When Grace Sings by Kim Vogel Sawyer This story continues with Alexa Zimmerman. We are back with the Zimmerman family, with Alexa bed and breakfast known as Grace Notes. We meet the Brauns and their daughter Anna-Grace. Stephen is gifted his grandfather's land. Stephen and Anna-Grace are to stay in Arborville. Alexa seems to be feeling that she is not fitting into the Zimmerman family. Alexa is having doubt about herself and feeling like she an imposter. We know about Anna-Grace birth parents for we dealt with them in the first book called "When Mercy Rains". When Mercy Rains introduces us to Anna Grace birth parents. Anna Grace is given an envelope that has her birth parents names. Anna-Grace cannot decide if she wants to know or not know her birth parents names and why they gave her up for adoption. Stephen is dealing with what he wants to do in life. He does not know if he want's his grandfather land in Arborville. He seems to want to sell it, but he does not know for sure. He seems to want to be a teacher. Can he tell his parents or Anna Grace that he wants to be? Stephen decides to have Anna Grace decide if she can stay there or not live in Arborville and if he should keep or sell his grandparents farmland. We also meet Bailey Forrester who is a reporter and is sent to Arborville to find a story on this community. There are four people looking in the wrong places. Bailey has his Aunt Marit that come through to him. He also tries to want to feel important. Will they all find Grace? What will happen with Stephen and Anna-Grace? ( )

This story continues with Alexa Zimmerman. We are back with the Zimmerman family, with Alexa bed and breakfast known as Grace Notes. We meet the Brauns and their daughter Anna-Grace. Stephen is gifted his grandfather's land. Stephen and Anna-Grace are to stay in Arborville. Alexa seems to be feeling that she is not fitting into the Zimmerman family. Alexa is having doubt about herself and feeling like she an imposter.

We know about Anna-Grace birth parents for we dealt with them in the first book called "When Mercy Rains". When Mercy Rains introduces us to Anna Grace birth parents. Anna Grace is given an envelope that has her birth parents names. Anna-Grace cannot decide if she wants to know or not know her birth parents names and why they gave her up for adoption.

Stephen is dealing with what he wants to do in life. He does not know if he want's his grandfather land in Arborville. He seems to want to sell it, but he does not know for sure. He seems to want to be a teacher. Can he tell his parents or Anna Grace that he wants to be? Stephen decides to have Anna Grace decide if she can stay there or not live in Arborville and if he should keep or sell his grandparents farmland.

We also meet Bailey Forrester who is a reporter and is sent to Arborville to find a story on this community. There are four people looking in the wrong places. Bailey has his Aunt Marit that come through to him. He also tries to want to feel important. Will they all find Grace? What will happen with Stephen and Anna-Grace? ( )

This is the second book in The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy. In this book Alexa has opened her B and B. Anna Grace is planning on marrying Stephen.and she learns that her birth parents live in the town that they might live in once they are married.. Anna Grace needs to learn if she can live in a town with the people she feels abandoned her. During this Alexa takes in a reporter who wants to write a big story .
This story is well written and has a few twists and turns. I am greatly looking forward to how this will all end. I received this book through Blogging for Books for a fair and honest opinion. I need to find out what is going to happen with all these characters. ( )

Title: When Grace Sings (The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy Book #2)
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Website: http://kimvogelsawyer.com/
Pages: 352
Year: 2015
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
My Rating: 5+ stars
Wow! The story line continues with Alexa starting a bed and breakfast business inside her grandmother’s home while her mother returned to Indiana. Now with weather getting colder having guests is a major concern for Alexa as she strikes out to prove her calling. In Chicago a reporter is attempting to finagle his boss into letting him visit the small community of “Plain” people with the hopes of digging up dirt on the inhabitants. What the Briley the reporter didn’t expect was that the very need of his heart was going to be exposed.
When I read book one in the series titles When Mercy Rains, I was hooked and couldn’t wait for the next installment to be published. Now that I just finished book two it is hard to wait until the third and final novel is released! In this story more of Lexa’s past is revealed along with learning who really can meet and exceed her hearts desires.
The relationships between various characters keep the pages turning long into the night for me like this book. The issues of adoption and parents making mistakes and when learning redeeming the relationship affected which encourages readers with hope when at last the turn the final page. Kim Vogel Sawyer’s novels grapple with some tough issues and bring a Christ like view of the issues pointing to Him being the ultimate source for everything we need, want or desire.
Restoration is an excellent subtitle to the tales and show readers that with Christ all things are possible! I hope you will dive into When Mercy Rains and When Grace Sings so that like me you can eagerly look forward to the third book of the series to see how the author ties loose ends in the book together. For those like me who aren’t major fans of Amish or Mennonite novels I hope you read this series at it focuses more on the various situations and internal wrestling going on than on making the plain people appear more than what they are, people.
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When Grace Sings by Kim Vogel Sawyer is the second book in the Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy. The first book in the series was When Mercy Rains. In order to understand what is happening in When Grace Sings you do need to read the first book in the trilogy.

Alexa Joy Zimmerman, daughter of Suzanne Zimmerman, has turned her grandmother’s house in Arborville into Grace Notes Bed and Breakfast (the paint job on the Victorian farmhouse sounds beautiful). Alexa is very excited to get a long-term guest. Since it is a man, she is letting him stay in her little guest cottage during his stay (she did not feel it would be appropriate for him to stay in the house with her grandmother).

Briley Forrester lives in Chicago and works for Real Scoop. His boss, Len, is tired of headlines about wonderful life is in Amish country. He is sending Briley to find a story. Briley will be staying at the Grace Notes B & B as a long-term guest. Briley does not make a good first impression with his flashy red car, driving fast, and flirting with Alexa as soon as he arrives. Can Alexa handle Briley? What is Briley willing to do for a story?

Anna-Grace Braun, who lives in Sommerfield, Kansas, just got engaged to Steven Grungardt. She is so excited. They are to be married in February. Steven is to receive some land and a house in Arborville. It used to belong to his Grandad Meiers, but he passed away and left it to Kevin (Steven’s brother). Kevin left the community and has never claimed the inheritance. Steven’s parents petitioned the court to give the inheritance to them. Steven’s parents then turned over the property to Steven. Steven and his father are going to Arborville to check out the property.

Anna-Grace finally finds out that one of her biological parents live in Arborville and now she is not sure she can live in that city. Anna-Grace decides to spend time in the city to get to know the people and help decorate the house. Alexa offers to let Anna-Grace stay at Grace Notes, but Alexa did not realize how difficult it was going to be having her around. Alexa feels like an interloper and Anna-Grace is the real granddaughter.

Stephen is doing what is expected of him. He is fixing up the house, preparing to marry, and be a farmer. However, the only thing he wants to do is teach. Stephen hopes that Anna-Grace will decide that she does not want to live in Arborville, so he can sell the house (and go to college). Paul Aldrich is doing repairs on the Stephen’s house and finally gets to meet his birth daughter.

Will Stephen get to achieve his dream of teaching? Will Anna-Grace find out that Paul is her biological father? Will Alexa get over her feelings of not belonging? Will Briley Forrester find his big story and who will it hurt? Read When Grace Sings to find out the answers to these questions plus much more.

I give When Grace Sings 4 out 5 stars. It is a good story, but I kept finding myself shouting at my book. I was telling Anna-Grace to grow up and get a back bone and for Alexa to realize that she does belong (and has a wonderful, loving family). I look forward to reading the last book in the trilogy to see what happens to the Zimmerman family.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley (and the publisher) in exchange for an honest review. ( )