This is a sweet story told from many perspectives. The main characters are Grace and Seth, but the author often switches suddenly to five or six others. It's not a writing style I enjoy, but it did bring more attention to the secondary cast. The abuse Grace suffered from her first husband was heartbreaking, and she had quite a bit of healing to do. The villain of her brother-in-law was creepy and provided the impetus for her to marry Seth before she was ready. I felt unsatisfied that the will was such an issue and the bother-in-law had plans to work around it, but then the actions never came to fruition and the resolution of his plot line was tied up too neatly and quickly to seem realistic. I enjoyed Seth's personality the most, and how patient and encouraging he was with Grace. She had a whole new support system with her sister, friend Alice from her hometown, and new extended family members. Grace also spends time trying to befriend an angry young woman but I was confused when nothing really came of it. Grace's son Abel is autistic and it was interesting to see how he interacted with the community and they with him.

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Grace Raber is being asked to marry her family's neighbor, Silas Beiler, in order to save the family's farm. Silas was a hard man and held Grace to higher standards than the Amish community would. After nine years, Silas passed away suddenly, so Grace and her son, Abel, moved to Pennsylvania. Seth Wyse lives on the farm next door and wants to court Grace and her son. When Silas' brother, Tobias, shows up with the paperwork that would force Grace to marry him so he would have control of her and her son. Seth hears this and offers to marry Grace and protect her from Tobias schemes.

From a marriage with one-sided love, to interference from Grace's brother-in-law, to raising an autistic son, to overcoming emotional and physical abuse from her first husband, Grace has a lot to overcome. Kelly Long has written a deeply satisfying book about the Amish and about falling in love. The problems are the resolution of the issues with Tobias that seem to be a bit tritely handled, and the discussion about Abel's autism. I cannot find any information where autism can be caused by physical injury during pregnancy. That's not to say it's not true, I am just saying I can't find that information.

Still in all, this is a five star book, two thumbs up, and a good friend to see you through the tough times.

My thanks to Thomas Nelson for allowing me to read and review this book.