3*
A Simple Charity by Rosalind Lauer
Fanny Lapp is only in her twenties, but she has been widowed twice. She has a family to raise and renovations to make to an old carriage house to turn it into a birthing center, but fortunately, her Amish community is ready and willing to help. The bishop sends Zed Miller to help her out. Fanny is drawn to the kind and handsome Zed, but her husband has not even been gone a year, so she cannot act on her feelings.
Zed has just returned to his Amish roots after many years of living in the outside world, and he knows he has to prove himself to be accepted by the community. Zed finds himself falling for Fanny, but he knows he will have to wait on his love. When they are both tempted to act on their feelings, they run the risk of disapproval from the community.
Although this was a rather predictable storyline, I enjoyed it. I am going through a stressful time in my life right now, and "nice and easy" stories are just what I need right now. My only quibble about this book had nothing really to do with the story; it was the cover; the main character is Amish, yet it's very obvious that the woman on the cover is wearing mascara and lip gloss.
It is the 3rd book in the Lancaster Crosswords series, but it works as a stand alone story; I had read the 1st book of the series, but missed the 2nd, and I did not feel like I was "missing" anything by skipping the 2nd book.
I won a free paperback copy of this book from Library Thing.
A Simple Charity by Rosalind Lauer
Fanny Lapp is only in her twenties, but she has been widowed twice. She has a family to raise and renovations to make to an old carriage house to turn it into a birthing center, but fortunately, her Amish community is ready and willing to help. The bishop sends Zed Miller to help her out. Fanny is drawn to the kind and handsome Zed, but her husband has not even been gone a year, so she cannot act on her feelings.
Zed has just returned to his Amish roots after many years of living in the outside world, and he knows he has to prove himself to be accepted by the community. Zed finds himself falling for Fanny, but he knows he will have to wait on his love. When they are both tempted to act on their feelings, they run the risk of disapproval from the community.
Although this was a rather predictable storyline, I enjoyed it. I am going through a stressful time in my life right now, and "nice and easy" stories are just what I need right now. My only quibble about this book had nothing really to do with the story; it was the cover; the main character is Amish, yet it's very obvious that the woman on the cover is wearing mascara and lip gloss.
It is the 3rd book in the Lancaster Crosswords series, but it works as a stand alone story; I had read the 1st book of the series, but missed the 2nd, and I did not feel like I was "missing" anything by skipping the 2nd book.
I won a free paperback copy of this book from Library Thing.







