Cindy Woodsmall

Amish of Summer Grove #01: Ties that Bind Cindy Woodsmall

Marc Notes: An Old Order Amish young woman and an unsuspecting college student are on a collision course that neither could have foreseen--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Ariana s comfortable Old Order Amish world is about to unravel. Will holding tightly to the cords of family keep them together or simply tear them apart? Twenty-year-oldArianaBrenneman lovesherfamily and the Old Ways. She has two aspirations: open a cafe 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. Five years ago Quill, along with her dear friend Frieda, ran off together, and Ariana still carries the wounds of that betrayal. Whenshe unexpectedly encounters him, she soon realizes he has plans to help someone else she loves leave the Amish. * Despite how things look, Quill s goal has always been to protect Ariana from anything that may hurt her, including the reasons he left. After returning to Summer Grove on another matter, he unearths secrets about Ariana and her family that she is unaware of. His love and loyalty to her beckons him to try to win her trust and help her find a way to buy the cafe because when she learns the truth that connects her and a stranger named Skylar Nash, Quill knows it may upend her life forever. "Ties That Bind"is the first novel in the Amish of Summer Grove series." Review Citations: Romantic Times 09/01/2015 pg. 49 (EAN 9781601426994, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Woodsmall, Cindy Cindy Woodsmall and her husband make their home in Georgia and have raised and home schooled three sons. Her husband became her staunchest supporter while she took writing courses, attended seminars, and strove to write a story from seeds sown years ago when her best friend was a Beachy Amish Mennonite girl. When the Heart Cries is Cindy's first novel.