ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
I’m Elizabeth, a blessed child of The King. I’m a middle-born daughter, military officer’s wife, homeschooling mama, writer, closet DIYer, and, dare I say it, Downton Abbey addict. May I also mention that I love both my history and my coffee rich.
I am formerly Amish and my heritage is very dear to me and thankful to be so accepted among my still Amish family. I can still speak PA Dutch, too! You can learn more about my Amish family in my first book Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl.
My three book series with Howard Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) is a dream come true. The series is titled The Promise of Sunrise. In this series you will live through World War 2 from an Amish perspective and experience their unique struggles as conscientious objectors during wartime. What happened if one of their members enlisted? What was it like to serve at the Civilian Public Service Camps for years with almost no compensation? How did Amish women and families cope when a son or father was drafted? I look forward to taking you back into the richness of these years of Amish history through fiction.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Orphaned as a child, Esther Detweiler is used to caring for herself and her ailing grandmother. They made the best out of a hard life and poverty without asking for help. They even take in her shunned cousin’s deaf daughter, Daisy, when her mother dies and her father goes off to war. When Esther’s grandmother dies, Daisy is all she has.
When war veteran Joe Garrison returns, all he can think about is recovering from the horrors of war and building a relationship with his seven-year-old daughter. Daisy, however, is unwilling to leave Esther, whom she loves. Joe and Daisy get to know each other again, but Joe struggles with nightmares and fatherhood is proving to be more difficult than he imagined. Esther loves Daisy and despite her Amish ways, Joe finds himself drawn to her as a woman and not just a caregiver.
As their love blossoms, Joe decides to send Daisy away to a school for the deaf which propels their lives into turmoil and a battle for love and family.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Promise to Keep, go HERE.
My Review:
Esther knows all too well about hardships and clinging to what you know. She was orphaned as a child and raised by her grandmother. She was raised to be strong and rely on no one. She was faced with a crossroads of sorts when she was asked to take in her cousin's deaf daughter Daisy. But she and her grandmother took the poor child in because she had no where else to go because her dad went off to war.
But all too soon, their happy home turns into something else because Daisy's dad is back from the war and he wants to develop a relationship with his daughter. But Daisy will not part from Esther. Joe realizes now that any decision he makes will have to include Esther especially if he wants to start over with his daughter.
Esther is just a precious girl and I feel for her especially because if Daisy goes back with her father, what will become of Esther? The author provided a good story line and rich vibrant characters. I love how the author meshed the Amish with the English. Perfect love story!
**Disclosure** This book was sent to me free of charge for my honest review from CFBA.
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