Pleasant Valley Books in Order
Part ofMarta Perry Books in OrderSee the Pleasant Valley books in order by Marta Perry, with short summaries, Amish series background, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
7 books
Leah's Choice
by Marta Perry
2009
Amish teacher Leah Beiler is caught between steady widower Daniel Glick and the former fiance who once broke her heart. In Pleasant Valley, love means choosing not just a man, but the life she truly wants.
Anna's Return
by Marta Perry
2010
Anna Beiler comes back to Pleasant Valley with a baby she must protect and a past she has not truly faced. Sanctuary, forgiveness, and an old friend named Samuel may give her a chance to start over.
Rachel's Garden
by Marta Perry
2010
Widowed Rachel Brand struggles to raise three children and keep the dairy farm going after her husband's death. When Gideon Zook offers to build the greenhouse Ezra promised her, grief and new hope begin to grow side by side.
Katie's Way
by Marta Perry
2011
Katie Miller opens a quilt shop that brings Amish and English women together, and not everyone is pleased. Vandalism, town tensions, and quiet craftsman Caleb Brand make her fresh start more complicated than she planned.
Sarah's Gift
by Marta Perry
2011
Young widow Sarah Mast moves to Pleasant Valley to join her aunt's midwife practice, only to find the work and the community both under strain. With neighbor Aaron Miller watching closely, Sarah must prove she belongs.
Hannah's Joy
by Marta Perry
2012
Widowed Hannah seeks refuge in Pleasant Valley with her baby son and no clear future. As she grows closer to gentle furniture maker William Brand, she must decide where she and Jamie truly belong.
Naomi's Christmas
by Marta Perry
2012
Naomi Esch has spent years caring for her father and siblings, only to find herself suddenly without a home of her own. A practical arrangement with widower Nathan King may be perfect for everyone except their guarded hearts.
Series background & context
Pleasant Valley is one of Marta Perry's signature Amish series, and it shows why her Pennsylvania background fits this kind of story so well. The books are set in a rural central Pennsylvania Amish community where work, faith, and family life are closely connected.
Nothing here feels generic.
Across the series, Perry follows women and men who are trying to make careful choices inside a close-knit world. A schoolteacher is torn between a newcomer and a man from her past. A widow struggles to keep a farm running. A young woman returns after time away in the outside world. A midwife tries to earn trust. A quilt shop changes the feel of Main Street. A widow and single mother faces a Christmas turning point. Each book stands on its own, but together they build a fuller picture of the community.
What makes Pleasant Valley work is that the stakes stay personal without becoming small. Perry writes about everyday labor, grief, parenthood, scandal, and forgiveness. The setting is warm, but she never pretends Amish life is simple. Tradition can comfort people, but it can also weigh on them.
If you want Perry at her most rooted and most emotionally expansive, this is the place to start. Read from Leah's Choice forward to see Pleasant Valley grow into a world of its own, and then continue into the related Lost Sisters books if you want more from the same community.
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