Plain and Simple Miracles Books in Order
Part ofVannetta Chapman Books in OrderBrowse Plain and Simple Miracles by Vannetta Chapman in order, with Cody's Creek background, summaries, and guidance on where to start.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
4 books
Anna's Healing
by Vannetta Chapman
2015
After a tornado leaves Anna Schwartz paralyzed, her family and community gather around her in Cody's Creek. Then an unexplained healing changes everything and draws more attention than Anna ever wanted.
Brian's Choice
by Vannetta Chapman
2015
This prequel introduces Cody's Creek and the kind of hard, faith-shaped choices that echo through the series. Brian stands at a turning point where duty, love, and community all pull in different directions.
Joshua's Mission
by Vannetta Chapman
2016
Joshua faces the gap between duty and desire as life in Cody's Creek refuses to follow a simple plan. It is a gentle Amish romance shaped by service, community, and the search for purpose.
Sarah's Orphans
by Vannetta Chapman
2016
Sarah's life is overturned when children in need pull her toward a future she never expected. In Cody's Creek, compassion opens the door to family, healing, and love.
Series background & context
Plain and Simple Miracles is one of Chapman's gentler Amish story worlds. Set in Oklahoma, the books center on Cody's Creek and the people who find their lives reshaped by tragedy, service, family need, and what may or may not be miraculous intervention.
The first book gives the series its tone. A tornado changes Anna Schwartz's life, and the story asks big questions about suffering, healing, attention from the outside world, and what faith looks like when life becomes strange and public. The later books stay connected to that atmosphere of community care and practical compassion.
These are romance novels, but they are also books about calling. Characters are often pushed toward responsibility before they feel ready. They help children, relatives, neighbors, or wounded strangers, and love grows in the middle of that work.
If you like Amish fiction with a little more reflection and a little less bustle, this series is a good fit. It is sincere, warm, and focused on the idea that grace often shows up in ordinary acts of care.
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