Surprised by Love Books in Order

Surprised by Love is Rachel J. Good's Amish romance series set around Lancaster County's Green Valley Farmer's Market. The market is more than a place to buy produce, baked goods, and handmade items. It is where vendors work beside one another, families share news, old conflicts resurface, and unexpected relationships get a chance to grow.

The series starts with An Unexpected Amish Proposal, in which baker Fern Blauch and barbecue seller Gideon Hartzler must deal with threats to longtime market vendors. Gideon has debts and family responsibilities of his own, while Fern is trying to protect the work that matters to her family. Their story establishes the market as the center of the series.

Then come the people who keep the place running.

In An Unexpected Amish Courtship, Sovilla Mast arrives in Pennsylvania after heartbreak and begins selling homemade pet treats. She meets Isaac Lantz, a shy breeder who raises assistance dogs. An Unexpected Amish Christmas follows letter-writing pen pals Jacob Zook and Keturah Esch, both carrying grief, as Christmas draws near.

Later books keep expanding the community. An Amish Marriage of Convenience brings together widower Stephen Lapp and widow Nettie Hartzler after financial worries force a practical proposal. Her Pretend Amish Boyfriend uses a temporary courtship between Caroline Hartzler and newcomer Noah Riehl, whose past has made him wary of starting over.

The series also makes room for characters facing loneliness and misunderstandings. In Dating an Amish Flirt, Rachel Glick's reputation isolates her even as she cares for her mother and still loves her childhood friend. Missing Her Amish Boyfriend follows Anna Mary Zook as she helps her struggling family and grows close to Abe King, whose own family needs pull him back to New York. An Amish Second Chance Romance centers on Cathy Zehr and woodworker Myron King, two people confronting past trauma and the demands of raising children.

These books are sweet romances with ongoing threads of faith, family duty, forgiveness, and community. Each novel has its own couple, so readers can pick up an individual title, but the recurring market setting makes the series especially enjoyable in order.

Begin with An Unexpected Amish Proposal. It introduces the Green Valley Farmer's Market and gives later stories more context.