• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2022 December #1
  After years of being bullied by peers in her Amish hometown, Mary Margaret Miller knows that a new beginning is exactly what she needs to reclaim her heart and refresh her faith. Her healing begins with a set of new female friends that teach her how to trust again, while the kindness of a handsome stranger convinces her that falling in love may be worth the risk. But Jayson Raber has troubles of his own that he is trying to outrun, and a secret business deal has dire consequences for himself and the woman he has just met but already loves. Her Heart's Desire is the first book in Gray's A Season in Pinecraft series set in modern-day Florida, a sunny beachside Amish novel about a group of twentysomething friends navigating the residual rawness of youthful grievances and the unexpected newness of independence and love. Focused on the values of friendship and forgiveness, it is a lighthearted read that takes on real-world challenges such as loneliness, sacrificing dreams, and knowing one's worth. Copyright 2022 Booklist Reviews.

Shelley Shepard Gray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 books. Two-time winner of the HOLT Medallion and a Carol Award finalist, Gray lives in Colorado, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail.