This was an excellent read and i highly recommend it.
Joseph arrives at the house he plans to buy only to find someone else living there. Mercy is not Amish and believes that she has inherited the house from her Grandfather who has recently passed away. Who will get to keep the house? Will Mercy and Joseph fall in love? what happens since they are both not Amish?

Thank you Harlequin and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book for an honest review

Jo Ann Brown has given sweet romance readers just what they want: Amish love stories don’t seem to be fad that will disappear any time soon. Readers can rest assured that books by Love Inspired will show measures of faith, and rarely ( if ever) be offensive.

Mercy Bamberger has a dream of starting a camp for city children so that they can experience farm life. When her grandfather Rudy dies she assumes that she will get his place and starts working to fix it up.



Jeremiah Stolzfus wants to move to a new Amish Community, he buys a farm sight unseen and is surprised to find a woman working the property. He discovers that the man he bought it from has died, and the sale had not been finalized so he and Mercy agree to a compromise while everything gets sorted out, and Mercy and her daughter, Sunni can stay for the time being.



I like how the situation brings Mercy and Jeremiah together, because the legal ramifications are complex, it gives them plenty of time to get to know each other. And they work together to restore the farm.



Mercy takes in another foster child, a young boy named Parker, who is hurt and angry. But Mercy still treats him with kindness and understanding, I like how Jeremiah is able to help Parker as well, and gives him jobs to do to help out.



Sunni is like her name, bright, independent, and adventurous, and she doesn't let obstacles get in her way.



I love how a mistake and unfortunate circumstances bring this family together. Mercy and Jeremiah are strong in their faith and do their best to be good examples for the young ones. A sweet story of family and love.



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Jeremiah Stoltzfus has moved lock, stock and buggy to the brand new Amish community of Harmony Creek. He has signed paperwork to buy Rudy Bamberger's farm there, everything but possession. Determined to leave his heartbreak back where he came from, he has committed to being one of the founding members of the new community. When he arrives at his new home and walks in (like he owns the place), he is stunned to find the home occupied by a young Mennonite woman and her daughter. When he then learns that the woman is Mercy Bamberger, Rudy's granddaughter, and that Rudy has died before he could complete the official sale of his property to Jeremiah, he is unprepared for the disappointment he feels. What in the world is he going to do? There is no other available land and he negotiated this sale in good faith. Can they work out the land's ownership before all of his worldly possessions AND his animals arrive on the scene?

Mercy was adopted by the Bambergers after her abuelita passed away. After spending years in the foster care system, she had given up on finding a forever family. When the Bambergers adopted her, she also gained Rudy as a grandfather. She fell in love with him and his farm and dreamed of turning the farm into a summer camp for Fresh Air Kids like she once was. She always thought that she would inherit the farm, since she was the only family member who wanted it, and her family also believed that. When Jeremiah walks into "her" house, she is stunned to learn the place might not be hers. Her only hope is to find her grandfather's will, which she is sure will tell the world that the place is hers.

Can Mercy and Jeremiah work together to make repairs on a farm they both have come to love, knowing that only one of them will be given the right of ownership? As they do, can they keep their hearts as separate as their individual faith's would ask them to do?

JoAnn Brown is quickly becoming a favorite Love Inspired author for me. This story was an exceptional weaving together of both the Amish and the Old Order Mennonite belief systems. I definitely recommend this to anyone who likes Amish fiction.

I really enjoyed this different Amish read, and really makes you think about the legalities of buying property.

Can you imagine thinking you are a day away from owning a property, and because you are not from the area the owner is allowing you to go in early, you do and there is someone else there making themselves to home. Now what?

The author has us really wondering when an attraction happens between the two, one Amish and one Mennonite, one with children and one without, one driving a horse and one a car, can it be?

Love all the compassion shown here for the less fortunate, and the time and help to try and make things better.

This is a story that will linger with you long after the final page has been turned, I would love to go and spend some time with these big-hearted people.

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin and was not required to give a positive review

An Amish Arrangement is a St of restoration, and it is a cautionary tale of home ownership and complications that could arise from this, kindness, caring, tenderness, chivalry, and Faith in the LORD. Let me just lay this out for you. How would you feel or what would you do if you made a deal with someone and signed a promissory paper to buy a house from someone and you go many miles to meet to sign the final papers and when you get there and there was a stranger in your new- well used house and her special daughter (why is she special - you have to read this book - and you won't regret it.). And the man you were going to meet wasn't there and you find out the strange girl is the grand daughter and she was promised by Grandpa the farm, and guess what he is................ No you need to read the book because there is one major complication - who ends up with the house? Will the girl who wants it for city-bound, and some special teens, or the Amish gentleman who wants to build an Amish community? Will the two come to a compromise? Will the two find each other's heart? Will they trust the LORD to lead their lives to what or where he wants them to go no matter where it is or who?

I love the story of how Mercy and Sunni came to build their lives and met a stranger her recently deceased grandfather agreed to sell his home to. I love the way the story progresses and how throughout a long waiting peroid to see who would receive the ownership of the home how their bonds developed. How a Mennonite girl and her adopted Korean daughter, through God's grace were able to work with their new neighbor and make things work for the greater good of all especially the New Amish community starting in harmony! Great read!