A Harvest of Love (The Promise Glen Series)

Product Description

A determined widow and a single father learn that love is about taking chances and turning over new leaves in the quaint Amish community of Promise Glen, from national bestselling author Marta Perry.

When widowed shop owner Dinah Hershberger is unceremoniously charged with safely escorting an infant to his uncle, she finds herself torn. Jacob Miller is everything Dinah could want in a partner–he’s kind, handsome, strong–and nothing she can ever have. As much as she yearns to help the new family adjust, each minute Dinah spends with Jacob and the baby leaves her heart more vulnerable and her head more certain that the secret she hides makes a future with the Miller men impossible.

Jacob has long admired Dinah for her strength and independence, but it’s her generosity of spirit that tempts him like never before. With Dinah at his side, Jacob opens himself up to the daunting new world of fatherhood, but how can he pursue his feelings for her when his life is in such disarray? After the disappointments of her first marriage, she deserves better than what Jacob can offer.

But love has a surprise in store for these two troubled hearts, and happiness is within reach if only they can grasp it, making Promise Glen their own promised land.

Review

Praise for A Harvest of Love”Through lovingly detailed characterization, Perry crafts a tale of hope built on a solid foundation of family unity. Amish romance fans will find this hits the spot.”—
Publishers Weekly

Praise for the novels of Marta Perry

“What a joy it is to read Marta Perry’s novels!…Everything a reader could want—strong, well-defined characters; beautiful, realistic settings; and a thought-provoking plot. Readers of Amish fiction will surely be waiting anxiously for her next book.”—Shelley Shepard Gray,
New York Times bestselling author of the Sisters of the Heart series

“A born storyteller, Marta Perry skillfully weaves the past and present in a heart-stirring tale of love and forgiveness.”—Susan Meissner, author of
As Bright as Heaven

“Sure to appeal to fans of Beverly Lewis.”—
Library Journal

“Perry carefully balances the traditional life of the Amish with the contemporary world in an accessible, intriguing fashion.”—
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Perry crafts characters with compassion, yet with insecurities that make them relatable.”—
RT Book Reviews

About the Author

Marta Perry is the author of more than seventy inspirational romance novels, including the Promise Glen series, the Pleasant Valley series, and the Keepers of the Promise trilogy.

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Chapter One
 
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Dinah Hershberger came to the end of the early-morning rush at her bakery and coffee shop and let out a breath. She’d hoped to keep the shop going after her husband’s death, needing the sense of purpose it gave her. But if the bakery continued to be this busy, she would need some help.
 
Adding three tables and coffee service seemed to have made the difference. Most of the small community of Promise Glen seemed to stop by for morning coffee and one of her baked treats. Maybe her younger sister, Lovina, would be willing to work a few hours a week. The thought made her smile. Lovina would liven up the mornings-that was certain sure.
 
Brushing off the white apron that protected the black dress she’d worn during the two years since Aaron’s death, she headed for the pantry at the rear of the shop. She’d need a few more muffin tins if she were to use up the abundance of zucchini from the garden in zucchini-nut muffins. They were popular even with customers who’d never touch a zucchini any other way.
 
The pans she wanted proved to be on a high shelf. Standing on tiptoe to reach them, she managed to lose her grip and send the whole stack clattering to the floor, and her breath caught. Not because of the noise-because of the memory that sprang out at her, clawing at her heart.
 
She pressed her hand against her