⛈️🏡☀️ “Home from the Storm” (Johns Mill Amish Romance #4) (2023) ☀️ 🏡⛈️ – Book Spotlight

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Home from the Storm by Laurel Blount, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: Home from the Storm
Series: Johns Mill Amish Romance #4
Author: Laurel Blount
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Inspirational Romance Amish

In this stirring Amish romance about love and second chances, a shunned man returns to protect the wife he left behind—and falls in love with the family he never knew he had. 

After a senseless loss, hotheaded Caleb Hochstedler left his Amish faith and his young wife to seek justice. Two years later, he tracks his parents’ killer back home to Johns Mill, where he’s astonished to learn he’s the father of twins. Now he's determined to protect his children and the woman he still loves—if she’ll let him. 

Her new husband’s abandonment broke Rhoda Lambright’s heart and proved her father, the bishop, right. Such a stubborn man could never be happy among the peaceful Amish. When Caleb unexpectedly returns, Rhoda is caught between her rock of a husband and a very hard place. 

Her church forbids divorce and requires forgiveness, so Rhoda lets Caleb back into their home. But can she ever let him back into her heart? One thing’s for certain sure. This second chance will take all the faith they can find.

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Excerpt

        The rosy-cheeked girl he’d married had turned into a woman. Rhoda’s features were sharper,

and the innocent softness he remembered was gone.

        Guilt rolled in Caleb’s chest. Their marriage hadn’t been kind to her. It hadn’t done him any

favors, either. He’d hurt her by leaving. She’d hurt him by staying.

        It had been a mistake, just walking in the bakery like this. The shock of being in the same

room with Rhoda after all this time had hit him hard. He couldn’t seem to move or speak. He

couldn’t do anything but stare at her.

        She stared back, her face blank and stunned.

        He should say something. The problem was, he had no idea what. He’d been driving all night,

pushing past exhaustion with truck stop coffee and determination. All he’d wanted was to get

here, see Rhoda face-to-face and reassure himself that she was all right, that Trevor hadn’t gotten

to her first. He had no idea how he was going to explain this, no idea how to get her to listen to

him.

        All he could do right now was look at her. Because even with that new hardness in her face,

when she’d gone white as a sheet, her brown eyes huge, Rhoda was still the prettiest woman he’d

ever laid eyes on.

        “Caleb?”

        Hearing her whispering his name again cut at him.

        “Ja, it’s me, Rhoda.” It was the first time he’d spoken an entire sentence in Deutsch in a very

long time.

        Except, of course, in his dreams.

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About the Author

Award-winning author Laurel Blount writes inspirational romances full of grit and grace—with characters who’ll walk right off the page and into your heart! She lives on a farm in Georgia with her husband, their four fabulous kids, and an assortment of ridiculously spoiled animals.

An enthusiastic multi-tasker, Laurel writes for both Berkley/Penguin Random House and Love Inspired/Harlequin. She’s a Publishers Weekly best-selling author and the recipient of ACFW’s Carol Award, The New England Reader’s Choice Award and GRW’s Maggie Award. She’s represented by Jessica Alvarez of Bookends Literary Agency.  

Home from the Storm is Laurel’s twelfth book—and more stories are in the works! Stay tuned!

Connect with Laurel by visiting laurelblountbooks.com to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.

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Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will win print copies of Shelter in the Storm, Strength in the Storm and Courage in the Storm plus a $25 Amazon gift card!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight December 11, 2023 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on December 18, 2023. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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