Amish widow Mattie vows never to love again . . .
until a suspicious outsider with a shadowy past comes crashing into her
fragile world.
Mattie Diener can barely keep it together. A young Amish widow and mother of two young children, she faces the lingering heartbreak of lost love, her son's mysterious illness, and a torrent of accusations that threaten to undo her.
Bo Lambright is a fast-rising social services investigator whose high-society mother won't rest until she finds his Mrs. Right. Despite Bo's worldly success, the raw ache of a shadowy past and a series of unsettling dreams have left him reeling.
When Mattie and Bo cross paths, all signs point to disaster. Yet as they face a crucible of trials and tragedies together, longings begin to stir that seem destined only to end in more heartbreak. Is a miracle possible—not only of healing but of forbidden love? What secrets lie in Bo's dreams? And will Mattie find the courage to face her uncertain future . . . or will she simply run away?
About The Author
Ruth Reid is a CBA and ECPA best-selling author of the Heaven on Earth series. She's a full-time pharmacist who lives in Florida with her husband and three children. When attending Ferris State University School of Pharmacy in Big Rapids, Michigan, she lived on the outskirts of an Amish community and had several occasions to visit the Amish farms. Her interest grew into love as she saw the beauty in living a simple life.
My Review
Mattie Diener can barely keep it together. A young Amish widow and mother of two young children, she faces the lingering heartbreak of lost love, her son's mysterious illness, and a torrent of accusations that threaten to undo her.
Bo Lambright is a fast-rising social services investigator whose high-society mother won't rest until she finds his Mrs. Right. Despite Bo's worldly success, the raw ache of a shadowy past and a series of unsettling dreams have left him reeling.
When Mattie and Bo cross paths, all signs point to disaster. Yet as they face a crucible of trials and tragedies together, longings begin to stir that seem destined only to end in more heartbreak. Is a miracle possible—not only of healing but of forbidden love? What secrets lie in Bo's dreams? And will Mattie find the courage to face her uncertain future . . . or will she simply run away?
About The Author
Ruth Reid is a CBA and ECPA best-selling author of the Heaven on Earth series. She's a full-time pharmacist who lives in Florida with her husband and three children. When attending Ferris State University School of Pharmacy in Big Rapids, Michigan, she lived on the outskirts of an Amish community and had several occasions to visit the Amish farms. Her interest grew into love as she saw the beauty in living a simple life.
My Review
Mattie Diener is a mother of two young children and a recent widow, when her three year old is taken to the doctor and her worse nightmare begins.
When CPS is called in because of suspected abuse, she meets Boaz Lambright, an investigator. He understands right away that an Amish woman speaks Pennsylvania Dutch to her children and they don’t learn English until they go to school. He does not think there is any abuse, but politics, greed, and unprofessional work get in the way.
Unfortunately, things keep happening, and your heart is going to ache for Mattie, there has to be a way to help her. Things continue to go from bad to worse, but somehow Mattie and Bo are drawn together in a different sort of way.
As Mattie finds herself attracted to Bo, we know that it can never be as she lives her faith and he is of the world, but how can God put these two together and not get Mattie shunned?
A different type of Amish story, and one that can touch close to home with some, a book that once you start on the first page, you keep turning!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Thomas Nelson, and was not required to give a positive review.
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