The Haven
August 16th, 2012. Filed under: This & That.The Haven
When Sadie Lapp steps off the bus in Stoney Ridge after being in Ohio for the winter, she is faced with a decision-one that goes against her very essence. Yet it’s the only way she can think of to protect a loved one.
Schoolteacher Gideon Smucker has been crazy about Sadie since boyhood. But his response to her surprising decision undermines his own reputation-and his relationship with Sadie.
College student Will Stoltz is spending the spring at the Lapp farm as a guard for a pair of nesting Peregrine Falcons-courtesy of the Lancaster County Game Warden. Will needs to get his life back on track, but his growing friendship with Sadie threatens his plans.
The lives of these three individuals intertwine, and then unravel as unexpected twists create ripples through the town of Stoney Ridge . . . and through Sadie’s heart.
ISLAND BREEZES
I don’t know how I wanted this book to end, but it didn’t end the way I wanted.
Sadie comes home to find her drive and surroundings filled with a whole passel of people.
Two birds spotted on the family’s grounds lead to numerous adventures. The fact that she returned with a tiny baby does not increase the family’s level of serenity either.
Sadie came home to two men in her life – one Amish, one not. There’s more than one love story in this book. Then there’s mystery and dark undercurrents, as well.
This was a good follow-up to The Keeper, but it’s a very good stand alone read. There’s still more stories in the Stoney Ridge Seasons series. I’m looking forward to the next.
***A special thanks to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
Suzanne Woods Fisher is a bestselling author of Amish fiction and non-fiction, the host of a weekly radio program called Amish Wisdom and a columnist for Christian Post. She has twenty-one books under contract with Revell-eight published, thirteen to come…she’s contracted all the way into 2016. The Waiting was a finalist for a 2011 Christy Award. The Choice was finalist for a 2011 Carol Award. Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World and Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life were both finalists for the ECPA Book of the Year (2010, 2011).
Visit Suzanne on her blog (where this month she’s giving away yummy Godiva chocolate!)
August 17th, 2012 at 08:46
Hi Nancy!
Thanks so much for being a part of “Haven’s” blog tour! Glad you enjoyed the story and would recommend it to others. Means a great deal to me.
Your blog makes me want to travel to the islands. Any island!
Warmly, Suzanne
August 19th, 2012 at 11:39
Suzanne,
I have not read any of your books that I did not enjoy. I’ll always be one of your cheerleaders.