Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The Promise of Palm Grove: Amish Brides of Pinecraft, Book One



A young Amish woman finds herself torn between the man she’s pledged to wed and the man her heart desires in this heartwarming story of chance, duty, and choice in the face of love—the first volume in the beloved New York Times bestselling author’s new Amish Brides of Pinecraft series.
Amish bride-to-be Leona is thrilled to be in Florida, on a mini-vacation in the pretty town of Pinecraft. Her girlfriends think she’s happy because she’s away from the stress of wedding planning. They have no idea that Leona’s real joy is in being away from her fiancé.

Edmund is a good man, and will make a decent husband . . . just not for Leona. The more time she spends with him and his overbearing ways, the less she wants to be his wife. Her cousins are sure Edmund is the right man for her-and their certainty makes Leona begin to doubt herself. But when a chance encounter with a wayward cat brings her face-to-face with a handsome, fun-loving Amish man named Zachary Kauffman, Leona’s faced with two vastly different futures.

Leona must decide: Does she follow the path set out before her? Or take a chance with only the promise of what could be to guide her?

The setting takes place in Pinecraft is the vacation spot of many Amish and Mennonites from Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Busses regularly transport Amish and Mennonites from up North to Pinecraft, Florida during the cold winter months. Shelley writes of the different restaurants, shops, beaches, and area attractions in Pinecraft and the surrounding Sarasota and Siesta Key area. I would love to visit this area someday. I so enjoyed this first story in "Amish Brides of Pinecraft"series. I was drawn in by the story line and characters. Family love, devotion, making right decisions for yourself were all part of the storyline. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Amish fiction and good clean books.

I received a complimentary copy of PROMISE OF PALM GROVE from the author, Shelley Shepard Gray and Litfuse Publicity for my view of the book.

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