Her only wish /

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Return to Pinecraft, Florida, for a Sweet Amish Romance

Sheltered yet adventurous, Betsy Detweiler is on a mission to get out of Kentucky and experience new things in life. She's got a list--a life list. What better place to start than with her friends in beautiful Pinecraft, Florida?

From the moment Betsy walks into the Snow Bird Golf Course to sign up for lessons, August Troyer is mesmerized. Betsy is a mass of contradictions--beautiful yet awkward, outgoing yet unsure, joyful yet hesitant. She's like no one he's ever met before, and as the only child of missionary parents, he's met a lot of people.

As Betsy and August embark on a month of enjoying life to the fullest, they'll encounter several reasons to back off and play it safe. But playing it safe has its own consequences. This tender romance reminds us that life--and love--requires a fair amount of risk.

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Betsy Detweiler is ready to put her fearful struggle with respiratory illness behind her. Armed with a list of adventures certain to prove her overprotective family wrong, she can finally start living the life she has only watched from the sidelines. But meeting August Troyer, a handsome golf course manager, was never on the list. August's kindness and encouragement help Betsy see that the courage she needed to live to the fullest was within her reach all along, and what begins as one woman's summer bucket list turns into inspiration for a host of new friends to give their own dreams a chance. Gray continues her A Season in Pinecraft series about three Amish friends who vacation in central Florida and find themselves along the way. Her Only Wish features Betsy in an uplifting story of friendship and the power of a renewed perspective. The supporting characters have their own challenges with family acceptance and relational drama, and the unexpected intersections of their lives beautifully tie together this noteworthy elevation of an enjoyable series.

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Shelley Shephard Gray earned a bachelor's and master's degree in education. Before becoming a full time writer, she taught elementary school in Texas, Arizona, and Colorado. She started writing about the Amish because their way of life appealed to her and she wanted to write stories about regular people in extraordinary situations. Her works include the Sisters of the Heart series, Seasons of Sugarcreek series, The Families of Honor series, Heart of a Hero series, and Secrets of Crittenden County series.

(Bowker Author Biography)