This book will be released on December 1, 2012.
This is only the second Amish inspirational romance that I’ve
read, and both were by Patricia Davids. I don’t know much about the Amish, but
her portrayal is completely convincing, bringing out not only their
customs, but snippets of their Pennsylvania Dutch language.
The seventh book in the series, Brides of Amish
Country, this is widow Sarah Wyse and shy Levi Beachy’s love story. Sarah’s a
young widow, and Levi was her husband’s best friend. He has also been secretly in
love with Sarah since they were children.
When Levi's sister and Sarah’s friend, Grace, leaves home for a
while to visit her grandmother, Sarah, whose job in a fabric store has ended
temporarily, steps in to take care of the family.
Grace wants to get married,
but she fears she can’t, or who would feed Levi and their twin brothers? Who
would help Levi at the buggy shop that Sarah owns, and Levi runs? Before Grace
leaves, she gets Sarah to promise to find a wife for Levi.
Levi would also like
to leave the area and move west, but he made a promise to Sarah’s dying husband
that he would look after her until she remarries. It’s been five years, plenty
long enough to find a husband. But a man of his word, Levi's promise keeps him right
where he is, and still loving Sarah from afar.
Since her husband, sister and parents have all died in the past few years, Sarah feels as though death follows her like a dark shadow, and is
reluctant to ever love again.
But she’s not afraid to look for a wife for Levi. After bringing
him together with several possibilities, Levi catches on, and decides to turn
the tables on Sarah.
Of course, we know what eventually happens. Watching a couple's love develop and unfold is the best part of reading a romance.
Book source: NetGalley
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