Love in Plain Sight

An Amish Mail-Order Bride Novel, Book 3

By: Kathleen Fuller

Narrated by: Lauren Berst

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

In the town of Birch Creek where the only danger is getting swept off your feet, Katharine Miller hides the secrets of her past . . . until she meets Ezra Bontrager and is forced to face the greatest risk of all—opening her heart to true love

After fleeing her hometown, Katharine finds peace and anonymity while working at Stoll’s Inn and keeping to herself. As long as her guard is up, she can protect herself and others from her past, with the hope that one day her family will forgive her for leaving.

Ezra Bontrager has never shared a love of farming with his brothers and father, and when he takes a job at Stoll’s Inn, he quickly finds even more reason to come to work every day. Although he has no intention of marrying anytime soon, Ezra can’t help but want to learn more about the quiet and mysterious newcomer who doesn’t appear to have come to Birch Creek looking for a husband, as so many have done after the want ad that advertised Birch Creek’s many bachelors.

As Katharine and Ezra continue to cross paths, Katharine feels her defenses lower, and Ezra no longer scoffs at the idea of marriage. Just as they start to hope for the future, the past comes roaring back—not just for Katharine and Ezra but for the entire community of Birch Creek. Confronting that past won’t be easy, but it brings the opportunity for love and grace to abound.

Praise for Love in Plain Sight

“Katharine Miller has everything she ever wants, until she realizes what she’s gotten. Love in Plain Sight is Kathleen Fuller at her best. She shines the spotlight on an unlikely heroine who runs away to find herself…and discovers what true love looks like.”—Suzanne Woods Fisher, bestselling author of Mending Fences.

“Kathleen Fuller’s emotional and evocative writing draws readers into her complex stories and keeps them cheering for her endearing characters even after the final page.”—Patricia Davids, USA TODAY bestselling author

• Sweet Amish romance
• The third book in the Amish Mail-Order Bride series but can be listened to in any order
• Book One: A Double Dose of Love
• Book Two: Matched and Married
• Book Three: Love in Plain Sight
• Book length: 84,000 words

©2022 Kathleen Fuller (P)2022 Zondervan

Excellent Storytelling!

I really enjoyed getting to know the characters in this series. Kathleen Fuller has an engaging writing style that is tender, insightful, and compelling. I look forward to reading more of her titles.

Love in Plain Sight

Although An Amish Mail-Order Bride is a three book series, I chose to only read Love in Plain Sight. Katharine immediately caught my attention due to her weight and acne.

The romance genre, which are mostly written by women for women, have leading characters which are gorgeous with perfect bodies and the villains are ugly, etc. I often find myself rolling my eyes. Kathleen Fuller chose to be more realistic. Thank goodness.

There were two stories being told in this book, Katharine and Ezra and the disgraced, former Bishop Emmanuel and his family. The main story about Katharine and Ezra was what held my attention.

There were a few things that stood out to me...

1) When Katharine needed help, she was presented with it in many unexpected ways, she just had to be receptive of it.
2) I found it fascinating how the author used various characters in the story to act as God's messengers.
3) While many chose to mock Katharine, many others saw past her self-perceived flaws to her true beauty.
4) The villain in this story was charming and ingratiating when he chose to be. He had everyone fooled including his best friend.
5) At first, I was furious with his best friend. It was very interesting to watch his growth in this story.

Love in Plain Sight was incredibly realistic and imparted very important lessons without being preachy, which I appreaciated.

I listened to the audible version of this publication which was narrated by Lauren Berst. I hope that the author and narrator collaborate again in the future. Lauren did a much better job of bringing the characters to life than the other narrators used for the author's Audible publications.

beautiful

Loved it!!! this was so perfect and I actually teared up. This was the first time I didn't know how it would end

Great stories

Kathleen Fuller outdid herself . I loved these books so much I didn't want the stories to end. I guess there could be another. The narrator was great too. Thank you for the sweet stories.