The Amish Secret Wish by Laura V. Hilton Hidden Springs Series book 3

 Such a cute and different Amish story!  Hallie is a scribe for an Amish newspaper and has to keep that under wraps, so to speak.  Through this means she becomes pen pals and gets to really know an Amish man, Hezekiah, AKA Kiah, who falls in love with "the scribe".  He is determined to meet her and marry this woman.  So they meet!  The rest you will need to find out on your own.

The book was a light and even funny at times, book!  I enjoyed it and I loved the sweet story.  I remembered some things from the previous book in the series that came to light in book 3, but it can easily be a stand-alone book.  

I received an ebook copy from NetGalley.  All thoughts are my own.

The Amish Christmas Gift by Laura V. Hilton

Riddled with guilt and sorrow, Levi leaves his fiancée, Elsie,  and becomes determined that he can never marry. Elsie is heartbroken after he leaves her.  

She has a very hard time keeping jobs and perhaps that is because God had other plans for her.  When Levi's sister asks her to be the Christmas elf for Levi, a disorganized toy maker, she finally agrees, knowing full well that they would be seeing each other on a regular basis because of this job.

This was a sweet, heartwarming Christmas book with clear lessons to be learned but all involved.  Levi continues to blame himself for his situation.  It's a nice story of forgiveness of one self,  which is probably the hardest act of forgiveness.

I enjoyed the story and it continued to get more interesting as the book continued.

I received a copy from Forever and NetGalley.  All thoughts are my own.

  

The Amish Wedding Promise by Laura V. Hilton

It's her wedding day and she has cold feet.  Everyone says it's "normal".  Grace always dreamt of her wonderful wedding day but she's not feeling right about it.  She prays that God will stop the marriage and is her prayer answered in a shocking way as a horrible tornado appears and all signs of her fiance are that he did not survive.

As Zeke comes from Shipshewana to help those who experienced the tornado, he tries to help Grace find her fiance.  His feelings for her are strong.

This was a wonderful story!  I loved it.  It had a really different storyline and I had to keep reading to see the outcome!  What is going to happen????  So good!  You will love book 1 of this new series!  I know I did!

I received an ebook copy from NetGalley.  All opinions are my own.

Love's Truest Hope Three Inspirational Novellas by Laura V. Hilton, Rachel J. Good and Mary Alford

Three Amish stories all different and interesting in their own ways.  I enjoyed each one of them!

Mission of Love Laura V. Hilton

This was an excellent story about an Amish man providing service to the community and his caring for others and how he helps those in need.  I really enjoyed this interesting storyline.

Bid for Love by Rachel J. Good

Their service was sold to the highest bidder and it was VERY HIGH!  The young Amish threesome that volunteered their services as yard workers are now wondering just what is expected of them and why?  This is a bit of a mystery as well as romance.  You will love knowing what the reason for this is.  Such a great story and a wonderful read.

Plain Redemption by Mary Alford

This is an author whose name I have often seen in connection to Amish fiction yet my first chance to read some of her writing.  I was happy to read this enjoyable book and will be looking for more from this author.

I was given an ebook copy of this book.  All thoughts are my own.

Amish Wanderer by Laura V. Hilton

This was the first book I have read from this author.  It was a different scenario than many/most of the Amish books that I have read.  It has real intensity and was emotionally charged.  As the relationship between Bethany and Silas grows, they struggle with the lingering and frightening after-effects of their dis-functional family lives.

Life had been not what either had expected and certainly not wanted.  There are several parts of the books with real teaching moments.  I think the one that struck me the deepest was the part about going through the Refiner's fire and the "parable" used to explain that to a no longer trusting Bethany.  Very good!

There was a small issue that I kept noticing, that being because I am bi-lingual and speak and read German.  As such, the use of the word "nein" or "no" in German was used often and in high German this word is usually used to answer a question, yes or no, rather than being used as I have "no" money.  In this context another German word would be used.  But I am not an expert on the Amish German context so I could be wrong about how it is used in their culture.

All in all, I  loved the book and am glad to have read it.  It keeps you turning the pages!