The Bake Shop

By: Amy Clipston

Narrated by: Lauren Berst

The first installment of Amy Clipston’s bestselling Amish Marketplace series! Cakes, pies, and a tender romance await you in The Bake Shop.

Christiana Kurtz loves to bake, but when her bake stand becomes too busy, her mother encourages her to move her business to the local market. Her new bake shop is an instant success, but it becomes so inundated with customers that the line blocks the leather and woodcraft shop next door. The shop’s owner, Jeff Stoltzfus, catches Christiana’s attention at first glance with his dark brown eyes and sad expression, and she longs to know more about him.

After a series of mishaps and Jeff’s complaints that her stand is driving away his business due to the lines, their relationship begins rockily. Drawn to each other despite themselves, Jeff and Christiana forge a friendship that begins to deepen, and Jeff slowly begins to trust her with the painful secrets of his past.

When Christiana’s father makes a surprise visit to the market, he is upset to find that Jeff uses the building’s electricity to personalize his items. He tells Christiana that Jeff is too modern for her, and she’s forbidden from dating him. Christiana is crushed, but she knows she must obey her father.

When Jeff’s shop catches fire one day, he puts the entire market in jeopardy—including Christiana’s bake shop, but she can’t deny how she feels about him despite his mistakes. Though the odds are against them, can the two young people find a way to rebuild both their businesses and their relationship?

• Sweet, inspirational Amish romance
• Full-length novel (85,000 words)
• First book in Amy Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series

very nice book

easy listening. nice story of young love. well written with a good flow in the storyline

that it is a love story

I just love the Amish stories this is one of my favorites :-) it's one of my greatest pastimes. ;). looking forward to hear more stories.

a must read

this book is so moving.
it reaches out for the readers empathy.
a definite must read

Reader wasn’t the best but good story

I enjoyed the story but the reader felt like it was half automated. Like I was listing to Siri read the book then it would switch to a person. Big moments had no emotion or inflection.

Amy Clipston does it again!

I always look forward to new stories by Amy Clipston , she never disappoints. The Bake Shop gets triple stars.