About the book:
Thankful, Book Two in the Return to Sugarcreek series
New York Times
bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray captures the beauty, devotion,
and warmth of Amish life in this engaging tale of family, commitment,
trust, and love set in the beloved community of Sugarcreek.
Christina
Kempf has always known that God chose Aden Reese to be her husband. As
children, he was there to save her when she fell through the ice, and
he's been by her side ever since. After his parents died in a car
accident ten years ago, the Kempfs raised Aden as one of their own, and
everyone sees Aden and Christina as brother and sister. But Christina
has never given up hope that Aden will one day ask her to be his wife.
Aden
always planned to court Christina. But losing his mother and father
changed everything---except his love for her. Her parents generously
welcomed him into their home and treated him like a son. He can't betray
their kindness by admitting his feelings for the girl who is like a
sister . . . yet so much more.
Pressured by her parents to court, Christina begins to accept the attentions of Sugarcreek's young men, and now, Aden must make a choice. Will he stand by and watch the love of his life slip away? Or will he risk losing the love and trust of the family he holds dear to tell Christina how he truly feels?
Pressured by her parents to court, Christina begins to accept the attentions of Sugarcreek's young men, and now, Aden must make a choice. Will he stand by and watch the love of his life slip away? Or will he risk losing the love and trust of the family he holds dear to tell Christina how he truly feels?
Thankful includes a P.S. section
with additional insights from the author, background material,
suggestions for further reading, and more.
My review: I really enjoyed this sweet love story! There were some cute moments as Aden tried to deny his feelings and Christina felt sure he didn't have romantic feelings towards her. The description on the back was a little misleading as I didn't think her parents pressured her to court but she felt it would help to forget Aden. I liked the other two story lines, too, as an Amish couple decide to be foster parents to a baby whose mom is in prison and an English widow who owns a restaurant realizes she needs to get a life outside of work and just might find love again. I also liked how one character was realizing everything wasn't all about her and Christina was trying to overcome her fear of the icy pond where she fell through. One thing I found a little distracting is that sometimes a sentence didn't seem to fit or make sense to what's happening. I loved the theme of thankfulness! It's so easy to focus on the negative and what we don't have instead of all the blessings we do have. I loved how this book showed characters learning to be thankful in spite of difficult circumstances. I'm really loving this series where each book can stand alone, but you won't want to miss one!
I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
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About the author: Shelley Shepard Gray is a two-time New York Times bestseller, a two-time USA Today
bestseller, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers
prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time Holt Medallion winner. She lives
in Southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can
often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail.Enter to win the first two books in Shelley's Return to Sugarcreek series, Hopeful & Thankful. a Rafflecopter giveaway
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