As far as the future, she didn’t even know where she’d be by the end of summer. For now she’d find ways to be happy. Abel was one of them. She knew seeing him again wasn’t even a question. Of course she would.
“For sure and certain,” she said, remembering the Amish words he’d said before.
Release Date: February 5th, 2015
She knits, cans jam, and lives in the city. He’s an Amish college student, breaking the rules. They're so right, it's wrong.
Marigold, a recent high school graduate with a shady past, is looking to redefine herself. She doesn’t know what she wants exactly, but college isn’t it.
When she meets Abel, an Amish guy on Rumspringa, his ‘running around’ time, she doesn’t plan on falling for someone wearing a straw hat and suspenders. But she can't help it, Abel is the breath of fresh air she's been waiting for.
Abel, who’s moved to the city for a summer program at Jamestown, never imagined Marigold would be drawn to the life he was trying so hard to avoid. His family expects him to take over the family farm; college parties and dorm life don’t quite fit in with their plans for him.
Opposites attract, but nothing is easy with love. When they trade places for the summer they learn a life together isn’t as for sure and certain as they thought.
EXCERPT
“You came,” she said it like
it was a relief, like she wondered if he’d really be here. He was.
“You’re all set then?” he asked. She nodded
and slipped in beside him as the driver shut their door. The taxi delivered
them to the bus station, and they were quickly settled into their seats for the
ride to Lancaster.
“I brought sustenance,” she
said pulling out a paper sack from her purse. “My very best peanut butter
cookies and a thermos of coffee.”
“You’re so prepared.”
“I bake when I’m nervous,”
she admitted biting her lip.
“Don’t be nervous.”
“Did you tell them I’m
coming at least?”
“The whole no phone thing
kind of zeroed out that plan.”
“Right.” Her face fell
slightly.
“Don’t worry. Seriously,
girls always over think these things.”
“Do you bring a lot of girls
home?” she asked as the bus pulled out of the city and onto the highway. They
had a two-hour ride ahead of them and Abel wasn’t all too keen on spending it
rehashing past relationships.
“Bringing girls home isn’t
really an Amish thing, everything is discreet. I only courted one girl,
Esther.”
“And when did you guys break
up?” Marigold asked. Even though Abel was bright, he hadn’t exactly thought
through how all of this would sound.
“Two weeks ago, on my way
out of town,” he admitted sheepishly.
“No!” She buried her hands
in her face. “So I’m a rebound girl?”
“I don’t know what that is,
but I’m pretty sure it isn’t good. And
you, Marigold, you are good. You are only good.”
About the author:
Anya Monroe likes to write stories and paint words on her walls. She believes in love at first sight and fights for happily-ever-afters. As a wife and mom to six kids, she carves out time to write between carpool pick-ups and date nights because words are her heartbeat. She lives a ferry ride from Seattle and is a total Pacific Northwesterner who drinks chai lattes and wears Birkenstocks and has dreadlocks. She's a cliché, but doesn't mind it. Not even a little.
She documents her lovely-messy life on IG @anyamonroe. Find her there!
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I like the cover, thank you for the giveaway.
It sounds like these two "innocent" souls are perfect for each other.
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The Synopsis is well done, & the cover is interesting. I enjoyed the excerpt as well. I am curious as to what the book will bring on the ending, but will wait until I have read it to find out... ;) There is a problem w/the link for Anya's Twitter page, so was unable to access to follow.
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