The Teacher's Bride by Kathleen Fuller

The Teacher's Bride by Kathleen Fuller is from the "Amish Brides of Birch Creek series.  In this installment Christian Ropp moves to Birch Creek to accept a teaching assignment as well as escape the family that he grew up.  Ruby Glick has also grown up in a stifling home and choses to visit her brother's family in Birch Creek for an extended period of time.  Christian has grown to appreciate the ordered well planned life and Ruby who always lived life on the edge and never planned in advance was seeking to turn over a new leaf and start living a more ordered life.  Both moved with plans to meet and marry their life partner.  Christian broke out into a cold sweat whenever he even thought of talking to a woman that he was interested and Ruby barged right in which didn't work out well either in the Amish community.  When one time Ruby had again found herself in an uncomfortable situation she developed horrible hiccups and ran outside to escape the embarrassment, Christopher also left to make sure she was ok.  They got to talking and eventually met up to help Christopher figure out how to get to know the woman of his dreams, Martha without breaking into a cold sweat just thinking about it.  Ruby needed to find a job but no one would hire her since she was so chaotic. When Christopher hurt his ankle he suggested that Ruby might be a good substitute if she would follow his lesson plan.  Can Christopher figure out how to find a wife?  Can Ruby learn to plan and reel in her chaotic tendencies and possibly find a love of her own?  Read this great Amish love story to find out the answers.

I liked reading this newest book of Kathleen Fuller.  She brings these characters to life and brings the reader directly into the Amish lifestyle.  She has the reader rooting for the main characters and wanting to read just a few more pages until the book is too quickly finished.  The reader is left anticipating the next installment of the series even though the reader can read any of the books and enjoy them without the rest (they easily stand alone).  I would encourage any girl or woman who loves reading Amish romance to read this one.
I received this book from BookLook for this review.