Secret Courtship

A promise brought him home… Will a pretend courtship make him stay? Cassie Weaver dreams of opening a bakery—but that dream hinges on her good friend Martin Beiler. Martin once fled their Amish community due to his struggles with autism. Now he’s back to fulfill his promise to help Cassie set up her longed-for bakeshop. But when everyone suspects they are secretly courting, Cassie encourages the matchmaking. Because she’s hoping she can convince Martin this is where he truly belongs… From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

"She'll sell—when the price is right!" Nick Diamond was confident he could make Laura fall in with his plans. He wanted to buy her cottage—and Nick always got what he wanted! He also seemed to want Laura, too…. But Laura hardly dared allow herself to read the secret message in Nick's smoke-gray eyes. She wasn't sure if she could trust him—or if his teasing charm had hidden motives. Was his real intention courtship, or to persuade Laura to part with her property?

They have almost everything in common… except the thing that could keep them apart. Much to her Amish mother's exasperation, Bay Stutzman isn't looking for a husband. That is, until a buggy accident on a stormy night leads to meeting handsome greenhouse owner David Jansen—who might just be Bay's perfect match. The only problem? David is a Mennonite. Now Bay is torn between her life among the Amish…and the man she can't envision a life without. From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

They have almost everything in common...except the thing that could keep them apart. Much to her Amish mother's exasperation, Bay Stutzman isn't looking for a husband. That is, until a buggy accident on a stormy night leads to meeting handsome greenhouse owner David Jansen - who might just be Bay's perfect match. The only problem? David is a Mennonite. Now Bay is torn between her life among the Amish...and the man she can't envision a life without.

This book has as main objective to give wise advices to young Christians, which may help them to live their courtship relationships as it is supposed to be with a son of God who is holy, holy, holy—in other words, to live their courtship in holiness and with purpose. This book is aimed at youth who have a serious commitment to holiness. Each word of this work is dedicated to those who courageously have decided to hold the instinct to the wisdom, seeking to do in their courtship everything that is pure, all that is worthy, and everything that is of good name so that the Lord will be glorified by their good testimony. Each word of this book is also directed to young people who are willing to strive to avoid being swept away by the current of worldly thoughts of perverts or the unwary, even if it means having to endure ridicule, rejection, and offense from those who, through those attitudes, want to force the youth to be just like them. And finally, every word in this book is aimed at young people who love to fulfill their role as salt of the earth and light of the world in a society that needs to be preserved from evil and be enlightened with good works.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Explores how marriage in Ireland was perceived, negotiated and controlled by church and state as well as by individuals across three centuries.