Review: Hearts in Harmony by Beth Wiseman

Hearts in Harmony by Beth Wiseman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blurb: 

They both love music. Will God deny what brings them such joy?   

Musical prodigy Levi Shetler hasn’t touched a piano since he secretly played one years ago. His strict Amish community forbids instruments or the singing of any music not in their approved songbook. Levi asks God often why music tempts him when playing an instrument isn’t allowed in his world. 

One person knows Levi’s talents: Mary Hershberger, the girl who promised years ago to keep his secret. Mary comes from a more liberal district than Levi, but she’s facing family troubles of her own. The mutual care for an aging Englischer, Adeline, reunites Mary and Levi as young adults. They realize that, despite their differences, they have a shared love of music—and a shared confusion about whether their talents are God-given gifts or temptations luring them into the Englisch world. 

The couple realizes they must compromise or part ways, but a tragic accident shakes their decision. Both Mary and Levi will need to reconcile what they love with what their hearts say is right—because even as their passion for music brings them together, it could be what tears them apart. 

The first novel in the new Amish Journeys series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman, Hearts in Harmony explores how far the heart will travel for the melody of love.



My Review: 

Hearts in Harmony is the exciting beginning to Beth Wiseman’s series, An Amish Journey. I absolutely loved this story. It is among my favorites that I have read by this author. I enjoyed Levi and Mary. They are two characters that felt connected to. I had to find out what would happen with them next and could not put the book down.

I give Hearts in Harmony a very well deserved five plus stars and I highly recommend it. I can not wait to read the next addition to An Amish Journey series.

I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.


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Review: An Amish Heirloom by Amy Clipston / Beth Wiseman / Kathleen Fuller / Kelly Irvin

Blurb (from Amazon):

A Legacy of Love by Amy Clipston

Local volunteer fire fighter Leon King agrees to repair his ex-girlfriend Susie Bontrager’s grandparents’ antique rocking chairs for her future home with her fiance and is forced to acknowledge that his feelings for her have not quite gone away. As Susie spends time with Leon, she begins to recognize she is marrying the wrong man for all the wrong reasons.

The Cedar Chest by Beth Wiseman

Decades after inheriting her great grandmother’s cedar chest, Emma Fisher decides to pry it open only to discover a beautiful love story in the form of letters between her great grandparents. But as Emma immerses herself in their story, family secrets are revealed, and she must decide whether to share them to preserve family history or honor her great grandparents’ decision to leave them hidden. 

The Treasured Book by Kathleen Fuller

For the past two years, Shane Broyles has felt God leading him to join the Amish. He’s staying with his friends Noah and Ivy Schlabach in Birch Creek, OH, where he is reunited with Lucy Fisher, an old friend of Noah’s family. Shane and Lucy have never revealed their feelings for each other, but when they stumble upon an antique Bible at a flea market, they feel drawn to each other and to the mystery of the contents found within.

The Midwife’s Dream by Kelly Irvin

Iris Beachy serves as a midwife in her district where she longs for a family of her own. When her friend’s brother Mahon Kurtz seeks her help in delivering the baby of two young teenagers who have sought refuge in their town, they begin to see each other in a different light. Unprepared for parenthood, the young couple leave their baby girl behind in an antique crib quilt resembling the one destined for Iris when she becomes a mother. Mahon and Iris come together to take care of the baby as they try to find her parents, and they begin to see new possibilities for their future.

My Reivew: 

An Amish Heirloom is a collection of four stories by four fabulous Amish fiction writers. Those stories include: 

A Legacy of Love by Amy Clipston

The Cedar Chest by Beth Wiseman

The Treasured Book by Kathleen Fuller

A Midwife's Dream by Kelly Irvin

I enjoyed every one of these stories and I can not pick a favorite. 

I give An Amish Heirloom a well deserved 5 plus stars. I most definitely recommend it for any lover of Amish fiction. 

I receive this book from the publisher, but was not required to write a review. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.

I received this book from the publisher, but was not required to write a review. This review is 100% my own honest opinion. 

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Review: Home All Along (Amish Secrets #3) by Beth Wiseman

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Blurb (from Goodreads):

Charlotte has made a home for herself in Amish Country with Daniel. But unforeseen events rock their fragile world and may move them even further away from the life they long for.

Charlotte, an Englisher, is living in Amish Country, and she has formed strong and lasting bonds with the people in her new community. She has even fallen in love with an Amish man. But just when she is considering a permanent conversion to the Amish way of life, her world crashes around her. An unexpected death and a mysterious visitor unsettle Charlotte, and she begins to question her faith and her choices.

Daniel loves Charlotte and wants to share his life with her, even it if means leaving the only world he’s ever known. But as he walks alongside of her through her struggles, his own world is turned upside down when a loved one receives a grim medical diagnosis and a prodigal relative returns home. Will Charlotte and Daniel’s relationship succumb to the many pressures around them, or will their faith and the strong community around them allow them to weather the storms of their own lives in order to build a life together?

My Review:

Home All Along is book three from Beth Wiseman's Amish Secrets series. I have read the first two books of the series, Her Brother's Keeper and Love Bears All Things, and this one is my favorite. I felt a connection to Charlotte throughout because of what she had endured and I could relate with her and I understand her. It definitely got me emotional at times. Beth Wiseman perfectly knew how to write those things. I, also, loved Daniel's love, patience, sweetness and faith. An all-around story of faith, forgiveness, redemption and finding yourself. 

Highly recommended. 

5 plus stars. 

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Review: An Amish Christmas Love by Beth Wiseman / Amy Clipston / Kely Irving / Ruth Reid

An Amish Christmas Love is a collection of four Amish stories at the most wonderful time of the year. The stories include:

Winter Kisses by Beth Wiseman. Spinster Naomi lives with her mother, Barbara, and grandmother, Ruth. Barbara and Ruth are widows, while Naomi has never been married and does not believe she ever will. Suddenly, their worlds will be turned upside down during a storm on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas Cat by Amy Clipston. Emma is facing her first Christmas alone in 45 years after her husband, Henry, passes away. She is surprised to be invaded by a cat that won't go away and is visited by young visitors. How will her new houseguests show her love, faith, and hope?

Snow Angels by Kelly Irvin. Going through Rumspringa, David falls for an Englisher, Bobbie. He realizes he does not want to leave his faith and decides to stay Amish. He, then, falls for Molly and is ready to make a commitment of marriage. That is, until Bobbie shows back up. Will he break Molly's heart?

Home for Christmas by Ruth Reid. Depending on a faulty GPS, Ellie is sent to the wrong address and start breaking into Ezra's home! Does this really take her to the right turn she's been looking for in life?

I enjoyed An Amish Christmas Love. All four of these stories were so sweet and clean. I just love Christmas time, just love Amish Fiction and combining the two makes for a perfect read.

Great Christmas read! 5 plus stars.

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