Spring blossoms with new life and new beginnings for the flourishing Amish community of Promise Lodge. And as a just-opened bakery sweetens the air with fresh-baked goodness, residents will find that change can be a most joyous test . . .
 
Recently widowed after twenty years of marriage, Frances Lehman is only just tasting the freedom and opportunity that her Promise Lodge friends enjoy. So shes not about to be pressured into marriage by her widowed brother-in-law, even if she and her daughter have no real means of support. Much more promising is her new friendship with Preacher Marlin Kurtz, though their respective families dont see their relationship as proper . . .
 
When Frances suffers a serious injury, shes determined to prove she can recoverand remain
independentwithout burdening Marlin. Now, with his steadfast belief in real love tested, Marlins hope is that Promise Lodges irrepressible residents can help him restore Frances's joyand that faith will show them a way to turn their fragile second chance into a blessed and abiding future together . . .
 
Praise forPromise Lodge
 
Hubbard firmly grounds the storyline in the principle of Amish grace.
Publishers Weekly
 
Hubbard writes of healing and brave new beginnings from a refreshingly feminist perspective.
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