A year ago he left without a word. Now he's back — and he isn't the only one asking for her future.
Lena was born to the Landing, and she has a dream the size of the whole Gulf sky: a little bakery of her own, right here in the village she loves. She's never said it out loud. Wanting, in Lena's experience, is what other people get to do.
Then the autumn coach brings the snowbirds home — and Aaron Lapp steps off it. A year ago he worked the dock rebuild and left in the spring with empty hands and no right to ask her to wait. He spent every month since earning a trade good enough to come back worthy. But he's too late to be the only one: steady, decent Reuben Stutzman has been courting Lena all summer, and everyone agrees he's the sensible match.
Caught between the boy who came back and the man who never left, Lena has to decide the one thing she's never let herself believe she's allowed to — that the life she wants is hers to choose.
A tender, closed-door coastal Amish romance about first love, a triangle, and the courage to want your own life. A complete standalone with a heart-warming happily-ever-after — read it in any season, in any order.
Genre: Inspirational
Lena was born to the Landing, and she has a dream the size of the whole Gulf sky: a little bakery of her own, right here in the village she loves. She's never said it out loud. Wanting, in Lena's experience, is what other people get to do.
Then the autumn coach brings the snowbirds home — and Aaron Lapp steps off it. A year ago he worked the dock rebuild and left in the spring with empty hands and no right to ask her to wait. He spent every month since earning a trade good enough to come back worthy. But he's too late to be the only one: steady, decent Reuben Stutzman has been courting Lena all summer, and everyone agrees he's the sensible match.
Caught between the boy who came back and the man who never left, Lena has to decide the one thing she's never let herself believe she's allowed to — that the life she wants is hers to choose.
A tender, closed-door coastal Amish romance about first love, a triangle, and the courage to want your own life. A complete standalone with a heart-warming happily-ever-after — read it in any season, in any order.
Genre: Inspirational
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