Courting Miss Amsel

Courting Miss Amsel
By Kim Vogel Sawyer
Bethany House, 2011. 346 pages. Romance

Edythe Amsel is the new schoolteacher in Walnut Grove, and while some of the parents seem opposed to her teaching methods and curriculum, Joel Townsend supports her fully. His two orphaned nephews finally love going to school and Joel appreciates what Miss Amsel has done for them. He begins to have feelings for her and wants to court her, but Edythe, who spent fourteen years raising her younger siblings, doesn't want to give up her teaching job and has no intention of getting married and taking on another family to nurture.

This is a satisfying historical romance. I enjoyed both Edythe and Joel as characters and thought the story moved well. Readers of inspirational romances will be pleased.

AE