Books that were a really good read but lacked “something” or had errors that lowered the rating from 5 to 4 stars.
Three sweet new Christmas novels from three well-known Amish authors: Shelley Shepard Gray, Charlotte Hubbard, and Rosalind Lauer.
My fav was “Starlight Everlasting”.
Leah Beiler took her broken heart and moved to Upstate New York to learn about her aunt’s tea shop business.
Leah has returned home to Promise Glen and hopes to take what she has learned and start a herbal tea shop of her own. Christmas is approaching and she is looking forward to spending time with family and friends.
The man who broke her heart, Josiah Burkhalter, wants to help her. While both have changed a lot, Leah is hesitant to trust him. But Josiah sees this as a second chance and he truly wants to help Leah. He now knows how special she is.
The story revolves around the “conscientious objector” status during the Vietnam War era. Not all draft-age Amish men seek it.
The Hostetler family orchard has existed for generations & Ellie loves everything about it. She & the rest of the family are shocked to find her twin brother did *not* request the conscientious objector status and his draft number is low.
Evan goes to war.
Poor Miss Fairfield. Her father makes her a pawn in his business by a betrothal to a man, twice a widower, his business partner. You’ll dislike him immediately and well you should. The cad leaves town and asks his stepson to “look after” Sophia. The setting: Charleston, SC. The time: February 1899.
And you can guess what happens between Carver and Sophia. Carver’s stepfather threatens to ruin him financially. Unable to get her parents to change their minds. and seeing there was no way to stop the wedding, Sophia flees Charleston and becomes a Harvey Girl waitress in Las Vegas, New Mexico at the Castañeda Hotel.
In the book’s first sentence, a disparate phone call from her mother changes Shauna McKay’s life completely. And it would be the last time Shauna would ever hear her voice. Shauna flees to her uncle who lives in an Amish community and the local sheriff, Liam Harland, convinces her to hide with the Amish — she’ll blend in. But when a young Amish woman is attacked in a public place, can Liam really protect Shauna and stop the killer?
An Amish father purchased a tractor despite the Ordung & everything has gone wrong.
An Amish man is trying to raise his two toddler nephews alone but it’s not going well.
Nancy tries to help her father & family by taking a job in hopes of not losing their farm.
Vernon advertises a position for a helper and Nancy takes the job. But Nancy’s mother becomes ill. Should she quit her job to take care of her mother? But she loves the little boys and Vernon needs her …