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She feels guilty simply talking to him. He dumped his special friend and his faith to flee his community. Yet her heart insists he's the one. It's Lilly Plank's birthday, and she's no closer to marriage than she was the previous year. She happily cares for her ailing parents, but she still secretly longs for a certain man-one she can never have. Josiah Shrock once courted Lilly's sister. Then he left Jamesport with no explanation. Now he's returned and she can't quite forgive him even though her sister has married another man. Shortly after Lilly's birthday, her brothers hire Josiah, who's returned to Jamesport to reclaim his Amish heritage, to manage their father's farm. Now the two must work together every day. Lilly struggles to ignore her reignited feelings for him. Josiah's feelings grow despite his efforts to remain at arm's length. Together Lilly and Josiah face painful family upheaval. Only by trusting God and each other can they receive the beautiful birthday gift He has planned for them.

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Award-winning author Kelly Irvin has written more than 30 novels and 12 novellas in Amish romance, romantic, suspense, and her award-winning debut women's fiction title The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos. Publishers Weekly called her Amish romance The Beekeeper's Son ""a delicately woven masterpiece."" Upon A Spring Breeze won a Reader's Choice Award as did Every Good Gift. Kelly is a native Kansan who calls Texas home. She worked as a newspaper journalist for ten years on the Texas-Mexico border where she practiced Spanish learned as a study-abroad student for three semesters at the University of Costa Rica in Costa Rica. These experiences play a big part in her romantic suspense novels set in her adopted hometown of San Antonio. She met her husband, TV news photographer Tim Irvin, on the job in El Paso, Texas. After they moved to San Antonio, she spent twenty-plus years working in public relations before retiring to write full-time. Kelly and Tim have two children, four grandchildren, and an ornery senior cat. Kelly loves interacting with readers and all sorts of creative folks.

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