Van Beiler and Jolene Keim are engaged to be married. One week before the wedding Jolene's parents are swept away in a flash flood at the river crossing and they both drown. Jolene has a decision to make. As the oldest of six children what should she do? She tells Van that she wants to marry him but stay in the family house and take care of her siblings. Van isn't so sure he wants that. He calls off the marriage and Jolene is left with her siblings to raise on her own. Can she do it? Read A LOVE UNDONE to find out.

A single Amish woman raising her siblings is not common. Jolene takes on a cleaning job to help with the expenses, along with help from family and those in her community. After ten years, and most of her siblings grown, Jolene meets Andy Fisher and sparks begin to fly between them. Sparks both good and bad because at first, they didn't get along with each other, yet there was something there that both didn't want to admit at first. But then again, Andy is married. His wife had left years ago, and the Amish rules are, once married, always married unless death parts a couple. They consider Andy a grass widower. My heart broke for both of them. They are torn by what is in their hearts, but can not ignore the rules of their faith.

The smaller stories lines are just as interesting as the main one. A LOVE UNDONE is a story that will make you think about it long after you have finished reading. I like Ray's story. He is a boy who was struck by lightning and lives to tell about it. Ray is Jolene's younger brother. Your heart will go out to Ray in his daily struggles with life, and his anxieties. Finding his place in the community and dealing with his emotions is hard. But he gets reacquainted with Teena and you will find yourself cheering for both of them.

There are plenty of twists and turns within A LOVE UNDONE. I was on the edge of my seat and flipping the pages like a crazy woman until just about the very end wondering what was going to happen. I was so wrong over and over again.

A LOVE UNDONE is so different from most Amish books that I found that it was hard to put down even when I needed to get another tissue. I found myself thinking I had figured it all out and then a few pages later, learning I was completely wrong. I've been reading Cindy Woodsmall's books for years and A LOVE UNDONE is exactly why. The depth and detail of each of the characters and what they are going through, is so believable that you feel as if you are sitting right there next to them, feeling the love and heartache just as they do. Keep the box of tissues close by.