Amy Lillard

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  • Bibliography:
    60 Books (14 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2012
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Amish of Pontotoc

1 - A Home for Hannah (Mar-2018)
2 - A Love for Leah (Aug-2018)
3 - A Family for Gracie (Aug-2019)
4 - An Amish Husband for Tillie (Oct-2020)

A Cattle Creek Novel

1 - Loving a Lawman (Jul-2016)
2 - Healing a Heart (Feb-2017)

Cattle Creek

1 - Besting the Bull Rider (Feb-2023)

A Clover Ridge Novel

1 - Saving Gideon (Oct-2012)
2 - Katie's Choice (May-2013)
3 - Gabriel's Bride (Feb-2014)
4 - John Paul in Love (May-2023)

Gold Diggers One

1 - No Greater Treasure (Jul-2019)

A Kappy King Mystery

1 - Kappy King and the Puppy Kaper (Jan-2018)
2 - Kappy King and the Pickle Kaper (Jul-2018)
3 - Kappy King and the Pie Kaper (Dec-2018)

Kappy King Mystery Kapers

1 - This Little Piggy (Mar-2022)

Loveless Texas

1 - Take Me Back To Texas (Oct-2014)

Main Street Book Club Mysteries

1 - Can't Judge a Book By Its Murder (Oct-2019)
2 - A Murder Between the Pages (Nov-2020)
3 - A Murder Like No Author (Nov-2021)

Mayhem & Magnolias

1 - Southern Hospitality (Mar-2018)

More Than

1 - More Than Friendship (Feb-2016)
2 - More Than A Promise (Nov-2016)
3 - More Than a Marriage (Feb-2017)

Paradise Valley

1 - Marry Me, Millie (Jan-2022)
2 - The Amish Matchmaker (Oct-2022)
3 - One More Time for Joy (Apr-2023)
4 - When Hattie Finds Love (Dec-2023)

A Sunflower Cafe Mystery

1 - Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary (Jul-2022)
2 - A Murder of Aspic Proportions (Jul-2023)
3 - A Murder for the Sages (Jul-2024)

A Wells Landing Romance

1 - Caroline's Secret (Aug-2014)
2 - Courting Emily (Jan-2015)
3 - Lorie's Heart (Aug-2015)
4 - Just Plain Sadie (Apr-2016)
5 - Titus Returns (Jan-2017)
6 - Marrying Jonah (Apr-2017)
7 - The Quilting Circle (Nov-2017)
8 - A Wells Landing Christmas (Oct-2018)
9 - Loving Jenna (Mar-2020)
10 - Romancing Nadine (Aug-2020)
11 - A New Love for Charlotte (Jan-2021)

Multi-Author Series List

12 Brides of Christmas

6 - The Gingerbread Bride (Nov-2014)

12 Brides of Summer

3 - The Wildflower Bride (Jun-2015)

Book List in Order: 60 titles

  • Saving Gideon

    A Clover Ridge Novel - 1

    Gideon Fisher wants one thing out of life -- to be left alone. This is not the Amish way, but he’s devastated after the death of his wife and son to the point of losing his faith. He buys a farm on the outskirts of the district and pulls away from ...

  • Katie's Choice

    A Clover Ridge Novel - 2

    Katie Rose Fisher loved Samuel Beachy with an intensity that shook their Amish district. No one doubted they would one day marry, until Samuel turned his back on the church and joined the world of the English. Alone now in Clover Ridge, Katie Rose...

  • Gabriel's Bride

    A Clover Ridge Novel - 3

    Rachel Yoder has two choices: marry Gabriel Fisher or move to Ohio. As an orphan, Rachel doesn’t have much to offer; any match she can make will be a good one. She just didn’t plan on Gabriel with his big hands and permanent frown. As a widowe...

  • Caroline's Secret

    A Wells Landing Romance - 1

    In Amy Lillard's poignant introduction to Wells Landing, a small Amish community is home to two brave souls hoping to forget their painful pasts and rebuild their faith in the future. . . Caroline Hostetler arrived in Oklahoma determined to forge ...

  • Take Me Back To Texas

    Loveless Texas - 1

    Elizabeth McGee never thought she’d set foot in Loveless, Texas, again. But after the reading of her father’s will, Elizabeth learns she’s inherited her grandmother’s house and all of the personal contents. If that wasn’t enough to knock he...

  • The Gingerbread Bride

    12 Brides of Christmas - 6

    Enter the heartland of historical America at Christmastime through twelve inspiring romance novellas from acclaimed Christian authors. Meet Alma, Lucy, Esther, Marilee, Polly, Deborah, Annabelle, Sophie, Maddie, Karen, Arabella, and Kate who are surp...

  • Courting Emily

    A Wells Landing Romance - 2

    Return to Wells Landing, the close-knit Amish community in Oklahoma, where a hopeful young woman struggles to find true love while staying true to her faith. . . Emily Ebersol is the bishop's daughter, and everyone--including Emily--assumes she'll...

  • As Good as Gold

    in The Oregon Trail Romance Collection

    Nine romantic adventures take readers along for a ride on the Oregon Trail where daily challenges force travelers to evaluate the things that are most precious to them including love. Enjoy the trip through a fascinating part of history through the e...

  • The Wildflower Bride

    in The 12 Brides of Summer Collection
    12 Brides of Summer - 3

    Grace Sinclair would never dream of leaving her Ozarks, so when Ian McGruer visits for a wedding, she ignores her sudden romantic thoughts. Can Ian make her see the way of love?...



  • All You Need Is Love

    The last thing he needed was a wife...three months to get married. It’s every bachelor’s nightmare, especially when there’s millions at stake. Thanks to his aunt’s kooky will, that’s exactly where Tristan McFarland finds himself: get a wife...

  • Lorie's Heart

    A Wells Landing Romance - 3

    Welcome back to Wells Landing, Oklahoma, the tranquil Amish community where still waters run deep and a brave young woman sets out to discover her faith, her family, and herself… Lorie Kauffman is grief-stricken when her father passes away unex...

  • A Mamm for Christmas

    in The Amish Christmas Sleigh

    Through the snowy night, silver bells ring cheerfully, heralding a season of secret gifts, unexpected chances, and love's sweetest journeys . . . Bernice Yoder has far too much to do to entertain holiday dreams. Even if she can help Jess Schmucker...

  • Not So Pretty Penny

    in The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection

    Come along on a romantic journey jam-packed with all the angst of marriages founded upon practical choices as well as coercion. Meet nine couples who barely know each other before they find themselves suddenly married -- to please family, to stem the...

  • More Than Friendship

    More Than - 1

    Love is worth every challenge.Woven deeply into the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, a women’s quilting circle is a place to share everything from recipes to hopes and dreams, especially when love is in the air...The youngest member of t...

  • Just Plain Sadie

    A Wells Landing Romance - 4

    The Amish of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, treasure their close-knit community, and the promise of their growing families. But one young woman is struggling to choose a future that is true to both her heart and her faith… Everyone in Wells Landing ha...

  • Loving a Lawman

    A Cattle Creek Novel - 1

    As cowboys, the Langston brothers of Cattle Creek, Texas, know it can hurt like hell to fall off a horse. But it can hurt even more to fall in love. . . . Sheriff Seth Langston is head over heels for local wild child Jessie McAllen and has been f...

  • More Than A Promise

    More Than - 2

    A recently widowed Amish woman is expecting twins but not expecting love in this inspirational romance novella from the author of the Wells Landing series.   In Wells Landing, Oklahoma, one of the only women in the quilting circle without childr...

  • Titus Returns

    A Wells Landing Romance - 5

    In Wells Landing, Oklahoma’s warm and welcoming Amish community, there’s always hope for a new beginning -- and a second chance… Five tumultuous years have changed Titus Lambert in every way. Back then, Titus was preparing to marry his long...

  • Healing a Heart

    A Cattle Creek Novel - 2

    As cowboys, the Langston brothers of Cattle Creek, Texas, know it’s easy to mend a fence. Mending a broken heart, however, takes time... Rancher Jake Langston prides himself on being the sensible type. But five years after the loss of his wife ...



  • More Than a Marriage

    More Than - 3

    In the close-knit Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, a women’s quilting circle welcomes a new member who is struggling to keep her marriage together -- or let it go . . .Quiet and unassuming Tess Smiley is new to Wells Landing. She is also...

  • Marrying Jonah

    A Wells Landing Romance - 6

    Life isn’t always as simple as it seems for the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma. Neither is love. . . Everyone in town knows that Sarah Yoder is enamored with Jonah Miller, even though he’s been with his girlfriend, Lorie, for years...

  • A Summer Wedding in Paradise

    in Amish Brides

    Reba Schmucker longs to be a bride. And she knows her mischievous nieces just wanted to help when they “chose” Abel Weaver for her. But he’s the last man in the world she’d ever marry. There’s no way her independence and his stubbornness co...

  • The Quilting Circle

    A Wells Landing Romance - 7

    United by faith, and bonded by their quilting circle, the Amish women of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, are there for one another through all life’s joys and challenges... MORE THAN FRIENDSHIP Youngest quilter Clara Rose Yutzy is planning her weddin...

  • Kappy King and the Puppy Kaper

    A Kappy King Mystery - 1

    Content to be unmarried and plain-spoken, Kathryn “Kappy” King is an odd-woman-out in the Amish community of Blue Sky, Pennsylvania. But she’s skilled at making the special kapps local women need to cover their hair. And she might be the only o...

  • A Home for Hannah

    Amish of Pontotoc - 1

    In Pontotoc, Mississippi, the Amish way means a chance to rebuild, renew, and rekindle a love from long ago... Fifteen years. That’s how long it’s been since Hannah McLean set foot in the Amish community where she was raised. Through it all h...

  • Southern Hospitality

    Mayhem & Magnolias - 1

    Not much happens in sleepy Jefferson County, Tennessee. That is, until Yankee reporter Roxanne Ackerman’s car breaks down there on her way to Memphis, and she somehow winds up as a murder suspect! With no one to bail her out and the local judge on ...

  • O Little Town of Sugarcreek

    Christmastime has come to Sugarcreek, but the sleepy Ohio town is anything but calm. Cheryl Cooper expected a quiet holiday season, filled with new friends and new traditions. Instead, Lance Martin, her ex-fiancé shows up and proposes again! Then...

  • Kappy King and the Pickle Kaper

    A Kappy King Mystery - 2

    Kathryn “Kappy” King is happy being a plain-spoken unmarried odd-woman-out in her Pennsylvania Amish hometown. Her talent is making the special kapps local women use to cover their hair. But her skill at uncovering trouble in this quiet valley is...

  • A Love for Leah

    Amish of Pontotoc - 2

    For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, faith can open minds -- and hearts -- to create surprising bonds for a lifetime... Independent-minded Leah Gingerich has always been outspoken. And even though she is now a progressive Mennonite, she's red...



  • Shoo, Fly, Shoo!

    When Albert Yoder is arrested for illegally transporting and selling raw milk across county lines, Cheryl and her mystery-solving sidekick Naomi step up to help. And just in time! Albert’s very pregnant wife has to be rushed to the hospital ...

  • Stranger Things Have Happened

    Strange things are happening in Sugarcreek, from stampeding pigs to barn explosions! Some locals place the blame on a new family in town, the Patels, originally from India. A few members of the community, in particular, are not happy about these n...

  • A Wells Landing Christmas

    A Wells Landing Romance - 8

    As the most joyous of seasons comes to the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, one young woman gets a chance to start again -- and rediscover the gift of true love... Families rejoicing together, caroling parties full of cheer, and church...

  • Kappy King and the Pie Kaper

    A Kappy King Mystery - 3

    Kathryn “Kappy” King’s skill at making kapps for the Amish women of Blue Sky, Pennsylvania, are unparalleled. But she’s also dangerously good at discovering dark truths beneath this peaceful valley... When an “accident” puts beloved b...

  • No Greater Treasure

    Gold Diggers One - 1

    After five years in the California mountains, Birdie Banks longs to return to civilization. Her father is gone and mining camps are no place for a lady alone. With the help of her Asian manservant, Lin Sing, Birdie hires Jedidiah Evans to escort them...

  • A Family for Gracie

    Amish of Pontotoc - 3

    For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, faith and family are everything -- even when they pose the greatest challenge . . . Gracie Glick is known for being the helpful one, always available for a relative in need. But now that she’s longing for...

  • Can't Judge a Book By Its Murder

    Main Street Book Club Mysteries - 1

    Not every murder is by the book... As Sugar Springs gears up for its all-class high school reunion, Mississippi bookstore owner Arlo Stanley prepares to launch her largest event: a book-signing with the town's legendary alum and bestselling au...

  • Loving Jenna

    A Wells Landing Romance - 9

    In this new novel set in the beloved Oklahoma Amish community of Wells Landing, three generations of women challenge themselves and each other to make a fresh start in faith, family -- and love. Jenna Burkhart is tired of being “special” an...

  • Romancing Nadine

    A Wells Landing Romance - 10

    In this heartwarming series from Amy Lillard, three generations of women find the Oklahoma Amish community of Wells Landing a heaven-sent opportunity to take new leaps of faith . . . Wife, widow, mother, and grandmother -- sixty-something Nadine ...

  • An Amish Husband for Tillie

    Amish of Pontotoc - 4

    For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, all roads lead to faith, family, and tradition, even when the path is unconventional -- especially at Christmas . . . Tillie Gingerich is so in love with Melvin Yoder that she agrees to leave her conservati...



  • A Murder Between the Pages

    Main Street Book Club Mysteries - 2

    It was only a few months ago that the ladies of Arlo's Friday Night Book Club-Fern, Camille, and Helen-solved the murder of the renowned author, Wally Harrison. So when they select Wally's bestseller, Missing Girl, for their next discussion, ...

  • A New Love for Charlotte

    A Wells Landing Romance - 11

    Renewed faith and happiness await three generations of women in this heartwarming series from Amy Lillard, set in the Oklahoma Amish community of Wells Landing... With her daughter newly married, widow Charlotte Burkhart should have been content t...

  • Once a Bride

    Four fantastic Christian novellas in one complete volume. THE GINGERBREAD BRIDE Maddie Sinclair loves Harlan Calhoun and would do almost anything to secure his attention for her own. Anything including trading her second-best dress for a ba...

  • A Murder Like No Author

    Main Street Book Club Mysteries - 3

    Bookstore owner Arlo and her Friday Night Book Club sleuths are going to have to read between the lines to solve this mystery!It's movie time in Sugar Springs and the whole town is pitching together to get the historical Coliseum Theater ready for th...

  • Marry Me, Millie

    Paradise Valley - 1

    Amy Lillard’s uplifting new series unites a “Widows Club” of women who share solace, friendship, and faith in the Amish community of Paradise Valley, Missouri . . . When her young husband died unexpectedly, Millie Bauman thought her life was...

  • This Little Piggy

    Kappy King Mystery Kapers - 1

    They only came to buy a pig… Jimmy Peachey, lover of all animals, has finally done it. He's finally convinced his sister, Edie, to allow him to raise pigs. But when he, Edie, and Kappy arrive at the farm to buy the swine, they have anothe...

  • Forget Me Not, Baby

    Sydney Jericho is not about to let some has-been shyster con her father into becoming partners in a run-down ostrich ranch, located—literally—in Nowhere, TX. Winston Jericho is obviously having a harder time dealing with his wife's d...

  • Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary

    A Sunflower Cafe Mystery - 1

    Looking for a fresh start, advice columnist Sissy Yoder heads to small-town Yoder, Kansas, to help in her aunt’s café. But when a milkman is murdered, the newcomer becomes the prime suspect . . . After Sissy’s rodeo cowboy boyfriend turns out to...

  • The Amish Matchmaker

    Paradise Valley - 2

    In this uplifting new inspirational romance series, award-winning authorAmy Lillard unites a “Widows’ Club” of women who share solace, friendship, faith -- and mouthwatering Whoopie Pies -- in the Amish community of Paradise Valley, Missouri. W...

  • Besting the Bull Rider

    Cattle Creek - 1

    Does 'fake it til you make it' apply to true love? After losing his best girl to his brother, Chase Langston pushed his wild rodeo life to the limit. The result? A devastating injury. Now Chase is holed up in California at a friend's ranch. When...



  • One More Time for Joy

    Paradise Valley - 3

    In this uplifting inspirational romance series, award-winning author Amy Lillard unites a “Widows Club” of women who share solace, friendship, faith -- and mouthwatering Whoopie Pies -- in the Amish community of Paradise Valley, Missouri. Will ap...

  • John Paul in Love

    A Clover Ridge Novel - 4

    The Clover Ridge Series returns... John Paul Fisher has been dragging his feet over joining the church. It's not that he doesn't want to join, but he's enjoying his rumspringa and is reluctant to see it pass. At twenty-five, he's finally ready, ...

  • The Trouble With Love Potions

    Suzanne Rose never intended for Brice Van Sant to drink a cup of her homemade herbal shampoo.  And she certainly didn't expect an impromptu marriage proposal from the hunky CEO. After an incredible wedding night, Brice wakes unable to remember h...

  • Always Texas

    THIS BOOK WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS AND WELCOME HOME, BETHIE MCGEE. THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN (CLEAN AND INSPIRATIONAL) VERSION OF THE STORY.Elizabeth McGee never thought she'd set foot in Loveless, Texas, again. But after the rea...

  • A Murder of Aspic Proportions

    A Sunflower Cafe Mystery - 2

    The award-winning author’s brand-new Sunflower Café Mystery series, set in small-town Kansas, features a twenty-something advice columnist turned café manager and sleuth, her loyal Yorkie, farm-fresh produce -- and murder. Will appeal to fans of ...

  • A Million to One

    Three months to get married. It's every bachelor's nightmare, especially when there's millions at stake. Thanks to his aunt's kooky will, that's exactly where Tristan McFarland finds himself: get a wife or lose it all. At least he only has to stay ma...

  • When Hattie Finds Love

    Paradise Valley - 4

    In this uplifting inspirational romance series, award-winning author Amy Lillard unites a “Widows Club” of women who share solace, friendship, faith -- and mouthwatering Whoopie Pies -- in the Amish community of Paradise Valley, Missouri. Will ap...

  • The Amish Christmas Promise

    Love Inspired - 1538
    Love Inspired Large Print - 1538

    A proposal out of obligation Could become a promise of love… Pregnant Amish widow Mattie Byler is stunned to find her late husband’s shunned twin brother at her door. Samuel Byler is back to fulfill a promise: to marry Mattie. Only he’s n...

  • A Murder for the Sages

    A Sunflower Cafe Mystery - 3

    Twenty-something advice columnist and amateur sleuth Sissy Yoder loves helping out at her Aunt Bethel’s Sunflower Café in Yoder, Kansas. It connects her to family, to the close-knit community -- and to the suspicious events that always seem to bub...

  • The Secrets We Keep

    Detective Nate Fisher must go back to the Amish community he left behind and confront his past to help the woman he once loved in this dual-POV mystery perfect for fans of Linda Castillo.Back to active duty after an administrative leave of absence fo...

  • The Amish Bachelor's Promise

    Love Inspired - 1644
    Love Inspired Large Print - 1644

    From a lifelong friendship To an unexpected courtship… After years of overlooking his best friend, Amish farmer Freeman Yoder finally begins to see Evie Ebersol through new eyes. But Evie is convinced that she would be a rebound -- and that her phy...

Award-Winning Books by Amy Lillard

Saving Gideon
2013 Carol Award -- Romance


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Amy Lillard has published 60 books.

The next book by Amy Lillard, The Amish Bachelor's Promise, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Amy Lillard, Saving Gideon, was published in October 2012.

Yes. Amy Lillard has 14 series.
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