Daughters of Amana

Critically acclaimed author Judith Miller enthralls millions with her CBA best-selling historical novels. It's 1877, and Johanna Ilg has lived her entire life in Main Amana, Iowa-one of seven villages inhabited by devout Christians who believe in a simple, cooperative life of service to God. But when she discovers a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew is shattered.

Award-winning author Judith Miller enthralls millions with her best-selling historical novels. Set in the 1885 Amana colony of Homestead, Iowa, this tale finds 22-year-old Gretchen Kohler trying to tend her father's general store while watching over her young brother and senile Oma. But her secret passion for writing soon jeopardizes her reputation and the love of her childhood beau.

Best-selling author Judith Miller sets this compelling novel in 1917 Iowa. With the Great War fueling anti-German hysteria, agents of President Wilson's Council of National Defense threaten to disfigure Jutta Schmidt, torch her family's bakery, and butcher her parents unless she returns to the Amana colonies as their spy. Back in South Amana, she's befriended by Ilsa Redlich and her family. But if she overhears antiwar remarks, how can she betray these kind people?