Cindy Woodsmall

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2006
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

An Ada's House Novel

1 - The Hope of Refuge (Aug-2009)
2 - The Bridge of Peace (Sep-2010)
3 - The Harvest of Grace (Aug-2011)

Amish of Summer Grove

1 - Ties That Bind (Sep-2015)
2 - Fraying at the Edge (Aug-2016)
3 - Gathering the Threads (Aug-2017)

Amish Vines and Orchards

1 - A Season for Tending (Sep-2012)
2 - The Winnowing Season (Apr-2013)
3 - For Every Season (Aug-2013)
4 - Seasons of Tomorrow (Apr-2014)

Apple Ridge

1 - The Sound of Sleigh Bells (Oct-2009)
2 - The Christmas Singing (Oct-2011)
3 - The Scent of Cherry Blossoms (Feb-2012)
4 - The Dawn of Christmas (Oct-2013)

Sisters of the Quilt

1 - When the Heart Cries (Sep-2006)
2 - When the Morning Comes (Sep-2007)
3 - When the Soul Mends (Sep-2008)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • When the Heart Cries

    Sisters of the Quilt - 1

    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, forgo baptism into the faith, and ma...

  • When the Morning Comes

    Sisters of the Quilt - 2

    Can Hannah find refuge, redemption, and a fresh beginning after her world has shattered? Her relationship with fiancé Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with...

  • When the Soul Mends

    Sisters of the Quilt - 3

    Returning to the home she fled in disgrace, will Hannah find healing for the wounds of the past? After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennsylvania c...

  • The Hope of Refuge

    An Ada's House Novel - 1

    Raised in foster care and now the widowed mother of a little girl, Cara Moore struggles against poverty, fear, and a relentless stalker. When a trail of memories leads Cara and Lori out of New York City toward an Amish community, she follows every le...

  • The Sound of Sleigh Bells

    Apple Ridge - 1

    Beth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store, and serving as contact of sorts between Amish craftsmen and Englischers who want to sell the Plain people's wares. But remorse and loneliness still echo in her heart every...

  • The Bridge of Peace

    An Ada's House Novel - 2

    Love alone isn't enough to overcome some obstacles. Lena Kauffman is a young Old Order Amish schoolteacher who has dealt all her life with attention raised by a noticeable birthmark on her cheek. Having learned to move past the stares and whispers...

  • The Harvest of Grace

    An Ada's House Novel - 3

    Reeling from an unexpected betrayal, can Sylvia find relief from the echoes of her past...or will they shape her future forever? Although Sylvia Fisher recognizes that most Old Order Amish women her age spend their hours managing a household and ...

  • The Christmas Singing

    Apple Ridge - 2

    After Gideon coldly broke her heart, can the warmth of the season revive Mattie's hopes? Mattie thought her childhood sweetheart adored her until he abruptly ended their engagement on Christmas Eve. Three years later, will learning the truth ...

  • The Scent of Cherry Blossoms

    Apple Ridge - 3

    Annie Martin loves the Plain ways of her Old Order Mennonite people, like those revered by her beloved grandfather. Retreating from a contentious relationship with her mother, Annie goes to live with her Daadi Moses in Apple Ridge. But as sprin...



  • A Season for Tending

    Amish Vines and Orchards - 1

    In a community where conformity flourishes, seeds of Rhoda’s odd behavior were planted long ago. Can she cultivate her relationships with the same care and tenderness that she gives her beloved garden? Old Order Amish Rhoda Byler’s unusual gi...

  • The Winnowing Season

    Amish Vines and Orchards - 2

    The tornado that devastated Kings’ Orchard pushed Rhoda, Samuel, and Jacob to make a new start in Maine. Are they strong enough to withstand the challenges of establishing an Amish community -- and brave enough to face the secrets that move with th...

  • For Every Season

    Amish Vines and Orchards - 3

    Working hard to develop a new Amish community outside of Unity, Maine, Rhoda Byler is fully committed to rehabilitating an orchard with business partner Samuel King. But an impulsive decision has created an unexpected strain in her relationship with ...

  • The Dawn of Christmas

    Apple Ridge - 4

    This Christmas, experience learning to trust alongside the Plain folk of Apple Ridge, Pennsylvania in this heart-warming tale of second chances. Sadie enjoys her freedom away from home and her mission trips to Peru, but after four years, her Old ...

  • Seasons of Tomorrow

    Amish Vines and Orchards - 4

    As love restores Rhoda, a sudden tragedy is the test of faith she never saw coming. More settled in her heart than ever before, Rhoda Byler feels a newfound confidence living in the Old Order Amish settlement she helped establish in Orchard Bend, ...

  • A Love Undone

    A husband and son abandoned to forge a path alone. A young woman who sacrificed her dreams. How will the God of grace and hope help them find their way? At nineteen years old, Old Order Amish Jolene Keim was on the brink of happily-ever-after w...

  • Hope Crossing

    Hope Crossing…where Ada’s House stands as a haven for weary souls looking for kindness, faith, and second chances. The Hope of Refuge Two very different women are pulled by their strongest desires. Deborah Mast joined the Amish church and lo...

  • Ties That Bind

    Amish of Summer Grove - 1

    Ariana’s comfortable Old Order Amish world is about to unravel. Will holding tightly to the cords of family keep them together -- or simply tear them apart? Twenty-year-old Ariana Brenneman loves her family and the Old Ways. She has two aspi...

  • Amish Christmas at North Star

    One night four lives entered the world by the hands of an Amish midwife, just outside North Star, Pennsylvania. Rebekah’s Babies, as they are called, are now grown adults and in four heartwarming novellas each young person experiences a journey...

  • Amish Christmas at North Star: Four Stories of Love and Family

    One night four lives entered the world by the hands of an Amish midwife, just outside North Star, Pennsylvania. Rebekah’s Babies, as they are called, are now grown adults and in four heartwarming novellas each young person experiences a journey of...



  • Fraying at the Edge

    Amish of Summer Grove - 2

    Family, community, faith, and love. These “quilt blocks” sewn together made Ariana’s beautiful life. When they are pulled to pieces, will anything familiar remain? The Old Order Amish life Ariana Brenneman loved vanished virtually overnig...

  • The Angel of Forest Hill

    A time of anticipation. A season of miracles. Because of Joel’s impossible situation, twenty-one-year-old Rose must sacrifice everything. As days pass into years in the midst of the beautiful hills, the laughter of children, and God’s providen...

  • Gathering the Threads

    Amish of Summer Grove - 3

    Finally back in the Old Order Amish world she loves, Will Ariana’s new perspectives draw her family closer together -- or completely rip them apart? After months away in the Englisch world, Ariana Brenneman is overjoyed to be in the Old Order...

  • A Christmas Haven

    For fans of holiday romances and Amish life comes a new Christmas tale of surprising expectations and discovering miracles. Old Order Amish Ivy Zook is wrestling with her need to shed her community's ways so she can grow the business of her dr...

  • The Englisch Daughter

    A marriage is tested in this Old Order Amish novel of longing for renewed love and a path for forgiveness from the best-selling author of Gathering the Threads. Old Order Amish wife and mother Jemima has put her marriage and family ahead of hersel...

  • Yesterday's Gone

    Eliza holds a secret that can rewrite the past.Eliza Bontrager and Jesse Ebersol have fallen in love and are determined to marry, despite the belief of their Amish community and respective families that there’s a hidden curse—one that onl...

  • Until Then

    Until then may I use my time as you desire . . .In 1985, Old Order Amish couple Celeste and Vin Lantz have been married for six years. Vin is a carpenter by trade but an artist in his heart. He is especially captivated by drawing portraits, which the...

Award-Winning Books by Cindy Woodsmall

A Christmas Haven
2020 Christy Award -- Short Form


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cindy Woodsmall has published 26 books.

Cindy Woodsmall does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Until Then, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Cindy Woodsmall, When the Heart Cries, was published in September 2006.

Yes. Cindy Woodsmall has 5 series.
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