This was the third and I image last book in this series.

We got to finish Annie's story that started in book 1. Annie decided to leave her English roots behind and become Amish.

I enjoyed this book, not the historical as much as in the previous 2 books but I loved the stories we saw completed and the new ones that began wishing there was a little more about some of the new stories that were started.

There were a few thing that I think might have been able to be wrapped up in a different better way but I am a reader not a write. Somethings I didn't feel got their full completion and was almost an afterthought.

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4 STARS

I have read and enjoyed all three books of this series. Like the other two stories it has two stories in it. Sometimes it is hard to switch back and forth fron the past in 1800 and now.

This is a clean read. Lots of characters who I liked. Lots of relationships intertwined.
Annie finally gets baptized into the Amish religion. Everyone was expecting her to get married to
Rufus.
Rufus is having problems with his work and wonders what do. When and where he will live in the future.
Ruth is living with Annie while she does a internship in town with clinic. She likes some things about being English. She stills has a lot of schooling to finish to be a nurse.
Elijah is thinking about leaving his Amish faith. He still loves Ruth.

Somebody is starting fires in the community. Rufus thinks it could be one suspect and Ruth wonders if it could be another one.

In the past a feud between two families start and causes a lot of pain to everyone when innocents gets caught in between the two families.

I personally would have enjoyed it better as two books instead of one.

I would continue to read Olivia Newport books in the future.

This ebook was given to me for purpose of reviewing it and giving honest review of it by Netgalley.

02/01/2014 PUB. Barbour Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781616267148 ( )

I loved joining the old friends again. I have really come to know them well through the past two books. Let me begin by saying you can read this book and follow the story by reading this book alone, but you will deprive yourself of some really good reads.
Loved all the action that takes place, and you think you have decided who the guilty party is. Found myself changing my mind a few times, and then back again.
We see that there are problems in Amish families, with the wandering of Leah. How could parents let her go for so long? Strange!
We see Annie following through with her commitment to become Amish. What a sweet heart she has, and full of compassion. Hope that Rufus comes to his senses!
There is also some conclusion here in the lives of Ruth and Elijah. I would love to follow those two.
In all this is a read that really could happen in any community, arson and mental illness are sadly present in all cultures. Enjoy!

I received this book through Net Galley and Barbour Publishing, and was not required to give a positive review. ( )