Wow! The description of this book makes it seem like the same tried and tested Amish fiction narratives that are sweet and work well with audiences, but it is so. much. more. There is the first plot, the one we read about in the book blurb, but there is a secondary plot occurring about halfway through the book that really propels it onto another plane and sucks the reader in even more. I'd been just about to put the book down and head to bed, but ended up pulling a late night and reading to the end! At the very last, it sets up for another book with these same characters, and I'll definitely be on the lookout to see what happens next. (No - for those of you who don't like to be left hanging, nothing is left undone. This is a standalone book, but I'm invested in the characters now...)