The Preacher's Daughter by Patricia Johns
4 stars
The final book in this series which are able to easily be read as stand-alone books. This is a very different type of Amish book than typically written. It revolves around Solomon who left the Amish life and ended up in prison; and Elizabeth who is having a hard time dealing with her father's prison time for defrauding their community.
I loved the true emotion and problems being dealt with by Solomon and Elizabeth. I appreciate that it wasn't a pat easy answer in the book but grappled with real problems in a real way.
I love this author and her books!

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

What a wonderful book! It is well written and hooks you on the first page. It is a heartwarming romance that will keep you turning the pages. This is not your typical Amish romance, it deals with true to life problems and is full of emotions. It was an absolute joy to read. Thank you Kensington Books--Zebra via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

This is the second book in the Infamous Amish series, and yes, you can read this one alone, but the first book does play into this book
Surprising, we have yet another fellow in this small Amish Community who has been in jail, and one young woman’s who life was irreconcilable changed by her father’s actions now is falling for a convicted felon. We think how could this be happening in a community of faith, but circumstances and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
We watch as people are wary of being around him, and he begins to feel he must leave this community in order to survive, but what he didn’t plan on was having an attraction to Lizzy.
We now need people to live their faith, and offer forgiveness, can anything come from this attraction?
Answers come and surprises happen, some I never saw coming, and in the end we get some idea of how things are going to work out, and now it looks like we will be reunited with these folks and find out what will happen to those we have come to care about!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Kensington, and was not required to give a positive review.

The Preacher’s Daughter is a wonderful book. I always liked Amish themed fiction books and this is a great Amish fiction type book. Patricia Johns did a fantastic job with the book. And I like how with Amish books, God is involved in it somewhere. Overall I would recommend this book.

*Note this is a review for netgallery.com. I had gotten an advance copy of the book in order to review it for others on netgallery.com and also for my blog.

The author does not shy away from hard subjects. The second in this series has Solomon returning home after a year in prison. The struggles he has trying to fit into the community are very realistic. It was surprising that the Amish were not as supportive as expected. Readers will need to read the Preacher's Son to catch up on the back story of all the characters. Lots of life lessons in this heartfelt story. Recommended.

Another winner from Patricia Johns. The Preacher's Daughter is the 2nd book in a series and they both are so good I cannot wait for the next one. Patricia Johns books never lag, the flow of the story is so easy to read you are never left wondering about the story. I can just imagine the interaction with the families of this story, their faith and finding forgiveness for those who do wrong. This is a must read if you love Amish fiction! (like me).

Patrica Johns has given us a tremendous story about family, hardships, love and new beginnings. Thank you Kensington Books for allowing me to read this book through NetGalley.

Elizabeth Yoder’s life has totally changed since her preacher father has been sent to jail. She moves in with Bridget Lantz to help her while Bridget’s daughter-in-law is away. Elizabeth has plans to move away an start a new life in another Amish settlement until Bridget’s grandson, Solomon, returns from years with the English and a jail stay.

Is there any way these two can help each other and themselves find their way?

Read this 5-star, outstanding book when it is released, May 25, 2021.

This is the second book in the Infamous Amish Book series, but I would definately recommend book one first to get the back story for Lizzie. I love that Patricia Johns hit on a topic that you rarely hear about and that is incarceration of Amish people. In this story we focus on Lizzie and how she is dealing with the betryal and incarceration of her father. We also meet Solomon, who jumped the fence and landed himself in jail but now is out and back home. The romance in the book is slow to progress, but there are many twists and turns along the way that keeps the reader engaged.
I was provided an e-copy of this book by NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book.

This is not your normal Amish book of everyone is good, forgiving, happy Amish community.

Solomon Lantz had turned his back on his Amish upbringing, only to find himself in deep trouble in the English world when he is unknowingly part of a crime that ends with him having to serve time in prison. He is let out for good behavior, but now must learn how to live in the real world again, and what that will look like. When he returns home to the Amish community, he finds they are not forgiving, nor acceptable of having him around, therefore, he feels like he must return to the English way of life.

Elizabeth Yoder, daughter of an Amish preacher, is trying to find her way within the mistrusting Amish community after her father committed fraud with many of the church members and ends up in prison. People within the community no longer trust Elizabeth and her siblings and she feels she will never be able to have the normal Amish life of being a wife and mother. She contemplates leaving her present community and moving to another Amish community in order to start fresh and hopefully be able to find someone who will love her for who she is.

Elizabeth is helping Solomon’s grandmother and she and Solomon share their hurts and feelings with each other. Will this relationship develop into something more?

There are many characters and sub-plots in this book that makes it a riveting read. I highly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all who love to read clean Amish love stories.

I received a copy of this book from Kensington Zebra and NetGalley. The opinions expressed are my own.

In the Amish life, trust is what makes the community function, and once that is lost, what does a man have.

Solomon Lantz is on his way home from prison. No one is expecting him home. After his mother's last visit in prison, he did not anticipate a warm welcome. That is where a grandmother's love and grace comes in. With his mother gone visiting his sister, his grandmother and Lizzie Yoder reunite. The reunion is with anticipation, fear and a hope for Solomon to change. Solomon believes change for him will only come if he leaves the Amish for the English. His heart is pulled.

I loved this romance of Solomon and Lizzie. Lizzie's family is the center of the series as her siblings are recovering from their own father preacher imprisonment. He went against his flock on a fraud that left the community broken. Lizzie knows her future is bleak because of the sins of her father. Lizzie believes change for her will be in another community where no one knows her father.
Together with Solomon, she learns lessons on second chances, the meaning of the gospel, and the value of community. It was an emotional read as it cut deep and Solomon and Lizzie were vulnerable in their desires for acceptance and finding lasting love. I appreciated the lessons of how we are inclined to work for love and acceptance and how suffering makes us stronger in community.

I enjoyed every minute! One of my favorite Amish authors.

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

I ADORED this story! It’s one of those that you will walk away from and feel like you know the characters. You will insert yourself into the story and will feel like a part of it. The characters are excellent and it’s definitely not the traditional Amish story where everything is just perfect. It’s sweet and clean and all-around a great read!

In this second book of the series, Elizabeth Yoder struggles to put her life back together after her Preacher father stole money and committed fraud against members of the community and is sent to prison for his crime. Always feeling like she is an outcast and being judged based on what her father did, she begins thinking about living in a different community for a fresh start...a chance for a husband and children since the men in her community won’t even look her way. Feeling overcrowded in her brothers house, she moves in helps out an elderly lady named Bridget.

Meanwhile, Solomon Lantz, who lived among the Englishers and is Bridgets grandson, gets released from prison after being caught up in a crime with some Englishers eight years ago. Now he comes back to live with his grandmother and tries to fit back in the Amish community. He is basically an outcast and not trusted by anyone, so when he realizes how hard it’s going to be to make a living, he begins to entertain the idea of returning back to the English world.

As Solomon and Elizabeth are thrown together by living under the same roof with Bridget, they realize they have more in common now and turn to each other for strength and support.

Will Solomon convince Elizabeth to leave with him and join the English world? Will their relationship turn into more than friendship? Find out how Elizabeth adapts to the news of her father being released from prison and coming home and how prison has changed both Solomon and her dads life which has an effect on her views about the two men.

I enjoyed how the author shows that even the Amish have struggles in life such as dealing with prison, bad decisions and also the real life emotions she brings to the story. A true roller coaster of emotions based on fear, anger, distrust and even love. Once I started reading, I did not want to put the book down. The first book was The Preacher’s son that tells Elizabeth’s brother story. I hope Patricia Johns has a third book that will tell Elizabeth’s sister Lovina’s story.

I was given a copy of this book by NetGalley and the publisher for my honest opinion and review.

Solomon Lantz has just been released from prison. He returns to the Amish community he grew up in, Nobody seems to trust him enough to give him a job, nobody welcomes him back at all. Lizzie Yoder, a girl he has known through all of his school days, is staying with his grandmother while his mother is out of town. She befriends him, and he learns that her father is in prison. Their friendship grows into something more, but the situation is impossible. He isn't planning on staying Amish, especially since the English world is offering him help with work possibilities. The Amish community isn't being helpful at all. What else is he supposed to do? This was a clean and excellent story! Beautifully written!

This is the second and final book in Patricia John's min-series, The Infamous Amish. The story of the previous book continues--this one focusing on Solomon, the returned ex-convict, and Elizabeth, Isiah's sister, and daughter to Abe Yoder, the preacher who's been imprisoned for fraud. This is a unique Amish book in that there are two Amishmen who have been/are imprisoned. I really enjoyed this book and wished that there would be some more to the story. It's a clean romance, and if you enjoy Amish fiction and have read the first book, you won't want to miss it. You could read this without having read the first one, "The Preacher's Son", but you would miss a lot of the story.

I received a free e-copy of this book from #KensingtonPublishing and #NetGalley. All opinions expressed are strictly my own.

Patricia Johns continues her Infamous Amish series in this second book. Not from the one who does the crime but the family that has to handle the fall out.

The Preacher's Daughter Elizabeth. The second child of infamous Amish preacher Abe Yoder who swindled families in his community out of thousands of dollars. Elizabeth has been handling her communities distrust of her in stride. She lives with her brother but is helping an elderly woman by the name of Bridget. But knowing it will never be the same as before her father's arrest she makes plans to live in another community. That is until Bridget's grandson Solomon returns.

Solomon jumped the fence during his Rumspringa. Becoming Englisher and falling in with a bad crowd. Landing him in prison. So when he is released the only place he can return to is his grandmother's home. Where the girl he always found pretty is staying. But they will never work together.

Neither can find happiness and acceptance in a community that is wary of them. Plus, Solomon is going to stay English while Elizabeth is determined to stay with her Amish faith, Additionally, when her father returns they are facing one more person that is against their relationship.

Patricia Johns takes you through each persons feelings while not boring you with overly done laments. It is a great story that makes you want to keep turning the page.

The Preacher’s Daughter, by Patricia Johns, is the second book in her The Infamous Amish series. Solomon Lantz left his community of Bountiful, PA, to lead life as an “Englisher”. Associating with the wrong people, he landed in prison and just got released. He’s come home to figure out his next steps. When he returns, his grandmother, Brigit, is there, as well as Elizabeth “Lizzie” Yoder, a young Amish woman staying to help Brigit. Lizzie is an outcast herself now, held in low esteem in Bountiful, not for her own deeds, but because of her imprisoned father who defrauded the community.
A undeniable attraction blooms, but Solomon and Lizzie are both scared. They feel accepted and safe with one another, but is it really enough?
The Preacher’s Daughter is a warm, faith-filled page turner that you won’t want to put down.

Enjoyable novel with an excellent character-driven storyline. Real situations inspire faith as the emotions of the characters feel real and the choices made, hard or easy, resonate with the reader.

I really enjoyed this book. It was all you expect from an Amish book. Love, friendships, strong family bonds etc etc. But for Me this book differed from other amish books. Maybe it was because the author touched deeper and more emotional subjects. Thank you to netgalley for letting me read this e arc in exchange for an honest opinion

I very much enjoyed "The Preachers' Daughter" though at times there were parts of the story that made me quite sad. Patricia Johns is an extremely talented writer and weaves a multifaceted story. The relationship between Bridget and Lizzie is heartwarming, and offers Lizzie the maternal support she misses due to her mother being deceased. And the relationship between Lizzie and Solomon is extremely touching yet filled with anxiety due to the choices each is trying to make in their own lives. What troubled me is the reactions of so many in the community when Solomon was seeking forgiveness and a chance to work within the community upon his release from prison. There were so many who were unwilling to give him a second chance and to offer forgiveness. Which doesn't seem characteristic of most Amish communities. It was saddening to read of his struggles in finding his way. But this is also a demonstration of Ms. John's writing skills as she really makes the characters deep and relatable. I would definitely recommend this novel to other readers of the Amish fiction genre.