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A
CCLAIM FOR
K
ATHLEEN
F
ULLER

 

“A fresh and captivating voice in the Amish genre, Kathleen Fuller weaves a richly patterned story [in
A Man of His Word
] that explores not only the depths of the Amish faith but also the most intimate struggles of the heart.”

—T
AMERA
A
LEXANDER, BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR OF
T
HE
I
NHERITANCE AND
F
ROM A
D
ISTANCE

 

An Honest Love
held my interest from the first page—a double dose of romance as two couples struggle to put the past behind them and move forward. Fans of Amish fiction will appreciate the descriptive details as they revisit the Old Order Amish community of Middlefield. Kathleen’s given us another heart-gripping tale.”

—B
ETH
W
ISEMAN, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
OF
S
EEK
M
E
W
ITH
A
LL
Y
OUR
H
EART

 


A Man of His Word
by Kathleen Fuller is a heartwarming story of how faith and commitment can overcome betrayal. Highly recommended!”

—C
OLLEEN
C
OBLE, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF
B
LUE
M
OON
P
ROMISE

 

“Terrific! I was totally engaged in the characters and the families in this lovely story. With Gabriel as the hero, the title is certainly well chosen. His faith, along with Moriah’s, represents a steady, underlying conviction and peacefulness despite the very real struggles they face within the pages. [
A Man of His Word
] is a story—and characters—I didn’t want to leave.”

—M
AUREEN
L
ANG, AUTHOR
OF
M
Y
S
ISTER
D
ILLY

 

“Kathleen Fuller has done it again. [
An Honest Love
is a] wonderful tale of love, friendship, and loss that kept me up late just to see how it would end.”

—J
ENNY
B. J
ONES, AUTHOR
OF
S
AVE THE
D
ATE

 

Faithful to Laura

 

A
LSO BY
K
ATHLEEN
F
ULLER

 

The Middlefield Family series

 

Treasuring Emma

 

The Hearts of Middlefield series

 

A Man of His Word
An Honest Love
A Hand to Hold

 

Novellas included in

 

An Amish Christmas
An Amish Gathering
An Amish Love
An Amish Wedding

 

The Mysteries of Middlefield series for young readers

 

A Summer Secret
The Secrets Beneath
Hide and Secret

 

Faithful to Laura

A
MIDDLEFIELD
FAMILY
Novel

 

K
ATHLEEN
F
ULLER

 

© 2012 by Kathleen Fuller

 

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

 

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

 

Thomas Nelson, Inc., titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail [email protected].

 

Scripture quotations taken from the King James Version of the Bible. All rights reserved.

 

Publisher’s Note: This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. All characters are fictional, and any similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Fuller, Kathleen.
    Faithful to Laura / Kathleen Fuller.
     p. cm. -- (A Middlefield family novel)
   ISBN 978-1-59554-776-7 (pbk.)
1. Amish--Fiction. 2. Middlefield (Ohio)--Fiction. I. Title.
PS3606.U553F35 2012
813’.6--dc23

 

2012014077

 

Printed in the United States of America

 

12 13 14 15 16 17 QG 6 5 4 3 2 1

 

CONTENTS

 

GLOSSARY

 

CHAPTER 1

 

CHAPTER 2

 

CHAPTER 3

 

CHAPTER 4

 

CHAPTER 5

 

CHAPTER 6

 

CHAPTER 7

 

CHAPTER 8

 

CHAPTER 9

 

CHAPTER 10

 

CHAPTER 11

 

CHAPTER 12

 

CHAPTER 13

 

CHAPTER 14

 

CHAPTER 15

 

CHAPTER 16

 

CHAPTER 17

 

CHAPTER 18

 

CHAPTER 19

 

CHAPTER 20

 

CHAPTER 21

 

CHAPTER 22

 

CHAPTER 23

 

CHAPTER 24

 

CHAPTER 25

 

CHAPTER 26

 

CHAPTER 27

 

CHAPTER 28

 

CHAPTER 29

 

CHAPTER 30

 

CHAPTER 31

 

READING GROUP GUIDE

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

G
LOSSARY

 

appeditlich
: delicious

bann:
shunned, excommunicated from the church

bu
: boy

buwe
: boys

daed
: dad, father

danki
: thank you

Dietsch
: Pennsylvania Dutch, the language spoken by the Amish

dumm
: dumb

Englisch
: non-Amish

familye
: family

fraa
: wife, woman

g
eh
: go

grossdochter
: granddaughter

grosskinn
: grandchild

grossmammi, grossmudder
: grandmother

grosssohn
: grandson

grossvadder
: grandfather

gut mariye
: good morning

guten nacht
: good night

haus
: house

kaffee
: coffee

kapp
: prayer cap

kinn
: child

kinner
: children

lieb
: love, sweetheart

maedel
: girl

mammi, mamm
: mom, mother

mann
: man

mei
: my

mudder
: mother

nix
: nothing

onkel
: uncle

Ordnung
: the unwritten Amish rule of life

perfekt
: perfect

rumspringa
: the period between ages sixteen and twenty-four, loosely translated as “running around time.” For Amish young adults,
rumspringa
ends when they join the church.

schwester
: sister

sohn
: son

schee
: pretty, beautiful

schwoger
: brother-in-law

vadder
: father

wie gehts
: how are you?

ya
: yes

yung
: young

C
HAPTER
1

 

“Laura . . . you’re so beautiful.”

Laura Stutzman held her breath, her skin tingling as Mark King touched her smooth cheek. She’d known him for such a short time; less than three months ago he had arrived in Tennessee and found his way to Etheridge, to their little community . . . and to her
.

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