Softly Blows the Bugle

Jan Drexler writes historical Amish fiction, which puts her in a class by herself.  She has done her research well for her third book in this series The Amish of Weaver's Creek.  The time era is post Civil War, when the men are coming home and life should be returning to normal--as much as it can. 

When Katie sees her fiance, Jonas, coming home, she runs to greet him.  He's brought with him a friend he met while being a medic at a prisoner of war hospital.  Aaron Zook has lost his leg and doesn't know where he wants to go from Weaver's Creek because all of his family is gone.  

Jonas has a sister, Elizabeth, who is widowed and really not looking to marry again.  Aaron is not looking for a relationship, but somehow,  . . . 

Jan has included some suspense, some impostors, and some tenderness in this book and has really engaged the reader from beginning to end.  It's worthy of five stars, two thumbs up, and a farm ready to plow. 

Revell and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review.  All opinions expressed are my own.