The Promise of Palm Grove by Shelley Shepard Gray ~ Nighttime Reading Center

February 5, 2015

The Promise of Palm Grove by Shelley Shepard Gray

Book Title: The Promise of Palm Grove
Author: Shelley Shepard Gray
Genres: Amish, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Adult
Publisher: Avon Inspire
Published: January 27, 2015 (288 Pages, Paperback)
Series: Amish Brides of Pinecraft #1
Disclaimer: I received this book from edelweiss, Litfuse for an honesty review
Description: A young Amish woman finds herself torn between the man she's pledged to wed and the man her heart desires in this heartwarming story of chance, duty, and choice in the face of love--the first volume in beloved New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray's new Amish Brides of Pinecraft series

Amish bride-to-be Leona is thrilled to be in Florida, on a mini vacation in the pretty town of Pinecraft. Her girlfriends think she's happy because she's away from the stress of wedding planning. They have no idea that Leona's real joy is in being away from her fiance.

Edmund is a good man and will make a decent husband . . . just not for Leona. The more time she spends with him and his overbearing ways, the less she wants to be his wife. Her cousins are sure Edmund is the right man for her--and their certainty makes Leona begin to doubt herself. But when a chance encounter with a wayward cat brings her face-to-face with a handsome, fun-loving Amish man named Zachary Kaufmann, Leona's faced with two vastly different futures.

Leona must decide: Should she follow the path set out before her? Or take a chance with only the promise of what could be to guide her?

This book it really a good book. I just won a copy for a review and did finally complete it. I did read most of the book. I liked the fact it somewhat different then other Amish book. Edmund is a little bully and wants his own way.

Leona has been doubting herself about her marriage or engagement to Edmund. She does not know how to tell her friends about it. On the first day in Florida they meet up with Zachary and his friends Danny. They are trying to catch a cat for his neighbor.

The girls follow and see them all laughing. The cat goes over to Leona. She able to pick up the cat. Things start to get some action and friendships. Does Leona break it up with Edmund or does she stay with him? Leona must decide to choose her path for a future she wants or what god wants of her. Leona needs to make a choice.