This one is definitely on my TBR list. There is just something so uplifting and satisfying about Harlequin’s Love Inspired books.
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Someone to Trust
by Patricia Davids
Price: $5.99
ON-sale date: 26/01/2021
ISBN: 9781335488657
Blurb:
Some connections go beyond wordsโฆin this novel by USA TODAY bestselling author Patricia Davids. On an Amish matchmaking trip, can she avoid falling in love? Esther Burkholder has no interest in her stepmotherโs matchmaking when her family visits an Amish community in Maine. Deaf from a young age, sheโs positive a hearing man couldnโt understand the joys and trials of living in a silent world. But Gabe Fischer is certainly handsome, hardworking and brave. More importantly, he sees the real Esther. Might this Amish bachelor be her unexpected perfect match?
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Excerpt:
โIโm happy to tell you that your motherโs cousin Waneta is coming for a visit.โ
Gabe Fisher looked up from the glowing metal wheel rim he was heating in the forge as something in his fatherโs voice caught his attention. Ezekiel Fisher, or Zeke as everyone called him, wasnโt overly fond of Waneta, so why was he trying so hard to sound cheerful?
Gabe glanced around the workshop. None of his three brothers seemed to have noticed anything unusual.
Seth continued setting up the lathe to drill out a wheel hub. โThat will be nice for Mamm. She has been missing her friends back home. I know she and Waneta are close.โ
Seth was Gabeโs younger brother by fifteen minutes. They might look identical, but Seth was the most tenderhearted of the brothers. He was twenty minutes older than no-nonsense Asher, the last Fisher triplet, who was readying wooden spokes to be inserted into the finished wheel hub. Asher bore only a passing resemblance to his two older brothers. Where Gabe and Seth were both blond with blue eyes, Asher was dark-haired with their motherโs brown eyes. All three men shared the same tall, muscular frame as their father.
โIs she bringing her new husband to meet the rest of us?โ Moses asked, greasing the axle of the buggy they were repairing. At twenty he was the baby brother by four years and the one that looked the most like their mother, with his soft brown curls and engaging grin. He was the only one who hadnโt yet joined their Amish church. He was still enjoying his rumspringa, the โrunning aroundโ years most Amish youths were allowed before making their decision to be baptized.
โThis isnโt the best time for a visit,โ Asher said, expressing exactly what Gabe had been thinking.
โApparently your mother and Waneta have been planning this for ages, but she only told me last night. She wanted it to be a surprise for you boys.โ
Asherโs brow furrowed. โWhy?โ
โYou know Waneta. She likes to surprise folks. They should be here later today.โ
Gabe continued turning the rim in the fire. Both his parents had gone to the wedding, but he and his brothers had been busy keeping the new business running. A business that didnโt look like it would support the entire family through another winter. If things didnโt improve by the end of the summer, the family would have some hard choices to make.
โThey? Her new husband is coming with her, then?โ Seth said.
Gabe glanced at his father and saw him draw a deep breath. โHe isnโt, but his children are.โ
Seth finally seemed to notice their fatherโs unease and stopped working. โHow many children?โ
โFive.โย
โThe house will be lively with that many kinder underfoot,โ Moses said. โHow old are they?โ
โThe youngest is ten. The others are closer to your ages,โ Daed said, keeping his eyes averted.
Seth, Asher and Gabe exchanged knowing looks. They shared a close connection that didnโt always require words.
Asherโs lips thinned as he pinned his gaze on his father. โWould they happen to be maydels close to our age?โ
Their father didnโt answer.
โDaed?โ the triplets said together. Moses stopped what he was doing and gave them a puzzled look.
Their father cleared his throat. โI believe your mother said they are between twenty and twenty-five. Modest, dutiful daughters, as Waneta described them.โ
โCourting age,โ Moses said with a grin.
โMarriageable age.โ Seth shook his head. โI donโt have any interest in courting until we are sure our business will survive.โ
Gabe crossed his arms over his chest. โHas Mamm taken to importing possible brides for us now?โ
There was a lack of unmarried Amish women in their new community in northern Maine, but that didnโt bother Gabe. Like Seth, his focus was on improving the familyโs buggy-making and wheel-repair business while expanding the harness-making and leather goods shop he ran next door.
โTell Mamm we can find our own wives,โ Asher said.
โWhen we are ready,โ Seth added.
Daed scowled at all the brothers. โThat kind of talk is exactly why your mother was worried about sharing this news. She wants you boys to be polite to Wanetaโs new stepdaughters and nothing more. Show them a nice time while they are here. No one is talking about marriage.โ
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Author Info:
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 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.
Website: https://patriciadavids.com/index.html
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