What a delightful, wonderful and heartwarming story! I instantly fell in love with the unique story and the characters that were vividly brought to life upon the pages of The Amish Newcomber. Amish stories and their lifestyles have always interested me greatly. This story put a bit of a spin on Amish Fiction and was fascinating at the glimpse of day to day living and lives of the Amish. The main character, Leah, goes through a very thorough change of her typical lifestyle, when she is sent to live with an Amish family after tragedy hits her. She is taught a magnitude of day to day activities, chores and work that she never imagined. The family that Leah stays with wraps her in love and compassion, teaching her that goodness can prevail, when you have faith.

For a good, clean story filled with sweetness, Hope, love and romance, The Amish Newcomber is perfect!

This was a very quick read, I basically read it in one day, not wanting to put it down. There was a very interesting plotline to this story. Leah witnessed a brutal double murder and was in danger of being murdered herself. She had already escaped with her life after she was viciously attacked with a knife, so her story of recuperating from a serious car accident was easily believed. Ending up in an Amish Community was an interesting twist on an Englischer ending up living with the Amish. Leah was a wonderful character. She did not want to be a burden on the Byler family, so she pitched in and learned much about the Amish ways. While assimilating with the family, their faith also slowly took root and she found herself believing in God for the first time. She was smart, yet felt inferior which was a bit fun seeing her wide-eyed interest in all the Amish ways to complete chores. Isaac, a neighbour who was helping Ivan in his word-working shop, found himself drawn to Leah almost immediately. I enjoyed the slow developing relationship between these two. The other members of the Byler family played an important role in the story and I also enjoyed how they accepted Leah and helped her become the person she ends up being at the end of the book. This was a sweet, interesting story. It has great character development, nice plotlines and a wonderful Christian message about finding what is important in life. If you enjoy Amish Romance, then I definitely recommend this story to you.