Chasing Sunsets by Karen Kingsbury

Mary Catherine love God more than anything and wants to live life to the fullest way possible. She finds herself being attracted to Marcus, the baseball pitcher but she cannot let herself get too involved in a relationship with him or anybody else for that matter. She has a threatening health problem, a bad heart. She may not have much time to live. Besides Marcus currently has a girlfriend, Shelly. Shelly is shallow and immature and the more he is around Mary Catherine the more he desire a girl like Mary Catherine. The friendship between Mary Catherine and Marcus grows as they work in the community with troubled youth. One girl, Lexi is very troubled. She is involved with gangs and her boyfriend is responsible for critically injuring a young child.

I liked this book. The characters and the story were well developed but I must say that I am a little disappointed that we will have to wait until the next book in this series to find out what happens with some of the characters. This is the reason for the four stars instead of five. At the end of this book Mary Catherine was headed to Africa for six months against the advice of her doctors. The relationship between Marcus and Mary Catherine was left hanging. What will become of them? Also, will Lexi be scared straight and stay out of trouble? Will she give her life to Christ? All of these questions were unanswered in this book. I am just hoping that the time will not be long before the next book is released.

Thanks to Netgalley and Howard books for allowing me to read and review this book. Chasing Sunsets is due for a publication date of April 7, 2015.

The Amish Clockmaker by Mindy Starns Clark and Susan Meissner

The Amish Clockmaker is book 3 in the Men of Lancaster series and is the one of the series that I think it the best.  It is the story of two different Amish men. The first story is told in first person during the present time and is the story of Matthew Zook. He wants to expand the business that his grandfather started about 60 years ago. His grandfather had purchased land that was formerly owned by Claburn Raber, an Amish clockmaker who was accused of murdering his wife. He was innocent but his family and the community never believed his story that his wife was mentally ill. He was ex-communicated and left town never returning to Lancaster. It is important that Matthew locate Claburn Raber since there is a problem with the deed of one acre. A resort wants to acquire that one acre.  The second part deals with Claburn Raber. He marries the troubled Marian Beiler.  He loves her even though she does not return his love. Of course we learn in the first part that Marian dies and Claburn leaves town. I felt bad that most of Claburn's family dies believing that he a murderer. 
I felt the storyline and characters were well developed. It kept me turning the pages to determine the outcome. I don't want to give too much of the story away to spoil it for the reader. You won't regret reading this one. It is better written than most Amish fiction.

I received this ebook compliments of Netgalley and Harvest House publishers.

The Promise of Palm Grove by Shelley Shepard Gray

The Promise of Palm Grove is the first of the Brides of Pinecraft series. Pinecraft is on the west coast of Florida near Sarasota and is a choice vacation spot for Amish and Mennonites. This is a sweet story about, Leona Weaver,  a engaged girl who is having second thoughts about marrying her controlling boyfriend. She decides to take a vacation with a couple of her best friends. One of the friends is the fiance's sister and the other is her cousin. Even her fiance's sister thinks her brother is controlling. I felt her friends and family were very supportive of the decisions she made.  While in Florida she meets Zack who is everything she wants in a man.  He is kind to animals and looks after his handicapped sister.  She has a growing affection for Zack but can she make the decision to break up with Edmund?  There is a secondary story in the book which will be continued in the series. This story revolves around Beverly, the owner of the Bread and Breakfast inn that she inherited.

This is a quick read and I look forward to reading The Proposal at Siesta Key which is due to be released in May and A Wedding at Orange Blossom Inn which will be released in September.