Description …
Almost all of the story takes place before Thanksgiving with the story ending as the main characters feeling their Thanksgiving is especially blessed, thus the title.
She is a young widow with two precocious twins who are cute, and smart and the only time you don’t have to watch them is when they are asleep. She is determined to make the orchard inherited from her grandfather support them. He has just moved to the neighborhood having inherited his uncle’s farm. The community is watching him very carefully — his uncle was a drunk so…
Her name is Becca King and he is Nathan Mueller.
My review …
Okay, I’ll admit it. I like Marta Perry’s novels, especially her Amish mysteries. And there is a mystery to this one. Vandalism is taking place in the Amish community as well as in town. Nathan can’t plant a real crop until next year. Will the vandals hit their orchard or his farm?
Marta Perry describes the people and events in such a way that the reader feels like they KNOW them as real people. Love the Sheriff. Think the 18-month-old twins* are cute but glad I didn’t have twins. Those two never stop. Peter is Nathan’s younger brother in his teens and suffering from “teenage-itis” as well as knowing his mother did not want him anymore when she remarried after his Daad died. Go ahead, you can start not liking her right now. There’s Becca’s “grossmammi” who is a sweetheart — Becca’s little brothers (also twins), her loving father. This does not drag the story down. Instead, these people are warming and making the story stronger.
Nathan feels out of his depth with trying to guide Peter. To help him become a good Amish man. In fact, he doesn’t feel like he could ever be as good a father as his Daad was. He has serious Trust issues. Becca is focused on making enough money to support her family. Of course, you can see what is going to happen next.
But getting there is such a good read. I had a hard time putting my Kindle Fire down and doing the things I was supposed to be doing. Boring stuff like laundry.
Yes, I highly recommend “Thanksgiving Blessing”by Marta Perry. I was given a DRC (digital review copy) by the publisher, Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley. A favorable opinion was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are my own.
~ Rating: 5 stars
- Cover: PERFECT!
#ThanksgivingBlessing #NetGalley #MartaPerry - My DRC synopsis stated they were 18 months old, but the published synopsis has them at two years old.
