Celebrate Lit / January 20, 2025

A Stolen Kiss

About the Book A Stolen Kiss

Book: A Stolen Kiss (The Heart of the Amish Book 7)

Author: Mindy Steele

Genre: Amish/Christian Fiction

Release date: December 2024

Who Kissed Who First?

Full of faith, hope, and romance, the series takes you into the Heart of Amish Country.

LeEtta Miller has never done anything spontaneous before, but when a girl is the last one at everything, sometimes she has to take the reins into her own hands. What harm could come from kissing a stranger she’ll never see again?

Benuel Ropp isn’t sure he can ever forgive his father for giving away his inheritance. Taking work far from home, Ben hopes to earn enough to build his future, but nowhere in his plans did he predict being kissed by a beautiful stranger – or having to marry her. To save both their reputations he has little choice but to accept the elder’s demands. Well. . .if LeEtta thought he’d flinch, letting her boldness ruin the future he had all mapped out, she was mistaken. He has a dream to work for, and if he has to make sacrifices to reach them, so will she.

Who kissed who first? He couldn’t even remember anymore.

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My Thoughts on A Stolen Kiss

A Stolen Kiss is a wonderful Amish romance novel that isn’t your ordinary Amish romance novel. It’s sweet. It reads quickly. The characters reach out and grab you but will not let you go.

I really enjoyed getting to know LeEtta. One, her name is super unique and one that I’ve never heard of before so it really stuck with me. And then there is her nature. She’s normally more reticent. More shy. Definitely not impulsive.

So then, why did she give in and kiss the new guy on the block?! Oh yes. She did. She really did.

Not only did she but her father found out and whew game on. He insists she marry the boy. The boy in question is Ben. He’s new to the area and he doesn’t plan to stay. He definitely does not plan on getting married. His stay in the area is just to earn money to buy land in his hometown area. Definitely not to stay.

I fell in love with Ben and LeEtta. They’re flawed and complex and watching them have a journey together was interesting and kept me reading. I’d love to come back and visit them again.

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.

About the Author of A Stolen Kiss

Mindy Steele is the award-winning author and bestselling author of over a dozen novels and novellas in Christian fiction. Raised in Kentucky timber country, Steele has been writing since she could hold a crayon on the wall and lives in northeastern Kentucky—where many of her stories are set.

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The Story Behind the Story with Mindy Steele

A Stolen Kiss

I’m always seeking the not-so-ordinary plot for one of my stories. So, when our youngest son and his intended traded a look one evening, something struck a cord in my always-moving imagination. Mind you, Blake told me when he was ten, riding a new bus to a new school, that he met the girl that he was going to marry. So cute, yet, they married in May, eleven years later. A Stolen Kiss is not love at first sight.

It’s not even love over the years, but that one moment birthed a new character.

LeEtta Miller.

Not all love stories are as beautiful as our son’s, but all love stories are worth telling.

I’m an author of romance, love-inspired stories weaving through rural landscapes where characters unveil themselves into realistic people most of us are glad to know. Romantic fiction gives readers what no other genre seems to offer. It’s an escape, a hope. Hope across illness, loss, despair, and uncertainty. It is community, knowledge, a gathering of friends, and unity, while representing comfort.

We all want to add more love to our lives. After all, it is the greatest gift God has given us. Gentle or fast-moving, we are sucked in to reach those glorious chapters of a first kiss and a promising tomorrow.

But, what if the kiss came sooner?

What if love isn’t fast-moving, but something earned and quietly obtained through slow familiarity?

LeEtta Miller is quite the rule follower and people pleaser.

I’ve shaken my head at her quite often as I got to know her. LeEtta also feels as if life is passing her by. How many times have we been in those pair of shoes?

In one bold moment, she’ll through caution to the wind, and act, impulsively.

Thus we get introduced to Benuel Ropp, who’s visiting his grandparents, hoping to earn enough money to buy his own land, back in Ohio. As events escalate, from a chance meeting to a binding union, these two young characters are thrown into new roles neither of them intended. I’ve never laughed more while writing LeEtta and Ben’s story, and I hope it brings joy, hope, and a willingness to accept that the mistakes we make in life, are only rocky paths leading us to where we belong.

May you never stop making mistakes and following love’s calling,

Mindy