Mercy Schantz, a nearly twenty-one-year-old Minnesota Amish woman, cares for her younger siblings in the home of her widowed father. It appears this may be her future until she overhears her best friend’s widowed father tell her daed he’d like to remarry and wonders if a young woman like Mercy might consider him. Her dad asks her if she has any interest. She wonders what Amish society expects. What does God require? What is her duty? Can she follow her heart?
After Mercy’s dangerous blizzard buggy accident, when Caleb, an almost eighteen-year-old community member, rescues her and her younger brother, she discounts him because he is young.
She longs to do something significant with her life but struggles with what may be her God-given duty. After that same brother is in a serious accident, Mercy stays in town to learn and bring home basic medical care and finds she has a dream of her own.
Will Mercy trust God for guidance and the conviction to pursue the meaningful life she longs for? Will tradition and obligation restrict her? Or can she follow her heart?
Genre: Romance
After Mercy’s dangerous blizzard buggy accident, when Caleb, an almost eighteen-year-old community member, rescues her and her younger brother, she discounts him because he is young.
She longs to do something significant with her life but struggles with what may be her God-given duty. After that same brother is in a serious accident, Mercy stays in town to learn and bring home basic medical care and finds she has a dream of her own.
Will Mercy trust God for guidance and the conviction to pursue the meaningful life she longs for? Will tradition and obligation restrict her? Or can she follow her heart?
Genre: Romance
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