Readers looking for an Amish romance novel with adult
content will be thrilled by An Amish Man of Ice Mountain (Kensington
Publishing) by Kelly Long. Kelly has
long been a favorite author of Amish fiction.
Her stories are different, with twists and turns to keep her readers
interested. This story does contain explicit
sexual scenes as well as story lines involving domestic violence and sexual
abuse by an adult woman and an underage male.
Readers should be aware of this as you cannot judge this book by its
cover. Having said that, the book is captivating,
filled with adventure, challenges, and the good people of Ice Mountain. An Amish Man of Ice Mountain is book two in
the Ice Mountain series, but stands alone without reading book one, The Bride
of Ice Mountain, an intriguing novel.
The story begins with two Amish brothers, Joseph and
Edward, working on a gas drilling rig in West Virginia. The brothers rent a room at the Bear Claw Inn
where a single Mom, Priscilla, with her five year old daughter, Hollie, have
just rolled into town trying to outrun her abusive former husband. Priscilla gets a job waiting tables at the
Bear Claw Inn where she meets Joseph.
Joseph is immediately drawn to her and Hollie, but they
agree to start as friends. When they
find a “Missing” poster of Priscilla and Hollie in the local hospital
cafeteria, Priscilla realizes her ex-husband, Heath, is after her again. She and Hollie are not safe any longer and
must immediately move on. Joseph
volunteers to take them to his family’s home in the mountains of Appalachia.
Joseph’s family accepts Priscilla and Hollie
immediately. Even the Bishop of the
Amish community is willing to accept the divorced mother and child. That of course is not the end of the story,
but only the beginning. What follows are
more adventures, romance, terror, reconciliation, and realization of God’s
plans for Joseph and Priscilla.
The ending of An Amish Man of Ice Mountain nicely sets up
book three in the series, The Amish Heart of Ice Mountain, coming out in
November, 2015. An Amish Man of Ice
Mountain will be published April 28, 2015.
I just finished the first of this series a couple week ago and have preordered this one. I am enjoying this series - definitely a different spin to the Amish novel. I didn't realize it would have explicit scenes so I am not sure how comfortable I will be reading it. I will give it a start and see...
ReplyDeleteChristine, I would be very interested in your opinion of An Amish Man of Ice Mountain. Please let come back and let us know if I overstated the sexual content of the book. I am just not used to seeing that much explicit content, not that it ruined the book. I just feel like buyers of the book should be aware since most Amish novels are very tame and you would not know by looking at the cover what is inside the book. I still enjoyed the book with the spicy content.
DeleteHi Gloria - I just wanted to let you know that I finished reading An Amish Man of Ice Mountain last week. You were right -- it didn't ruin the book at all. It was tastefully done and was between a husband and wife so definitely in keeping with Christian morals. I enjoyed it tremendously and await the next in the series from Kelly :-)
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