogel aims to entertain while sharing yet more inspiration from Amish friends. Amish cookie recipes included along with Christmas ideas to wrap presents simply, the story of Saint Nicholas Day, celebrated on December sixth, how the Amish celebrate Christmas and more.

Amish Knit & Crochet Circle: Smicksburg Tales 5, consist of 8 episodes along with 8 thrifty recipes that Granny shares with the new outreach at the Smicksburg Baptist Church. But this gives Granny time to get involved Amish women in need. The Punxsutawney Amish cell phone kerfuffle is in full swing. Clara and Jacob move down to Smicksburg, hoping their kin will follow a narrower path. Melvin wants a cell phone in his variety store sending Fannie into a tizzy. Would Melvin expect her to move to Punsxy? NEVER! A very homesick Ella visits from New York, a rift in her marriage and soul. Widow Sarah comes to visit her cousin, wrapped in a crocheted black shawl, as fancy as she dare make it, and has the women in Granny's circle hankering to crochet. Sarah's more than willing to stick around chatting with Jonas over her wayward son. Can Jeb's new C.S. Lewis reading circle help young Samuel believe in a loving God? Denny and Becca have many decisions to make after his baptism. Will these teen lovebirds tie the knot?But how can Becca think of getting married? Her dear dad is so ill? Smicksburg Tales is a continuing short story serial which started in 2011 and is still in full swing. After 8 episodes are written they are combined into 300+ page novels. If you like the "old-fashioned serials" as many readers do, look for the books in episodes. To start at the very beginning, when Granny starts the knitting circle, look for Amish Knitting Circle: Episode 1 ~ Beginnings. Each episode is approximately 40 pages and only 99 cents. If you prefer reading in long novel format, the books are in the following order: Amish Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 1 Amish Friends Knitting Circle: Smicksburg Tales 2 Amish Knit Lit Circle: Smicksburg Tales 3 Amish Knit & Stitch Circle: Smicksburg Tales 4 Amish Knit & Crochet Circle: Smicksburg Tales 5

Can the love of God that came down at Christmas heal all? Cure all? Lexi believes this with all her heart.Lexi Remington, the twelve-year-old foster child readers worldwide adored in Love Came Down at Christmas, received a new name: Lexi Stotler. Yes, her Christmas wish to be adopted came true.Now, at thirteen, her Christmas wish is to see Mr. Fraudburg be transformed like Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. So, Lexi brings a stray dog to Mr. Fraudburg. After all, don’t dogs calm a soul down? His son, Adam, asks little of his father, but instantly loves this dog…and asks, pleads, to keep him. The more Adam pushes to keep the dog, Mr. Fraudburg becomes more miserly and despicable.He knows he needs help when his wife, son, and church members shy away from him.But Lexi sees through his tough, rough exterior. She was like that once, too. Lexi enlists the aid of Emma Yoder, an elderly Amish woman. Emma still helps Lexi let love in, and surely she can do the same for Mr. Fraudburg.By Christmas Day, Lexi wonders if her obsession with A Christmas Carol is being played out right before her. Not in Victorian England, but Smicksburg, Pennsylvania.

Twelve year old Lexi Remington has a Christmas wish: to get out of foster care and be adopted. She gets it into her head that she can take the place of Matthew Yoder, her shunned Amish neighbor, and be part of the huge Yoder clan. A stray white dog, fixing a manger set with her foster dad, and a homeless man all show Lexi an important lesson about the love of God...which prepares her heart for the biggest Christmas surprise ever.

Fourteen-year-old Lexi needs a Christmas miracle, again. Her grandma, Gloria, now a widow, comes to live with the Stotlers and brings a luggage full of dark secrets. Literally. Last Christmas, Lexi and Emma Yoder cracked open Elliot Fraudburg, but even they think Gloria is a nut too hard to crack. Angela is unraveled by her mother's mysterious past and is in counseling.Lexi turns to ‘Amish Santa’, a jolly man with a white beard, children mistakenly call Santa. He just bellows out, “Ho! Ho! Ho!” Noah Weaver knows some of these children won’t get presents this year since the closing of the coal mine. He makes two-hundred Christmas presents, asking Gloria to help. But even he wonders if all things are possible with God after being around, ‘That woman!’ Will Lexi get her miracle? Will her grouchy grandma lighten up before Light Up Night? The regulars from Love Came Down At Christmas 1 & 2 are in this 3rd book. Can be read as a standalone. Based on true stories, Karen Anna Vogel aims to entertain while sharing yet more inspiration from Amish friends. Amish cookie recipes included along with Christmas ideas to wrap presents simply, the story of Saint Nicholas Day, celebrated on December sixth, how the Amish celebrate Christmas and more.