About the Book
With all the warmth of a cozy quilt, three authors stitch together Amish
tales of hearts joined, friendships patched, and the bright joys of
Christmas tradition . . .
A Willow Ridge Christmas Pageant ~ Charlotte Hubbard
Seth
Brenneman didn't expect his holiday would include rescuing pregnant
young Mary Kauffman and her two children. . .or having unexpected
feelings for the still-grieving widow. But when they must play the leads
in an impromptu live Nativity pageant to help his Amish community, will
their roles reveal their hearts--and work a miracle for a lifetime?
A Christmas On Ice Mountain ~ Kelly Long
Matthew
Beider and Laurel Lapp's secret wish to marry is a gift their feuding
fathers definitely won't accept. And trying to settle their dats'
long-standing quarrel is making their holiday anything but merry. Can
rediscovering the joys and friendships of Christmas past finally turn
their families' futures bright?
A Perfect Amish Christmas ~ Jennifer Beckstrand
Anna
and Felty Helmuth's grandson, Gideon, plans to spend Christmas on a
beach in sunny Mexico. But Anna is quite sure he'd rather be with them,
snowshoeing, ice fishing--falling in love. And she knows the perfect
girl. Not only is Dottie Schrock an excellent quilter and baker, she's
having a party. There's just one complication--Gideon is not invited.
Dottie has her reasons, but Anna trusts that the spirit of
Christmas--and true love--will change her mind, and her future . . .
This book was released in October 2014
I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
My Review
“An Amish Christmas Quilt” is a book with three novella's by
Charlotte Hubbard, Kelly Long and Jennifer Beckstrand. All three
stories focus on Christmas with a different meaning all the way around,
while love blooms or draws families closer. Jesus, forgiveness and
better understanding of Christmas are just some of the messages that I took from
these charming stories that are each only about 80 pages. I hope all
who read this book enjoy the Christmas messages that come from these
stories.
“A Willow Ridge Christmas Pageant” by Charlotte
Hubbard goes along with her 'Seasons of the Heart' series. Seth is a
minor character in the other books, but here we see him with his own
role. Here is a Christmas novella that I really enjoyed for though it
is a romance and things appear to be moving fast, I got the feeling
there was a lot more contact between the two as this story takes over
several months. We are just invited to see what is going on in those
pretty important scenes where things are being discovered or shared
between the two. I have to say that I felt the Christmas message as
well for it was the focus on the Reason for the Season that I enjoyed
and how they touched so many other people as well.
“A
Christmas on Ice Mountain” by Kelly Long goes along with her Ice
Mountain series (not sure of the title of the series though sorry), and
that in of itself made me uncertain if I wanted to read the short
novella. Oh Ms. Long writes wonderful stories and this was no
different, but after reading “The Amish Bride of Ice Mountain” I was
just weary. This time I wasn't given the shock that I had when I tried
reading “The Amish Bride of Ice Mountain” so I wasn't taken by complete
surprise, so warning it is an adult short story regardless, for if I
don't feel comfortable allowing my 14 year old neighbor read it then it
is an adult story, and I feel that about this story.
Here
is a a story that reminded me a lot of “Romeo and Juliet” in that their
fathers are feuding to the point to where they don't speak. The story
starts out with what caused the rift, and sadly at that point I figured
out what happened but the ending was so worth reading the book. Yes
this is a story of love between Matthew and Laurel but the more
important part of the story is that of forgiveness and listening. Time
is sometimes too short here on earth so we should always work on trying
to get over those past hurts and forgive each other. This story is a
wonderful example of that alone with the fathers.
“A
Perfect Amish Christmas” by Jennifer Beckstrand goes along with her 'The
Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill' series. I found the message of
discovery for what makes the perfect Christmas to be so precious for so
many times people look for things being perfect and over look the
important things. The person who is seeking that perfect Christmas has
their reasons and reasons that everyone can understand, but this person
forgot what makes Christmas perfect no matter what happens. When things
look so bleak, the truth is figured out, things begin to turn around
for things are being looked at differently. Truly a Perfect Christmas
is achieved then and I couldn't help but smile as I read the ending.
Other 'Season's of the Heart' Books and Novellas
Summer of Secrets
Autumn Winds
Autumn Winds
Winter of Wishes
"Kissing the Bishop"
found in An Amish Country Christmas
Breath of Spring
"A Willow Ridge Christmas Pageant"
found in An Amish Christmas Quilt
Other 'Ice Mountains' Books
Other 'Ice Mountains' Books
The Amish Bride of Ice Mountain
Other 'The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill' Books and Novellas
Huckleberry Hill
Huckleberry Summer
Huckleberry Christmas
"A Perfect Amish Christmas"
found in An Amish Christmas Quilt
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