SPOILER ALERT - Earnest has been keeping a dark secret from his family - he has an Englischer daughter. He marries an Amish woman named Rhonda, and they raise four sons and one daughter, Sylvia, together. After getting his heart broken in college, he left everything behind to join the Amish community. In this previous life, Earnest Miller was an Englischer with family ties to the Old Amish Order. Sylvia opens it up and learns a deep family secret. Since the box is unlocked, her curiosity gets the better of her. Set in the Amish farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, The Tinderbox centers on eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbling upon her father's brass tinderbox.

Well, that is until I dusted off the paperback copy of The Tinderbox that's been sitting on my desk for way too long. However, I still buy each new Beverly Lewis title, though it's been a long time since I've read one. My reading tastes have changed over the last few years, and I read less and less of this genre. However, Beverly Lewis is by far my favorite Amish fiction writer. As the Amish genre increased, I started reading other authors. In the years following, I continued to read each new book by her.

Shortly later, I hunted down The Heritage of Lancaster County Trilogy at a now-defunct Barnes & Noble store. In my 20's, I switched to Amish fiction after accidentally stumbling upon The Covenant by Beverly Lewis. I mainly read horror books throughout my teenage years.

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