Seek Me With All Your Heart is the first book in a new series, Land of Canaan, by Beth Wiseman. I have been waiting for this book to come out every since I read the last book of the Daughters of the Promise series. In that book we learn that several of the characters are going to move to Colorado to start over and go where there is more farm land. We learn the reason for those moves in this book. We also meet the Detweiler family who move to Canaan for their own reasons. There are several stories going on in the book, but I think the main one was the story of Emily and David. David was a character from another The Daughters of the Promise series who feels he can never marry because he had a kidney transplant and it he might not live a long life and Emily is an new character who we learn was raped and her family moved to get away from the situation. Emily feels she is unworthy to marry because of the rape. David and Emily have a rocky beginning but soon become good friends. When that friendship feels more like love what will they do since both have decided marriage is not the route for them? You will find out in this book.
I really enjoyed getting to see the characters from the Daughters of the Promise series and really enjoyed meeting the new characters as well. I have waited so long to find out why they decided to leave all they knew and loved to go to Canaan. I did have some issues with the rape storyline. I thought the Amish did not take people to court. They tried to handle things in their communities. So, that part of the story had me wondering a little. I did like how her parents handled the rape. In other Amish fiction stories I've read, it felt like the parents would not even believe the girl. Other than that I totally loved the book and would recommend it to people who love Amish fiction. I look forward to reading more in this series. This is the first book I have bought for my Kindle for Android and I really enjoyed reading it that way.
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