Rating: 2 stars ~ Genre: Amish Mystery ~ Pages: 294 ~ Publish Date: 5 Nov 2024
So disappointed. I had looked forward to this book. So before I write more, please know this review contains spoilers. Spoilers — aptly named because the following ruined the book for me.
It started on page one …
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Rating: 3 stars ~ Genres: Amish, Christmas ~ Pages: 286 ~ Publish Date: 24 Sep 2024
A CHRISTMAS REUNION by Shelley Shepard Gray ~ Rating: 4.5 stars
WE GATHER TOGETHER by Lenora Worth ~ Rating: 2.5 stars
HITTING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES by Rachel J. Good ~ Rating: 3 stars
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Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Amish, suspense, medical ~ Pages: 297 ~ Publish Date: 1 Oct 2024
Subtitle: Amish Fiction about a Small Town Community Doctor and an Abandoned Baby
Oh my gosh. My dream story. Amish fiction. With a mystery. The main character is a doctor, Ruth “Dok” Stoltzfus. She reminds me of the country doctor I had until I went off to college. House calls? Dr. B made them. …
Yep, “Dok” Stoltzfus is my kind of doctor. I read the description I knew I wanted to read this book.
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Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Historical fiction ~ Pages: 396 ~ Publish Date: 1 Oct 2024
Far from another Oregon Trail book, this poignant story was inspired by a true one. And it pulled at my heartstrings. I suspect it will do the same for you. I wonder how many husbands announced to their wives they were going west. And the wife had the same reaction Matilda Koontz had — “What!” followed by “No.” I was drawn to this book by the description. Plus I’m the family genealogist with ancestors who were the first settlers in what became Sullivan County, Missouri. As well as a yet-to-be-proved, great or great-great-grandmother “born in a covered wagon”. I have none who took the Oregon Trail. I am always pulled to a story about pioneers—the courage they had to travel into the unknown.
“All her direct blood descendants had died out, so there was no one left to tell her story,” Zander said. “I thought someone should.”[1] And I for one am so glad she did.
Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Amish Mystery ~ Pages: 261 ~ Publish Date: 1 Oct 2024
Serenity has a secret. She is almost a recluse except for owning The Pink Petal Flower Shop. When not there, she is at home—alone, with her doors locked. She lives with the knowledge that she can never marry and never have even one sweet bobbli.
But recently something has been happening on her property. Could it be trespassers? Or is it someone with more sinister motives? A neighbor has been showing up doing such chores as chopping wood. Or repairing something. She stays hidden. But one day, she is attacked and this same kind neighbor saves her from further harm.
The neighbor, Stephen Lantz, also carries a private burden. And somehow, these two hurting people grow to be friends.
Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Amish Fiction ~ Pages: Unknown at time of review ~ Publish Date: 21 Jan 2025
The second book in Gray’s “Amish ABCs” series continues the story of four siblings, raised “English”, but supposedly want to become Amish suddenly showing up at their grandparents’ home. [See “A is for Amish” review.] “B Is for Bonnet” focuses on Jonny Schrock and begins in a doctor’s office when he learns that his “cholesterol is through the roof”. Two months later, Jonny is living with his grandparents and on the path to becoming Amish.
