An Amish Cinderella

Title: An Amish Cinderella

Series: The Amish of Apple Creek #3

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Publisher: Kensington

Genre: Amish, Christian Fiction, Christian Fiction

Source: Author Provided

My Review:

An Amish Cinderella by Shelley Shepard Gray is the third book in The Amish of Apple Creek series. They easily read as stand-alone novels. I have read the second book, but not the first.

An Amish Cinderella immediately pulled me in. It is an easy, quick read. I had a hard time putting it down because I wanted to see what would happen next. Heart has a bright, sunny disposition, and I loved her relationship with her father. Levi might be gruff around the edges, but Heart knows exactly how to handle him, LOL! 

Clayton grew up in a children's home and never had a family to call his own. His story is touching and heartbreaking. I love the sweet interactions between him and Heart. I also loved how afraid he was of Levi! 

There are two romances in this novel, and both are beautifully done. There is a nod to Cinderella, but don't expect this to be like other Cinderella novels. It's not. Also, the description on the back cover does not do an adequate job of describing the story line. Heart does not have pets when the book begins, and I didn't find her interactions with Clayton overly awkward (past the initial awkwardness).

Thank you to Shelley Shepard Gray for the opportunity to read this book. I was not required to provide a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own. 

★★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads): 

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray—one of the most beloved voices in inspirational romance—welcomes readers back to Apple Creek, Ohio, a bright and bustling Amish community where a woman with her hands full keeping home for her widowed father and his new blacksmith apprentice forge an unexpected path to love.

Perfect for fans of Beverly Lewis, Suzanne Woods Fisher, and Charlotte Hubbard, this third installment in The Amish of Apple Creek is sure to enchant readers looking for a sweet twist on the classic Cinderella story!

Also Available as a Simultaneous Paperback 

Now that her friends are all marrying or moving away, Heart Beachy has started feeling lonely. Worse, everyone keeps asking when she’s going to find a man of her own. Don’t they realize Heart has her hands full at home with her widowed dad, too many chores, and a menagerie of needy, small animals? Besides, she doesn’t understand the fuss about marriage. It’s enough to make her consider finally becoming a pet-sitter, or moving to an English community, where she won’t be an oddity . . .

Newcomer Clayton Glick is utterly charmed by Heart—and completely confounded. He can’t figure out why this beautiful woman is as awkward as a teenager whenever he’s around, which is often now that he’s an apprentice to her blacksmith father. So Clayton starts assisting with Heart’s never-ending tasks, even helping her corral her unruly pets. How else can he court an adorably flustered woman who doesn’t know the first thing about courtship? Because courting is exactly what he intends . . .

Heart doesn’t know why her pulse hammers every time she sees Clayton. She only knows yielding to such emotions will mean trouble. . . But maybe with a little faith—and the loss of a shoe—Clayton can convince her to join him on the road to happily ever after.