A chance encounter on a train sparks a connection between
two people both dreading their own separate destinations.
Yet, their shared conversation gives both comfort in
listening and talking to the other. Like strangers in the
night, neither expects to see each other again, but their
words and the memory helps steel them for what is to come.
For Adam King, his return is very bittersweet. Glad to be
welcomed back to his Amish community in Lancaster County and
to see his ten young brothers and sisters, he is
heavily burdened by the responsibility of caring for his
family as well as the guilt from not being home when his
parents were killed. His sister, Mary, provides invaluable
help to him by keeping the King household running smoothly,
but is frustrated as she is more than ready to marry and
have her own household. She just needs Adam to see the
obvious. He has to marry first and she has a good friend
just ready for him.
Frustrated by her failure to make her own way, Remy
(Rebecca) McCallister opts to work for her wealthy father as
a journalist at his newspaper. While happy to see her near,
her father, Herb, just cannot give her the love and
affection that she had been missing ever since Remy's mother
died when she was a child. Now wanting to make her mark as
a journalist and to prove herself to her father, Remy (named
for a cognac her parents enjoyed) comes up with the idea of
doing a story on the King family tragedy a year after it
happened as she had done some research on it after meeting
the handsome Adam King.
As Remy reconnects with Adam, she goes to visit him with the
full intention and journalistic ethics to ask his permission
to do a story on how his family is coping after this
dreadful murder. Delaying to find the right moment, she is
quickly embraced and drawn into the warmth and friendship of
this large family and finds comfort and love through them
and from doing the daily chores that she had so missed in
her life.
But as her curiosity and insights gained from a relationship
with the young Simon King, Remy can't help but putting two
and two together as she seeks to discover the truth around
the tragedy. Meanwhile, Adam finds out why she really came
to see him. Can this serious Amish man ever forgive her
deceit? What can she do now that the trust between them is
broken?
As intricately and uniquely developed as a dazzling
snowflake, the very talented Rosalind Lauer has crafted a
fascinating tale of unsolved murder, romance and community
that immediately pulls you deep into this inspiring story
right from the get go to its very moving and satisfying
conclusion. As the first book in the Seasons of Lancaster
series, Lauer sets out a complex and layered tale that is
totally captivating and definitely sets the
bar high for Amish romance stories. While I thoroughly
enjoyed this book as a standalone story, I simply can't wait
for the next in the series, A Simple Spring, to find
out what happens to Adam's feisty sister, Sadie! A SIMPLE
WINTER is a wonderful reading treat you definitely will not
want to miss!
As a budding journalist with a major newspaper, Remy
McCallister is eager to prove herself. While investigating
an unsolved crime, Remy winds up in the tightly woven
Amish community of Lancaster County, the last place she
would ever expect to find herself. The story leads her to
Adam King and his ten younger siblings, who are trying to
sustain their warm, loving home in the wake of the murder
of their parents. Although Remy tries to remain
professional, she is captivated by the Kings. With her own
mother gone and her father disengaged from their
relationship, Remy longs for a home and a family just like
that of these good, simple people.
Suddenly patriarch of his large family, Adam struggles to
do the right thing for his siblings, his community, and
his God. He neither wants nor needs the complications that
spirited Remy brings. But as much as he tries to push her
away, even as he counts all the ways this lovely outsider
cannot possibly remain in his world—or in his heart—the
wondrous light she shines upon his troubled soul cannot be
denied. Adam can only pray for the strength and the faith
to get this Englisher girl out of their lives for good.
Snowbound with the Kings, Remy experiences the wonder and
the chores of a simple winter among the Plain People, as
well as the friendship of their warm community. When her
peaceful interlude ends, does she dare to reveal a killer
in their midst, knowing that she may lose the love of this
special family and this remarkable man?
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