Adoring Addie by Leslie Gould

A modern tale of star-crossed lovers. The Cramers and Mosiers have been two families against each other for a long time, so long that the younger generation doesn't even know why. They just go along with their parents' animosity...all except Addie Cramer and Jonathan Mosier, who fall in love with each other. The only problem is the Cramers expect Addie to marry Philip Eicher, a man with means but no passion for their daughter. Is there any way Addie and Jonathan can reconcile what happened years ago? To do that, they must first dig to find the source of all the tension, but will that cause even more problems?

This was a book that was easy to get into. The characters were believable, and I liked that not all of them were perfect. Sometimes that seems to be the case in Amish based fiction. Leslie Gould did a great job getting across this universal theme. Many times people have hatred towards others without even knowing why. It's just something that continues generation after generation because that's how the children are raised, but no explanation is given. She clearly showed the effects of that behavior.

Bethany House Publishers provided a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.