The Promise Box
June 1st, 2013. Filed under: This & That.The Promise Box
By Tricia Goyer
With her heart – and her loyalty – on the line, can she let true love in her life?
Every year, young Amish men descend on the cozy little town of West Kootenai, Montana, arriving in the spring to live there for six months and receive ‘resident’ status for the hunting season in the fall. They arrive as bachelors, but go home with brides! Lydia Wyse, a book editor from Seattle who grew up Amish, returns to the small community of West Kootenai, Montana to give comfort to her father after her mother’s death.
She is drawn back to the familiar Amish ways after finding her mother’s most precious possession, a Promise Box of prayers and scripture. What her publisher sees, though, is an opportunity for a sensational ‘tell-all’ book about the Amish. Lydia soon finds herself falling in love with Amish bachelor Gideon Hooley. She wants nothing more than to forget her past and look forward to a future as an Amish bride.
Will the pain of her childhood-and her potential betrayal of her community-keep her from committing her whole heart?
ISLAND BREEZES
You’re going to need those tissues when you read this book. There’s heartaches and secrets here. Love, but also pain.
Lydia came home for her mother’s funeral, but stayed to help her father. What she had planned for a couple weeks turned into the summer and more – all because of her mother’s promise box.
Unable to cope with finding out details about her birth had sent her out into the Englisch world. Her adoptive mother’s promise box drew her back. Mem’s words brought Lydia home, both to Montana and her faith.
But that didn’t guarantee a happily ever after. Both Lydia and Gideon, the Amish man she was beginning to fall in love with, had secrets that could break their fragile relationship and upset friends and family. They learned the hard way that secrets refuse to stay secret.
Lydia learned through Mem’s words, “You can’t heal unless the junk is cleaned out.”
Tricia Goyer has never disappointed me. I’m looking forward to the next bride and bachelor story.
***A special thanks to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
Tricia Goyer is a busy mom of six, grandmother of one, and wife to John. Somewhere around the hustle and bustle of family life, she manages to find the time to write fictional tales delighting and entertaining readers and non-fiction titles offering encouragement and hope.
A bestselling author, Tricia has published thirty-three books to date and has written more than 500 articles. She is a two-time Carol Award winner, as well as a Christy and ECPA Award Nominee. In 2010, she was selected as one of the Top 20 Moms to Follow on Twitter by SheKnows.com. Tricia is also on the blogging team at MomLifeToday.com, TheBetterMom.com and other homeschooling and Christian sites.
In addition to her roles as mom, wife and author, Tricia volunteers around her community and mentors teen moms. She is the founder of Hope Pregnancy Ministries in Northwestern Montana, and she currently leads a Teen MOPS Group in Little Rock, AR. Tricia, along with a group of friends, recently launched NotQuiteAmishLiving.com, sharing ideas about simplifying life. She also hosts the weekly radio podcast, Living Inspired.