Books where the Christmas season is important to the story.
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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A Lancaster Amish Christmas comprises four novellas.
Rating: 4.25 stars ~ Genre: Amish, Christmas ~ Publish Date: 1 Sep 2024
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Matters of the Heart is the second book in Kelly Irvin’s series, Amish Calling. Please take time to read the author’s words before you begin the book. They appear right after the “Amish glossary” which has more than the usual entries.
This series explores developmental as well as intellectual disabilities as seen from an Amish point of view. Ms. Irvin writes with a special feel for these things because, as she explains, “First know that I’m a Christian writer living with a disability.”
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Mattie Byler is Amish, a young widow, and mother of two. And she is pregnant. The last thing she expected when she opened the door was to stare at her dead husband’s face. Samuel Byler. Her husband’s twin brother. His shunned twin brother. No one had heard from him in years. Why was he here?
Samuel had no plans to return to his community after being in the Englisher world until he read about David’s death. He was there to marry Mattie; he had promised his brother. And like a bull in a china shop, he tells Mattie he is there to marry her. He is carrying a lot of baggage. And his blurted announcement is not well received by Mattie. The book is tagged as ‘An Uplifting Inspirational Romance’.
Meet Tobit Lapp, a widower raising a son, hired as the schoolteacher and new to the community.
Meet Cora Koffman, who expected to be hired as the schoolteacher, and was very upset that she wasn’t.
But … she volunteers to teach for him when he falls off the windmill. So which has the secret? And could it really bring a halt to a possible romance between Tobit and Cora?
Widow Elizabeth Walton, an Amish quilter is coming home from work and is assaulted when she investigates why the barn door is open.
The question is why?!?
And why was she and David McKay, Englischer furniture maker fired upon? McKay has a past that might be the reason but then why was Elizabeth assaulted at her home?
Who’s the real target this Christmas? Is there a connection?