The Preacher's Son
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4.5 • 43 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this poignant new series, Patricia Johns introduces an Amish family striving to reclaim the promise of love, marriage, and community . . .
The Amish residents of Bountiful, Pennsylvania, are stunned when preacher Abe Yoder is imprisoned for fraud. For Abe’s son, Isaiah, the news cuts doubly deep. His daet’s misdeeds have cost Isaiah his family’s land and their good name. To support his sisters, he takes a job in the Glick family’s
book-binding shop, though it means working alongside a woman who has every reason to resent him. Yet his attraction to Bethany Glick’s beauty and warmth is undimmed . . .
Isaiah’s daet’s actions helped drive Bethany’s fiancé to the Englischer world, and cost her own father his savings. Their shop has need of Isaiah’s brawn and skill, but if she’s to start over after heartbreak, she needs a man she can trust. Not a Yoder. But Isaiah isn’t giving up so easily. And when Bethany faces a dilemma, there may be a way for each to find not just redemption, but a joyful new love . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Johns (Thursday's Bride) kicks off her The Infamous Amish series with a cautionary tale of dishonesty and ostracization. When preacher Abe Yoder is sentenced to prison for swindling people out of their money through a fake charity, his son Isaiah is left behind to shoulder the burdens of guilt and shame. After the bank repossesses Isaiah's house and land to pay for his father's crimes, Isaiah begs for work at a book bindery. The bindery owner's daughter, Bethany is struggling with her own loss: her former fiancé, Micah, broke up with her and left the Amish community. The plot thickens when Bethany discovers she is pregnant with Micah's baby and turns to Isaiah for help. Isaiah, who always secretly loved Bethany, never courted her, as his friend Micah expressed interest first. Unlike both his friend and his father, Isaiah is committed to practicing the values in which he believes, even it means suffering social ostracizing for defending Bethany. He and Bethany initially bond over their shared notoriety in the community but gradually realize they share common values and help each other learn how to forgive and trust again. Bethany and Isaiah, forced to choose between personal beliefs and societal pressures, make for empathic protagonists. Johns's fans will enjoy this complex social drama.
Customer Reviews
Great book
A sweet story with lots of struggles with life decisions