The Innkeepers Bride Book Review

I was both happy and sad to get to my last library book in the reading pile.  The Innkeeper's Bride (An Amish Brides of Birch Creek Novel) by Kathleen Fuller was the that last book.  I was happy because this book followed after the short story that I read in my last book so it was a great flow for me to get read.  In addition, I was super sad because the library was still closed during the stay at home order.  I couldn't believe that I was out of library books without the option to get anymore for at least a month.  I am glad to have a shelf of books that I haven't read yet so I need to pick up some and make myself a new pile.

With two matchmakers on the loose in the Amish community of Birch Creek, the new innkeeper doesn’t stand a chance in this sweet Amish romance.  When Selah Ropp returns to Birch Creek, she is a different person than when she left. I know I haven’t done much listening in the past, Lord, she prays. But I’m listening now. Her new friend, Cevilla Schlabach, urges her to let go of regrets and allow this to be a fresh start. Cevilla herself, though, hides a secret longing behind her weathered face.  Levi Stoll and his family spent a year transforming a large English house into a small inn. Now that they are open for business, Levi is pleased to have Selah join them as an employee—as long as his grandmother doesn’t try any matchmaking schemes on the two of them. After all, Selah seems as guarded as he feels, and the last thing he wants is for anyone to remind him of his history. With Kathleen Fuller’s trademark humor and memorable characters, The Innkeeper’s Bride reminds us that God’s grace in the present and our hope for the future is stronger than any pain of the past.

I loved reading about Selah in the last book in this series that I read and I was excited to get to know more about her.  Selah lives with her brother and new wife and wants to move out on her own.  She is trying to get a job so that she can make enough money to make rent.  The place she goes turns her down because there are no jobs but word spreads and she gets a job at the inn.  Levi is her new boss and she has a lot of feelings about him that she tries to fight them.  She jumps into being a server and a maid and works very hard.  Selah works hard to manage her depression but it makes it really hard to do everything that she is trying to do but she ends up having a panic attack.  Selah thinks that everyone is against her but starts to feel better the longer she is working at the inn.  I think that this book showed lots of growth for Selah and you have to read it so that you find out what happens.  The hardest part about this book is that I felt like it was a little rushed at the end and the resolution came up in the last few chapters and I didn't get a chance to enjoy the resolution.  I would have loves a few more chapters that I could get to feel all of the happy parts at the end. I hope that you check out this book and the rest of the series.  I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed it.