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About the Book

Title:  An Amish Barn Raising: Three Stories

Genre: Amish Fiction/Amish Romance

Release Date:  April 6, 2021

Authors:  Amy Clipston, Kelly Irvin, Kathleen Fuller

Publisher: Zondervan

Authors Description

From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories centered around Amish traditions and the possibility of romance.

Building a Dream by Amy Clipston

Though they’ve known each other a long time, Kathryn and Anthony have finally decided to try becoming more than friends—but they are devastated when Kathryn’s father won’t allow them to date. He wants his daughter to marry a man with a more respectable job than building gazebos for Englishers. But when Kathryn’s father’s dairy barn burns down during a thunderstorm, Anthony is the one to arrange a barn raising. Will Kathryn’s father realize he has misjudged Anthony?

To Raise a Home by Kelly Irvin

A year after the wildfires, life has returned to normal for the West Kootenai Amish community. Evan Eicher, son of Deacon Tobias Eicher, has done his best to move on too. Helping his neighbors and friends rebuild has helped soothe a heartbroken when Delilah Mast—the woman he loves but never dared to approach—moved with her family back to Kansas. At his father’s urging, he courts Anna Burkholder, a sweet woman who adores him. But when Delilah moves back to teach school, Evan must wrestle with feelings he’s tried so hard to put in the past. An accident at a barn raising will force Anna, Delilah, and Evan to face the truth about their hearts.

Love’s Solid Foundation by Kathleen Fuller

Devon Bontrager only returned to his old hometown to make good on a past misdeed. He hadn’t counted on reconnecting with Nettie Yoder, especially since she strung along his younger twin brothers some years ago. Nettie knows she’s made some mistakes in the past, but she’s determined to be an asset to her community from now on. But just as she’s making headway, her family’s barn burns to the ground. Why does it seem like God is punishing her family when she’s finally starting to turn her life around? Can she convince Devon that she has changed? Can Devon trust the woman who broke his brothers’ hearts?

My Thoughts 

An Amish Barn Raising is a pleasant novella collection featuring three stories by Amy Clipston, Kelly Irvin, and Kathleen Fuller. Each story is so beautifully written and so richly detailed you can visualize the stories unfold as you read as if you were right there.

Throughout each story, there is a theme woven in of love, second chances, and of course barn raising to hold your suspense. While the focus is not so much on the barn raising itself in these novellas, at its heart the barn raisings seem to present the hub of each story. The barn raisings are where we see understandings and love brought to light, almost metaphoric as each character rebuilds their lives with a second chance.

If you enjoy Amish romance then this book is certainly a cozy and uplifting read that you will enjoy beginning to end.

About the Authors 

Amy Clipston is an award-winning bestselling author and has been writing for as long as she can remember. She’s sold more than one million books, and her fiction writing “career” began in elementary school when she and a close friend wrote and shared silly stories. She has a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan University and is a member of the Authors Guild, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Romance Writers of America. Amy works full-time for the City of Charlotte, NC, and lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, mother, and five spoiled rotten cats. Read more about Amy here. 

Kelly Irvin is the author of more than a dozen Amish books. Her latest series I Every Amish Season, features recently released Through the Autumn Air as well as Beneath the Summer Sun. The first book in the series, Upon a Spring Breeze, won the 2018 Readers Choice Award from the Faith, Hope, and Love Chapter of Romance Writers of America in the long contemporary romance category. The series is published by Zondervan/HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Read more about Kelly Irving here.

With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, the Amish Letters series, the Brides of Birch Creek series, the upcoming Mail Order Brides of Birch Creek, as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. She has also contributed to numerous novella collections. Read more about Kathleen Fuller here.