BOOKS I HAVE READ

I have read a few of Cindy Woodsmall's. I love all that I have read so far. I give her books five stars. I highly recommend this book. I absolutely love reading about the Amish.

The Hope of Refuge was the first book in this series. This story is about Ephraim and Cara and their families. Cara grew up in foster care, when her mother died and her father abandoned her. Cara has a daughter named Lori. Her father, Johnny, died when she was around 2 years old. Cara ran to Amish country following a clue that was left in her mother's diary, trying to escape a stalker, Mike Snell. He had been stalking her for years. They finally arrive in Dry Lake they are wet, cold and homeless. Ephraim's father calls Social Services when he sees Cara stealing. Ephraim risks getting shunned by moving Cara and her daughter into his house, so that social services won't separate them. Ephraim and Cara finally has things going their way and they set their wedding for the fall.

The Bridge of Peace is the second book in the series. Lena is an Amish school teacher. She is in her early 20's. When she was younger, people used to make fun of her because of a birthmark on her face. She loves being a teacher but she faces all kinds of obstacles and she becomes in danger of losing her job. One of her students, Peter is a bully. Grey Graber grew up with Lena. He was older than Lena by 7 years., so he married Elsie instead of trying to court Lena. Grey seems to be the only one on the school board who understands Lena and tries to defend her. However, Gray faces some enormous tragedy and is suddenly dealing with his own struggles. Cara and Ephraim's relationship is moving forward even though she is struggling about joining the Amish community, and Deborah is still grieving the end of her engagement to Mahlon who left her and his mother Ada alone and without income to live in the world of the Englischers. Dwayne is obsessed with Lena. He tried to kill her by putting a horseshoe on a baseball bat. Grey got between them and was hit in the ribs. Dwayne thought that people would think she was killed by getting trampled by her horse. Instead the horse kicked with his back leg and hit Dwayne in the temple and he died. Finally Lena and Grey started making plans to marry.

The Harvest of Grace is the third book in the series. This book is about Sylvia Fisher. She loves dairy farming. Aaron is an alcoholic who went to rehab. When he got out he tried to help his parents by trying to sell the failing farm. Sylvia leaves her farm and go to work for Michael Blank. Sylvia goes home to visit her parents and before she leaves her father gives her 2 checks totaling $40,000 for wages she earned over the years.

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