REVIEW: A Secret Amish Love by Rebecca Kertz

A Secret Amish Love: Rebecca Kertz is consistent in writing beautiful stories about family and romance set within Amish communities, and A Secret Amish Love continues this success.

A Secret Amish Love takes place in “Happiness”, Pennsylvania, a fictional Amish town that is modeled on many Lancaster County area Amish communities. And as a reader of her past series that took place in “Happiness”, I was, you guessed it, “happy”, to read another novel set here. And, to have the opportunity to be re acquainted with some of the characters, who this time are on the fringe of Nell and James’ story.

Nell is a young Amish woman, who is known for her compassion for animals large and small. She also is known for having joined the Amish church yet still not having married. Nell meets James, the new local veterinarian, when she rescues a dog that was hit by a car. The instant connection that Nell feels for James, makes her very uneasy, as she knowNels she cannot marry outside the church now that she belongs.

James quickly appreciates Nell’s compassion and concern for animals and their welfare, and is drawn to her kind and tender personality. James also feels nostalgic upon ever more frequent visits to his family’s farm that he left when he went to veterinary school. The Amish community consistently calls to him, as he misses and cherishes the lifestyle he initially scorned as a teenager.
Nell increasingly feels torn between time at the clinic helping James, and the concern of her family that she is becoming too close to an outsider- her father is pressuring her to find an Amish husband.

As the story progresses James and Nell are increasingly fighting their feelings for one another as they believe a relationship between them cannot have a future. Will they be proven correct or will there be a way they can have a lifetime together?
I highly recommend A Secret Amish Love, if you are in the mood for a “feel good” story, a happy ending, as well as reading about beautiful and special family ties.
 

Book Info:

Publication: June 20, 2017 | Harlequin Love Inspired |

Nell Stoltzfus has always valued her independence–but with her father insisting she marry, she’s feeling the pressure to figure out her future. A decision that is further complicated when she falls for English veterinarian James Pierce. Nell knows her romantic feelings for James are forbidden in her Amish community. Yet the connection they share only seems to grow deeper when she starts working at his clinic. As Nell’s father urges her to choose an Amish husband, she finds herself torn between devotion to her family and her heart’s only wish. Can Nell turn her secret love for James into a happy ending?