Hunting for a Husband

by Mindy Steele

Mindy Steele has penned another engaging entry in Barbour’s “Heart of the Amish” series in her July, 2025 release, “Hunting for a Husband.” I really enjoyed this book, and especially seeing the hero and heroine from Steele’s last book, “Courting an Amish Bishop”. Since I use the same story world in all my Heart of the Amish books, and enjoy showing my readers what their favorite characters are up to, I always like it when other authors do the same. It’s like visiting old friends!

The Story: Amish woman Leah Wicky and her family recently moved from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Kentucky where they set up a deer farm full of valuable white tail deer. This generates a great deal of curiosity in the vicinity, as people are more accustomed to seeing cows and horses farmed than deer. Leah has recently been disappointed in love, as the man she thought was her future husband turned out to just be using her until he could figure out how to leave his Amish community and to live in the English world.

Her best friend and her sisters are happily married, and one of her brothers is close to becoming engaged. Love is all around her, and Leah longs for it for herself.

Joe Shelter, proprietor of Shelter Outdoors where he sells archery and other equipment and teaches archery, has been in a wheelchair since an accident in his teens. He doesn’t expect love to find him, but he longs for it all the same.

The local herbal healer, Stella, whom fans of Steele’s will recall from her book “Courting an Amish Bishop”, thinks Joe might walk again if he can find the courage to take a leap of faith.

When Joe and Leah unexpectedly find themselves in a position to help one another out of a difficult situation, a friendship begins to bloom. And each sees in the other all the good things they want in a spouse.

Will they have the courage to pursue their attraction?

When poachers attack the Wicky deer farm, injuring Leah, Joe is determined to protect her and find the guilty parties, whom he suspects may not be total strangers.

Read the book for all the thrilling twists and turns that lead Joe and Leah along the road of a forever love.

Filled with Swiss Amish sayings and words, and with Steele’s clever storytelling, this book is a must read for fans of Steele, the Heart of the Amish series, and Amish romance.

Fun Fact: Did you know that Mindy Steele lives in Kentucky’s Amish Country? She is good friends with a number of Swiss Amish families, and that’s where she gets her knowledge of their language and customs, which differ somewhat from other Amish groups.