Thursday, March 25, 2021

A Welcome at Our Door by Amy Clipston - Review of the 4th book in An Amish Homestead Novel


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After a devastating loss, Cindy Riehl is still searching for peace.
Will she find it in the community she calls home--
or will love send her down a new path?

Over the last few years, Cindy Riehl--the youngest of the Riehl children--has watched her siblings find love and happiness in Lancaster County. But as her family has settled down and grown, Cindy has continued to grieve her mother, whose death left an enormous hole in her heart. Since that haunting day, Cindy has struggled to find peace and wonders if the community is the place for her--and if her faith in God will ever feel the same as it once did.

When a handsome and kind Englisher named Drew crosses Cindy's path one surprising day, the two of them become fast and easy friends. Drew dreams of starting a family after some losses of his own, and before long, he and Cindy discover that their feelings for each other are romantic. As they spend more time together--often in secret--Cindy is drawn further and further away from the Amish community and the family she loves. In time, she is faced with a difficult choice that threatens to upend her world.

Will Cindy find contentment and love, and will she ever find restored comfort in God and her beloved community? In this final installment of the Amish Homestead series, we return to the charming town of Bird0in0Hand for a story of healing family, and God's perfect provision.

MY REVIEW
The author pulls you right in to this story, starting with the loss of family she soon has you upset, then it goes back and forth from crying, to anger until you come to the very teary section. Be sure you have some tissues handy. What a way to end a series!!!

Thursday, March 18, 2021

The Bartered Bride Romance Collection by Cathy Marie Hake, Kelly Eileen Hake, JoAnn A Grote, Amy Rognlie, Janelle Burnham Schneider, Lynette Sowell and Pamela Kaye Tracy


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(copied from Amazon.com)

Treasure this beautiful collection packed with all of the angst of romance founded upon practical arrangements. Four sisters travel in answer to an ad before even corresponding with potential husbands. Two women bend to the will of their parents in taking husbands. A widow commits to a stranger in name only. And two women on the Oregon Trail hitch their lives to men they've just met. Will love blossom for convenience sake?

MY  REVIEW
Nine very entertaining stories, four of them deal with sisters so it is kind of like a longer story but very good. I enjoyed this book very much.