A SEAT BY THE HEARTH book review

A Seat by the Hearth
by Amy Clipston
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Book Description:
Priscilla Allgyer knows she cannot leave the past behind. But can love lead her toward the promise of healing? 

Priscilla Allgyer left the community to escape the expectations of Amish life. Now, years later, she is forced to return—along with her six-year-old son—to the place she thought she’d left behind forever. Though once estranged from her family, Priscilla is welcomed by her mother, but her father is cold and strict. He allows Priscilla to stay with them provided she dresses plainly, confesses her sins, and agrees to marry within the community. Once again, she feels suffocated, trapped, and alone.

As Priscilla reluctantly completes her shunning, she catches the eye of Mark Riehl, a farmer with a playboy reputation. Wary of Mark, Priscilla barely gives him the time of day—while Mark, unused to being ignored by the women of Bird-in-Hand, won’t give up the pursuit of her friendship. Priscilla desperately needs a friend in Mark, even if she doesn’t realize it—and after Priscilla’s father and the bishop catch her and Mark in a compromising situation, their relationship becomes more complicated than ever.

As affection quietly grows between them, Priscilla struggles to open her heart and reveal the painful secrets of her past. As Mark works to earn her good faith, can they both learn the hard lessons of love and trust? And can two friends discover a happiness that only God himself could have designed? The third book in the Amish Homestead series, A Seat by the Hearth invites us back to the Lancaster community where friendships are forged and love overcomes all.

MY BOOK REVIEW: 
 5 stars ***** (5/5)
This is a really sweet book about an Amish family welcoming home a shunned daughter, along with her young son.   Shunning is serious business among the Amish, even though they claim to freely practice forgiveness, it is sometimes hard to find for those within the Amish faith.   Priscilla is trying to return home amidst crisis in her life in the Englisch world and an abusive marriage.  Will she be allowed to find happiness among those she once considered family or will a harsh father and unforgiveness drive her away once again?  Can she find love in a marriage of convenience or is that even the answer to her troubles?
             I highly recommend this book to readers of Amish fiction and Christian romance.
             I received a digital version of this book from netgalley and Zondervan Publishing in exchange for my honest review.  I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are my own.  

About the Author:
Amy Clipston

Amy Clipston is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Amish Heirloom series and the Kauffman Amish Bakery series.  She has sold more than one million books.  Her novels have hit multiple bestseller lists.   
Amy holds a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan University and words full-time for the city of Charlotte, NC.  Amy lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, mom and three spoiled rotten cats.

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