LEADER 03659nam 2200445 450 001 9910158990203321 005 20230808194601.0 010 $a1-68099-194-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000776577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5671890 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5671890 035 $a(OCoLC)1085167926 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000776577 100 $a20160824h20162016 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHester takes charge$iHester's hunt for home$hBook 3 /$fLinda Byler 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cGood Books,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (204 pages) 311 $a1-68099-192-2 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- The Story -- Glossary -- Other Books by Linda Byler -- About the Author. 330 $aHester, the startlingly beautiful Native American who was rescued as an infant by an Amish couple, now lives in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She shares a house with Bappie King, another Amish woman, living their independent lives in the fast-growing mid-18th-century city. Bappie runs a highly successful stand at the downtown farmers market; Hester is Bappie's assistant when she isn't out in the city nursing desperately sick children and their impoverished parents with her tinctures, teas, and rubs. And then one day, Noah comes back; Noah, the first child born to Hans and Kate Zug, the Amish couple who had welcomed Hester during their childless years. Both Hester and Noah are refugees from this Amish family gone awry. Both were victims of Hans' deep attraction to the lovely Hester. Two hurt souls, they have each had their own adult troubles. Noah left his family and the Amish to join the War. Hester is the widow of William King, an Amish man who was determined to possess his wife and dictate her life. When Noah invites Hester to join him on a visit to their childhood home, Hester can no longer ignore her buried anger at her adopted father or her bitterness toward Annie, his second wife. Nor can Hester deny the tempting thrill of spending time with the steady but sensitive Noah, who since childhood showed special care for Hester. Hester and Noah both know that the visit home will force them to face blistering questions: Can they possibly forgive their ill father, Hans, for his misplaced love for Hester and his utter neglect of Noah? Can Hester and Noah risk marriage, especially if they can't forgive Hans? Can Hester trust herself--and Noah--enough to marry again after her failed marriage to William? Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in 330 8 $afiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. 606 $aInterpersonal relations$vFiction 606 $aMarriage$vFiction 615 0$aInterpersonal relations 615 0$aMarriage 676 $a813.54 700 $aByler$b Linda$01351734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158990203321 996 $aHester takes charge$93409289 997 $aUNINA