All three novels from bestselling author Kathleen Fuller’s Amish Brides of Birch Creek series together in one collection.
The Teacher's Bride
When an accident puts schoolteacher Christian out of commission, a new community member named Ruby Glick takes over his classroom. But Ruby’s exuberant teaching style clashes with Christian's careful methods and he worries his students will never be the same.
With a track record of catastrophe, Ruby always feels too clumsy, too distracted, too . . . much. Desperate for a chance to prove that she can do more than make mistakes in her life, she throws herself into her new teaching position. What she doesn’t anticipate is that Christian's heart is slowly catching up with his mind—and she, too, must decide whether to follow logic or love.
The Farmer's Bride
Martha Detweiler has a problem many Amish women her age would she’s the only single woman in a community of young men, and they’re all competing for her favor. Overwhelmed by the unwanted attention, Martha finds herself constantly fleeing from her would-be suitors.
Birch Creek’s resident matchmaker, Cevilla Schlabach, suggests a Martha and the bishop’s son, Seth Yoder, should pretend they are dating. What better way to keep the other young men away?
The Innkeeper's Bride
When Selah Ropp returns to Birch Creek, she is a different person than when she left.
Levi Stoll and his family spent a year transforming a large English house into a small inn. Now that they are open for business, Levi is pleased to have Selah join them as an employee—as long as his grandmother doesn’t try any matchmaking schemes on the two of them. After all, Selah seems as guarded as he feels, and the last thing he wants is for anyone to remind him of his history.
This trilogy is the best I’ve read in years. I think I may have read it in a week and a half. From Ruby and Chris to Martha and Seth and Selah and Levi, hilarity ensued and drama occurred. Selah reminds me of myself. I also am “clinically depressed” and get panic attacks. I’ve been lucky, a family member has always been around. I really was hoping Jackson and Meghan would find love! Jackson is a wonderful supporting character in the third book. I am jealous. I live in MA and we haven’t had a storm with anything close to 2 ft of snow in a good 10 years or more!
The characters got under my skin, and I kept reading to find out how they were going to finally admit they were in love with the person they were attracted to. I got a little frustrated with along of them along the way, however. Each of the couples had very similar reasons why they should be attracted to the other person, and each set had problems communicating.
Not great literature and it all sounds too perfect, but I do admire much about the Amish and find reading about them, especially their hospitality, sense of family and community, relaxing.