Turning Home by Janice Kay Johnson
Publisher & Release: Berkley, September 29, 2020
Time and setting: Present Day, Amish Country
Genre: Amish Fiction
Length: 320 Pages
Rating: 5 Gold Crowns
Book Description:
In this tender Amish romance, an Amish man who is returning to his community and faith is drawn to a young woman who is still reeling from past wounds.
When Luke Bowman returns to the Amish faith after years of being away from home, he does so with absolute conviction. Those feelings are shaken when he meets Julia Durant, a non-Amish woman who works at his family's furniture-making business. Despite his instincts, Luke is drawn to Julia, and although Julia is still recovering from a brutal assault when she was a college student, she is drawn to Luke as well.
As Luke and Julia grow closer, and their fragile friendship grows stronger, Luke wants to be with Julia, but the reason he came home--his faith--is now the thing keeping them apart. Luke and Julia will have to decide whether their relationship can survive this divide, and whether the home Luke has made in the Amish faith is one that's fit for two.
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Vikki’s Musings
Thanks go to the publisher and Net-Galley for a complimentary copy of Turning Home by Janice Kay Johnson for the purpose of reading and reviewing prior to publication. My opinions are my own, and no one has influenced them.
Turning Home is a lovely romance between a broken Englischer and an Amish man who has returned to his roots. They meet when she comes to work for his family’s furniture making business as the bookkeeper. This is the first book I have read by Ms. Johnson, and I enjoyed her writing style. It’s clear she has researched the Amish faith and their lifestyle.
Julia Durant’s character has dark secrets in her past that have her searching for security, and she longed for the safety and acceptance of the Amish community. When she meets the hero, she feels safe with him. As their friendship grows into more, she believes she can never be in a romantic relationship because of her violent assault, so Luke is safe. An Amish man newly returned to the fold, he would never turn to her.
Luke Bowman is our hero, and he has a great many characteristics that make him a great one. He’s experienced the Englischer life and knows he wants what his Amish upbringing offers. When he begins to have strong feeling for Julia, he cannot allow those emotions to grow. He would never leave his family again.
The romance between Julia and Luke blossoms from their daily contact at work. They both feel the powerful connection, and both must do much soul-searching. Julia is drawn to the Amish faith, but isn’t sure if she can commit to such a vastly different way of life, and Luke has vowed he can never leave his faith again. I truly wanted this pair to find a way to be together.
If you enjoy Amish fiction with compelling characters and a moving plot, then you will love Turning Home as much as I did. I look forward to the next book in this series, and other books by Ms. Johnson. Happy reading!
Author Bio:
Janice Kay Johnson is the author of sixty-plus books for children and adults. Her first four published romance novels were coauthored with her mother Norma Tadlock Johnson, also a writer who has since published mysteries and children's books on her own. These were "sweet" romance novels, the author hastens to add; she isn't sure they'd have felt comfortable coauthoring passionate love scenes!
Janice graduated from Whitman College with a B.A. in history and then received a master's degree in library science from the University of Washington. She was a branch librarian for a public library system until she began selling her own writing.
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