52 Week Book Challenge

Well if you haven't figured out by now that I am a fan of anything Amish or Lancaster let me put it plainly....I love anything Amish or Lancaster. Knowing that, it shouldn't be a great surprise to you that when I found out that Amy Clipston wrote books four and five in the Kauffman Amish Bakery Series, I had to head out the my local library to see if they had them. Sure enough I returned with both books. The first, A Life of Joy, brings us back to Lindsay Bedford from book one. Lindsay is still living with her Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Daniel, were she and her older sister came to live after their parents were killed in a car accident. Lindsay is now 18 and is working at the family bakery. She loves the community and her life but is unsure about joining the Amish church. Her older sister, Jessica, returned to her English life shortly after arriving in Lancaster and is pressuring Lindsay to get her GED and go to college. When Jessica calls her to tell her that a close family friend from Virginia has had an accident, Lindsay decides to go to Virginia Beach to help "Aunt Trisha" while she is recovering. The question is, will the return to the English world draw her back or will she return to Lancaster and take up her place in the Amish community she has grown to love?  

In A Season of Love, Amy Clipston takes us into the Amish world of of three young women that are be baptized into the Amish faith. Now they can start courting and begin the steps towards marriage and a family of their own. While Katie's friends find love among the community, Katie isn't interested in any of the young men she has grown up with. Then one day, while working in the family bakery, she begins a conversation with Jake Yoder. Jake and Katie begin a close friendship that quickly turns into something more. The only complication is that Jake is Mennonite and Katie's father forbids her to see him. This is the final book in the series and you just have to pick it up to see what becomes of this beautifully woven love story.