Ann H Gabhart Books in Order

Sarah Douglass heads into frontier Kentucky with her young brother, ready for hardship and hoping for more than survival. The wilderness tests her body, and a forbidden romance tests her heart.

Shannon Marsh expects a future on her family's horse farm, with love and certainty laid out in front of her. Then violence tied to the Civil War shatters that life and leaves her choosing between old dreams and new feelings.

Set in rural Kentucky, this offbeat coming-of-age story follows a boy pulled into fear, strange sightings, and family worry. He may not look like a hero, but he still gets one chance to prove what he is made of.

Set against the pressure and promise of horse country, this YA novel follows a young character chasing the dream of spotting a true champion. It is a story about risk, ambition, and learning what real worth looks like.

Shy, artistic Erin thought Nicky was just an imaginary friend from childhood, until he reappears needing her help. With only Rick willing to believe her, she follows a mystery that reaches far deeper than memory.

Ginny has always felt different from the rest of her family, and she has to find out why. Her search for the truth leads into questions of identity, belonging, and the secrets families sometimes keep.

Lyssie has plenty of wishes after moving to a new town to live with cranky Aunt Reva. Then an antique mirror and an old diary turn her ordinary hopes into a strange mystery with real danger behind it.

A gentle story for younger readers about summer change, friendship, and learning to see beauty in places, and people, that others overlook. It has the quiet, growing-up feel its title promises.

When twelve-year-old Ance is sent to the mountains to live with grandparents he barely knows, he expects misery. Instead he finds a wild place, an injured coyote, and clues about his father's long-ago disappearance.

This early YA novel centers on a teenager facing hard choices, shifting loyalties, and the powerful bond people can form with animals. The dogs at the heart of the story are more than companions, they help drive everything that follows.

Birdie Honaker is smart, awkward, and desperate to fit in at her new school. When she teams up with another new kid, their pranks may finally win attention, but not the kind they expected.

After failing a dare and being humiliated by the Truelanders, Luke feels more like a coward than ever. A new friend helps him face bullying, fear, and the hard work of becoming brave.

While hiking with her therapist and a group of troubled teens, Emily gets separated with a handsome stranger named Brad and makes a terrifying discovery. What begins as therapy turns into a suspenseful fight to understand the truth.

In the summer of 1964, thirteen-year-old Jocie Brooke starts digging into her family's past in the small Kentucky town of Hollyhill. The answers she finds will change the way she sees everyone she loves.

This nonfiction book tells Jerry Shepherd's story of crime, prison, faith, and redemption. It traces how a man serving a life sentence devoted himself to God and found a different path forward.

A drought grips Hollyhill in 1964 just as Jocie Brooke faces high school, family change, and a new Black family moving into town. Love, prejudice, and hope all meet in one long, unforgettable summer.

Jocie Brooke thinks life in Hollyhill may finally be settling down, but surprise visitors and old wounds say otherwise. As family truths rise to the surface, she learns some answers bring both joy and heartache.

Gabrielle Hope enters the Shaker community at Harmony Hill in 1807 hoping for peace and purpose. Then an outsider stirs feelings the village cannot make room for, and her whole future shifts.

Set around Harmony Hill, this Shaker novel follows two people battered by loss and hard choices. Their story turns on faith, sacrifice, and whether love can survive the storms gathering around them.

In 1936, Kate Merritt is doing her best to hold her struggling family together when a little abandoned girl named Lorena Birdsong appears. Her arrival changes everything in this warm but unsparing Depression-era story.

With the Civil War drawing near in 1860, a young Kentucky gentlewoman must decide where she belongs and what kind of life she wants. History, faith, and desire all press in at once.

Love and duty collide against a dramatic historical backdrop in this Harmony Hill story. Gabhart blends romance, faith, and community tension as her characters search for blessing in difficult places.

Jessamine Brady is pulled between the storms of the outside world and the peace of Harmony Hill. This Shaker novel turns on belonging, faith, and whether retreating to safety is the same thing as finding home.

Set in 1850s Kentucky, this novel follows a determined woman fighting to defend her newspaper as family secrets and romance close in. It is a story about truth, loyalty, and the cost of standing your ground.

In 1864, pregnant Heather Worth seeks safety at Harmony Hill after war and family loss leave her with nowhere else to turn. At the Shaker village, Christmas becomes a season of refuge, forgiveness, and unexpected hope.

In Rosey Corner in 1941, Kate Merritt is beginning to fear love may pass her by, until Jay Tanner appears. As war rumors spread, their growing bond has to find its footing in uncertain times.

World War II is over, and Rosey Corner is waiting for its soldiers to come home. Kate Merritt and her sisters are ready to chase long-delayed dreams, but homecoming brings as many new questions as happy endings.

Nothing much happens in Hidden Springs until a body turns up on the courthouse steps. Deputy sheriff Michael Keane has to investigate a murder in the very town that thought it knew all its own secrets.

At Harmony Hill, innocence is tested by intrigue, romance, and the pressures of community life. This Shaker novel returns to familiar ground while asking who truly belongs, and what truth can cost.

Clay Ashby is tired of being mocked for his limp, especially after a popular classmate turns him into a joke. With help from an old man, a baseball team, and his own growing grit, he starts fighting back in the best way.

Hidden Springs looks peaceful, but another murder proves the town's secrets are still close to the surface. Deputy sheriff Michael Keane must untangle fresh clues and old loyalties before the killer slips away again.

Another suspicious death rattles Hidden Springs, and deputy sheriff Michael Keane is back sorting through gossip, grudges, and half-hidden truths. The small-town charm is still there, but so is the danger.

Heartbroken Francine Howard heads into the Appalachian mountains to train as a nurse midwife after World War II. There she meets Ben Locke, a veteran carrying wounds of his own, and both discover healing rarely comes the way you expect.

Adria Starr has never forgotten the enslaved man who saved her during Kentucky's cholera epidemic. Years later, when Louis is about to be sold, she risks everything to win his freedom in a story of courage, justice, and grace.

Back at Harmony Hill, love and family ties press against the strict rules of Shaker life. This later series entry blends faith, longing, and community as characters search for a place where both peace and affection can survive.

In 1933, wealthy Piper Danson escapes a planned marriage by spending the summer as a horseback courier in Appalachia. The hard work, mountain beauty, and new people she meets force her to rethink what kind of life, and love, she truly wants.

During the Great Depression, packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun carries books through the Kentucky mountains while dreaming of a love story of her own. A charming newcomer and a sharp-eyed older woman complicate her hopes in all the right ways.

After illness forces Rose Meadows to place her daughters in a children's home, her scarred and guarded brother-in-law brings them back to Meadowland. What follows is a tender Kentucky story about healing, trust, and the hard work of opening a closed heart.

Jacci Reed loves life with her showboat family on the Ohio River, but the shadows of her past will not stay buried. As danger grows, she has to uncover the truth before it overtakes her future.

In 1910, Mira Dean thinks her hopes of marriage and family are gone for good, until preacher Gordon Covington offers her a startling new path. Eastern Kentucky becomes the setting for unexpected love and calling.

After her father's death leaves the family deep in debt, Elena Bradford is pushed toward a wealthy match at Graham Springs. Instead she finds two unlikely suitors, a mysterious guest, and choices that test her heart and loyalty.

Kallie Mae Bertram has put aside her dreams of learning to read and loving Quinn Spencer, but neither dream is fully gone. In the Appalachian mountains, a moonlight school and a bitter family feud bring both hope and danger.