Book Description
The teacher next door could be the mother they need…
Will she return to her old life…or risk everything to build a new one?
Taking a schoolteacher position in another district is just the change Amish spinster Eva Coblentz needs. And with her new neighbor, blacksmith Willis Gingrich, struggling to raise his three orphaned siblings, Eva is determined to help them heal. But when her relatives insist she come home, Eva must choose between the life she left…and the one she’s growing to love.
My thoughts:
The Amish Teacher's Dilemma by Ms. Patricia Davids is the third book in her North Country Amish series but can easily be read as a standalone. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel although I have not read the first two books.
Eva Coblentz is instantly likeable, she's excited to teach in a newly formed school in Maine and I can't say I blamed her for wanting to move into her own home and to make a new life for herself at the age of 30.
Willis Gingrich is her neighbor, a blacksmith who is raising his younger siblings and boy does he have his hands full with his blacksmith business, keeping up with the children, cooking and all of the household chores.
The children in the story add quite a bit of humor, especially Maddie an adorable 6 year old with an imaginary friend that kept me smiling every time she/they made an appearance.
I was upset by Eva's brother asking her to come home to, to give up her job, her friends and the community she had grown to love. She has some difficult decisions to make but through prayer and faith she is able to find peace in her choice and be where she was always meant to be.
Overall, I thought this novel was very well written with characters that came to life before my eyes which made me think like I saw what they saw and I almost hear their conversations. This novel is one that I highly recommend and can be read by readers of all ages.
My thanks to the publisher for an e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
Meet the author
USA TODAY best-selling author Patricia Davids was born and raised in Kansas.
After forty years as an NICU nurse, Pat switched careers to become an inspirational writer. She enjoys spending time with her daughter and grandchildren, traveling and playing fetch with her dogs, who think fetch should be a twenty-four hour a day game.
After forty years as an NICU nurse, Pat switched careers to become an inspirational writer. She enjoys spending time with her daughter and grandchildren, traveling and playing fetch with her dogs, who think fetch should be a twenty-four hour a day game.
When not on the road or throwing a ball, Pat is happily dreaming up new stories.
Author Q&A, THE AMISH TEACHER’S DILEMMA by Patricia Davids
1. Did you always want to write romance novels?
A: I knew when I was in high school that I wanted to write a love story. I started one set in war-
torn France in WWII but never finished it. I think I had two chapters completed (those poor
young lovers are stuck forever in the bombed-out ruins of a church hiding from the Nazis, but at
least they are together). After that, I got caught up in life: dating, college, nurses training,
marriage, motherhood and a nursing career. Sometime during those years, I fell in love with
romance stories, but I read everything; Si-Fi, westerns, mysteries, not horror but some crime
dramas and the cereal box if I had nothing else. When our daughter was grown and left home, I
told my husband I wanted to write a book. I wanted to write a romance novel like the ones I
enjoyed reading. He said I’d be good at it. As it turned out, he was right. I love happily-ever-after
endings.
2. Share in your own words what it means to experience That Harlequin Feeling?
A: Reading a Harlequin isn’t just about, “Will the couple fall in love?” You know they will. It’s a
romance novel. Duh. The joy of reading a Harlequin is getting a front-row seat to the journey of
two people finding out they are perfect for each other when they first thought they were not.
The highs, the lows, the ahh—that was so sweet moments, the what-a-hunk scene, the you-go-
girl cheering, every emotion the reader gets to live right along with the characters. The best part
is closing the book feeling satisfied that love was the right answer all along.
3. Can you share a recent book you have read that you would like to recommend?
A: I recently read Their Amish Reunion by Lenora Worth. I highly recommend it. Even if you think
Amish romances
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