This is my first book to read by Patricia Johns. I really liked this book once I was able to "get into it". It took a chapter or two but once I started I really enjoyed the book. I would like to have seen a better cover that grabs a reader's attention.

Leah is a single Amish schoolteacher whose parents are both gone. She has a younger brother who has gotten himself into some gambling trouble and needs a quick way out of it before he gets hurt by the people he is indebted to. Leah is very involved with her community and has several friends. Leah was basically jilted by the man she loves because she is not able to have children. Jeb is a single man who has cut himself basically off from the world and his community because of past hurts most of which deal with his arranged marriage to his deceased wife. As a result of a clause in Jeb's friend's will, he stands to inherit a good sum of money and the farm he lives on if he gets married before the deadline. I won't say tell anymore of the storyline but it was an interesting one to say the least...one I don't think I have seen in any of my previous Amish reads.

I would like to thank Zebra and Net Galley for the advance copy of this book. I would definitely be interested in reading more books by this author This is my honest and unbiased opinion of this book.

Jeb's Wife is a tale that is heartwarming and describes a beautiful building of a relationship and the importance of trust and kindness. Both Leah and Jeb have been deeply hurt by past relationships, by people they should have been able to trust, and in Jeb's Wife, they are brought together by extenuating circumstances. Reading about the gradual developing of their appreciation for and caring for one another was beautiful and heartrending. Patricia Johns is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors in this Amish genre. She has a gift for developing her characters to make them identifiable. I highly recommend Jeb's Wife!

I loved this book! Jeb is a man badly scarred from a fire that killed his first wife. Many rumors are circling about the gruff loner in their Amish community. Leah is a woman that was rejected by her former beau, because she knows she can't bare children. He starts out as her landlord, but because of her brother, she needs a lot of money. He needs a wife to satisfy his uncle's will to inherit the farm. So they agree to a marriage of convenience. Except it becomes very inconvenient when their feeling get involved. Very romantic story, well written, this will be in my favorites list from here on out! I'll enjoy reading this over and over again!