In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania we meet young rebel Lizzie Zook, who has been told that she's taking her rumspringa or running-around time too far and must settle down to be baptised. Instead, she uses a shop's computer to send an email her her community's elders would not approve of. Lizzie is contacting a splinter of her family, believing that once Amish, FOREVER AMISH.

Sally's mother left the family when she was young, and her father advises Sally not to go to Lancaster. As a final spurt of freedom before her wedding, Sally Bingham drives down to Lancaster County to meet Lizzie, a stranger to her but who has been sending her emails recently. Looks like these two girls have an independent attitude in common!

Sally breeds show dogs, Corgis, and I am amazed that Sally has had to rehome most of her dogs as her fiancé, Donald, dislikes dogs. I could not believe this match would happen. Lizzie explains to Sally that the Amish don't approve of prideful showing. Dogs are useful working animals, though, and Corgis are natural herders.

Lizzie brings Sally to her home, since they board English guests, but Sally feels outnumbered when she sits down to a fine table of food with ten family members. A family secret is revealed as Sally has a connection to her host family that she never knew about, but finding relatives doesn't solve all her issues. The Amish preach forgiveness, but has too much happened for anyone to forgive? When Sally heads home again, it's to figure out what is really important in her life.

We get to meet the lovely Corgi Ginger. Amusingly the tourists buy Amish romances written by English women in the town's store where Lizzie works. These and other details fill out this gentle romance about women finding their inner strength and identity. Kate Lloyd shows us that you can be FOREVER AMISH in your heart even if you were not born to the life. I enjoyed seeing how Lizzie and Sally's lives work out and will look for more of Kate Lloyd's books.