Amish Hearts Books in Order
Part ofKristina Ludwig Books in OrderSee the Amish Hearts books by Kristina Ludwig in order, with summaries, series background, and an easy guide to starting Rebekah and Mercy's story.
Last updated: July 14, 2026
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Amish Hearts books in publication order
4 books
Amish Summer
by Kristina Ludwig
2013
Braeden's pre-veterinary internship offers Rebekah a chance to work toward her dream, but it also draws her deeper into English life. Over one summer, she must decide whether love and ambition can fit beside her Amish faith.
Rumspringa Break
by Kristina Ludwig
2013
Sixteen-year-old Amish twins Rebekah and Mercy try Rumspringa for the first time. When Rebekah meets aspiring veterinarian Braeden, she must weigh her own dreams and a growing attraction against the expectations of her Pennsylvania community.
Amish Valentine
by Kristina Ludwig
2014
Mercy knows she wants Samuel, but he has not forgiven what happened the previous fall and is courting someone else. With Valentine's festivities approaching, Mercy and Rebekah devise a plan that could either restore trust or make matters worse.
Mercy's Fall
by Kristina Ludwig
2014
Mercy has never lacked for attention, until feelings for two very different boys leave her torn. Chase is an intriguing English college student, while sensitive Samuel has known her for years, and secrets become hard to keep in a small community.
Amish Hearts books in chronological order
Series background & context
The Amish Hearts series follows twin sisters Rebekah and Mercy as they reach the age for Rumspringa, a period when Amish young people may explore life beyond their community before making long-term decisions about faith and belonging. The books are set in a Pennsylvania Amish community, where family expectations, church rules, friendships, and romance are never far apart.
Rebekah and Mercy may be twins, but they don't want the same things.
Rebekah is quieter and happiest around the animals on her family's farm. She dreams of becoming a veterinarian, a goal that becomes much more complicated after she meets Braeden, an English pre-veterinary student. His encouragement opens a door to college and a different future, but it also makes Rebekah question what she could lose by stepping outside the path expected of her.
Mercy is more outgoing and less certain that she wants to settle down. Her story brings a different kind of tension, especially when her feelings become divided between Chase, an English college student, and Samuel, an Amish boy she has known for years. What begins as flirting and rivalry turns into a more serious question about trust and what kind of partner she needs.
The series begins with Rumspringa Break, where the sisters first encounter the outside world. Amish Summer stays close to Rebekah as an opportunity connected to veterinary work deepens the pull between her ambitions and her Amish life. In Mercy's Fall, Mercy takes the lead, and in Amish Valentine, the sisters' romantic complications come to a head during a wintry community gathering.
These are short young adult romances with a strong coming-of-age thread.
The books focus on choices rather than action-heavy plots. Rebekah and Mercy must decide how much of the wider world they want to bring into their lives, and whether love can survive different backgrounds, family pressures, and mistakes. The stories also show how small communities can feel warm and supportive one moment, then very hard to navigate the next.
Reading in order is the best way to follow the twins' changing relationships and the early stages of the broader Amish community that appears in Ludwig's later series. Readers who enjoy clean romance, sister dynamics, and stories about finding a path between tradition and personal goals will know what to expect from the start.
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