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Loving Her Amish Neighbor
They’ve both been hurt before…
She’ll take his help,
but not his heart.
After her buggy’s damaged in an accident, pregnant widow Lucy Schwartz is reluctant to accept help from Gabriel Fisher. He tugs at her heart, and falling in love again is risky. But as her neighbor insists on pitching in while her buggy’s out of commission, keeping her distance from him could prove impossible. Because this wounded Amish bachelor might be just what she and her daughter need…
From Love Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
She’ll take his help,
but not his heart.
After her buggy’s damaged in an accident, pregnant widow Lucy Schwartz is reluctant to accept help from Gabriel Fisher. He tugs at her heart, and falling in love again is risky. But as her neighbor insists on pitching in while her buggy’s out of commission, keeping her distance from him could prove impossible. Because this wounded Amish bachelor might be just what she and her daughter need…
From Love Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
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224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published May 25, 2021
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February 6, 2022
I loved this wonderful story! Gabriel and Lucy were so likable and so wounded. Lucy carried inner scars related to the way her father and late husband had treated her. Gabriel carried both inner and outer scars that sometimes felt overwhelming to him.
I loved the way these two connected and the way Lucy's daughter, Susie, loved Gabriel from the very start. Their romance was beautiful and although they had to work through a couple of communication issues, they seemed to develop a healthy and wonderful relationship. I so enjoyed this book!
I loved the way these two connected and the way Lucy's daughter, Susie, loved Gabriel from the very start. Their romance was beautiful and although they had to work through a couple of communication issues, they seemed to develop a healthy and wonderful relationship. I so enjoyed this book!
September 13, 2021
This was a very good book of heartache and romance. Lucy and Gabrielle are both lovable characters who have experienced their share of tough times and grief. It is a fast read - once you start reading you won’t want to put it down. The Amish community in this book is far less strict than most I read - but it is fiction - and that is the beauty of writing fiction - it can be written any way you choose to write it. I highly recommend to anyone who loves the Amish books.
October 31, 2025
1 stars
The story was fine but unfortunately the writing was not--it was extremely awkward, repetitive, full of clichés, with poor use of pronouns often causing confusion as to whom exactly the author was referring to. Not the author for me.
The story was fine but unfortunately the writing was not--it was extremely awkward, repetitive, full of clichés, with poor use of pronouns often causing confusion as to whom exactly the author was referring to. Not the author for me.
July 4, 2022
LOVING HER AMISH NEIGHBOR by Rebecca Kertz is the heartwarming story of Lucy Schwartz and Gabriel Fisher. Each with their own set of problems. Maybe the solutions to their problems can be found as close as a neighbor.
After the death of her mother, Lucy found out that loving father she thought she had was really only a selfish man willing the marry her off to Harley, a recent widower with an infant to care for, just to get rid of her. She finds herself not only married, but moved away from Seth, her brother, and community she loved. While in a loveless marriage, her love knows no bounds for one little girl named Susie – her daughter by marriage but 100% hers by love. When her husband dies in an accident, she finds herself pregnant and needing to find a way to support herself and her daughter. She turns to what she knows – baking. The idea of a man in her life and marriage isn’t even in her thoughts, but she does know that if she ever marries again it will be love.
Gabriel may have survived the fire, but the after effects of his injuries doesn’t compare to the guilt of not being able to save the rest of his family from the fire that destroyed their home and took the lives of all of his family except for Emily, the one sister he was able to get out. After months of surgeries and living at the mercy of a horribly unkind uncle, Gabriel and Emily moved to New Berne, Pennsylvania buying property next door to Lucy. Gabriel has been able to turn his love of woodworking into a profitable business. His injuries still have him in great pain at times. That and the devastating scars have him believing that there’s no way that he could have a normal family life. How could he find anyone that could accept him for what he was – a damaged man? How could he support a wife and family not knowing what medical bills still lay in his future or if he will be able to continue to work to support himself much less a family?
Lucy was getting ready to make her first delivery of her baked goods to the stores willing to sell her products when a car startled her horse and ran the buggy off into a ditch. Injured and fearful to move, it was Gabriel that found her. Along with Bert, an Englischer, they got her out and to the hospital. Gabriel is instantly drawn to Lucy wanting to help her any way he can. After all, it’s only the neighborly thing to do! It’s also nice when Lucy doesn’t recoil when she sees his scarring on his face, but seems to see him for himself. Lucy is hesitant to accept help from a man determine to be beholden to no man, but to be self-sufficient.
Will Lucy’s ability to see through the scars and see the man have her seeing Gabriel, a sweet, loving and caring man, as more than a neighbor? Will his attention to and his love for her daughter capture her heart? Will Gabriel’s increasing pain have him facing more surgery? Can Gabriel finally believe that he is loveable – medical issues and all? As Lucy wonders if adding a teenage boy to the mix of a 4 year old and baby on the way take romance off the table, will Gabriel be able to prove to her that love has no bounds?
LOVING HER AMISH NEIGHBOR is a fabulous story of two wounded people – one physically and one emotionally – searching for what everyone wants – a happily ever after with both thinking they are unworthy of it. Rebecca Kertz weaves a story of romance with a faith thread that makes you love the characters pulling for them to see all the good in each other from the very beginning. Guaranteed to leave you smiling and well worth the read! It’s a big FIVE STAR rating from me!
After the death of her mother, Lucy found out that loving father she thought she had was really only a selfish man willing the marry her off to Harley, a recent widower with an infant to care for, just to get rid of her. She finds herself not only married, but moved away from Seth, her brother, and community she loved. While in a loveless marriage, her love knows no bounds for one little girl named Susie – her daughter by marriage but 100% hers by love. When her husband dies in an accident, she finds herself pregnant and needing to find a way to support herself and her daughter. She turns to what she knows – baking. The idea of a man in her life and marriage isn’t even in her thoughts, but she does know that if she ever marries again it will be love.
Gabriel may have survived the fire, but the after effects of his injuries doesn’t compare to the guilt of not being able to save the rest of his family from the fire that destroyed their home and took the lives of all of his family except for Emily, the one sister he was able to get out. After months of surgeries and living at the mercy of a horribly unkind uncle, Gabriel and Emily moved to New Berne, Pennsylvania buying property next door to Lucy. Gabriel has been able to turn his love of woodworking into a profitable business. His injuries still have him in great pain at times. That and the devastating scars have him believing that there’s no way that he could have a normal family life. How could he find anyone that could accept him for what he was – a damaged man? How could he support a wife and family not knowing what medical bills still lay in his future or if he will be able to continue to work to support himself much less a family?
Lucy was getting ready to make her first delivery of her baked goods to the stores willing to sell her products when a car startled her horse and ran the buggy off into a ditch. Injured and fearful to move, it was Gabriel that found her. Along with Bert, an Englischer, they got her out and to the hospital. Gabriel is instantly drawn to Lucy wanting to help her any way he can. After all, it’s only the neighborly thing to do! It’s also nice when Lucy doesn’t recoil when she sees his scarring on his face, but seems to see him for himself. Lucy is hesitant to accept help from a man determine to be beholden to no man, but to be self-sufficient.
Will Lucy’s ability to see through the scars and see the man have her seeing Gabriel, a sweet, loving and caring man, as more than a neighbor? Will his attention to and his love for her daughter capture her heart? Will Gabriel’s increasing pain have him facing more surgery? Can Gabriel finally believe that he is loveable – medical issues and all? As Lucy wonders if adding a teenage boy to the mix of a 4 year old and baby on the way take romance off the table, will Gabriel be able to prove to her that love has no bounds?
LOVING HER AMISH NEIGHBOR is a fabulous story of two wounded people – one physically and one emotionally – searching for what everyone wants – a happily ever after with both thinking they are unworthy of it. Rebecca Kertz weaves a story of romance with a faith thread that makes you love the characters pulling for them to see all the good in each other from the very beginning. Guaranteed to leave you smiling and well worth the read! It’s a big FIVE STAR rating from me!
September 14, 2022
I'm not saying it wasn't an enjoyable read, BUT...
(And when there's a BUT, I have to take the review down to a three.)
Here's the thing: It's mod-Amish, which means they have cellphones, plastic containers, go to the hospital for births (instead of using Amish midwives), etc. They're 'play' Amish-ing... which is basically what the Amish do, now. I just don't care for it, it seems hypocritical.
Gabriel has a polite scar. It's my *NINTH* polite scar, this summer (I'm reading thru 'Love, Inspired' books, and polite scars are apparently a thing). By a 'polite scar', I mean that it's only on half of his handsome face, doesn't affect his sight, speech, hairline, ear, or facial expressions. Very polite of it. HOWEVER, he also has another debilitating scar (on his leg), which we aren't really told much about, except that - even with multiple skin grafts and it being shin to thigh - it doesn't affect his ability to bend his leg at all. He crouches with no difficulty. Weird... scars typically would impede movement, if they're that large. So it's... kind of fake, across the board. Better than most, in that he has pain/difficulties, but... hrm.
Lucy (often called 'Luce' which *SUCKZ*) was married at 19 to a widower with a baby who was still hung up on his wife and never loved her. He conveniently dies just after begetting with her (while drunk, because otherwise he wouldn't have?), and leaves her pregnant with his now 4yo daughter and the new baby on the way. When the book starts, she's only FIVE months along, but showing... WITH HER FIRST CHILD. I didn't even have a pooch until then, hello...!
She makes a living baking, because NO OTHER Amish bake in Lancaster county, and her baking is so awesome, she's the ONLY one who sells on consignment to the stores. This... is INSANELY hard to buy, considering the Amish women are ALLLLL about baking... but fine. Just know this isn't really selling very well.
Gabriel moves next door with his sister, and makes wooden toys, which HE sells on consignment to stores, because no other Amish in the history of Amish-ing have ever done THAT, and it's a huge money-maker, amIright? ((THEY ALL DO THIS.)) I just... feel like the author didn't expend much brain-power to come up with their vocations, and it's cookie-cutter same as everyone else. And of course he can open a shop on his own property, and people will drive out to his farm to buy his toys there, right? Right...??? (((Mmmmmmnnnot so sure...)))
There's a lot of angst in the book. Lucy missing her brother and rejected by her husband and father, Gabriel's dead family he couldn't save and his unworthiness because of his scar and his inability to have a family because of his disability/leg...
... The author cheats BADLY with the Aaron/Emily subplot, kind of forgetting about it and not really telling us what was going on between them, or where Aaron's head was in the game, or even what kind of a man he was. The character development was skimped on, BADLY, across the board.
All in all, it was lackluster. Oh, Gabriel was sweet. Lucy was sufficiently mild/modest. But we're told she's 'independent', and we just don't see ANY of it. We're told her daughter is sweet, but mostly she's mouthy and demanding and VERY only-child. We aren't told ANYTHING about Emily, so have fun with that. And the other characters are just names thrown out here and there - there's no development with anyone, which is pretty sketchy stuff, considering the close-knit community of the Amish.
I... better stop writing, or I'll end up taking it down to two stars.
It was okay. Better than many, not a keeper, though.
(And when there's a BUT, I have to take the review down to a three.)
Here's the thing: It's mod-Amish, which means they have cellphones, plastic containers, go to the hospital for births (instead of using Amish midwives), etc. They're 'play' Amish-ing... which is basically what the Amish do, now. I just don't care for it, it seems hypocritical.
Gabriel has a polite scar. It's my *NINTH* polite scar, this summer (I'm reading thru 'Love, Inspired' books, and polite scars are apparently a thing). By a 'polite scar', I mean that it's only on half of his handsome face, doesn't affect his sight, speech, hairline, ear, or facial expressions. Very polite of it. HOWEVER, he also has another debilitating scar (on his leg), which we aren't really told much about, except that - even with multiple skin grafts and it being shin to thigh - it doesn't affect his ability to bend his leg at all. He crouches with no difficulty. Weird... scars typically would impede movement, if they're that large. So it's... kind of fake, across the board. Better than most, in that he has pain/difficulties, but... hrm.
Lucy (often called 'Luce' which *SUCKZ*) was married at 19 to a widower with a baby who was still hung up on his wife and never loved her. He conveniently dies just after begetting with her (while drunk, because otherwise he wouldn't have?), and leaves her pregnant with his now 4yo daughter and the new baby on the way. When the book starts, she's only FIVE months along, but showing... WITH HER FIRST CHILD. I didn't even have a pooch until then, hello...!
She makes a living baking, because NO OTHER Amish bake in Lancaster county, and her baking is so awesome, she's the ONLY one who sells on consignment to the stores. This... is INSANELY hard to buy, considering the Amish women are ALLLLL about baking... but fine. Just know this isn't really selling very well.
Gabriel moves next door with his sister, and makes wooden toys, which HE sells on consignment to stores, because no other Amish in the history of Amish-ing have ever done THAT, and it's a huge money-maker, amIright? ((THEY ALL DO THIS.)) I just... feel like the author didn't expend much brain-power to come up with their vocations, and it's cookie-cutter same as everyone else. And of course he can open a shop on his own property, and people will drive out to his farm to buy his toys there, right? Right...??? (((Mmmmmmnnnot so sure...)))
There's a lot of angst in the book. Lucy missing her brother and rejected by her husband and father, Gabriel's dead family he couldn't save and his unworthiness because of his scar and his inability to have a family because of his disability/leg...
... The author cheats BADLY with the Aaron/Emily subplot, kind of forgetting about it and not really telling us what was going on between them, or where Aaron's head was in the game, or even what kind of a man he was. The character development was skimped on, BADLY, across the board.
All in all, it was lackluster. Oh, Gabriel was sweet. Lucy was sufficiently mild/modest. But we're told she's 'independent', and we just don't see ANY of it. We're told her daughter is sweet, but mostly she's mouthy and demanding and VERY only-child. We aren't told ANYTHING about Emily, so have fun with that. And the other characters are just names thrown out here and there - there's no development with anyone, which is pretty sketchy stuff, considering the close-knit community of the Amish.
I... better stop writing, or I'll end up taking it down to two stars.
It was okay. Better than many, not a keeper, though.
July 22, 2021
Loving Her Amish Neighbor is a heartwarming story written by Rebecca Kertz. The author has developed an amazing story and her characters are fantastic. This story starts out strong and draws the reader in until the final page. Two unlikely people are thrown together in a very unexpected way and form a true bond and friendship because of it. The path these two characters take is filled with consideration, faith, and acceptance. Each of the main characters has a past they must deal with and they find the strength to do that with each other's help. I absolutely loved this story.
I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response and all opinions are my own. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.
I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response and all opinions are my own. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.
July 20, 2022
This novel touched my heart. Both Lucy and Gabriel deal with pain from the past and are drawn together. Will their struggles drive them apart or unite them? The many threads and details add richness to the story. I received a copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
April 22, 2021
I enjoyed this book
June 20, 2021
awesome book
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June 27, 2021A good, gentle story.
Could have used a proof-reader - I noticed several typographical-type errors that detracted from the story. That sort of thing is so unnecessary.
Could have used a proof-reader - I noticed several typographical-type errors that detracted from the story. That sort of thing is so unnecessary.
August 14, 2021
I absolutely adored this story, I did have some questions on it.
I love the character's in it. I couldn't put it down once I got in to it. I will be reading more from this author.
I love the character's in it. I couldn't put it down once I got in to it. I will be reading more from this author.
May 14, 2025
Sweet, heart warming, and full of healing.
May 20, 2025
So good
Wonderful book, I loved reading the story of Lucy and Gabriel. It caught me from the beginning and I couldn't put it down.
Wonderful book, I loved reading the story of Lucy and Gabriel. It caught me from the beginning and I couldn't put it down.
May 29, 2025
Loving her Amish neighbor
House full of so much love and lots of decisions and hurts but through it all they became a family
House full of so much love and lots of decisions and hurts but through it all they became a family
July 15, 2025
What a nice book
November 10, 2025
very good book
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