Ashes on the Moor

How to break into a new-ish-to-me genre, Christian romance? Venn diagram book bloggers' recommendations and my library's catalogue.
DNF at 22%.
I liked some of the ideas: the autistic son of the H who corresponded to the h's experience with her autistic brother–that's a quite interesting idea to me. HOWEVER I couldn't get past some big flaws. The villains in the piece were 2D with no motivation. But so were the MCs! The daily lived life of a village in that time and place was entirely missing from the experience, as was the daily lived details of heat, water, chores, light, toilets, cleaning–basically, any practicality of life–in that time/place DESPITE it being a plot point. Clearly this author has never hauled water, heated it over a stove, slept in the cold, been dehydrated/hungry for a day, lit the house with an oil lamp or candle, etc. I. just. can't.
Anyone got any good recommendations in this genre?