 |
| GIVEAWAY |
JOHNSON, JANICE KAY
TURNING HOME
In this tender Amish romance, an Amish man who is returning to his community and faith is drawn to a young woman who is still reeling from past wounds.
When Luke Bowman returns to the Amish faith after years of being away from home, he does so with absolute conviction. Those feelings are shaken when he meets Julia Durant, a non-Amish woman who works at his family's furniture-making business. Despite his instincts, Luke is drawn to Julia, and although Julia is still recovering from a brutal assault when she was a college student, she is drawn to Luke as well.
As Luke and Julia grow closer, and their fragile friendship grows stronger, Luke wants to be with Julia, but the reason he came home -- his faith -- is now the thing keeping them apart. Luke and Julia will have to decided whether their relationship can survive this divide, and whether the home Luke has made in the Amish faith is one that's fit for two.
My Review:
Janice Kay Johnson is an award winning author with well over 100 published books but this is her first venture into inspirational fiction. First Amish book too. And a new-to-me author as well! Turning Home caught my eye in a library display and I was intrigued enough to give this new-to-the-genre author a chance. And I am so glad I did 'cause I have a new favourite Amish author now!
A bit edgy, definitely angsty, but also layered with hope. Love the way the author includes details of Amish life -- both from the perspective of the prodigal hero and the wide-eyed-with-wonder Englischer heroine. And there's such depth in both characterization and plot. Johnson has built a captivating community full of intriguing secondary characters as well. So much story fodder for future books in the series. (This is the first Tompkins Mill story.)
Sqqquuueeeaaaallll...I'm in a twitterpated tilt-a-whirl over this discovery. Like finding buried treasure in book form. :-)
GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:
If you would like a chance to win a copy of Turning Home, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Sunday October 17 2020 . Offer open to International Readers. Good luck!
Definitely new-to-me as well, but I adore Amish fiction! Also very angsty with which way the characters are going to go....all Amish or all English or will the differences tear Julia & Luke apart? Such a delightful dilemma that I'd like to find the answer too :-) GAH!! 😊
ReplyDeleteteamob4 (at) gmail (dot) com
The Amish vs Englisch aspect is so well done. I'm really impressed. Good luck, Trixi!
DeleteI would love a chance at reading this one, please enter me, thanks! lclee59(at)centurylink(dot)net
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Connie. Good luck!
DeleteJanice Kay is a new author to be. I look forward to reading her work.
ReplyDeletemauback55 at gmail dot com
This was definitely a great library find for me. Good luck, Melanie!
DeleteIt's so fun discovering new-to-me authors.
ReplyDeleteturtle6422 at gmail dot com
It sure is. Good luck, Jana Leah!
DeleteI am another one not familiar with this author. Appreciate the introduction! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think she's new to all of us because this is her first inspirational fiction novel. She's written a lot of romance and suspense for various Harlequin lines. Good luck, CC!
DeleteShe’s new to me also. Thank you for introducing her. leliamae54(at)aol(dot)com
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Lucy. We can all thank my library 'cause I'd still be in the dark about this book without them. :-) Good luck!
DeleteI would love to win a copy of this, thank you for the chance!
ReplyDeletewfnren at aol dot com
Good luck, Wendy!
DeleteGirl, we could be twins! :) This is a new to me author as well. Sounds like a fabulous book and the start to a great new series. You know that cover grabbed my attention right away.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the wonderful opportunity to win a copy!
2clowns at arkansas dot net
If only we lived next door to each other, Kay. Then we could pass our books back and forth and read to our hearts content. Front porch reading buddies. lol Good luck, Kay!
DeleteNew to me Author with a great sounding Amish read
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this book with us
iamabho AT gmail DOT com 💓😍💓
It was an exciting find for me. Good luck, Linda!
DeleteVery Nice ☺
DeleteThanks for the Chance to Win a Copy
Sounds good! And new author to me as well. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteharnessrose(at)yahoo(dot)com
You're welcome, Roses. Good luck!
DeleteSo glad to see there is a new Amish author. A new author to me too! Glad you found her!!
ReplyDeletepbclark(at)netins(dot)net
So am I! Good luck, rubynreba!
DeleteI've seen this author before, because she wrote an Amish romance under the Harlequin Superromance line and I had been curious about it. I'm not familiar with that line, so I never read it, but I've excited about these new LIs. Reading the blurb on Amazon grabbed right away with the word "emotional."
ReplyDeletetlhcoupon(at)hotmail(dot)com
My library has some of her other books so I'll have to check them out but they might not be within my comfort zone. This one isn't a LI though. It's published by Jove so it's longer than a LI which means more word count for toying with reader's emotions. Bwahahaha. Good luck, Terrill!
Delete