Loved reading this book. Amazing story and the characters lend to the charm of this book. I would highly recommend this book. You would not be disappointed.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is well written and the characters are described well. This book is about a tight knit Amish community. It will keep your attention. I enjoyed Bethany and Isaiah's characters. It talks about the love of a family. It is a sad but good book. I would recommend reading this book to anyone and everyone. This book is in stores for $8.99 (USD).

The Preacher’s Son by author Patricia Johns is a Christian Amish Romance. It is Book 1 in the author’s Infamous Amish Series. It begins deep in drama, but it is easy to follow. I was immediately hooked! The story was unique and grabbed my attention. This was definitely a page-turner.

This is the tale of Isaiah Yoder. His father Abe has been imprisoned for fraud. Since then, many young people have left the community. Isaiah is trying to repair the damage done. It is also the story of his friend Bethany Gluck. She is keeping a secret and needs help.

The characters are well developed and inviting. This book has many life and spiritual lessons. It is extremely well written and realistic. I highly recommend it. It gets a 5 star rating from me. I received a copy from Net Galley, but these are my honest words.

This is an Amish Fiction/Slow Burn Clean Romance, and this is the first book in the Infamous Amish series. In this book you are dropped in the middle of the first part of the drama, but I did not feel lost. I really enjoyed reading this book, and it is not like the Amish books out there. This book shows the young members of the Amish leaving because of what the past Preacher did. I am so glad I read this book. The characters where well developed, and the storyline/plot was great. This book is fast pace and it is full of drama that is done really well. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Zebra Books) or author (Patricia Johns) via NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

The Preachers Son by Patricia Johns is the first book in The Infamous Amish Series
This book will renew your faith and remind you that even in the darkest of times, when you have lost everything and your down so low that you have to humble yourself to what’s really important in life or should I say keep reminding yourself of the person you want to be in the face of such adversity.
You will see that the characters in this book Bethany Glick and Isaiah Yoder face many difficult times and although they live in a community that they both love and want to build a life sometimes it’s not as easy as our young self once thought. Can these two young people forge their way through or will life get in the way of a happy ending, can a community really solve their problems and pull together or do they hurt more than they help? Where do you turn when what you thought your whole life was one way and then you find out it’s totally different? Can God be the answer?
With each turn of the page you will be wrapped around these characters storyline and pulling for them
This is a page turner for sure and I’m sure you will enjoy it as I did I’m really looking forward to book 2
This really does renew your faith in what the meaning of hope, honesty, and true love look like.
Great read.

The Preacher’s Son by Patricia Johns is the first book in The Infamous Amish series. I thought The Preacher’s Son was well-written with developed characters. I enjoyed the unique storyline. The story moved along at a quick pace with drama, heartache, romance, sorrow, and shame. In the beginning, I did feel like I had been dropped into the middle of an intriguing drama. The details are soon provided. I think a prologue would have helped. The Preacher’s Son is an emotional story (have a hankie handy). Isaiah is the preacher’s son who dreamed of becoming a preacher himself one day. He lost everything thanks to his charismatic father: his reputation, the family farm, a home, money, stability, the trust of the community, and one of his sisters. Lovina Yoder left Bountiful because she could not handle the shame related to her father’s crime. Bethany Glick was looking forward to her upcoming wedding to Micah when he jumped the fence. Her father lost money to Abe Yoder’s scheme which puts off his retirement and he lost an employee when Micah left. Bethany finds herself in a dilemma with no fiancé or wedding. I felt bad for Isaiah who trusted his father. He is determined to stay in Bountiful and provide for his sisters (Elizabeth is still with him and he hopes that Lovina will return). I liked the information on bookbinding. It was presented in an easy-to-understand manner and it was interesting. I devoured this engaging Amish novel in just a couple of hours. I enjoyed the ending and appreciated the epilogue that nicely wrapped it up. I am looking forward to reading The Preacher’s Daughter which gives us Elizabeth’s story. The Preacher’s Son is an appealing Amish novel with shattered trust, a missing sister, a fence jumping fiancé, a sympathetic bishop, and a sticky wicket of a situation.

The Preacher's Son begins The Infamous Amish series by Patricia Johns. I thought it was great. Four and a half stars.

This was a wonderful story! This showed how the effects of mistakes we make can have lasting ripple effects for all of those in our lives. Isaiah showed true grit when he was determined to stay and earn the trust and respect of his community when it would have been far easier to leave and start fresh elsewhere. Many of the teens left as a result of the dishonesty of Isaiahs highly trusted charismatic bishop father.

Ms Johns did a beautiful job of showing a community struggling to forgive, and for a son (who himself was a victim) to earn and receive true redemption. I am so glad I was chosen to read this story! I loved how hard it was to guess each occurrence thru the book! The characters were beautifully and fully developed. The detail was very well done.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Kensington Books through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

When Abe Yoder goes to jail for fraud, his son Isaiah and family are left to pick up the pieces. With the loss of their home and reputation, Isaiah must find a way to support his sister's. Taking the job at a book binding business puts Isaiah in close contact with a woman who resents his very existence. Bethany's fiance leaves the Amish for the English world due to Abe's actions. Her father lost a fortune as well. Will Isaiah be able to overcome the sins of his father? Will Bethany be able to forgive Isaiah for what his father did? I love how this story brings about forgiveness and love. It shows that sometimes giving grace is better than staying bitter. I received a copy through Netgalley. A review was not required.

This is an amazing start to Patricia Johns’’s new series, “The Infamous Amish”. She is one of my favorite authors. This book is not a typical Amish book. The characters have many problems that you don’t normally see in Amish books. Isaiah’s father is a preacher and he steals money from the people in his community. His son and daughters are left behind to pick up the pieces. Then we have Bethany who has a situation that is not normally covered in Amish books. I was rooting for Isaiah and Bethany the whole book. You will not put this down because You will want to see how this story ends.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Kensington Books through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

A beautifully written Amish romance. I loved the plot and character dynamics. Fans of Amish romance will enjoy this book. I received an advance ebook from the publisher and Netgalley and this is my unbiased review.

I was very impressed with this story. It was quite different from most Amish romances. The pain and embarrassment felt by Isaiah and his family due to his father's incarceration was felt throughout the community. Isaiah wanted to make things right but he had to deal with a lot of anger and mistrust. He also worked with Bethany, whose boyfriend left the Amish due to Isaiah's dad. It is a story of faith, forgiveness, and redemption that takes patience and persistence to overcome past mistakes to pave the way for a brighter future.

This was a good story. The characters and their conflicts sounded real and overall story arc made sense and was well written. The end was no great surprise but it worked really well and came from the best decision that could be made in the situation.

I’ve been reading some Amish fiction books to try to understand the phenomenon that is Amish fiction. I haven’t come to a conclusion yet but the setting can make for good stories based on internal conflict.

I really liked that the main characters worked in a book bindery (and I really want to go see how one works in real life) and although some of the details don’t match with the Amish life described in other books I’ve read (someone prayed loudly before a meal and the little girl didn’t wear a kapp) I forgot about it most of the time.

4 stars
The Preacher's Son by Patricia Johns
This book is by far the most unique Amish book I have ever read. Bethany and Isaiah face real issues and dilemmas and have to decide if the restrictions of their Amish community are really worth the issues they both faith by staying within their community.
I really enjoyed this book and the different aspect of the problems within an Amish community but also an honest portrayal of the benefits as well.
The only issue I had with this book is the timing unless the whole book was based over just a few days, the timing does not work.
However, the timing issue is easy enough to overlook as the characters and the story is so good. I highly recommend!




I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and Netgalley.

This is book 1 in The Infamous Amish series. I had not noticed the series name, so the book was a surprise to me, as there are some serious topics addressed in this book that are not normally associated with Amish romance. The two central characters are Isaiah Yoder and Bethany Glick.

Isaiah's father was a preacher whose business dealings with the wrong people led to him being convicted of fraud. His victims included members of his own congregation and others in their community. His family was disgraced and lost everything they owned, including the family farm that was their home and their livelihood. Isaiah, formerly a respected member of the community, finds himself both homeless and jobless, and his family broken up. No one will hire him until Mr. Glick (Bethany's father) offers him a job in his bookbinder shop.

Bethany works in her dad's shop. A position was open because the man she intended to marry was leaving their community. His faith in their way of life had been shaken by the damage inflicted by Isaiah's father. Bethany had expected to marry him soon. She was devastated that he was leaving their Amish community, and her.

One part of the book that I really enjoyed was learning about how books were made by hand. Isaiah and Bethany's path to each other was not easy, but this is a love story worth reading. I intend to read more in this series.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher Kensington Books for allowing me to read and review this book. All opinions here are mine.

The Preacher's Son---Isaiah Yoder is devastated by his father's actions. His name is now tied to the unscrupulous actions of his father. Once trust is lost, a name is tarnished, it is hard to go back to when all was good!! Now, Isaiah must find a way to support himself and his sisters, while trying to make his name honorable again. Isaiah is gifted with a job at the local bookbinders shop. He enjoys it, is good at it and is grateful for the chance!! One problem....the owner's daughter, Bethany Glick works with her father and she wants no part of Isaiah being employed in the shop. BUT, Bethany has a huge secret of her own. One that threatens to be her undoing. It is a causing her anxiety and she finds the only person she trusts with her secret is Isiah. This was an excellent book by an outstanding author. I have read Patricia Johns books before and this one, part of the new series, The Infamous Amish, did not disappoint. I read this in one sitting because I could not put it down and I am sure you will be as captivated as I was, reading it!

The Preacher's Son is the first for me by the author, Patricia Johns. It is book one of The Infamous Amish. It is different from most of the Amish romances I have read. This story touches on the fact the Amish are just like the English. They are human and sin along with make mistakes. Some are judgemental, some gossip, they also are faithful and forgiving.
Once I started this story, I did not want to put it down. It is well written and has a great flow. The main characters are likeable.and realistic.
I was given an ARC from Zebra via NetGalley for an honest review.

This is the first Amish romance I've read, and it was a great introduction to the genre. It was a complex and sometimes heartbreaking tale, to see how many people had been hurt by the preacher's deception. But it was also a story with a lot of healing in the aftermath, with a message that love can still com after you've lost so much.

I love how this author's mind works, as we are given an Amish man who is in jail, and the aftermath his family experiences. So many people lost money in his scams, and worse, he was a preacher.

We see first hand the damage done, as we begin the story and seeing many young people leaving their community, having lost faith, but staying and digging his heels in is Isaiah, trying to hold his head up, he is the Preacher's son, and living where so many have lost so much.

Now with their leaving many families are feeling the impact, and loss, and a young woman is more or less left at the altar, when her boyfriend leaves. Now Bethany has another problem, and we are there to see how she and her family deals with this news.

I enjoyed this page turning read, and am looking forward to the next book in this series!

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Zebra, and was not required to give a positive review.

A community was a safe place-the strength being in people who stuck together and took care of one another. But communities suffered together as well. What hurt one person hurt everyone.

Isaiah Yoder is picking up the pieces that his father Abe had thrown away. A good name, a good community and the trust of his community. Isaiah's father was the preacher of Bountiful, Pa and since his imprisonment for fraud, many young people have left the community.

Isaiah is determined to bring redemption to himself and his sisters. The first redemption he receives his a job working with his best friend's fiancé Bethany. Her father owns a book shop and has offered him a job. One of the young people that have left the community is Bethany's fiancé. Her attitude towards Isaiah is one of judgment but they soon become friends as Isaiah proves himself. The friendship takes a turn when a secret of Bethany's comes to light and Isaiah becomes not only a friend but a trusted friend.

Several insightful truths of the gospel came into light with their story. Exposing sin into the light of God's grace brings healing. The pull of this is real and this brought up very well in Bethany's plight. Both Bethany and Isaiah come into terms about what working out your salvation means in tangible ways that is refreshing and needed. Highly recommend.

A special thank you to Kensington Books and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.