Where She Belongs by Jo Ann Brown

Author:Jo Ann Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-12-06T19:41:55+00:00

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Ben met Grace’s gaze, and she smiled. The smile transformed her face in an instant—she was incredibly pretty, and there was something about the easy way she stood inside their home, too, almost like she belonged in an Amish environment. Obviously, she didn’t—dressed in a plum-colored pantsuit that fit her slim figure perfectly. Amish women didn’t wear pants, and they seemed almost scandalous. So her belonging here was very likely his imagination.

“Have a seat,” Ben said, gesturing to a kitchen chair. “Are you hungry? We’ve got pie, some apple crisp—” He glanced toward the ice box. “I could make you a sandwich?”

“Oh, I’m fine for now,” she said. “Thanks, though.”

Ben went to the stove to get a pot of hot coffee, and his father ambled in his direction. He glanced back at Grace—her wavy brown hair pulled back away from her face, exposing her creamy neck.

“Get her something to eat,” Hannes said in Dutch.

“She said she’d doesn’t want anything,” he replied, pulling his attention away from her.

“She’s being polite,” Hannes said. “I like to think I raised you better than that!”

“I’ll bring her pie,” Ben said. “Happy?”

“Do you want coffee?” his father asked in English, turning toward Grace and raising his voice.

“Please,” Grace replied.

“See?” his father said, casting Ben a meaningful look, as if that explained things.

“I asked her—” Ben sighed. “Yah. Fine. I’ll bring her pie and coffee. But honestly, Daet, I don’t know why you’re so set on me charming an Englisher.”

“You need some practice with charm, period,” his father replied, casting him a teasing smile. “I need five or six more grandchildren, and I’m not sending you to your uncle to act like a gruff farmer. I want you coming home with a wife. This house needs it.”

Ben chuckled. It was an old conversation, and while they bantered about it, his father had a point. Ben hadn’t warmed up to any of the girls here. There were plenty of young women his age, but they were relatives, and the three girls who weren’t related to him just didn’t interest him. A more reasonable man would pick the best of the three and try to find something deeper there...but maybe Ben wasn’t reasonable enough, because he’d been praying for the whole package—a woman he could love with all his heart, who was Amish to the core.

Surely, Gott could provide the modern equivalent of a Biblical Rebecca to his Isaac—an Amish woman who would fill his heart. This was the reason he was going to Shipshewana, Indiana, right after his sister’s wedding to visit his uncle. He wanted to find a wife of his own. At least, that was his prayer.

“Do you want pie and coffee, too, Daet?” Ben asked.

“Don’t mind if I do.”

Ben cut three generous slices of pie and dished them onto plates. He poured three mugs of coffee and brought them to the table. When he slid a plate in front of Grace, he said, “My father insists that you’re hungry.”

“This does look good.” She smiled ruefully and accepted a fork.

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