Beacon of Light

The Long Road Home, Book 2

By: Linda Byler

Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley

The second book in The Long Road Home series, a unique and gripping Amish romance trilogy set in the South at the turn of the century.

At the end of Banished, Clinton has died and May is left to fend for herself in a city where she knows almost no one and has no way of earning a living. Not knowing where Oba had wound up and realizing she can't return to her uncle's home after all he'd put her through, she decides to journey to the Amish community where she spent her first years, before her parents' died. Perhaps the relatives who once turned her away had had a change of heart and would be willing to take her in or help her get settled on her own.

After being shuffled from home to home, May finds a welcoming friend in Clara. Clara is single, having long since sworn off romantic relationships. She doesn't trust men, and it doesn't take her long to realize May had her own painful past, though, for some time she doesn't know the full extent of what May suffered. Clara helps May to reintegrate into the Amish community, but May sinks deeper and deeper into depression as she tries to keep her dark past concealed.

What will it take for May to finally face her past and begin to heal? Will she and her brother Oba ever see each other again? And could May ever open her heart to another man? In the midst of great darkness, May discovers a beacon of light.

This unique Amish romance tackles heavy issues of abuse, racism, and the damage done when a community puts reputation over faith, but ultimately there is also hope, love, and the unflinching faithfulness of a good God.

©2022 Linda Byler (P)2022 Spotify Audiobooks

good

good storyline, clean I wanted more of the story at the end can't wait to start next book in this series

Great second book

Loved the story and the different situations the brother and sister get themselves into. Narrator is great.

Disappointing

I listened to the very depressing first book and wanted to continue the storyline in hopes of the characters finding freedom from their trauma. I do love the sweet story of one character but the continued devastation to the other sibling just got to be too much. It has left me unable to want to continue into the final book. The book is also a bit too full of slow, inner dialogues. I found myself fast forwarding to skip parts because they dragged on and on.