The
Kissing Bridge By Tricia Goyer Review
~About the Book~
Series: Seven Brides for Seven
Bachelors (Book 3)
On the day of her sister's death, Rebecca Troyer took her first step away from the Amish.
Rebecca had always strayed a little outside the fold—a job at an Englisch bakery, long weekends with non-Amish friends—but nothing could have prepared her family for what she is about to do: Rebecca is abandoning the community to attend nursing school. She is headed to college, into “the world.”
But she has to make it across the country first.
When she stops in West Kootenai, at the home of a lapsed Amish friend from her youth, Rebecca finds a lot more in Montana than she had bargained for—namely a handsome working man named Caleb Hooley.
Caleb is at a crossroads of his own. A daredevil bachelor with high standards, he has decided he’ll never find an Amish woman who can quench his thirst for adventure. Needless to say, the pretty Amish girl who has fled her community in secret catches his attention immediately.
As hearts are opened and secrets are revealed, Rebecca and Caleb find they have much more in common than just their Amish background. But can this runaway find love with a risk-taker who has lost his faith in God? All it will take is one week in the wilderness to find out . . .
~My Impressions~
This is the third
book in the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Series, but works well as a standalone.
The book was a little hard to get into at the beginning, but quickly picked up
pace a few chapters later. Tricia does a
marvelous job giving us great visual imagery of Montana and the countryside
that helps transport readers into the story.
Romantic does not begin
to describe this story between Rebecca and Caleb. It was one of those breath taking love stories
that you adore hearing about and cannot get enough of. The story starts off
with Rebecca leaving her Amish community in Indiana to pursue a nursing career
in Portland, Oregon. On her way to Portland she becomes sidetracked when the
Lord puts in her heart to stop and visit her dear friend in Montana, Marianna. While
there she meets Caleb, an Amish boy with a wild side and is instantly drawn to
him. Both Caleb and Rebecca are keeping secrets though that can hinder any relationship
between them, leaving both with choices that they have to make and obstacles
they will have to learn to overcome in order to have any future together.
I really enjoyed this
book and the struggles that the characters had to overcome to improve their
lives. It was a basic fork in the road story with choices and consequences that
were real and enjoyable that really brought this book to life for me.
~About the Author~
Gloria is a 59-year-old
retired RN and former accountant who has a life long love of reading. She has
spent the last two years reading every Amish novel she can get her hands
on.When not reading, Gloria spends her day trading stocks and options, tweeting
under the name of @gloriason, and expressing her gratitude to God. She
blogs at amishreader.blogspot.com.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from BookLook in exchange for my honest review and opinion which I have given.
The Kissing Bridge By Tricia Goyer Review
Book Description
In the third book in the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series,
award-winning author Tricia Goyer introduces a surprising new resident
to West Kootenai as a young woman escapes from her stifling conservative
Amish community to find a new life. Rebecca is an Amish woman whose
pained past compels her to leave everything to become a nurse—abandoning
her family and community. Caleb is an Amish man who is counting down
the days until hunting season. At a crossroads in his own life, the
excitement of hunting game is all he looks forward to. All the while he
wonders what to do with the rest of his life. Even though he likes the
Amish lifestyle, what good is an Amish man without faith in God?
An unexpected meeting pushes them together, and they embark with friends
on a two-week-long wilderness wagon journey. Hardship tears down the
flimsy walls of protection they've placed around their hearts, and as
their friendship grows they open up to each other and eventually reveal
their deepest secrets. While on the outside they appear to be
traditional Amish people, inside they both know they are anything but
that. Will their secrets pull them together or draw them apart? And will
their faith in God grow? There is a bridge to cross at the end of the
journey. Will true love take them across?
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