Hunting for a Husband
About the Book
Hunting for a Husband (The Heart of the Amish Book Nine)
Love Is the Bull’s-Eye Leah Aims For
Full of faith, hope, and romance, this series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.
Ten years ago, Joe Shetler took a leap, and it cost him his ability to walk. Accepting that this is God’s will for him, Joe finds his independence running Shetler Outdoors, an archery and outdoors shop.
Leah Wicky moves to Kentucky where her father has set up a deer farm. With a strong desire to marry, she soon sets her sights on Joe who, despite his disabilities, has determination and an easy way about him. A sticky situation finally affords the opportunity for a friendship to form between them.
When the Wickey’s prize buck attracts attention in the community—and attempted poachers—Leah is caught in the crosshairs, and Joe’s fears of inadequacy haunt him when he fails to protect her. A future once bright has dimmed.
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About the Author
Mindy Steele was raised in Kentucky timber country and has been writing since she could hold a crayon against the wall. Steele writes Amish Romance peppered with just the right amount of humor, as well as engaging Suspense, using rural America and the residents as her muse. Steele strives to create realistic characters for her readers and believes in engaging all the senses to make you laugh, cry, hold your breath, and root for the happy ever after ending. A hopeless romantic, with a lyrical pen, Steele wants her readers to find themselves somewhere within her pages. A mother of four and grandmother to a half dozen blessings, Steele enjoys hiking and gardening, coffee indulgences and weekend road trips, and is personally doing all she can to make peanut butter its very own food group.
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The Story Behind the Story
I love thinking outside the box and crafting a story filled with originality as well as taking the common trope and hijacking it to suit my own reading interest. Thankfully readers do too as they continue buying my books. However, none of what I create is mine to claim, as God continues to spark my imagination in the ordinary every day. Hunting for a Husband started with a chance encounter, a few God winks, and ended with lots of research on my part.
Long story short, my husband was commissioned to work on an all-terrain vehicle for a Mennonite gentleman who was disabled. His condition didn’t allow him to drive a vehicle, and his livelihood was quite unique. This gentleman owned and operated an outdoor shop with archery being the center of the focus. Before this book was released he sold the business, but the echoes of his many years remain.
I had the opportunity to meet him. He was funny, informative, and had a beautiful wife and family. I never crossed over to asking his story. It’s his story after all, but everything about the encounters struck a chord in my writer’s brain.
Fast forward a year when I came across an article about deer breeding farms. Don’t ask. You have to be married to an avid hunter to understand why some things pique my interest. And we do have a few deer farms locally. Discovering one of the most well-known deer farms belongs to an Amish gentleman surprised even me.Again, all these little bits collected in my head. It wasn’t until I learned of an Amish man who aligned bows and was an avid hunter that I realized I needed to stop sitting on these thoughts and start writing them.
Thus, the Wickey deer farm was born. This story took me across four state lines, a short novella, and a very detailed and informative conversation with a surgeon!
The Wickey deer farm was first introduced to readers in Leaving Lancaster, a short novella in A Lancaster Amish Christmas. Readers fell in love with the three Wickey sisters, and though the plot twist appealed to readers, Leah deserved to find the same love as her sisters. She wasted so many years on the wrong man. Joe Shetler, after years of accepting his future was set by one boyhood mistake, needed to learn that God is the Author of our lives.
I hope you smile, laugh, and find yourself immersed within these pages of second chances, leaps of faith, and the power of friendship and family.
Mindy
My Thoughts
Hunting for a Husband by Mindy Steele is a sweet story. I enjoyed Leah
Wickey’s story. I knew there would be
someone special for her. I thought the
story was well-written with developed characters. I enjoyed getting to know Leah and Joe. We also learn more about the Wickey’s deer
farm. Their farm has caught the
attention of the wrong type of people. I
liked that there was a mystery which added depth to the story. I enjoyed this
touching story that had an ending that left me smiling. Hunting for a Husband
is the ninth book in The Heart of the Amish series, and it can be read as a
standalone. Hunting for a Husband is a
heartwarming tale with stuck in the rain without a ride, curious Englishers, breeding
deer, a friend in need, and faith in the future.
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Mindy is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon e-Gift card and a print copy of the book!! Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click here to enter. Good Luck!

Hunting for a Husband is available from
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follow Mindy Steele on Amazon, they will send you an email when she has a new book release. Thank you for dropping by today. Continuing with the Amish theme this week, I will be featuring
The Pretender by Wanda E. Brunstetter tomorrow. It is the third and final
A Mifflin County Mystery. Before you depart, don't forget
to enter the giveaway. If you leave a comment for me, you will get an extra entry. You will find the other blog stops listed below. I am off to set up my next display in our front yard. On Monday, I took down my "Fun in the Summer Sun" display (Santa and his friends on vacation). Back to school is what I am setting up next. I have some cute inflatables for it including a big arch to go in front of my three season room and a an inflatable school bus. I hope that you have a cheery day. Take care, stay cool (I cannot wait for fall to arrive), and Happy Reading!
Kris
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