
Gideon and Patricia's story!
If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, water and fertilize your own side. —Mountain Home Amish proverb
If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, water and fertilize your own side. —Mountain Home Amish proverb
Patricia King has made up her mind to spend the summer on Rumspringe—just for a few months, to get a taste of Englisch life and have some fun outside her parents’ strict rules. She loves her new job at Rose Garden Quilts, partly because it brings her into contact with people from all walks of Englisch life—people like the Madison boys at the Rocking Diamond dude ranch, who aren’t afraid to show what they feel and say what they think. What’s the harm in accepting a date with one of them, if she’s discreet? If only she hadn’t made the mistake of confiding in Gideon Miller. Now he won’t mind his own business, and worse, his sister Susanna thinks she and Gideon would make a perfect match!
Gideon was baptized into the church a few years ago, and has no desire to be anything but an Amish cowboy right here in the Siksika Valley. It drives him crazy that a kind, talented girl like Patricia is so set on testing the boundaries of the Amish faith—to say nothing of getting involved with Englisch folks who don’t have her best interests at heart. He finds reasons to spend time in town, dropping in to see her—as a friend, of course. He can’t seem to stay away, can’t stifle these protective feelings … and can’t admit his sister might be right and they mean more than friendship.
The more he tries to be her friend, the more Patricia wants to run. Until one wrong decision upends both their lives … and Gideon becomes the only person Patricia can turn to for help …
The Montana Millers. They believe in faith, family, and the land. They’ll need all three when love comes to Mountain Home!