Title: THE KISSING BRIDGE
Author: Tricia Goyer
Publisher: Zondervan
April 2014
ISBN: 978-0310335153
Genre: Amish
Caught between a stifling Amish community and an unnerving
outside world, a devout young woman on the run is about to become the newest
arrival to West Kootenai , Montana
On the day of her sister's death, Rebecca Troyer took her
first step away from the Amish.
Rebecca had always strayed a little outside the fold---a job
at an Englisch bakery, long weekends with non-Amish friends---but nothing could
have prepared her family for what she is about to do: Rebecca is abandoning the
community to attend nursing school. She is headed to college, into “the world.”
But she has to make it across the country first.
When she stops in West Kootenai, at the home of a lapsed
Amish friend from her youth, Rebecca finds a lot more in Montana than she had bargained for---namely
a handsome working man named Caleb Hooley.
Caleb is at a crossroads of his own. A daredevil bachelor
with high standards, he has decided he’ll never find an Amish woman who can
quench his thirst for adventure. Needless to say, the pretty Amish girl who has
fled her community in secret catches his attention immediately.
As hearts are opened and secrets are revealed, Rebecca and
Caleb find they have much more in common than just their Amish background. But
can this runaway find love with a risk-taker who has lost his faith in God? All
it will take is one week in the wilderness to find out . . .
THE KISSING BRIDGE is the third book in Ms. Goyer's Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series. I hope this won't be the last book in the series, but as it as been shared, the publisher has discontinued the series due to bad sales. That is sad news for Amish fans.
I enjoyed reading THE KISSING BRIDGE and getting to know Caleb and Rebecca, though it took me awhile to learn to like them. Caleb lied to Rebecca right away, and then both Rebecca and Marianna got upset with each other for withholding secrets. It was nice to catch up with Marianna and Ben from the first book in the series.
By the end of this engaging story I was cheering Caleb and Rebecca on and wondered how they would settle the one huge obstacle in their path (there were plenty of small ones too.) Fans will want to read the first two books in the series, The Memory Jar and The Promise Box, and write to the publisher to beg for the rest in the series. A good book, recommended. 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5. $14.99. 290 pages.
THE KISSING BRIDGE is the third book in Ms. Goyer's Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series. I hope this won't be the last book in the series, but as it as been shared, the publisher has discontinued the series due to bad sales. That is sad news for Amish fans.
I enjoyed reading THE KISSING BRIDGE and getting to know Caleb and Rebecca, though it took me awhile to learn to like them. Caleb lied to Rebecca right away, and then both Rebecca and Marianna got upset with each other for withholding secrets. It was nice to catch up with Marianna and Ben from the first book in the series.
By the end of this engaging story I was cheering Caleb and Rebecca on and wondered how they would settle the one huge obstacle in their path (there were plenty of small ones too.) Fans will want to read the first two books in the series, The Memory Jar and The Promise Box, and write to the publisher to beg for the rest in the series. A good book, recommended. 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5. $14.99. 290 pages.
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