A Home for Lydia
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A Home for Lydia, the second book in a new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, centers again on the Plain community of Pebble Creek and the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways.
Aaron Troyer simply wants to farm like his father and grandfather before him. But instead he finds himself overseeing the family’s small group of guest cabins nestled along the banks of Pebble Creek. That also means he must work with the cabins’ housekeeper, Lydia Fisher.
Lydia is the most outspoken Amish woman Aaron has ever met, and she has strong opinions about how the guest cabins are to be run. She also desperately needs this job. Though sparks fly between boss and employee at first, when the cabins are robbed, nothing is more important to Aaron than making sure Lydia is safe.
Together they work to make the vacation property profitable, but can they find out the identity of the culprit before more damage is done? And is Lydia’s dream of a home of her own more than just a wish and a prayer?
Customer Reviews
Loved it!!
Vanetta Chapman strikes gold again! I loved this book. Part romance, part mystery, it is the story of a young man and a young woman who meet under unpleasant circumstances and seem to grate on each other's nerves. But they must learn to work together, to rehab the Plain cabins for Englisch tourists, which will provide income for Lydia's family, necessary due to her ailing father. Will Lydia and Aaron be able to overcome their differences and perhaps even become friends, or is it hopeless, and best to keep each other at arm's length? I appreciated the honesty about faith struggles - which many of us have at some time or another. This is a good reminder that Amish are real people like the rest of us, and not just plastic saints with no feelings. It was great to see the sympmathetic inclusion of a character with Tourette's Syndrome, a misunderstood and challenging disorder for the patients and their families. I hope this will encourage families of Tourette's patients, as well as informing those who are not familiar with the illness. I am now eager to read other books in the Pebble Creek series.