Books by Beth Wiseman
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review 1: I had the privilege of reading The Amish Miracle The Amish Miracle by three great authors: Beth Wiseman, Ruth Reid, and Mary Ellis. It was terrific. It takes real talent to be able to blend three different stories about three women from the same community and keep the character...
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review 1: Four short stories woven around the garden. I would not call this book hard to read or thought provokingly deep; it was however about four Amish families and friends surrounding themselves with nature and God's earth. They were not sad and all of them ended on the upside. They wi...
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review 1: Author Beth Wiseman presents an unusual take on Amish fiction. Not all Amish are perfect in their quest and desire to follow the Ordnung; not all English are presented as lesser Christians because they are not Amish. Her storylines are fresh and her characters are well develope...
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review 1: This collection of three stories was light, fluffy, romantic, and packed full of plotlines that center around emotional issues such as an (uber-chaste!) first love, or working out past issues with another family member. The stories are set in a very close, tight-knit community wh...
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review 1: Jonas was good I thought to help Kade learn the Amish ways. I really liked Kade & his son Tyler. Of course Sadie was my favorite. So glad she & Kade found each other. Tyler loved her so much it warmed your heart up. I liked how Jonas & Lizzy married, they love each other & it's n...
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review 1: I don't know why, but this book didn't seem as good as previous book by Wiseman. I read the entire Daughters of the Promise series and the book before this one in the series and I have to say this one was a disappointment. I like Katie Ann, loved her a mom and I like Eli, though ...
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review 1: A troubled young woman named Lillian escapes her unhappy, worldly life and goes to stay with her Amish grandparents whom she has seen only a few times in her life. She is very unhappy and has to make some important decisions about her life and future. There is also an Amish man n...
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review 1: Thoroughly enjoyable! What a different storyline...and I loved it. What made it interesting was the "different take" that Ms. Wiseman put on usual Amish fiction. The story about Noah - a shunned Amish man and Carley - an outsider visiting her Amish friend was completely new and...
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review 1: This is much different than most Amish romances. The female protagonist was assaulted and raped by an Amish boy before the book began (you find this out in the first chapter, so it's not really a spoiler). The male protagonist has reasons of his own to fight getting involved wi...
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review 1: Miriam Raber has dreamed all her life of marrying Saul Fisher and raising a family with him. But while Saul's feelings are mutual, he doesn't plan on staying in the Amish community; he's wanted to be a chef in a restaurant since his early teen years. But with his father strugglin...
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review 1: "Josie was just a frightened teenager when she left her baby in the care of an Old Order Amish couple in Lancaster County. Since then, seventeen years have passed and while much has changed, one thing hasn't. Josie still longs to reconnect with her daughter Linda.But Linda is una...
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review 1: An Amish Wedding tells the stories of a trio of ladies who are preparing for the upcoming nuptials of Priscilla King and Chester Lapp. Part one is A Perfect Secret by Kelly Long. Rose Bender has just accepted Luke Lantz’s proposal with apprehension. Although they have been best f...
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review 1: "The Amish Gathering" contains three novellas: "A Change of Heart" by Beth Wiseman; "When Winter Comes" by Barbara Cameron; and "A Place of His Own" by Kathleen Fuller. The stories are set in the Amish community in Paradise, Pennsylvania in Lancaster County. Each story stands on ...
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review 1: I usually pick up longer stories in novel form, but this book has been on my shelf for over a year. After visiting an Amish community last month, my teenage daughters are fascinated with learning all they can about an simpler life, the romance of marrying early, etc. So, we che...
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review 1: I have to admit that THE HOUSE THAT LOVE BUILT harbored more secrets than I was expecting. Each time you turn around, there's another big event. I enjoyed the book and found it easy to keep turning the pages expectantly. Widow Brooke Holloway and new-to-town Owen Saunders are ...
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review 1: Lillian has not had a perfect life and she wants to make changes. Lillian is going to go to her grandparents in Lancaster County to visit and maybe stay if the Amish life is for her. Lillian's mother Sarah Jane grew up Amish but made a decision to leave the Amish Community when ...
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review 1: This book was a pleasure to read. Although it is the sixth in the Daughters of the Promise series, it can be read as a stand-alone easily. Anna and Jacob each have their own set of worries and struggles, yet as they share their burdens with each other they provide strength and su...