Letters from Lancaster County
Publication Date: May 6, 2025
Leslie Gould delights in this sweet and humorous Amish romance reminiscent of The Shop Around the Corner and You’ve Got Mail.
Lois Yoder has always found solace in the quiet life of Paradise, Pennsylvania, where she manages a gift shop that reflects her Amish community’s simple values. Her tranquil world is upended when Moses Lantz, a former Amishman turned Mennonite and the man who broke her heart, buys the shop with ambitious plans to transform it into a tourist hub–a move that Lois fiercely opposes.
Seeking a distraction, Lois joins a bird watchers’ circle letter under an alias. But unknown to her, Moses does the same at the urging of a friend. While their correspondence blossoms into a tender romance, the enmity between Lois and Moses in real life only intensifies. Can they overcome their animosity and embrace the love they’ve found through their letters, or will their stubborn hearts keep them apart forever?
This heartwarming Amish romance includes themes of bird watching, correspondence by letters, enemies to lovers, and family secrets for readers of Beverly Lewis, Wanda E. Brunstetter, and Shelley Shepard Gray.
Lois Yoder incorporates her love of birds into the quaint Amish gift shop she manages, but she’s got her feathers ruffled about the impending sale.
Author Leslie Gould introduces readers to the first installment of the Letters from Lancaster County in The Shop Down the Lane. It’s a tender romance featuring misunderstandings, false identities, and the one thing that ties everything together—love.
The last person Lois expects to buy the shop is Moses Lantz, the man who broke her heart. As a distraction, she joins a birding circle letter with an alias.
Little does she realize that her pen pal just might be exactly what she needs. Of course, to achieve happiness requires plenty of amusing turmoil between the main characters.
The Shop Down the Lane illustrates Amish life while showcasing two stubborn characters trying to defy fate.
Leslie Gould is a Christy Award-winning and #1 bestselling author of more than 48 novels, including four Lancaster County Amish series. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history and an MFA in creative writing. She enjoys church history, research trips, and hiking in the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband live in Portland, Oregon, and have four adult children and two grandchildren.
