Letters to Katie

Katherine Yoder yearns for a marriage and family like most young women. The fact that she is surrounded by happy marriages and the anticipation of new babies only deepens that longing. She is never idle, working at Mary Yoder's restaurant, helping her parents, sewing, needlework....but that doesn't fill the hole in her life.  But perhaps God has plans that are different from hers.

For most of her teenage and adult life, Katherine has loved her best friend's twin brother, Johnny Mullet, but that love was never returned.  Currently, Johnny is busy making his own way as he buys a farm which needs an overhaul and sets up his business raising horses.  When a stranger arrives in town, Isaac, it makes Katherine wonder if perhaps she has been looking in the wrong direction for God's plan.  Suddenly, he leaves but begins the two begin to write letters to one another. When illness strikes Katherine suddenly, each of these character's eyes open to what is truly important as they begin to seek God first, a lesson each of us can learn from.

Letters to Katie by Kathleen Fuller is the third installment in the Middlefield Family series following Treasuring Emma and Faithful to Laura but don't let that stop you from reading this delightful Amish centered story if you haven't read the other two.  I started the series with this one and found that filling in any missing gaps was fairly easy to do and didn't detract from the story.  There are quite a few characters in the book to keep up with that may have been easier to keep track of if I had read the other two books first but, again, did not keep me from enjoying the story itself.  If you enjoy Amish fiction, Kathleen Fuller currently has about 10 to choose from.  I found her style very easy and enjoyable to read and hope to have opportunity to read more of her writings.

I did receive this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.  I was in no way obligated to leave a positive review.