num_pages: 290
description: Bestselling and award-winning author Kathleen Fuller returns to the Amish community of Birch Creek in this charming tale of falling in love while pursuing the dreams of your heart.Having grown up in poverty Seth Yoder refuses to be financially insecure again. His passion is woodcarving but hes vowed to work on his fathers successful farm even though his heart is in his craft. Splitting his time between farming and his secret hobby keeps him busytoo busy for social activities. Martha Detweiler has a different problemshes the only single woman in a community full of young men and theyre all competing for her favor. All of them . . . except Seth Yoder. Overwhelmed by the unwanted attention she finds herself constantly fleeing from them and that isnt the way she wants to live her life. When Cevilla Schlabach Birch Creeks resident matchmaker hears of Marthas predicament she believes she has the answerconvince Seth to give the impression that he and Martha are dating. Both Martha and Seth think this is a terrible idea but Cevilla doesnt let go of something once she gets it in her head. And when Delilah Stoll a new resident of Birch Creek eyes Seth as the perfect man for her granddaughter Nina Cevilla digs in her heels. Can Seth and Martha convince their family and friends to leave them alone? Or will their struggles against a community that seems to have decided both their fates bring them closer together?
language: English
title: The Farmer's Bride
publisher: Zondervan