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The Orchard

Beverly Lewis
Chapters (57)
  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Books by Beverly Lewis
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Epigraph
  8. Prologue
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Cover

Half Title Page

Books by Beverly Lewis

The Orchard • The Beginning • The Stone Wall

The Tinderbox • The Timepiece

The First Love • The Road Home

The Proving • The Ebb Tide • The Wish

The Atonement • The Photograph

The Love Letters • The River

HOME TO HICKORY HOLLOW

The Fiddler • The Bridesmaid • The Guardian

The Secret Keeper • The Last Bride

THE ROSE TRILOGY

The Thorn • The Judgment • The Mercy

ABRAM’S DAUGHTERS

The Covenant • The Betrayal • The Sacrifice

The Prodigal • The Revelation

THE HERITAGE OF LANCASTER COUNTY

The Shunning • The Confession • The Reckoning

ANNIE’S PEOPLE

The Preacher’s Daughter • The Englisher • The Brethren

THE COURTSHIP OF NELLIE FISHER

The Parting • The Forbidden • The Longing

SEASONS OF GRACE

The Secret • The Missing • The Telling

The Postcard • The Crossroad

The Redemption of Sarah Cain

Sanctuary (with David Lewis) • Child of Mine (with David Lewis)

The Sunroom • October Song

Beverly Lewis Amish Romance Collection

Amish Prayers

The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook

Title Page

Copyright Page

© 2022 by Beverly M. Lewis, Inc.

Published by Bethany House Publishers

11400 Hampshire Avenue South

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55438

Bethany House Publishers is a division of

Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Ebook edition created 2022

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

ISBN 978-0-7642-3753-9 (paperback)

ISBN 978-0-7642-3754-6 (cloth)

ISBN 978-0-7642-3755-3 (large print)

ISBN 978-1-4934-3910-2 (ebook)

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.

This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Cover design by Dan Thornberg, Design Source Creative Services

Art direction by Paul Higdon

Baker Publishing Group publications use paper produced from sustainable forestry practices and post-consumer waste whenever possible.

Dedication

To
Darla Demahy
for your faithful prayers and sweet encouragement—despite two back-to-back hurricanes!

Epigraph

Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps;

Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.

—Amos Bronson Alcott, “The Garden,” Tablets, 1868

Prologue

APRIL 16, 1970

In the early morning light, I looked out one of my third-floor dormer windows and treasured the springtime rebirth taking place as far as my eyes could see. The orchard was a sea of frilly pink peach blossoms, fifty rolling acres of fruit trees. I wondered how the garden of Eden could have been any more lovely, and I thanked God for the beauty below.