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The Amish of Cedar Grove #3
The Promise
Sometimes love is where you least expect it…
Sarah Yoder has always dreamed of having a family of her own. But with no eligible prospects, she’s beginning to worry—until the Rabor brothers return to Cedar Grove. Sarah and Isaac Rabor walked out together the summer they were sixteen, so perhaps he’s the answer to her prayers. The only trouble is that she can’t seem to catch his eye. If only she had a little help…
Levi Rabor has no interest in marriage. When his mother reveals her plans to deed the family farm to the first son who marries, Levi has a plan to ensure that it isn’t a pretend courtship with Sarah to nudge his competitive brother in her direction. Once Isaac is married, Levi can leave town to train racehorses—just as he wanted. So why does Sarah—with her vision of a peaceful, happy life on the land—make his heart gallop? Perhaps the answer lies in how sweetly surprising love can be.
Sarah Yoder has always dreamed of having a family of her own. But with no eligible prospects, she’s beginning to worry—until the Rabor brothers return to Cedar Grove. Sarah and Isaac Rabor walked out together the summer they were sixteen, so perhaps he’s the answer to her prayers. The only trouble is that she can’t seem to catch his eye. If only she had a little help…
Levi Rabor has no interest in marriage. When his mother reveals her plans to deed the family farm to the first son who marries, Levi has a plan to ensure that it isn’t a pretend courtship with Sarah to nudge his competitive brother in her direction. Once Isaac is married, Levi can leave town to train racehorses—just as he wanted. So why does Sarah—with her vision of a peaceful, happy life on the land—make his heart gallop? Perhaps the answer lies in how sweetly surprising love can be.
368 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2020
About the author
Patricia Davids
142 books405 followersI was born and raised in Northcentral Kansas. I'm a farmer's daughter, but I now make my home in the city of Wichita. I'm an RN. Neonatal nursing has been the main focus of my career. What can I say? I love babies. I was invited to the highschool graduation of a baby I took care of. Talk about making me feel old!
In June of 2011 I became a widow after my husband of 36 years and 11 months died from multiple brain tumors. It was a very sad time, but thanks to the three f's, my faith, my family and my friends, life is moving forward. I have four brothers, one daughter and two grandchildren who all work at making me feel loved.
I'm the author of more than 30 books and I'm currently writing a series called The Brides of Amish Country for Love Inspired.
In June of 2011 I became a widow after my husband of 36 years and 11 months died from multiple brain tumors. It was a very sad time, but thanks to the three f's, my faith, my family and my friends, life is moving forward. I have four brothers, one daughter and two grandchildren who all work at making me feel loved.
I'm the author of more than 30 books and I'm currently writing a series called The Brides of Amish Country for Love Inspired.
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March 21, 2023
The First thing that drew me to this book was the beautiful cover. I love reading books by this Author. I’ve never been disappointed in any of her books that I’ve read. I thought the story was beautiful and I didn’t want to put the book down once I started to read it. Amish Romance has always been my favorite genre. I liked all the characters and felt like they embraced me as I read the book. It was a story of second chances in romance and also a new relationship blossomed into a lasting love. The book had a beautiful ending and I’m glad that I took the time to read it.
I recommend this book to readers of Amish Fiction and fans of Patricia Davids. This is book three of The Amish of Cedar Grove series. I read it as a standalone .
I purchased my own copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions shared here about this book are my own.
I recommend this book to readers of Amish Fiction and fans of Patricia Davids. This is book three of The Amish of Cedar Grove series. I read it as a standalone .
I purchased my own copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions shared here about this book are my own.
May 16, 2020
Can what you have been dreaming about and wishing for since you were 16 really be your hearts desire, or when it becomes reality, maybe it isn't what you really want? The author has given us this premise with Sarah Yoder, a young Amish woman who suddenly is granted her wish, but now sees something she likes better, a brother of the man she thought was her answer or maybe he is?
We get to walk with these people as they go about their everyday lives, whether they are canning beans, training horses, or fishing, we are there. There is also romance in the air, and surprises are also here and your are going to be page turning to find them.
We are also reunited with characters from past reads, but you will not be lost, this can be read alone, but you will want to pick up the past two books!
This read will warm your heart, there is a lot of caring and compassion here, and the love of God!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin, and was not required to give a positive review.
We get to walk with these people as they go about their everyday lives, whether they are canning beans, training horses, or fishing, we are there. There is also romance in the air, and surprises are also here and your are going to be page turning to find them.
We are also reunited with characters from past reads, but you will not be lost, this can be read alone, but you will want to pick up the past two books!
This read will warm your heart, there is a lot of caring and compassion here, and the love of God!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin, and was not required to give a positive review.
August 26, 2020
Levi Rabor has a plan. He knows Sarah Yoder likes his brother Isaac. He remembered when they were teens that that had briefly dated. Levi agrees with Sarah to pretend they are courting to make his brother jealous. Since Levi is planning on leaving town once Isaac is married and settled, things couldn't happen fast enough. Surprisingly, Levi finds that this plan just might not be a good idea. He begins to see Sarah in a new light. How this will affect his future plans only time will tell.
Besides growing feelings between Sarah and Levi, there is the feeling of discontent that Isaac faces. However, the brothers are dedicated to their mother, who is dealing with ill health, and they try and focus their attention on her needs. For them to pay attention to what might make their hearts sing is just not on the agenda.
I loved this story. For one thing, it was sort of one of second chances, at least when Sarah was pursuing Isaac. But watching this story go beyond a relationship that just not be destined, Sarah falling for Levi was done quite well. This story also shows the strong family bonds that exist in the Rabor family. And most importantly, faith is a huge factor when it comes to choices and the future.
This is another remarkable story by Patricia Davids. The characters are lovely, and this is a very touching story of love being found unexpectedly. I am not sure if this is a trilogy or if there will be more in this series, but whatever the case, I most certainly will be reading the next book that Ms. Davids writes.
Many thanks to HQN Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
Besides growing feelings between Sarah and Levi, there is the feeling of discontent that Isaac faces. However, the brothers are dedicated to their mother, who is dealing with ill health, and they try and focus their attention on her needs. For them to pay attention to what might make their hearts sing is just not on the agenda.
I loved this story. For one thing, it was sort of one of second chances, at least when Sarah was pursuing Isaac. But watching this story go beyond a relationship that just not be destined, Sarah falling for Levi was done quite well. This story also shows the strong family bonds that exist in the Rabor family. And most importantly, faith is a huge factor when it comes to choices and the future.
This is another remarkable story by Patricia Davids. The characters are lovely, and this is a very touching story of love being found unexpectedly. I am not sure if this is a trilogy or if there will be more in this series, but whatever the case, I most certainly will be reading the next book that Ms. Davids writes.
Many thanks to HQN Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
May 30, 2020
The Promise by Patricia Davids is the 3rd novel in The Amish of Cedar Grove series. It can be read as a standalone for those new to the series. I thought The Promise was well-written with solid characters and a lovely setting. There is humor scattered throughout the book that I enjoyed. Things never go as we plan them which leads to amusing situations. Sarah’s greatest desire is to marry a man, settle down near where she grew up, and have a family. She has no desire to move anywhere else. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of single men in her district. When Isaac Raber returns to town, it seems that God has answered her prayers. Isaac did propose to Sarah before he returned to Pennsylvania the summer he visited. Levi Raver loves his work of raising and training horses for racing. He has A Wing and a Prayer who is a promising filly. He needs to return to Pennsylvania, though, if he is train and race her. It was interesting to learn that Amish could raise, train, and own racehorses. They cannot ride the horses nor bet on the races. I liked that the characters from The Wish and The Hope appeared in the story. We get a chance to catch up with them. There are two side stories in The Promise. Henrietta Raber has returned to her hometown for a reason as her children soon learn. It will take some time to get the full story from her. Isaac keeps his phone close at hand and seems to text someone frequently. The Promise is a sweet, heartwarming story with festive fishing jaunts, a canoe crisis, one fine filly, a risky race, traveling by tractor, and quixotic quandaries.
July 5, 2020
I loved this book!! Great story!! Can't wait for the next book in the series to release!! Read a few books by this author will read more of her books!!
June 20, 2020
I really don't know why but I love this genre so much!
I enjoyed this book a lot! Davids is an awesome storyteller. She paints a beautiful picture of Amish life. They way they live, work, and worship that I felt like I was in the story with Levi and his family.
I like her stories because they offer so many things including forgiveness and love among many other things.
I did have to snicker in some places of this book because of the way the author has written a certain line or paragraph that I thought was cute. I will tell you though these characters will steal your heart in a flash!
What I most liked about the story was the horses. I'm a horse lover and to be honest I think that's what really got me started in liking the Amish so well. I've been a horse lover ever since I was a girl and still am. I will ride one any chance I get. They might be dangerous but yet at the same time they're beautiful! Even in motion.
The beginning of this story upset me a little bit but yet I thought was funny because of the way their mother did the grown men and I could see her point. I really could. I got great delight in that one.
Sometimes ( and I'm guilty of this myself) when God finally gives us what we want or need we're not satisfied at all! When I do this then I feel bad because it was what I had asked for. God really is good is He not? I think that sometimes we fail to see that and then get mad at HIm when he doesn't respond right away. Then we get mad at Him. Not his fault things don't work out the way they're supposed to or the way we think they should. I needed this reminder that He will do things in His own time and how He sees fit.
I loved this gentle story about the Amish. It really was very good and as usual I didn't want to say goodbye.
I highly recommend this book.
My thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin for a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own and I was NOT required to write a positive review
I enjoyed this book a lot! Davids is an awesome storyteller. She paints a beautiful picture of Amish life. They way they live, work, and worship that I felt like I was in the story with Levi and his family.
I like her stories because they offer so many things including forgiveness and love among many other things.
I did have to snicker in some places of this book because of the way the author has written a certain line or paragraph that I thought was cute. I will tell you though these characters will steal your heart in a flash!
What I most liked about the story was the horses. I'm a horse lover and to be honest I think that's what really got me started in liking the Amish so well. I've been a horse lover ever since I was a girl and still am. I will ride one any chance I get. They might be dangerous but yet at the same time they're beautiful! Even in motion.
The beginning of this story upset me a little bit but yet I thought was funny because of the way their mother did the grown men and I could see her point. I really could. I got great delight in that one.
Sometimes ( and I'm guilty of this myself) when God finally gives us what we want or need we're not satisfied at all! When I do this then I feel bad because it was what I had asked for. God really is good is He not? I think that sometimes we fail to see that and then get mad at HIm when he doesn't respond right away. Then we get mad at Him. Not his fault things don't work out the way they're supposed to or the way we think they should. I needed this reminder that He will do things in His own time and how He sees fit.
I loved this gentle story about the Amish. It really was very good and as usual I didn't want to say goodbye.
I highly recommend this book.
My thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin for a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own and I was NOT required to write a positive review
June 28, 2020
Sarah Yoder held onto her dream of marrying Isaac Raber after he spent a summer in Cedar Grove helping his grandparents on their farm. When Henrietta and her sons move from Lancaster she was surprised. The sons were not prepared for a move. Levi, the oldest, had his heart and eyes set on continuing with his deceased father’s horse business which was training horses and especially his favorite horse Wing and a Prayer to be a winner in racing. Thus Henrietta gave a proclamation that the son who married first would inherit the farm she purchased. Scheming between Levi and Sarah so Isaac would court her and forget his Englisch girl back in Lancaster gave way to more than expected. Will Isaac and Sarah marry who their heart longs for?
I would enjoy seeing more books with these characters and the community of Cedar Grove in upcoming books by Patricia Davids.
I would enjoy seeing more books with these characters and the community of Cedar Grove in upcoming books by Patricia Davids.
May 29, 2020
Henrietta Raber has not gotten over the loss of her husband. He died in an accident and since then her health is failing along with her reason to live. She has decided without speaking to either of her sons Levi, or Issac that they are leaving Lancaster and returning to her home in Cedar Grove. The stables that Levi and his dad had built took lots of work but they loved it. Now in the blink of an eye, the life they knew is over.
Sarah Yoder had been close friends with Isaac one summer and to hear that he is returning brings a huge smile to her face. Most of Sarah's friends are married and she feels her chances are very slim with so few single men in Cedar Grove, to find a husband.
Unfortunately, Issac is not as excited about returning as Sarah hoped he would be nor is he ready to take the relationship one step further then it was in the past.
Levi is upset as he wanted to stay but with his mothers ailing health and his younger brother he has to assume the responsibilities.
The brothers wind up finding love but not how they had planned and even Henrietta seems to have gotten her energy and strength back.
I have never read any of Ms David's books before but she now has a new fan. I loved it
Sarah Yoder had been close friends with Isaac one summer and to hear that he is returning brings a huge smile to her face. Most of Sarah's friends are married and she feels her chances are very slim with so few single men in Cedar Grove, to find a husband.
Unfortunately, Issac is not as excited about returning as Sarah hoped he would be nor is he ready to take the relationship one step further then it was in the past.
Levi is upset as he wanted to stay but with his mothers ailing health and his younger brother he has to assume the responsibilities.
The brothers wind up finding love but not how they had planned and even Henrietta seems to have gotten her energy and strength back.
I have never read any of Ms David's books before but she now has a new fan. I loved it
May 22, 2020
This truly is a sweet romance! Sarah has been involved (not that way!) with the Rabor brothers for years. She thought she liked Isaac but things didn't progress. Their mom has recently decided that the first boy to marry will get the farm. Levi doesn't want the farm- he wants to train horses- but he decides maybe he'll pretend to like Sarah so that Isaac will get moving in her direction. You can guess what's going to happen! I liked this for the details of daily life as well as for the characters. I hadn't read Davids before; I very much enjoyed this and will look for her again. Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC. A nice positive read.
June 12, 2020
Another in the Amish of Cedar Grove in which Sarah Yoder wants a family of her own but despairs that it will never happen. Then the Raber brothers, one of whom she liked when she was 16 moves back to town to care for their mother who is still grieving her late husband.
Levi Raber would have preferred to stay in Lancaster, where he was running his father's training and saddle bred horse racing stable for trotters. He promised his father he'd take care of his mother, so he has reluctantly accepted that her mother has sold the farm and most of the horses he was training.
Sarah wants to get back with Isaac Raber, who has little interest in her and isn't even sure he wants to be baptized into the faith, a requirement if Sarah is to marry him.
But she reluctantly discovers that not only is Isaac not in love with her, but she is drawn to Levi, who decides to go back to Lancaster when his mother becomes reacquainted with a man who always loved her. That man takes Levi aside and tells him he's making a mistake he'll regret if he doesn't tell Sarah how he feels about her. But will he do it, knowing that Sarah prefers to stay in Cedar Grove?
Levi Raber would have preferred to stay in Lancaster, where he was running his father's training and saddle bred horse racing stable for trotters. He promised his father he'd take care of his mother, so he has reluctantly accepted that her mother has sold the farm and most of the horses he was training.
Sarah wants to get back with Isaac Raber, who has little interest in her and isn't even sure he wants to be baptized into the faith, a requirement if Sarah is to marry him.
But she reluctantly discovers that not only is Isaac not in love with her, but she is drawn to Levi, who decides to go back to Lancaster when his mother becomes reacquainted with a man who always loved her. That man takes Levi aside and tells him he's making a mistake he'll regret if he doesn't tell Sarah how he feels about her. But will he do it, knowing that Sarah prefers to stay in Cedar Grove?
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The Amish of Cedar Grove
Contemporary Romance, Wholesome Romance
Miniseries
The Amish of Cedar Grove
March 20, 2023
Sarah Yoder has always dreamed of having a family of her own. But with no eligible prospects, she’s beginning to worry—until the Rabor brothers return to Cedar Grove. Sarah and Isaac Rabor walked out together the summer they were sixteen, so perhaps he’s the answer to her prayers. The only trouble is that she can’t seem to catch his eye. If only she
August 23, 2021
A story of many layers, and each one worth reading.
June 2, 2020
The Promise is the third book in the The Amish of Cedar Grove series. This is a very sweet read. I didn't want it to end and kept the pages turning. There's places of laughter when things don't go right. There's a tipped over canoe scene that had me picturing it for real. Levi doesn't want to farm or move. He wants to stay and train race horses. Sarah has wanted to marry and settle down. She hung out with Issac years before and wasn't excited to hear he had returned. Issac doesn't have those same feelings. What happens now? I recommend this and all other book in this Amish of Cedar Grove series.
August 9, 2022
I took an immediate dislike to Henrietta. She sold her oldest son's birthright without even discussing it with him. Her selfishness stole her husband's dream and then that of her first born.
There was no need to sell the property since she also owned the farm and could have provided for both sons.
Her youngest son was just a selfish and also childish.
I initially liked Sarah and Levi but their game playing was tedious.
There was no need to sell the property since she also owned the farm and could have provided for both sons.
Her youngest son was just a selfish and also childish.
I initially liked Sarah and Levi but their game playing was tedious.
January 8, 2023
I enjoyed Sarah and Levi’s romance because it’s a good illustration of how the infatuation of youth can change as we grow older and our priorities change. I liked getting updates on Sarah and her older sister, their lavender farming business and the Kansas Amish community who use farm machinery for their daily travel and appreciated how God brought Sarah and Levi together. His myriad blessings are a huge part of Amish fiction that I find very appealing.
May 27, 2024
Another well written book in this series I was hoping there was another book but I’m pretty sure it’s the last book.
I loved the side stories and hearing more about their family and the past as well. It was lovely to hear more about previous characters as well. I would have loved it if there was an epilogue about how things turned out for two of the characters.
I’ve enjoyed this series and look forward to reading more of Patricia David’s book.
I loved the side stories and hearing more about their family and the past as well. It was lovely to hear more about previous characters as well. I would have loved it if there was an epilogue about how things turned out for two of the characters.
I’ve enjoyed this series and look forward to reading more of Patricia David’s book.
June 6, 2020
These return characters are your neighbors, your co-workers and your friends. The story line was engaging and it compelled me to become involved in the story. I often wanted to give someone a hug, a fist-bump or a Gibb’s slap. The conversational flow was authentic, well written and engaging. Another wonderful few hours spent enjoying an alternative reality. Thank you Ms. Davids!
August 6, 2021
This lovely book is an Amish romance. That's an oxymoron, isn't it? Well, not completely. It's a story of Amish life including two families, and there are elaborate romantic entanglements. Will the lady get the man she loves? And what about the other ladies? It's a rip snorting good read.
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
June 18, 2020
The most amazing book I have read lately!
This book was so great that it was hard to put down, you will laugh, cry and be shocked to your core at the ending.
I highly suggest this author and book to anyone looking for a great read.
I don't want this series to end!
This book was so great that it was hard to put down, you will laugh, cry and be shocked to your core at the ending.
I highly suggest this author and book to anyone looking for a great read.
I don't want this series to end!
April 15, 2021
This was my favorite book of the trilogy. Hoping to find out the author wrote another book on Levi and Sarah's new life together. This book grabbed my attention way more than the other two and had me up reading "just one more chapter..." till the wee hours of the morning many times.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 20, 2020
4.5 I love this series!
June 20, 2021
It is an okay book. Nothing got me excited.
September 6, 2023
The last of a series. They were all good and typical. This one did give a lot of information about the Amish though.
August 2, 2020
Great love story. Also a good education in Amish life.
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