Kristina Ludwig Books in Order

Cautious fourteen-year-old Olivia is forced to leave Pittsburgh for California after her father's remarriage. A new neighborhood, adventurous Justin, and a daunting social scene challenge her to face the intimidating firsts she has always avoided.

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.

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.

Jordyn turns thirteen determined to date school heartthrob Andrew, but her plans bring mean girls, a French exchange student, and a trail of embarrassing disasters. She may need to stop chasing someone else's idea of perfection.

Award-obsessed Aubree moves to Chicago and finds herself at a school where being the best is no longer easy. As dance, piano, friendship, and romance collide, she must decide whether winning is worth pushing everyone away.

Rebekah and Braeden face a dramatic summer that makes Rebekah reconsider her Amish roots and the future she wants. Their relationship must weather the difference between the world she knows and the life she has begun to imagine.

Young newlyweds Hannah and Jakob are expecting their first baby, but work stress and wedding duties already have Hannah overwhelmed. After an accident puts her on bed rest, their new marriage is tested by fear, frustration, and uncertainty.

Mercy takes center stage in a story of bakery work, relationships, and plans for the future. As change reaches her close-knit Amish community, she must balance ambition, family responsibilities, and the people she loves.

Mercy and Samuel are building a life, a home, and a bakery together, but Mercy's former boss accuses her of stealing recipes. A boycott threatens their business, forcing the newlyweds to get creative and stand together.

Rebekah tries to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian without losing the values and family ties that matter to her. College, new experiences, and her relationship with Braeden force her to consider what faith and compromise mean.

Samuel wins a scholarship to study agriculture and business, hoping to rescue his family's failing farm. With work, classes, family pressure, and his relationship with Mercy all demanding attention, he must find a way to keep going.

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.

Hannah is thrilled when Jakob proposes, but an Amish wedding brings more complications than she expected. Family trouble, difficult attendants, a drought, and a mysterious stranger all test the couple as their big day approaches.

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.

In 1912, mermaid Oceania reaches eighteen and can explore land in human form. Meeting aspiring composer Xavier opens the possibility of love, but a family curse means she must eventually choose between life on land and the sea.

Oceania and Xavier plan a wedding and a life together on land. Yet the ancient curse shadowing Oceania's family, and the divide between her ocean home and Xavier's world, keep their future uncertain.

Newly married Abram and Miriam open a bed-and-breakfast and buggy-tour business, then receive a runaway boy seeking help. His hidden identity and request could put their new livelihood and place in the Amish community at risk.

When Mercy's private news spreads through town, Hannah tries to save their friendship and uncover the source of the gossip. Meanwhile, a new minister's strict ideas threaten the community, its young families, and local businesses.

Abram and Miriam are shunned after helping a runaway teen and hiding the truth from their elders. With a baby on the way, they face a long road of repentance and must find out whether their community can forgive them.

Jakob hopes to buy the buggy repair shop where he works, but his boss's need for expensive surgery forces a quick sale. With Hannah, Samuel, and the church community, he tries to raise enough money to keep hope alive.

Eighteen-year-old mermaid Doria visits Roaring Twenties San Francisco, where her aunt Oceania now lives on land. As Doria falls for a gossip reporter, her devoted mer-beau follows her ashore and her dangerous secret risks being exposed.