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Promised To Another (Amish of Seymour County, #3)
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PROMISED TO ANOTHER by Laura V. Hilton is the third book in the Amish of Seymour County series. It’s the heartwarming story of Annie Beiler & Joshua Esh.
Annie Beiler is a school teacher in the Amish community of Seymour, MO. She loves her job & working with the children, but seems to always be under scrutiny from the school board for some infraction of the rules. The latest was taking the children on a field trip to see a battlefield without gaining permission first which landed her on probation. After her intendant jumped the fence, she is determined to keep the job she loves having given up on the notion of a family of her own.
Joshua Esh came to Seymour in the man swap from Pennsylvania. Only 2 men he came with, friends from back home, know that he’s really just on an adventure to see other parts of the country & has no intentions of settling permanently in Seymour. He will be going home in time to help with the maple harvest on the family farm.
Smitten the first time he laid eyes on Annie, Joshua hated tofind out that the man that jumped the fence is back in town telling everyone that the marriage is still on with Annie. To make matters worse, the man happens to be the son of the Schwartz’s who took him in when he moved to town.
Annie would rather remain an old maid than to marry Luke. Although she hated that he had jumped the fence once, she figures he did her a favor since he’s prone to drink to excess & while in their relationship was abusive. No one else has even asked to take her home after a singing, because they still consider her Luke’s girl. Although she feels an immediate attraction to Joshua, she guards her heart because he’s known to be a player having taken just about every girl home from a singing at one time of other.
When they finally give in to their feelings and dare to dream about a future, how will Joshua tell her that he’s not staying in Seymour? He knows she wants to never leave. Annie’s happy that her Dad and Joshua have bonded & that Joshua has an interest in her Dad’s beekeeping business. Can she dare to dream that she has a future with a home of her own & a family?
Emotions erupt when they are involved in a buggy accident & end up in the hospital. When Annie goes to check on Joshua, she’s caught giving him a kiss in his room only to be caught by the Bishop who insists they must marry immediately.
Will Joshua marry Annie or dishonor her by refusing? What will Annie say when she finds out he’s not staying in Seymour? Will Cathy quit with the ‘lets get rid of Joshua’ campaign? Will Joshua be able to mend his relationship with Isaac after deceiving him? What was the Bishops real motive to have them forego the usually wedding announcement & to marry right away? Can Annie & Joshua have a good marriage? Where?
PROMISED TO ANOTHER is a well written Christian story that shows that we are all human capable of making mistakes, that doing the right thing isn’t easy sometimes but it’s a lot easier than trying to put up a front & keeping folks fooled, and that love can withstand a lot of pressure & still find a way to fill our hearts if we just give it (and God) a chance.
Love the way Laura V. Hilton weaves a story with a thread of the gospel ran through. She has a way of telling a story that makes you feel like you are a member of the community and your reading about her friends opening you up to the emotions of the story as they unfold.
PROMISED TO ANOTHER can definitely be read as a standalone, but once you read this one you will be finding books one and two as well as other books by this amazing author.
Annie Beiler is a school teacher in the Amish community of Seymour, MO. She loves her job & working with the children, but seems to always be under scrutiny from the school board for some infraction of the rules. The latest was taking the children on a field trip to see a battlefield without gaining permission first which landed her on probation. After her intendant jumped the fence, she is determined to keep the job she loves having given up on the notion of a family of her own.
Joshua Esh came to Seymour in the man swap from Pennsylvania. Only 2 men he came with, friends from back home, know that he’s really just on an adventure to see other parts of the country & has no intentions of settling permanently in Seymour. He will be going home in time to help with the maple harvest on the family farm.
Smitten the first time he laid eyes on Annie, Joshua hated tofind out that the man that jumped the fence is back in town telling everyone that the marriage is still on with Annie. To make matters worse, the man happens to be the son of the Schwartz’s who took him in when he moved to town.
Annie would rather remain an old maid than to marry Luke. Although she hated that he had jumped the fence once, she figures he did her a favor since he’s prone to drink to excess & while in their relationship was abusive. No one else has even asked to take her home after a singing, because they still consider her Luke’s girl. Although she feels an immediate attraction to Joshua, she guards her heart because he’s known to be a player having taken just about every girl home from a singing at one time of other.
When they finally give in to their feelings and dare to dream about a future, how will Joshua tell her that he’s not staying in Seymour? He knows she wants to never leave. Annie’s happy that her Dad and Joshua have bonded & that Joshua has an interest in her Dad’s beekeeping business. Can she dare to dream that she has a future with a home of her own & a family?
Emotions erupt when they are involved in a buggy accident & end up in the hospital. When Annie goes to check on Joshua, she’s caught giving him a kiss in his room only to be caught by the Bishop who insists they must marry immediately.
Will Joshua marry Annie or dishonor her by refusing? What will Annie say when she finds out he’s not staying in Seymour? Will Cathy quit with the ‘lets get rid of Joshua’ campaign? Will Joshua be able to mend his relationship with Isaac after deceiving him? What was the Bishops real motive to have them forego the usually wedding announcement & to marry right away? Can Annie & Joshua have a good marriage? Where?
PROMISED TO ANOTHER is a well written Christian story that shows that we are all human capable of making mistakes, that doing the right thing isn’t easy sometimes but it’s a lot easier than trying to put up a front & keeping folks fooled, and that love can withstand a lot of pressure & still find a way to fill our hearts if we just give it (and God) a chance.
Love the way Laura V. Hilton weaves a story with a thread of the gospel ran through. She has a way of telling a story that makes you feel like you are a member of the community and your reading about her friends opening you up to the emotions of the story as they unfold.
PROMISED TO ANOTHER can definitely be read as a standalone, but once you read this one you will be finding books one and two as well as other books by this amazing author.
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