Listened to the Audio/Chirp
narrated by Christina Traister
Unabridged audio (8:57)
2019 HQN Books
384 pgs.
Adult Christian CRF
Finished 1/23/2020
Goodreads rating: 4.49 - 122 ratings
My rating: 4
Setting: Contemporary small Amish community in - I think - Kansas
First line/s: "This was so much harder than she expected it to be."
My comments: I enjoyed this clean Amish romance. The bishop was a kind, good man, unlike many of the bishops that I've read about in previous Amish literature. The narrator read the voice of Joshua in a very flat, unemotional way, which was disconcerting. I'm sure she was trying to keep her voice as "male" as possible, but there were some places that the lack of emotion was not what would have been actually happening. Just made it so that I had to keep reminding myself that what I heard and what was actually meant to be heard were two different things. So much forgiveness and looking past wrongs in this Amish community! Some of the values in this book were quite different from those I've read about in others. There seems to be a vast difference between different communities. This one was in Kansas. I enjoyed it.
Goodreads synopsis: Widow Laura Beth Yoder longs for a family of her own. So much so that she’s preparing to leave the sleepy Amish town she calls home to find love. But a terrible storm washes out the creek, forcing her to wade in and save the life of an Englisch man and his adorable infant son. As they recover at the farm, the baby brings sunshine and joy, while the handsome outsider is filled with shadows…and secrets.
Joshua King owes his life and his son’s to Laura Beth. Still, lingering at her farm is out of the question. He must fulfill a promise he made to his estranged wife on her deathbed: to deliver their son to his Amish in-laws. With his dark past, Joshua has no other choice. But his plans never took this sweet and surprising Amish widow into account. She just might be his second chance at happiness…and love.
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