Leslie Gould

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2003
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Amish Memories

1 - A Brighter Dawn (Apr-2023)
2 - This Passing Hour (Dec-2023)

The Courtships of Lancaster County

1 - Courting Cate (Nov-2012)
2 - Adoring Addie (May-2013)
3 - Minding Molly (Feb-2014)
4 - Becoming Bea (Oct-2014)

Neighbors of Lancaster County

1 - Amish Promises (May-2015)
2 - Amish Sweethearts (Feb-2016)
3 - Amish Weddings (Jan-2017)

Plain Patterns

1 - Piecing It All Together (Aug-2020)
2 - A Patchwork Past (Apr-2021)
3 - Threads of Hope (Mar-2022)

Sisters of Lancaster County

1 - A Plain Leaving (Oct-2017)
2 - A Simple Singing (Aug-2018)
3 - A Faithful Gathering (Feb-2019)

Multi-Author Series List

Home to Heather Creek

3 - Circle of Grace (2008)
8 - The Promise of Spring (2009)
13 - Second Chances (2009)
19 - To Love and Cherish (2010)
24 - In God's Hands (2010)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Garden of Dreams

    Two Loving Friends. One Powerful Faith. A Life-Threatening Secret.Raised by a mother who was haunted by worry and fear, Jill vowed to live a different kind of life. As a young woman, she planned out what she wanted -- a husband, a large home full of ...

  • Beyond the Blue

    Two Worlds. Two Women. One Love. In 1975, an American girl named Genevieve loses her mother when a plane full of orphans crashes in war-ravaged Vietnam. Miles away in the countryside, seven-year-old Lan, a Vietnamese girl, is forced out of her fami...

  • Scrap Everything

    Elise didn't want to be in the town at all -- and certainly not in the scrapbooking shop... A month after Elise Shelton and her family arrive in Forest Falls, Oregon, she wanders into Rebekah Graham's scrapbooking store. Elise deems Rebekah too pe...

  • Circle of Grace

    Home to Heather Creek - 3

    As crisp autumn air descends on Heather Creek Farm, the kids start to settle into their new home. Christopher is consumed by an exciting new hobby, and Sam is drafted for the high school football team, almost against his will. Meanwhile, Emily is ...

  • The Promise of Spring

    Home to Heather Creek - 8

    The long winter is almost over... Everyone in Bedford is ready for spring to arrive, but the cool, damp Nebraska days don't seem to show any sign of disappearing. Heather Creek is swollen with spring rains, and when slick pavement over the bridge ...

  • Second Chances

    Home to Heather Creek - 13

    Beginning again is not the same as starting over... The summer days are winding down and Charlotte's grandchildren are heading back to school, but she is feeling unsettled. Charlotte knows she should be glad for peaceful autumn days, but she can't...

  • In God's Hands

    Home to Heather Creek - 24

    There’s joyous news at Heather Creek: Dana’s pregnant! But soon word spreads that a crop disease has put the entire soybean harvest in danger. With the future of the farm hanging in the balance, Pete rallies the local farmers to devise a way t...

  • To Love and Cherish

    Home to Heather Creek - 19

    The big event is fast approaching. With Pete and Dana’s wedding less than a month away, everyone is in a frenzy with last-minute preparations. But as the wedding approaches, everything seems to be falling apart! Emily is behind schedule sewing the ...

  • The Heart of the Matter

    Anabelle Scott is beside herself with excitement for the arrival of her first grandchild. As her Daughter Ainslee’s due date approaches, however, tensions over Anabelle’s meddling ways reach a breaking point when Ainslee announces that she doesnâ...



  • Lean on Me

    After so much uncertainty, the hospital’s operating budget has officially reached the breaking point, and layoffs are imminent. James Bell, having recently ceded his seniority for a position in the new Holistic Cardiac wing, could be one of the unl...

  • Courting Cate

    The Courtships of Lancaster County - 1

    When Amish farmer Pete Treger moves to Paradise Township, Pennsylvania, seeking a better life, he meets sisters Cate and Betsy Miller. Both are beautiful, but older sister Cate is known more for her sharp tongue and fiery temper than her striking app...

  • Adoring Addie

    The Courtships of Lancaster County - 2

    When Addie Cramer's mutter and daed decide Phillip Eicher is the man for her to marry, they claim she must honor them by obeying their wishes. But then she falls in love with Jonathan Mosier--part of the family with whom the Cramers have a long-held ...

  • Minding Molly

    The Courtships of Lancaster County - 3

    Molly Zook Has Everything Planned Just Right. Or So She Thinks! Molly Zook's always liked being in control, so she's struggling with her mother's wish that, to save the family farm, she marry Mervin Mosier. Especially after Molly meets Leon Fishe...

  • Becoming Bea

    The Courtships of Lancaster County - 4

    Beatrice Zook knows God wants her to learn patience toward others. When assisting a family overwhelmed by triplets proves surprisingly successful, her confidence in dealing with others, both young and old, grows. ...

  • Amish Promises

    Neighbors of Lancaster County - 1

    Journey Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they're looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time t...

  • Amish Sweethearts

    Neighbors of Lancaster County - 2

    Can These Two Friends from Opposite Worlds Find Love? They've been best friends for years, but as high school ends, Zane Beck can't help but look at his Amish neighbor, Lila Lehman, with different eyes. Her controlling father sees only one future...

  • Amish Weddings

    Neighbors of Lancaster County - 3

    Gregarious Rose Lehman, who's always the life of the Amish youth singings, is determined to marry the bishop's son, Reuben Byler--until the handsome Army buddy of her future brother-in-law shows up in Lancaster County. In comparison to Trevor, Reuben...

  • A Plain Leaving

    Sisters of Lancaster County - 1

    At age twenty, Jessica Bachman left her two beloved sisters and her Amish community after clashing with the new bishop about her role in the family and the future of their farm. She tried to convince Silas Kemp, who'd been courting her for two years,...

  • Tearoom in a Tempest

    April showers bring mystery when a stranger leaves Jan and Elaine a package containing a valuable first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Evangeline. The cousins discover that it once belonged to their late grandmother, and a cryptic note...



  • A Cup of Grace

    Nathan is surprised by news that he has inherited a shuttered roadside attraction, the World’s Largest Snow Globe, which he and Elaine remember fondly from their youth. When the will is suddenly challenged, however, things start to go very wrong...

  • A Simple Singing

    Sisters of Lancaster County - 2

    For years Marie Bachmann thought of herself as the "good" daughter. She was the most loving to their mother, the most dedicated to their Amish way of life. But when a Mennonite farmhand, Gordon Martin, shows interest in her she can't help but be flat...

  • A Faithful Gathering

    Sisters of Lancaster County - 3

    Leisel Bachmann left her Amish roots and beloved sisters to pursue a career in medicine without a second thought. She has an Englisch boyfriend, Nick Jordan, and dreams of a new life--but those dreams come crashing down when her sister Marie is diagn...

  • An Amish Family Christmas

    in An Amish Christmas Kitchen (Baker)

    As the weather grows cold and the nights grow long, the cheer and warmth of the Christmas season is one thing all readers can find comfort in. This collection from bestselling Amish fiction novelists Leslie Gould, Jan Drexler, and Kate Lloyd finds th...

  • Piecing It All Together

    Plain Patterns - 1

    When Savannah Mast's fiance dumps her a week before their wedding, she flees California for the safety of her Amish grandmother's farm near Nappanee, Indiana. She's not planning on staying long but becomes unexpectedly entangled in the se...

  • A Patchwork Past

    Plain Patterns - 2

    When wild child Sophie Deiner--the daughter of an Amish bishop--is forced to return to Nappanee, Indiana, quilt-shop owner Jane Berger is one of only a few who welcome her back. It's the last place she wants to be, but Sophie's recent illness require...

  • Threads of Hope

    Plain Patterns - 3

    Can they find a way to stitch their suffering into hope and embrace an uncertain future?Tally Smucker's quiet life of reading and quilting hides her sorrow over her mother's declining health and the lack of a fulfilling future for herself. When her d...

  • A Brighter Dawn

    Amish Memories - 1

    "Incredibly well-researched, thoroughly enjoyable, and singularly original."--SHELLEY SHEPARD GRAY, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author "A beautiful story of love, loss, and the bonds that connect a family to its faith."--SUZANNE WOODS FI...

  • This Passing Hour

    Amish Memories - 2

    After the death of her parents, Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman relocates to the Lancaster County farm of her Old Order Amish grandparents. There, she befriends Rylan Sanders, a disabled veteran, and commits to rising above her own grief to help him as mu...

  • By Evening's Light

    Treva Zimmerman finds herself at a crossroads in life after a heartbreaking failed relationship. Returning to Lancaster County to visit her Amish grandparents and elderly aunt, Treva plans to leave her Plain heritage behind for a fresh start in Alask...



  • The Shop Down the Lane

Award-Winning Books by Leslie Gould

Beyond the Blue
2005 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Inspirational Novel


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Leslie Gould has published 30 books.

The next book by Leslie Gould, The Shop Down the Lane, will be published in May 2025.

The first book by Leslie Gould, Garden of Dreams, was published in June 2003.

Yes. Leslie Gould has 5 series.
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