Best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall has just released a new book, The Scent of Cherry Blossoms. Her ability to authentically portray her characters comes from her real-life connections with Amish Mennonite and Old Order Amish families.
If you’ve read enough Amish novels, you can kind of tell which authors have a better grasp of the Amish community than others. I admit… I don’t read many books in the Amish genre but Cindy is an author that I have enjoyed in the past because of her realistic depictions of Amish life.
Here’s what her new book is about… (and doesn’t it have a lovely cover?)
Annie Martin is a young Old Order Mennonite woman who has moved in with her grandfather after a disagreement with her mother. She helps out at Zook’s Diner, a place he co-owns with the Zooks, an Old Order Amish family. Annie grows to care for the widowed Ellen Zook and her adult sons. Roman is outgoing, well liked, and wheelchair bound, and Aden is gentle, considerate, and quiet, but when he does speak, he stutters. Each man fills the physical gap missing in the other one’s life – until Annie steals one’s heart.
Ellen, the young men’s mother, feels powerless as romance takes root. Marriage between a Mennonite and an Amish is forbidden, and one son is willing to lie to end the romance. Packing even more heartache for Ellen is watching the bond between her twin sons be torn apart. What will happen to the Zook family if this romance continues? Can love find a way?
I confess… I had plans to do a giveaway today. Cindy sent us a fun item to give away but I forgot to get her new book to go with it! So… The books are on their way and hopefully we’ll do the giveaway next week.
Read something good this weekend!
I love all her books. You'll enjoy them if you like YA on the lighter side with humor and heart.