His warm breath in her ear caused her to giggle. She was pleased she had an interfering bruder and Elijah had an interfering schweschder, and she couldn’t wait to tell Olive. Even though Elijah hadn’t asked her to marry him yet, in her heart, she knew that would follow. Olive would marry Blake and she would marry Elijah. This was the happiest day of her life.
Elijah put his arm around her shoulders once more and pulled her in close to him causing her to feel warm and safe. “I don’t want you to work at that place again. I want to keep you far away from … Englischers.”
“Oh.” Jessie was delighted. It would be awkward facing Donovan again.
“Is that okay?”
“Jah, I’m happy with that. I’ll give my notice.”
“Denke. I’ll help you find work somewhere else if you’d like.”
“Okay, but I might want to take a break and help Mamm around the haus before I start looking for another job.”
As Jessie rested her head on his shoulder, her mind drifted to Olive suggesting their small group of friends find jobs as maids and nannies. If they hadn’t agreed, Olive would never have met Blake. And Jessie knew she had been meant to meet Donovan Billings because now she appreciated Elijah Hesh all the more. Now, she’d never take him for granted or wonder if there was anyone out there better suited.
Again, they heard Jessie’s father clear his throat causing Elijah to edge away from her. Elijah and Jessie looked at each other and laughed.
It was becoming a habit that each of the five friends shared their good news at the coffee shop and Jessie sat at their usual table, early for the first time in, well, forever. She was the first of the girlfriends to arrive. Of course, Olive, being Elijah’s sister already knew what she was going to announce, but the others had no idea.
One by one the girls arrived and when they all had their food and drinks in front of them, each shared her news, the good and the bad.
“And how’s your job, Claire? You were worried about it last time,” Jessie asked her.
Claire shrugged her shoulders. “I’m still there. Things are fine until the daughter-in-law visits. Nothing much has changed. The old couple and their son love me.”
Lucy turned to Olive, “And what about you and Blake?”
“We’re doing fine. I don’t see him as much as I like, but he’s doing well. Leo just loves the farm. It’s better than being in front of a TV most of the time like he was with his grandmother.” Olive then stared at Jessie giving her a nod, telling her it was time to talk.
“I have some news. Elijah and I are officially a couple.”
All three of the other girls were in shock, much like when Olive had shared her news about Blake joining the community with his young son.
“Olive’s Elijah?” Lucy asked.
“Jah. Elijah Hesh.”
“You’ll be Olive’s schweschder-in-law,” Amy squealed.
Jessie nodded. “Maybe. I think so, in time.”
“Jah, she will,” Olive said.
Lucy looked at Olive and then Jessie. “We’re all so pleased for you, Jessie. I don’t know why we didn’t think of Elijah when we were moaning about the lack of men around.”
“I think it was because he’s Olive’s bruder. We just didn’t think of him,” Claire said. “Now that you two have men, it’s our turn, isn’t it, girls?”
“That’s right,” Amy said. “You two finding men gives us hope.”
“It’s something I want more than anything.” Claire, ever the romantic, clasped her hands to her heart, looked up at the ceiling and sighed loudly, causing all the girls to laugh.
“If it’s happened for us two, it will for all of us. I just know it,” Jessie said, and all the girls agreed.
Thank you for reading His Amish Nanny.
The next book in the Amish Maids Trilogy is Book 2:
The Amish Maid’s Sweetheart
While Amish girl, Claire, struggles with her attraction to an Englischer, her friend Lucy Fuller is concerned about many things; particularly the diminishing Amish farmland in Lancaster County.
When the handsome Joshua Hershberger returns from his long rumspringa, Lucy does her best to resist her attraction to him. Only because he was once betrothed to her older sister.
Lucy assumes he has returned to take control of his parents’ farm. What will she do when she finds he has not come back to re-join the Amish community? And worse, he is hiding more than one devastating secret?
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Books in The Amish Maids Trilogy:
His Amish Nanny
The Amish Maid’s Sweetheart
The Amish Deacon’s Daughter
Other books by Samantha Price:
Stand-Alone Christmas novel:
In Time For An Amish Christmas
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EXPECTANT AMISH WIDOWS series.
Book 1 Amish Widow's Hope
Book 2 The Pregnant Amish Widow
Book 3 Amish Widow's Faith
Book 4 Their Son's Amish Baby
Book 5 Amish Widow's Proposal
Book 6 The Pregnant Amish Nanny
Book 7 A Pregnant Widow's Amish Vacation
Book 8 The Amish Firefighter's Widow
Book 9 Amish Widow's Secret
Book 10 The Middle-Aged Amish Widow
Book 11 Amish Widow's Escape
Book 12 Amish Widow's Christmas
Book 13 Amish Widow’s New Hope
Book 14 Amish Widow’s Story
Book 15 Amish Widow’s Decision
Book 16 Amish Widow’s Trust
Book 17 The Amish Potato Farmer’s Widow
Book 18 Amish Widow’s Tears
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ETTIE SMITH AMISH MYSTERIES
Book 1 Secrets Come Home
Book 2 Amish Murder
Book 3 Murder in the Amish Bakery
Book 4 Amish Murder Too Close
Book 5 Amish Quilt Shop Mystery
Book 6 Amish Baby Mystery
Book 7 Betrayed
Book 8: Amish False Witness
Book 9: Amish Barn Murders
Book 10 Amish Christmas Mystery
Book 11 Who Killed Uncle Alfie?
Book 12 Lost: Amish Mystery
Book 13 Amish Cover-Up
Book 14 Amish Crossword Murder
Book 15 Old Promises
Book 16 Amish Mystery at Rose Cottage
Book 17 Amish Mystery: Plain Secrets
Book 18 Amish Mystery: Fear Thy Neighbor
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AMISH MISFTIS
Book 1 The Amish Girl Who Never Belonged
Book 2 The Amish Spinster
Book 3 The Amish Bishop’s Daughter
Book 4 The Amish Single Mother
Book 5 The Temporary Amish Nanny
Book 6 Jeremiah’s Daughter
Book 7 My Brother’s Keeper
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SEVEN AMISH BACHELORS
Book 1 The Amish Bachelor
Book 2 His Amish Romance
Book 3 Joshua’s Choice
Book 4 Forbidden Amish Romance
Book 5 The Quiet Amish Bachelor
Book 6 The Determined Amish Bachelor
Book 7 Amish Bachelor’s Secret
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For a full list of Samantha Price’s books visit:
www.samanthapriceauthor.com
About Samantha Price
A prolific author of Amish fiction, Samantha Price wrote stories from a young age, but it wasn't until later in life that she took up writing full time. Formally an artist, she exchanged her paintbrush for the computer and, many best-selling book series later, has never looked back.
Samantha is happiest on her computer lost in the world of her characters.
To date, Samantha has received several All Stars Awards; Harlequin has published her Amish Love Blooms series, and Amazon Studios have produced several of her books in audio.
Samantha is best known for the Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries series and the Expectan
t Amish Widows series.
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