Cecily White has narrated 26 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is In Time for an Amish Christmas.
Amish Love Blooms, Books 1-3
Summary
Bundle of the first three Amish romance books in the Amish Love Blooms series: Amish Rose, Amish Tulip, and Amish Daisy. Now that Nancy Yoder's sons have both married, she turns her attention to Rose, the oldest of her four daughters. Rose is nearly 20 and, in Nancy's opinion, it's high time she began to look for a husband. Rose is caught off guard by her mother's desire that she should marry and marry fast. She tells her mother that love will find her when its ready. Soon after their discussion, Rose meets Jacob, the man of her dreams, and the two become close. When Rose learns some scandalous news about Jacob, she is devastated and turns to her good friend, Mark. Is Mark the man she should be with, or should she give Jacob another chance?
©2018 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
In Time for an Amish Christmas
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Miracles happen at Christmas! Suspend what you think is real and come on an Amish journey with Heidi. Heidi King was one woman who needed a miracle. She left the Amish community years ago and built a life for herself as a successful New York City realtor. Loneliness and regret cause her to cry out to God. Heidi wakes the next morning to the life she would've had if she'd stayed in the Amish community and married Derek, her old Amish love. At first, she was delighted to be Derek's wife and mother to their three children, but soon motherhood and the realities of life in the Amish community overwhelm her. Heidi finds her way back to her city life and her single status. Now with no children and no Derek, will she realize she's made the biggest mistake of her life? Will Heidi be able to find her way back in time for an Amish Christmas?
©2017 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
Sandhill Dreams
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She closed her eyes and tipped her head. For a moment that seemed to last for eternity, she waited. Then she felt his breath get closer and then he kissed her. She eased into the kiss, but he edged back. Lainie Gardner once dreamed of becoming a nurse. Of serving her country. Of doing something important in the war. But rheumatic fever changed all that, and instead of running home to her parents’ coddling, Lainie is determined to find a war job at Fort Robinson in Nebraska's sandhills, where she meets a soldier with his own broken dreams. Tom Hamilton has feared dogs since he was bitten as a child, but his assignment at Fort Robinson is training war dogs and their handlers. Surely the Army has another use for him, but he’s trapped in a job he can’t stand in an out-of-the-way outpost. Every day is a reminder of his cowardice. Who would want to build a future with a man like him? Getting to know Lainie is a welcome distraction from the work that causes so much turmoil. Is it possible new dreams will bring Lainie and Tom more joy than they ever imagined? Or will their fears hold them apart?
©2017 Cara C Putman (P)2019 Cara C Putman
A Tide Worth Turning
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From the best-selling author of the Daughters of the Promise series. Addison Burke is a successful real estate agent who specializes in high-end closings and who enjoys an elite lifestyle not often afforded someone her age (27). But following her estranged mother's stroke and a recent fall, Addison is forced to hire a caregiver for her. It's a job Addison chooses not to take on, despite her financial freedom to do so. She hires an agency to fill the position, and to her surprise, they send a man for the job. Logan has somehow managed to keep his act together despite a past that is slowly catching up with him. If he can make enough money over the next couple of months by tending to Lee Ann Burke, he should be able to flee the country before his world comes crashing down around him. But when Lee Ann’s beautiful daughter, Addison, begins to awaken feelings in him that he thought died long ago, he begins to question whether or not fleeing from the past is worth leaving Addison forever. Will Addison let down her guard for love and renew her relationship with her mother? Can Logan face his past, come out unscathed, and act on his feelings for Addison? And why is Lee Ann selling everything she owns on eBay and Craigslist? Other books in this series: Message in a Bottle, The Shell Collector's Daughter, and Christmas by the Sea.
©2015 Elizabeth Wiseman Mackey (P)2018 Elizabeth Wiseman Mackey
Captive Dreams: A WWII Homefront Romance
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A mischievous light filled her gaze. “What do you think you’re doing, Specialist Chance? Stealing a kiss?” He studied her sweet lips and liked the idea. A heartwarming WWII historical from award-winning author Cara Putman: Anna Goodman’s mother is dead, her father has given up on life, and her brother is missing in action in World War II. Anna’s dreams for the future are held captive by the responsibilities the war and life have thrust upon her. She’s desperate to hold the farm together while working at a war factory in nearby Kearney. She can’t do it alone. She must interact daily with Specialist Sid Chance, the cocky know-it-all who oversees the German prisoners who work on her family farm - prisoners that are a constant reminder of her father’s harrowing experience in World War I. As Sid gets to know the determined Anna, he must balance her mistrust against his desire to help farmers. With so many able-bodied men deployed around the world, the prisoners’ labor is essential to save local farms from ruin. He must also battle against prejudice from men like Anna’s father, who can’t stand their presence or the memories they force him to relive. Sid wants to protect Anna; if she’d only let him. Anna’s as skittish as a colt, but he’s determined to win her heart. When the farm’s future is at risk, Anna must decide whether she can trust Sid with her heart...and her future. Other books in this series: Canteen Dreams Sandhill Dreams A Promise Kept A Promise Born A Promise Forged
©2008 Cara C Putman (P)2019 Cara C Putman
Amish Violet
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Wanted: an Amish husband. It’s time for Violet to marry - or so her mother and matchmaking aunt claim as they compile a list of suitable Amish bachelors. The problem is that Violet prefers solitude and won’t marry just anyone...especially now that her childhood friend from schul, Nathan Beiler, has returned. The boy Violet once knew has turned into a surprisingly handsome man. But Nathan left their community years ago and is seen as trouble. As Violet’s family plans for her marriage, Nathan must decide if there’s a place for him in the Amish community - and in Violet’s heart.
©2017 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
The Innkeeper's House: A Hickory Grove Novel
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A sweet-as-pie teacher. A hometown hero. And the local B&B, complete with innkeeper's quarters. Fresh on the heels of a broken engagement and a dead-end subbing gig, would-be English teacher Greta Houston goes home for the summer. She needs to recharge, and the farm town is just the place. Friday night fish frys and dusty back roads bring her down to earth, but Hickory Grove is only a pit stop on Greta's way back to the big city. Then, she gets an interview...with the last place she'd ever thought to apply. Football coach Luke Hart has too much on his plate. After moving to Hickory Grove to be closer to his ailing grandmother, he spends his days teaching, coaching, and volunteering at church. Life is good, until Mamaw Hart passes away, leaving him with a daunting heirloom: The Hickory Grove Inn. Luke needs help to run the place, or else, he'll have to sell the one thing that connects him to his past. Take a trip to the heart of America and fall in love with Hickory Grove's quirky residents who work hard, enjoy the simple life, and always put love first. Each title is a stand-alone listen. The Innkeeper's House is book four in the series.
©2020 Publishing in the Pines (P)2020 Publishing in the Pines
A Plain and Simple Heart
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A Plain and Simple Heart, an exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from best-selling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith, weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new listeners. 1884. Several years earlier, young Rebecca Switzer lost her heart to Jesse Montgomery, a rugged but dissolute cowboy on a dusty cattle trail near the Amish settlement of Apple Grove. Now, she is grown up, and when she hears one day that he has been spotted nearby, her desire is plain and simple: She must see him. Sheriff Colin Maddox is counting the days until he can leave law enforcement and follow his dream of starting a church. When a lovely woman, new to town and looking travel weary and a bit lost, gets caught up in the middle of a temperance riot, she is arrested along with the leaders. He can hardly believe she is what she claims - a plain and simple woman. Nor can he believe how quickly he loses his heart to her. Can Colin convince her to forget Jesse and give him a chance?
©2015 Copeland, Inc and Virginia Smith (P)2018 Copeland, Inc and Virginia Smith
Amish Willow
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The matchmakers have their eyes on romance - and in this small Amish community, no one is safe. Their sights are first set on plain, independent Willow, who’s shocked when her parents try to marry her off to bachelor Samuel. But can she and Samuel evade their parents’ meddling long enough to find love on their own? Then there’s Valerie, a widow who’s never recovered from losing the man she really loved. Now at her friend’s urging, she and Ed have one last chance to find their own happiness…if they can revive the spark that once promised a lifetime of love.
©2017 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
Amish Tulip
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With one daughter married, this matchmaking Amish mother has a plan for her second daughter, Tulip. Tulip, always seen as the "smart" daughter, has ideas of her own. While Tulip's mother is busy with community events, Tulip agrees to go on a buggy ride with someone totally unsuitable. When another more interesting man comes along, Tulip is caught between the two. How will she get out of this problem? And do it without her mother finding out? Will she lose the only man she can see herself with forever? Amish Tulip is a sweet, feel-good Amish romance filled with love, hope, and finding that one special person.
©2017 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
The Schoolhouse
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To move forward, she might have to take a step back. Divorced empty-nester Becky Linden wants a fresh start. After two decades away, she returns to her hometown to find herself. What she discovers instead is the long-abandoned schoolhouse where she had her first kiss as a teenager. Others might see an eyesore, but Becky sees the neglected building as a charming business opportunity and...her future. However, she can’t do it on her own. The one man who can help her is the last one she ever thought she’d ever ask - her ex-boyfriend. Zack Durbin works for the school district that owns the run-down building, and he agrees with locals: The schoolhouse is a problem. What’s more? It’s his job to solve the problem. Then, Zack's old high school sweetheart shows up with a dream to open a bookshop and reboot her life. Is Zack willing to sacrifice his career for the only woman he’s ever loved? Or will the past haunt him forever? The Schoolhouse is a heartwarming, second-chance romance about a determined 40-something, her high school sweetheart, and the abandoned schoolhouse that just might have a little life left. Listen today. Hickory Grove, Indiana, is an old-fashioned small town full of big-hearted people with quirky stories. Each book is a sweet stand-alone. The Schoolhouse The Christmas House The Farmhouse
©2019 Elizabeth Bromke (P)2020 Elizabeth Bromke
A Borrowed Dream
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Catherine Whitfield is sure that she will never again be able to trust anyone in the medical profession after the town doctor's excessive bleeding treatments killed her mother. Despite her loneliness and her broken heart, she carries bravely on as Cimarron Creek's dutiful schoolteacher, resigned to a life without love or family, a life where dreams rarely come true. Austin Goddard is a newcomer to Cimarron Creek. Posing as a rancher, he fled to Texas to protect his daughter from a dangerous criminal. He's managed to keep his past as a surgeon a secret. But when Catherine Whitfield captures his heart, he wonders how long he will be able to keep up the charade. With a deft hand, Amanda Cabot teases out the strands of love, deception, and redemption in this charming tale of dreams deferred and hopes becoming reality.
©2018 Amanda Cabot (P)2021 Vision Audiobooks LLC
The Christmas House
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Christmas comes but once a year. Unless you never take down the decorations. When a pipe in her home freezes and bursts, antiques collector Fern Gale knows her holiday season is off to a bad start. Her house was already a mess and all she wants to do is drink hot chocolate and binge-watch Christmas movies. The winter catastrophe pushes Fern to spruce things up at 313 Pine Tree Lane. And that's when she stumbles across something that belongs to her estranged husband. Stedman Gale thought he moved on from Fern. After all, when her mother died, their marriage died, too. But then he gets a frantic phone call in the middle of the night that changes everything.... If the small-town magpie can reconnect with the love of her life, then maybe she'll be more than the lonely woman who lives in The Christmas House.
©2019 Elizabeth Bromke (P)2020 Elizabeth Bromke
The Heart's Frontier
Summary
An exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new readers.
Kansas,1881--On a trip to visit relatives, Emma Switzer's Amish family is robbed of all their possessions, leaving them destitute and stranded on the prairie. Walking into the nearest trading settlement, they pray to the Lord for someone to help. When a man lands in the dust at her feet, Emma looks down at him and thinks, The Lord might have cleaned him up first.
Luke Carson, heading up his first cattle drive, is not planning on being the answer to anyone's prayers, but it looks as though God has something else in mind for this kind and gentle man. Plain and rugged--do the two mix? And what happens when a dedicated Amish woman and a stubborn trail boss prove to be each other's match?
©2012 Copeland, Inc. and Virginia Smith (P)2017 Copeland, Inc. and Virginia Smith
Hidden Love: A Romantic Suspense Novella
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He leaned close, then hesitated. A question appeared in her eyes, but she didn’t pull away, so he closed the distance. The kiss tasted sweet - everything he’d imagined and more. She sighed, and he eased back. A dreamy expression coated her face. “If that’s what happens every time we find a cache, we should find more.” What’s supposed to be a relaxing geocaching adventure in the spectacular Lake of the Ozarks area of Missouri turns into a race for her life for Reagan Graham. A woman who has always played it safe, doing things by the book aren’t working for her any more. Then she meets her brother’s frat brother Colton Ryan, a guy who has his life mapped out, too. Before she can decide if he might be the man for her, a shadow from her past is back...and quickly closing in. Can they figure out who the shadow is before he takes her or worse? Get caught up in romance and suspense with this audiobook from award-winning author Cara Putman.
©2012 Cara C. Putman (P)2019 Cara C. Putman
Gentleman of Her Dreams
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When Miss Charlotte Wilson asks God for a husband, she decides He must want her to pursue Mr. Hamilton Beckett, the catch of the season. The only problem? She's never actually met Hamilton. Fortunately, one of her oldest and dearest friends, Mr. Henry St. James - who has returned to New York after a two-year absence - does know Hamilton. Much to Henry's chagrin, Charlotte immediately ropes him into helping her meet Hamilton. However, none of her plans to catch Hamilton's eye go as she expected, and she is even more confused when her old feelings for Henry begin to resurrect themselves. In the midst of the mayhem Charlotte always seems to cause, she wonders if the gentleman of her dreams might be an entirely different man than she thought. This novella is a companion to A Change of Fortune, Jen Turano's full-length debut novel.
©2012 Jennifer L. Turano (P)2020 Vision Audiobooks LLC
The Farmhouse
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A desperate hairdresser. Her handsome friend. And a farmhouse full of secrets. When Maggie Devereux is served an unexpected eviction notice, everything falls apart. Until she stumbles across an unopened letter regarding her late aunt's estate: a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of town. It could be the perfect solution, if it weren't on the verge of collapse and teeming with complicated family secrets. Property investor Rhett Houston needs a fresh start. So, when he bumps into his old friend Maggie, who's looking for help with a project, he jumps right in. Soon, Rhett finds himself growing close to the hardworking family, and he realizes he's at a crossroads: stay in the city where he's made a life, or move home to Hickory Grove to help Maggie for good. His choice would be easy, if she weren't still married. Can friends become more under the right circumstances? The Farmhouse is a romantic, small-town women's fiction set in charming Hickory Grove. Take a trip to the heart of America, and fall in love with Hickory Grove's quirky residents who work hard, enjoy the simple life, and always put love first. Each title is a standalone read.
©2020 Sarah Elizabeth Bromke (P)2020 Sarah Elizabeth Bromke
Amish Love Blooms Boxed Set Books 4- 6
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The final three books in the best-selling Amish Love Blooms series. Amish Lily: Much to her mother's chagrin, Lily Yoder is not the only one among her siblings to remain unwed. Uncertain she even wants to be anybody's wife, Lily doesn't mind her single status one bit. But when she meets Elijah Bontrager, suddenly marriage is all she can think about. The handsome glazier is everything she never realized she wanted in a strong Amish man. But a shocking secret from Elijah's past looms large, threatening to tear them apart. And when Lily finds out the truth, she'll have to decide if marrying Elijah is what her heart truly wants. Amish Violet: It’s time for Violet to marry - or so her mother and matchmaking aunt claim as they compile a list of suitable Amish bachelors. The problem is that Violet prefers solitude and won’t marry just anyone…especially now that her childhood friend from schul, Nathan Beiler, has returned. The boy Violet once knew has turned into a surprisingly handsome man. But Nathan left their community years ago and is seen as trouble. As Violet’s family plans for her marriage, Nathan must decide if there’s a place for him in the Amish community - and in Violet’s heart. Amish Willow: The matchmakers have their eyes on romance - and in this small Amish community, no one is safe. Their sights are first set on plain, independent Willow, who’s shocked when her parents try to marry her off to bachelor Samuel. But can she and Samuel evade their parents’ meddling long enough to find love on their own? Then there’s Valerie, a widow who’s never recovered from losing the man she really loved. Now at her friend’s urging, she and Ed have one last chance to find their own happiness…if they can revive the spark that once promised a lifetime of love.
©2018 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
Amish Rose
Summary
"You've got one year to find a husband. If you haven't found one by then, I'll find one for you!" Rose wasn't shocked by her mother's announcement. Since Rose's two older brothers had married, her mother had become obsessed with weddings. Rose wasn't against marriage; she just hadn't met the man of her dreams yet. She'd know him when she saw him. He'd be tall with broad shoulders, and he'd have dark coloring to complement her pale skin and fair, red hair. It would be love at first sight. When Jacob comes to town, Rose sees him and knows he's the one! Her hunch is confirmed when they spend every spare moment together. When Rose learns some scandalous news about Jacob, she is devastated and turns to her close friend Mark. Mark isn't much to look at, and he's only a shade taller than she, but Mark is a man who would never let her down. Is her good friend Mark the one she should be with, or should she give Jacob another chance? Should Rose risk trying to make something more out of Mark's friendship, or will she be risking her heart only to be disappointed again?
©2016 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price
Amish Daisy
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Daisy is convinced she has found the man she will marry, but what does he think about it? Will the new man cause a falling out between the Amish twin sisters? Nancy, the twins' mother, is up to her old matchmaking tricks. When Daisy suddenly meets a man from out of town, Nancy's plans are thrown into disarray, but she must act quickly when she notices that the other twin, Lily, is keeping bad company. Does Daisy have to choose between the man she loves and staying in the same town as her family? Will Lily see that her man is totally unsuitable? Will either of the twins ever follow their mother's advice? A tender romance filled with family interactions, faith, and listening to your heart to find your one true love.
©2017 Samantha Price (P)2020 Samantha Price