An Unexpected Match

by Gayle Roper

Overview

Rachel Beiler loves her job as the teacher in her Amish community. She’s obedient, humble, and compliant and tries to keep the ordnung to the best of her ability. But Rachel has a secret—something that could get her shunned if she’s found out. She loves knowledge and yearns for a college education.

After serving a dozen years in the Army, Rob Lanier has returned from Afghanistan. But now that he’s home again, he’s constantly reminded of his family’s fall from grace. His father—once a highly respected and wealthy community leader—has disgraced the family, and Rob can’t find it in his heart to forgive him.

When Rachel and Rob meet, sparks fly. But when a series of frightening events surrounding Rachel’s brother Johnny brings Rachel’s world crashing down around her, this unlikely match between an Amish teacher and an Englischer ex-soldier seems to be God’s perfect answer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736956192
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	09/01/2014
Series:	Between Two Worlds , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	963,919
File size:	714 KB

About the Author

Gayle Roper is the award-winning author of more than 40 books and has been a Christy finalist three times. Gayle enjoys speaking at women’s events across the nation and loves sharing the powerful truths of Scripture with humor and practicality. She lives with her husband in southeastern Pennsylvania where she enjoys reading, gardening, and her family.

Gayle Roper is an award-winning author of over 60 books, with the original release of A Widow’s Journey receiving the Golden Scroll Book of the Year in 2015. For over 50 years of service as an author, speaker, and mentor, she received ACFW’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Gayle lives in southeastern Pennsylvania, where she enjoys reading, gardening, and her family—and, of course, eating out.

Editorial Reviews

06/15/2014
Widow Rachel Beiler wishes for more than her Amish life can provide. She hatches a plan with a neighbor to obtain her GED and then attend college in secret. Rachel is dismayed and thrilled at the freedom of being an Englischer, if only for one evening a week. On her first night at school, she meets Rob Lanier and is instantly attracted. Newly returned from Afghanistan, Rob is dealing with his father's recent fall from grace in their wealthy community. Meanwhile Rachel's brother, Johnny, has also found trouble in the English world, getting embroiled in loan-sharking, drug smuggling, and false-document scams. VERDICT Three-time Christy finalist Roper ("Amish Farm Trilogy"; "Seaside Seasons" series) launches a new run with this compelling story about a young woman's struggle between keeping to her traditions and listening to her heart. It's bound to attract both Amish fiction and romance fans alike. For readers new to the genre, translations of Amish dialect are well-integrated into the narrative.

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