Samson and Amish Delilah by Thomas Nye Book Review and Giveaway

- September 17, 2019

ABOUT THE BOOK

Everyone in America has fallen in love with Delilah, leading lady in a bestselling Amish novel. When media giants discover that Delilah is a real person, the pursuit is on. Dave joins the search not realizing that by finding her, he would fall into the story and become Samson.

Book: Samson and Amish Delilah

Author: Thomas Nye

Genre: Christian Amish Fiction

Release Date: August 19, 2019

MY BOOK REVIEW

"Samson and Amish Delilah" is a unique story about Amish living and mystery.

This book is told from through the viewpoint of Dave (aka Samson) a non-Amish person who is looking to find a young Amish girl, Delilah, who is a star in a popular book. Many people are searching for the real Delilah. He expects to find a local celebrity, instead, he finds a young Amish girl. We see Delilah's life struggles with so many fans. Everyone wants to get a picture of her and with her. Getting their picture taken in Amish culture is a no-no. Will Dave help Delilah get away from the paparazzi or will he get a photo of her and make money?

Each character is believable with realistic flaws and feelings. Delilah had many things happened to her in the past, but she didn't seem to dwell on it. She seems like such a sweetheart. This is a wonderful contemporary Christian Amish novel. There is a little bit of everything in this book. It contains a mystery, light romance, and culture. Thomas Nye did a great job putting many life lessons into the story. The main theme is forgiveness, redemption and trusting God will be there for you through thick and thin. There are so many twists and turns. The pace is really well done. I could see this book being made into a Hallmark movie. I would recommend reading this book.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Nye writes novels about horses and Amish life, with a touch of romance, and a foundation of faith in Christ. He and his wife, Shari, live on her family farm where they raised five children. Their six grandchildren love to visit Karma and Karla, a team of draft horses which Thomas purchased from an Amish friend. Walking a mail route for the U.S. Postal Service keeps Thomas close to nature and affords him many quiet hours which he uses to dream up novels. Over three decades of friendships with Amish neighbors has revealed a simple wisdom that he weaves into his writing.

Twitter: @AmishHorses

More from Thomas

Most authors agree that during the course of writing a novel, the characters seem to come alive and emerge with personality traits we ourselves didn’t originally plan to give them. Not only did the lead characters of Samson and Delilah take on a life of their own, they also pulled the story in a direction I never planned to go.

Samson and Amish Delilah is a book about a book. You will soon discover that the characters are reading along with you. They even try to guess the ending and have discussions about it. As I worked on the final few chapters, I could almost feel Samson and Delilah urging me forward, as though they needed me to write out solutions to the issues they were facing. I could almost hear them calling to me, “Please—finish this book—we want the world to hear our story.”

Maybe all of this is just me projecting my feelings on them. LOL. Either way, I’ve gotten to know Samson and Delilah pretty well and I’m sure they would want you to smile, laugh, cry, and learn about the power of forgiveness along with them.

Thomas Nye

P.S. It so happens that I feel Samson and Delilah nudging me forward with a follow-up novel. Wink, wink.

GIVEAWAY

To celebrate his tour, Thomas is giving away a Thomas Nye Gift Box, which includes four books by Thomas Nye: Samson and Amish Delilah, Under the Heavens, Amish Park, and Plain Everyday Heroes!! Along with bookmarkers and an Amish designed coloring book!!

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