
Ties That Bind is the first novel in the Amish of Summer Grove series.Ĭindy Woodsmall has done it again…put out a book that has stolen my heart. His love and loyalty to her beckons him to try to win her trust and help her find a way to buy the café-because when she learns the truth that connects her and a stranger named Skylar Nash, Quill knows it may upend her life forever. After returning to Summer Grove on another matter, he unearths secrets about Ariana and her family that she is unaware of. When she unexpectedly encounters him, she soon realizes he has plans to help someone else she loves leave the Amish.ĭespite how things look, Quill’s goal has always been to protect Ariana from anything that may hurt her, including the reasons he left. She has two aspirations: open a café in historic Summer Grove to help support her family’s ever-expanding brood and to keep any other Amish from being lured into the Englisch life by Quill Schlabach.įive years ago Quill, along with her dear friend Frieda, ran off together, and Ariana still carries the wounds of that betrayal. Twenty-year-old Ariana Brenneman loves her family and the Old Ways. Will holding tightly to the cords of family keep them together-or simply tear them apart? Though not graphic, I feel older audiences will enjoy this more.Īriana’s comfortable Old Order Amish world is about to unravel. Suggested Age: 13+: non graphic drug use. Genres: Amish & Mennonite, Christian, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance Published by Crown Publishing Group on September 8th 2015 No compensation was received for sharing this review and all opinions are my own. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Waterbrook Multnomah and was under no obligation to post a review.
