Sometimes it takes a barren landscape to see the beauty of God's creation.

Phineas King knows better than to expect anything but shock and pity wherever he shows his face. Horribly scarred from the tragic accident that claimed his mother's life, he chooses to keep his distance from everyone, focusing his time and energy on the bees his family raises. If no one sees him, no one can judge him. So why does he start finding excuses to seek out Deborah Lantz, the beautiful new arrival in town?

Deborah can't get out of Bee County, Texas, soon enough. Once her mother and younger siblings are settled, she is on the first bus out of this dusty town. She is only waiting on the letter from Aaron, asking her to return to lush Tennessee to be his fraa. But that letter never comes. As she spends time getting to know Phineas -- hoping to uncover the man beneath the scars -- she begins to realize that she no longer minds that Aaron hasn't sent for her.

As both Deborah and Phineas try to come to terms with lives that haven't turned out the way they imagined, they discover that perhaps Gott's plans for them are more extraordinary than they could have dreamed. But they need to let go of their own past sorrows and disappointments to find the joy and beauty that lies just ahead for them both.

• We started tracking this book on March 19, 2014.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 97 times in the past 4,147 days.
• The current price of this book is $0.99 last checked 19 hours ago.
• The lowest price to date was $0.99 last reached on July 20, 2025.
• This book has been $0.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $10.99 last reached on August 11, 2015.
• This book has been $10.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• RomanceAmish
• Literature & FictionReligious & Inspirational FictionRomance

• Publication Date: January 12, 2015
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 339 Pages
• File Size: 11 KB