Marrying Jonah Book Review

I was excited and sad to get to the end of the series, Marrying Jonah (A Wells Landing Romance) by Amy Lillard.  I had picked this out at the beginning of the summer and not gotten to read them as quickly as I wanted with other things due back to the library and me having to return a book in the middle of the series and check it out again.  Luckily, I got to read it all from beginning to end not long after the summer was over!

Life isn’t always as simple as it seems for the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma. Neither is love. . .Everyone in town knows that Sarah Yoder is enamored with Jonah Miller, even though he’s been with his girlfriend, Lorie, for years. But all that changes when Lorie runs off with another man. Inconsolable, his faith in love shattered, Jonah resists everyone’s attempts to ease his pain—until the unexpected happens one night.  Jonah is filled with confusion. Sarah is not the woman he yearns for, yet he asks for her hand in marriage, if only out of honor. Still, he worries, can they live in harmony if their vows are built on a lie? As Sarah seeks spiritual advice, Jonah tries to look toward the future—and finally begins to see her for who she really is: A beautiful, strong-willed woman whose heart is pure and belief is true. But will it be too late for him to prove that he wants to be her husband?

I thought that this was an interesting book with a lot of emotion just like the other books in this series.  Sarah was in many of the books previously in the series and I was glad to finally get to learn more about her.  She was dealing with her whole group of friends being married off and the only person that she was interested in was in love with Lorie, someone one he couldn't have because she left the Amish to join the English world.  Jonah is living part of a life with most of his focus on his family and his farm with very little fun time with friends.  He is not ready to look for another relationship but Sarah confuses him with support on how badly he was treated by Lorie when she left.  Sarah and Jonah make a huge mistake and find their whole worlds falling down around them but you have to read it to find out what happens.  I think that you will be amazed at the drama in this small Amish women and how hard she fights.  I hope that you check out this book and all the others in the Wells Landing series.  I am sure you will love this small town and the wonderful writing.  I look forward to reading more by this author soon!!