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ABOUT THE BOOK

Title:  Breaking New Ground

Genre: Sweet, inspirational Amish romance

Authors:  Amy Clipston

Publisher: Zondervan

Book Length: Full-length novel (85,000 words)

• Includes discussion questions for the book club’s
• The third book in Amy Clipston’s Amish Legacy series
  • Book 1: Foundation of Love
  • Book 2: Building a Future
  • Book 3: Breaking New Ground (coming summer 2023)
  • Book 4: The Heart’s Shelter (coming winter 2024)

Description

Korey Bontrager and Savannah Zook are just pretending to date—but could their feelings turn into something more?

Korey Bontrager knows he’s been an immature dummkopp. When his widowed dad remarried, Korey was unwelcoming to his kindhearted stepmother. Then he became estranged from his older brother. But after fourteen months in Ohio, God called Korey back to Pennsylvania.

Easier said than done. Back home, Korey feels left behind by his family and friends, who want to see him happily married. Instead of looking for a new relationship, he finds himself spending time with Savannah Zook: the most outspoken maedel he’s ever met. She’s also confident and brave, having raised her younger brother from a young age. And she’s a natural beauty. But, hard as her friends try to convince her otherwise, she has no interest in dating. Her priority is looking out for her bullied brother.

So when Savannah suggests they pretend to date as a way to get her friends—and his family—off their backs, Korey readily agrees. Soon, he can’t imagine life without her. But could Savannah ever truly be part of his future?

Set in the faithful Amish community of Lancaster County, Breaking New Ground gives the most stubborn Bontrager a chance to redeem his story.

My Thoughts

If you enjoyed Building a Future by Amy Cliptson, you would want to read her latest in Amy Clipston’s Amish Legacy Series, Breaking New Ground.

This book was such an excellent April read, as it takes place in April and March. Breaking New Ground is Amy’s third book in her Amish Legacy Series. If you are looking for a warm, enjoyable, and simple Amish story, Amy’s novels have everything a reader of this interest would enjoy. Amy creates such wonderful characters for each of her stories, and in this latest novel, Amy continues the story and focuses on Korey Bontrager from Building a Future. Korey was not well-liked from Building a Future from being immature to his step-mom and not quite mature for a girlfriend just yet as he had a lot of wrinkles he first needed to iron out in his own life. In Breaking New Ground, Amy skillfully brings Korey back home with a new mindset that brings a fresh start and a path forward. In this story, we are also introduced to Savannah Zook and her brother Toby. These two new characters have a story of their own that, like Korey, also has loss, hurt, and betrayal. The plot of this story is very well-written, and reading how these three characters come together makes this an even more enjoyable read. Amy always seems to weave in a thread of wisdom in her stories, and this one seemed to me to be about forgiveness and softening the heart. I would be so excited to read about the youngest brother Jayden. He seems like the wisest of all the brothers and a peacekeeper. If you’ve ever read any of Amy’s previous Amish stories, you’ll likely enjoy this one. Amy has found a winning formula as this story shares many of the same elements as her previous novels, and you’ll dive into the lives of the Bontrager family.

Amy Clipston is an award-winning bestselling author and has been writing for as long as she can remember. She 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.