This week, the
 
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
 
is introducing
 
The Mercy
 
Bethany House (September 6, 2011)
 
by
 
Beverly Lewis
 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Beverly's first venture into adult fiction is the best-selling trilogy, The Heritage of Lancaster County, including The Shunning, a suspenseful saga of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman drawn to the modern world by secrets from her past. The book is loosely based on the author's maternal grandmother, Ada Ranck Buchwalter, who left her Old Order Mennonite upbringing to marry a Bible College student. One Amish-country newspaper claimed Beverly's work to be "a primer on Lancaster County folklore" and offers "an insider's view of Amish life."


Booksellers across the country, and around the world, have spread the word of Beverly's tender tales of Plain country life. A clerk in a Virginia bookstore wrote, "Beverly's books have a compelling freshness and spark. You just don't run across writing like that every day. I hope she'll keep writing stories about the Plain people for a long, long time."

A member of the National League of American Pen Women, as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Evangel University, Lewis has written over 80 books for children, youth, and adults, many of them award-winning. She and her husband, David, make their home in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, and spending time with their family. They are also avid musicians and fiction "book worms."

ABOUT THE BOOK  


Rose Kauffman pines for prodigal Nick Franco, the Bishop's foster son who left the Amish under a cloud of suspicion after his foster brother's death. His rebellion led to the "silencing" of their beloved Bishop. But is Nick really the rebel he appears to be? Rose's lingering feelings for her wayward friend refuse to fade, but she is frustrated that Nick won't return and make things right with the People. Nick avowed his love for Rose--but will he ever be willing to sacrifice modern life for her?


Meanwhile, Rose's older sister, Hen, is living in her parents' Dawdi Haus. Her estranged "English" husband, injured and helpless after a car accident, has reluctantly come to live with her and their young daughter during his recovery. Can their marriage recover, as well? Is there any possible middle ground between a woman reclaiming her old-fashioned Amish lifestyle and thoroughly modern man?

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Mercy, go HERE.

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My Review:

Beverly Lewis did it again.  I am a huge fan of Amish fiction and especially Beverly Lewis.  What a JOY it is to get to review her books.

In The Mercy, Beverly completes the story of Rose and her family.  As with any family, there are sad times and happy times, ups and downs, relationships that are working and relationships that need work.  She does a wonderful job of bringing their stories to life.  I sometimes want to join them on their farm, sit at their table and enjoy the wonderful food, walk the paths to neighbors houses, attend a singing, and last but not least cook with the ladies or attend a canning or quilting bee.  Oh the JOY!!  Someday I will visit the land I have read so much about in Beverly Lewis' books!!

I highly recommend this book and if you haven't read the first two in the Rose Trilogy, they are a must.  If you love Amish fiction, this is the one, if you have never read Amish fiction, you can't go wrong with any Beverly Lewis book.

Thank you CFBA for the complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Happy Reading!!
Angel

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