The Bake Shop (An Amish Marketplace Novel) (U)

Christiana Kurtz loves to bake, but when her bake stand becomes too busy, her mother encourages her to move her business to the local market. Her new bake shop becomes so inundated with customers that the line blocks the leather and woodcraft shop next door, which is run by Jeffrey Stoltzfus. When Jeffrey complains that her stand is driving away business due to the lines, she complains to him that his personalization machine smells. Though their relationship starts off on bad footing, they eventually forge a friendship. When Christiana's father makes a surprise visit to the market, he is upset to find that Jeffrey uses the building's electricity to personalize his items. He tells Christiana that Jeffrey is too modern for her, and she's forbidden from dating him. Christiana is crushed, but she knows she must obey her father. With the odds against them and unforeseen events putting the marketplace in jeopardy, Christiana and Jeff wonder if their circumstances will ever change for the better--and if their businesses, and their relationship, can ever be saved. But how can two young friends set their feelings aside and trust in God's plans for the future?