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Mae drew in a breath and steadied her gaze on the old man. Frederick Alonso was the richest ranch owner in Pinedale and the other towns of the Great Plain. He was a man in his middle ages, and had a lot of fame for his womanizing ways. Mae had seen the man once, and he had tried to flirt with her. She didn't like him.Mae knew about the range war that had taken place in the Pinedale Valley many years before she was born. Her father always spoke about a man, Paul. This Paul once lived in Pinedale and he was a successful ranch owner too. One day, Paul had stepped on Frederick Alonso's grazing area, and a war had broken out. Alonso had called on her father to help fight Paul's men off with a promise of helping him start a ranch. Johnny had agreed, but on getting to the valley, Paul's men had already prepared themselves.That day, Paul lost five of his men, while Alonso lost ten horses. Johnny had failed to keep the deal of protecting Alonso's property. And Paul had become his greatest enemy.And Mae's greatest desire.

Rory Conde didn't begin his serial killing career until later in life. He was an unusual killer in that he would dress his victims up to preserve their dignity. In one instance, Conde dressed his victim, loaded him into his car and drove him to an upmarket area off the Tamiami Trail in Florida. There, he threw the body out, leaving it to be found in the open close to the road. Something he would repeat five more times as his killing spree gathered pace. He made no attempt to hide the bodies, yet appeared to hold the sense of propriety to ensure his victims' decency.His next victim followed very shortly after. On October 8th, 1994 he picked up prostitute Elisa Martinez. When her body was also found, dressed and strangled, once more just off the Tamiami Trail, police began to wonder whether they had a copycat killer on their hands, or a serial killer. Within another six weeks they were further perplexed when the strangled body of the next prostitute was found in a similar place. This time, however, the killer had gone further.What possessed Rory Conde to commit these horrible crimes and how was he caught?

Rachel has promised herself to never be hurt again after being left at the altar years ago. But when a handsome stranger gives her the eye at her sister's wedding, her heart skips a beat. It is a whirlwind courtship to say the least as Steven sweeps her off her feet and the two are soon married. But married life in the Wild West isn't what Rachel expected! She soon discovers that all the divorced Steven wanted was a woman to be the mother of his children. Where was the romance?!And Steven has his own secrets. He pretends as if he doesn't care but it is a mask. A mask for his own emotions that, similar to Rachel, won't allow him to love again...Will the newly married couple let their guards down and allow themselves to fall in love once again?

The only thing more painful than death is losing a parent and if that parent is the only person you have left in your life, it's a tragic event that could plot your way through life. Rachel never thought she would have to face the day when she had to attend her mamm's funeral. The sudden and tragic loss had rocked her foundations. Unable to bare the fact that her mamm was gone, Rachel goes on a Rumspringa with no intentions of returning home. Ready to tur her back on the only life she knew, she flees to an old ex-Amish friend in Muncie, to start her new life.Michael was not willing to let her go, and despised the fact that his daett had been unable to show the poor girl some compassion. Refusing to heed his daett's warning, Michael sets off to go find Rachel. But convincing her that her place is back home with the people she know, and getting her to realize only Gott can heal a broken heart, would be one challenge he wasn't quite ready for. Would he be able to convince Rachel to give up this foolish game and help her find her way back home?

Nicola had given up all hope to find true love. After a disastrous relationship, she resigned herself to the fact that she was not meant to find love, but when her best friend's wedding draws near she has to come to terms with the fact that she would have to face the man who broke her heart, and smile and wave. Her friend Angelique makes her toss coins into the Trivia fountain and she does, only to please her friend, but little did she know what would unfold.

Kayla has experienced nothing but tragedy in her small Indiana town as she finds herself grieving the loss of her best friend. But she can only imagine the heartbreak that her best friend's husband, Jacob, is going through. Completely at a loss as to how to proceed with the care of his newborn, Jacob seeks the aid of Kayla who obliges without hesitation. Her own boyfriend is supportive of her decision to help Jacob out...But time alone with Jacob and their shared grief leads to a spiritual intimacy...then attraction. Can Kayla and Jacob decide whether or not what they are feeling for each other is real or simply a need born out of grief?

Amity is an Amish woman faces tragedy as her older sister dies shortly after giving birth to a daughter. She helps around the house and with raising the baby until she feels affection toward her sister's husband. Feeling as if she'd be betraying her sister, she distances herself from the man...But is their budding romantic feelings toward one another real and in Gott's plan?

These four women that have since been described as "demons from hell", the Gonzalez sisters ran numerous brothels in Mexico during the 1930s-1960s. They ran these houses of ill-repute with a sadistic glee, enticing young women from throughout the region with promises of big money. These young girls would then find themselves subject to torture and other degradations before being murdered as their usefulness elapsed. Abortions would be performed on the regular with the fetal tissue cooked for tamales to be eaten by customers. The abuse would finally stop in 1962 when finally one of the prostitutes would escape from the "ranch" and detail all of the Satanic goings-on inside the whore houses....This is an account of those details.

When a person vanishes into thin air without any evidence or leads, the police are usually left helpless to search for answers. After some time these cases will become cold, and the families of the missing persons would lead their lives, hoping that one day their loved one will return or they might get some answers about what really happened to them. The family of Lynne Schulze went through the same thing because their daughter and sister vanished in 1971 and never came back.

The body of an unidentified female was found in the town of Caledonia, in New York's Livingston County, on November 10, 1979. It was determined that she was murdered the night before and her body was left in a field just off U.S. Route 20 near the Genesee River in the eastern end of town. She was called "Cali Doe" as no one would claim her body or declare anyone missing in the area...But over 35 years later, the mystery of Cali Doe was finally solved....This is her story.

Hannah Yoder had set her heart on teaching, but when an out-of-control forest fire rages through the small town of Willow Creek, her live is thrown into shambles. Not only did she lose the fight against the flames, she also lost her home. Destitute, her and her daed is left to depend on Abigail Otto, a shunned woman who runs a local Inn. It's a hard pill for Hannah to swallow, but the conflict she faces at the loss of all they owned, drives her out of her comfort zone. The last thing she expected was one of the firefighters to seek her out and help her.Todd Jamison was a firefighter, and when he lands in Willow Creek to fight a raging fire threatening to destroy an entire town, he does everything in his power to get it under control. What he did not expect was running into the fiery Amish girl who refused to give up the fight to save her school. Drawn to her, as well as the Amish way of life, he makes every effort to get to know her. And when he gets more than he bargained for, he makes a decision that would change his life forever.

Hannah has been dating her boyfriend for over five years with no wedding ring forthcoming. He's turning away from the Christian faith while Hannah accepts a matchmaking invite from a friend...She set her up with a young man who will become the new pastor in the church. They meet and the chemistry is immediate...But they soon face difficulty has they have both come from abusive family backgrounds...Their emotional triggers are the same, a fear of intimacy and a need to keep people at arm's length. But can God make two broken birds come together and become whole?

After a harsh childhood where she was abandoned by her Amish mother, Hannah decides to return to her birth mother's hometown to make amends with her past. Once there, she is hired by a brooding, widowed farmer to care for his young daughter...with an unlikely romance ensuing.

Kathryn is an urbane and sophisticated young woman who inherits a home in an Amish community. She arrives in the town and soon develops an unexpected romance with a local farmer named Josh. Josh is everything she wanted but never found in the big city. Things look rosy until his family disapproves of their budding relationship. Kathryn receives an offer to sell the home and return to her former life, but will she stay and fight for the one man that has stolen her heart?

A shy and lonely girl tries to cope with the daily bullying at her school. At her wits end, she's too skinny to fight back with any results and spends her days reading about vampires, fantasizing about an alternative life. But when a Goth woman enters the restaurant where she works, she is immediately taken under her wing...the woman is a vampire and eager to show the girl the ropes.

Before the satanic panic of the mid-80s and the accusations of the sexual abuse within the institution, the Catholic Church managed to cover up a murder in Toledo, Ohio. It shouldn't come as a surprise because they were a very powerful organization back in the day and would do anything to save their reputation, including manipulation. The murder victim was a nun, and the only suspect - a priest. Knowing how the public would react if this got out to the media, the higher-ups from the Catholic Church stopped the investigation completely, removing the accused from the area. However, it took a single letter from 2003 for this case to be re-examined in a new light. And after more than two decades later, the justice was finally served.

Dorothea Puente became infamous in the 1980s for being the "Death House Landlady". She ran a boarding home in Sacramento, California and proceeded to steal the Social Security checks of her elderly and mentally disabled tenants. Those tenants who proved to be too troublesome would be given increased dosages of sleeping pills until they died. She would chop up the bodies and bury them in her backyard.

An anthology of unrequited Amish romances with happy endings (sometimes :)) AMISH UNREQUITED Marcus is a shy Amish man that is capable in all areas of his life except romance. He gets tongue-tied around the young woman he's had a crush on for years. Adding to the problem is that she is in love with his older brother and barely notices him. But when his older brother chooses someone else, she is left heart broken....will the shy Marcus finally speak up and show his crush what a catch he really is? AMISH DREAMS Honor is a young Amish woman who gambled and lost by marrying an Englischer. She returns home to her Amish community with both a sense of shame and disappointment in trying to find true love. She buries herself into her work at the bakery and closes herself off to her desperately desired wish of finding true love. Determined to never again risk her heart, she throws herself into running the family's bakery. But when another Englischer comes into town, Honor cannot help but be drawn to him. He's kind and gentle, a little on the shy side unlike her previous beau. As she gets to know him, she finds out he has his own emotional baggage similar to her own. Can they learn to trust the love that sparks between them and move forward? THE AMISH GOODBYE Abby finally gets her wish to tour the city outside her Amish community. She gets a job at a restaurant and meets a young man named Mac who sweeps her off her feet. Over time, however, she realizes that the Amish community is where she needs to be and returns home, much to the dismay of the young man. Can Mac convince her to stay on the outside world or is she destined to return home? LOVINA Lovina's parents have died a year earlier in a freak buggy accident. The Amish community to which she belongs helps her out but she and her brother begin to work outside the town to make ends meet. Jebidiah, a young man who courted her years earlier returns to the community after he supposed left for good. Now he's returned out of the blue, wanting to help her out and hopefully win her back...but Lovina has changed...She wants to find out about the world outside her community and he wants to her to stay so they can start a family together. Which road will she choose? AMISH LONELY Greta is an overweight Amish woman who has resigned herself to a lonely life of watching other people fall in love and start families. When things go horribly wrong on a blind date, she becomes determined to lose weight. This draws the attention of a former member of the Amish community who comes to visit. He begins courting her as does other single men of the community. But do the truly want her for the person she is on the inside? AMISH VALLEY Naomi is a young woman who is a new convert to the Amish faith. Joining the community, she is soon courted by two eligible young men, a shy farmer and a more extroverted one. When the outgoing one leaves for the big city, she is crushed. Though her heart is with the extroverted one, she considers the shy one's continued interest in her and finds herself falling for him...until her original crush returns...Who will she pick in Amish Valley? A FORK IN THE AMISH ROAD Emily is a woman in her thirties who had left the Amish community years ago because of a pregnancy outside of marriage. Now divorced, she seeks to once again enter the community that has shunned her in the past and make peace with James, the man that she once betrayed.

Lorraine wiped away another tear from her eye with her handkerchief. She almost hated to use the handkerchief. It was another reminder of everything she'd lost already. She looked down at the little blue piece of cloth with pink roses embroidered on the corner. Her mother had helped her embroider a dozen of them when she was only ten years old. Their pink petals looked faded and frayed now from years of use. Her mother had been gone for a whole six years now and her father had followed only days ago. Despite being twenty-three years old, Lorraine still felt quite abandoned by their deaths. It wasn't as if she needed parents to provide for her, but they had always been a part of her life. Her father had always been there for her, and now she was all alone. All alone with only one choice...

Michelle and David Knotek lived just outside of Raymond, Washington. Their home was one of the better ones in the area - on the outside at least. Theirs was a large and beautiful farmhouse sitting in its own four acre plot. The idyll was furthered by the large number of well cared for animals that roamed the farmhouse's extensive grounds. But inside the warm walls life was very different; three people were murdered viciously within that plot; two following months of monstrous torture after which their bodies simply stopped working.

Joshua is burning candles at both ends, literally working on the family business in addition to being a volunteer firefighter. But when he meets Rachel, sparks fly and they both find it hard to deny the attraction they feel for another. But Rachel has already lost a loved one in a fire and she pushes Joshua away as she never wants to experience that kind of loss again. Can Rachel grow out of her fears and be willing to give love another chance? Those questions and more are answered when an out of control fire hits the Amish town...putting both Joshua and Rachel at risk.

Bonnie accepts a mail order bride invitation from Gregory, a rancher to whom she feels an instant connection. Bonnie was lukewarm about becoming a mail order bride and didn't know if it would suit her, but upon meeting Gregory, she's smitten...she sees a future with him until...she discovers something that changes everything...scared, she runs away and loses the man she seemed destined to spend her life with. But outside of the ranch confines, Bonnie finds herself running away literally...from a gang of bandits...can Gregory rescue her in time and make amends for his past?

A collection of Amish Romance stories AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMISH ROMANCE AMISH LOVE LETTERS Gael is a hard-working but shy Amish man who doesn't have the slightest idea on how he should court a woman he has had a crush on since forever. He begins to write her love letters but in a mix-up, her sister gets them instead. Believing that he is love with her, the sister falls for the Gael, taken by the sweetness of his letters. Embarrassed by the mix-cup Gael does not know how to break the news to the sister...or does he even want to? AMISH DEPARTURE Lizzy is part of an Amish family whose grandfather receives notice that a distant relative has left him some a considerable amount of money. The members of their family soon allow the dollar signs to cloud their Christian values. Even the conservative grandfather allows himself to be seduce by the thought of distributing the money as he sees fit, which includes fixing various things around the town such as the church and school. Will they allow the thought of extreme wealth to poison their values? Will Lizzy let the money get in the way of her new romance? STOLEN KISSES Rose Beiler had a simple life, and although she often wondered if there was more purpose to it, she was happy. She as engaged to be married, her father was pleased with her and soon she would be an aunt too once her cousin Claire has her babies. But when things turn for the worst, and they call an Englisch doctor to come and assist with the birth, Rose's entire life is turned upside down. Conflicted by her growing feelings or the English doctor she couldn't possibly marry Kemp, unless by some miracle God answers her prayers and makes a way. Grant Williams was only helping out, and the last thing he expected was being called out to an Amish community to assist with a birth. What had been even more unexpected was the beautiful Rose Beiler who captivated him from the first moment he saw her. Having lost his wife to a terminal illness, he never thought he would feel this strongly about any woman again. But the only problem was that Rose was engaged... AMISH SHY Abe Miller is a shy Amish man who is pegged to be the new minister for the church. He feels he doesn't have the verbal skills to do the job and is chosen simply because no one else would want it. He pines for a young woman in town who pays him no mind as he cannot bring himself to talk to her. But the day of reckoning finally comes and Abe is called to preach...seeing the woman of his dreams in the front pew...he finally opens his mouth and his heart speaks... AN AMISH AUTUMN Olivia is a young Amish woman who is adamant about not getting married. She resists her family's intervention and setups while secretly fantasizing about getting away from the Amish community. When a young widower and his daughter arrive in town, she slowly begins to change her mindset. They teach her the value of duty and sacrifice for family but soon an opportunity arises for Olivia to leave. Will she leave or will she stay? LOST AND FOUND Rebecca Thompson is a young woman who has been taken in by an Amish family that thinks she has lost her memory. Rebecca, however, is acting. She is a famous actress gone into hiding because her equally famous boyfriend has both cheated on and humiliated her. She pretends she has lost her memory in order to stay with the Amish community but soon falls in love with a handsome young man in the town. But what will he do when he discovers she has been acting the whole time??

Lovina is an Amish young woman who has faced rejection all of her life. All because of her obesity...and it doesn't help that her mother is the best cook in town. With a big school dance coming up, she knows she will face another night alone... But there is one shy young woman that keeps glancing in her direction and looking away. Can they both overcome their feelings of rejection and find solace in each other's company?

Nothing was more important to 34 year old Paige Birgfeld than her family. She loved getting together with her three kids, her parents, and her siblings, and according to her father, Frank Birgfeld, the joy she felt in those moments was written all over her face."She would literally beam, she would radiate," he said. "Those were the absolute cherished times that she enjoys most."Which is why, when Paige suddenly disappeared on June 28, 2007, her family immediately suspected something terrible had happened to her.

Amish stories to warm the heart...Naomi has found happiness in taking care of animals in her Amish community. A relationship? Maybe someday, if ever. While on her Rumspringa, Naomi's world is shaken when baseball star Aaron Shephered shows up. Marked by her parents' dramas, she is certain that any involvement with a man will end in pain and she does her best to stay away from the handsome athlete. After an injury ended his career, Aaron is left struggling to find his path. Becoming the youngest world number one prospect in baseball brought him wealth, fame, and success, but not happiness. He is in town to shoot a commercial, not to find love. But when he meets Naomi, he quickly realizes that he's been waiting for her all his life. All his other victories will be worthless if he can't win Nicole's heart.

Some female killers simply don't want to get their hands dirty and to the deed themselves. Instead, they ask someone else to murder for them. It might seem impossible, but these things truly do happen more often than we think. These women would either hire a person who is not personally involved or a lover who can be easily manipulated to help. The motivation can be self-preservation, especially if a woman is in an abusive marriage and wants to run away. But some women do kill for financial gain. This is exactly what happened to Andie Gasper who was caught in a deadly love triangle. His wife Cheryl had a long-term affair with Randall Knight who was madly in love with her. She manipulated him with her lies in order for him to kill her husband so they could collect his life insurance money.

Ursula is tired of life on the east coast, living in poverty with her five sisters. She answers a mail order bride ad if only to get away from the desperation of her situation. She arrives and finds her new husband David to be quiet and distant. She's unsure of where she stands with him. He's half-Indian and has abandoned the indian side of his family. But when the Indian Tribe David once belonged to kidnaps Ursula, David is forced to make a decision. He must rescue his bride and come to a reckoning of why he left his past behind.

Mercy's blue eyes flamed in anger and disappointment as she stared at the retreating figure of the horse. Mr. Miller was the fifth person she was trying to sell the McFarland ranch to, unsuccessfully. Sweat trickled down the sides of her face; she wasn't just disturbed about the inability to sell off the ranch, she was worried about the future of her siblings. She pulled in a deep breath and caressed her thumping heart with her left palm, while the right hand washed off the sweat that had kissed her brows. Her hopes of selling the ranch was shattered, it wouldn't be long before she and her orphaned siblings began begging for bread. She had to do something about this.

Some problems become more troublesome the longer they are left. The aching molar which remains untended; the lawn which is left uncut. The same might be said of the case of Ray Gricar. Although, of course, the disappearance and possible death of a man, one with a high local profile, is much more serious than sore teeth or an unkempt yard.Gricar was last seen on Friday April 15th 2005. It was a glorious day - one of the first of the year in which Spring had lightened the sky and warmed the air. Gricar had awoken at the normal time. He was living with his girlfriend, Patty Fornicola, in his comfortable Bellefonte, Pennsylvania home. What happened to Ray Gricar?