The Mercy is the third book in the Rose Trilogy and the first book by Beverly Lewis that I've read.  Yes, I know it's not like me to read out of order, but I don't think I mind in this case.  Perhaps reading the third was actually a benefit because it wasn't difficult to grasp what had taken place in the first two novels and I got to read the ending.  :-)

Rose and her sister, Hen, are dealing with life in two distinct ways.  Hen had chosen to leave the Amish to marry an English boy — but that didn't turn into Happily Ever After, and she's back home and trying to connect with her blind husband before their separation turns into divorce.

Rose is getting over a serious break up, still trying to find a husband in the Amish community, and pretending like she isn't in love with her neighbor who has gone out into the world to attend college.

I've never felt a great draw to Amish fiction, but this was one of my Bethany Bingo books so I read it.  It was okay.  I'll even go so far as to say it wasn't as bad as I expected.  But it was slow.  Christianity lite.  The romantic leads were apart for the majority of the book.  So I can't claim it as a favorite.

But you know, friends, if you like Amish fiction, and a bunch of people must, The Mercy is a fine read.