Thankful: Return to Sugarcreek, Book Two
Written by Shelley Shepard Gray
Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray captures the beauty, devotion, and warmth of Amish life in this engaging tale of family, commitment, trust, and love set in the beloved community of Sugarcreek.
Christina Kempf has always known that God chose Aden Reese to be her husband. As children, he was there to save her when she fell through the ice, and he’s been by her side ever since. After his parents died in a car accident ten years ago, the Kempfs raised Aden as one of their own, and everyone sees Aden and Christina as brother and sister. But Christina has never given up hope that Aden will one day ask her to be his wife.
Aden always planned to court Christina. But losing his mother and father changed everything—except his love for her. Her parents generously welcomed him into their home and treated him like a son. He can’t betray their kindness by admitting his feelings for the girl who is like a sister . . . yet so much more.
Pressured by her parents to court, Christina begins to accept the attentions of Sugarcreek’s young men, and now, Aden must make a choice. Will he stand by and watch the love of his life slip away? Or will he risk losing the love and trust of the family he holds dear to tell Christina how he truly feels?
Thankful includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
Shelley Shepard Gray
Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail. Find Shelley on her website: ShelleyShepardGray.com; on Facebook: ShelleyShepardGray; Twitter: @ShelleySGray.
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Reviews for Thankful
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thankful: Return to Sugarcreek, Book Two was sent a little while ago to review. I was excited because I had read the first book in the series "Hopeful". This book was no disappointment from the first book in the series. It is a story line that completely stands alone from the first, so anyone can pick this up and read it without reading the first book. This book has companion characters from the first but nothing direct. Christine has long had a crush on a childhood family friend whom she hopes will notice she has grown into a young women. She works hard as a waitress to try show her strength and responsibility until he claims to be with a English women. She is devastated and resorts to healing old wounds to provoke his feelings. This is an easy read and great for a beginners. Simple values and great moral stories.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I love this author, but this book had different stories and went back and forth on the stories so I ended up a little more confused than satisfied.
I think it had 3 main stories. Maybe 4? And it didn’t tell one then move on to the next, each chapter covered all three and none were related except the same town. It left me a little disappointed. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a book written with a lot of thought. It was very good!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I feel in love with some of these characters in the first book in this series Hopeful, and Thankful the second book, does not disappoint. We are reunited with Judith and Ben and their desire to have a child, and how their lives become full of joy.The main characters in this book are Christina Kempf and Aden Reese; these two have been raised together as brother and sister. Now how can that go further and they fall in love? When you are raised as siblings and under strict religious circumstances, how can they come together in any other way?I so enjoyed this return visit and the author has done a wonderful job making me feel like a part of the community. We also have a side story of Jan who is the owner of the Sugarcreek Inn, where Christina works. She is at a crossroads in her life, and we get to enjoy some the things that come wrapped in roses to her.I never wanted this to end, but am so happy that the third book in this series, Joyful, which is scheduled for release in September. Don’t miss this wonderful read, am so glad I was blessed to have read it!I received this book through Edelwiss, and the publisher Avon Inspire, and was not required to give a positive review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ever since Aden saved Christina’s life when they were young, they have had a special bond. But even as their friendship grew, they became more secretive as to their feelings for each other. Complications arose when Aden’s parents were killed in an accident. Now feeling obligated to her parents when they took him in to raise as one of their own, how can they say that the feelings they have for each other aren’t the brotherly-sisterly ones everyone assumes they have? They barely acknowledge what they feel, even to themselves. Sigh. The road to young love is not easy, especially when they hide their feelings. It’s easy to figure out how the story will end, but what finally spurs them to action is quite entertaining when it finally happens. A charming tale with delightful – if somewhat shy characters - and a quick read.