This is the second book in Marta Perry's Pleasant Valley series about Rachel, a widow. She struggles to keep her farm and build her garden and its related business. Who is trying to sabotage her efforts? Good mystery to this book and a good story as well. Although this is part of the Pleasant Valley series, you can read one without reading the others. It was great to see Leah from the previous book in this as well and to see what has happened in her life since her book. To understand all of the characters better, you should read the other books. I like how Marta Perry introduces the next book's character in the previous book. This is the 2nd "series" of Amish books I've read (the other being Beth Wiseman's Daughters of the Promise) and I find them very refreshing and heartwarming. Sure they are predictable, you know the main characters will finally admit their love for each other and live happily ever after, but how they get there is what makes the stories so heartwarming. In this story, Rachel's husband died in a horrible accident which his best friend survived. Rachel is determined to save the family farm for her children although she is pressured to sell it and move in with her parents. Both Rachel and her husband's former best friend both have grief to overcome but find they have far more in common than just their grief.
awsome author... had a hard time putting the book down.
—meghan
lovely story and great character development. ....
—erstraub
couldn't even finish it, boring and predictable
—yenike
Nice easy read. Sweet stories in this series.
—kemi
