The Lopsided Christmas Cake – Falls Flat The Brunstetter name immediately conjures up images of buggy rides, prayer kapps, quilts, and yummy Amish treats. When a friend of mine passed along her copy of The Lopsided Christmas Cake to me, I was ready to see what Brunstetter had to offer. Unfortunately, the whole thing fell […]
A Simple Prayer – Goodbye, Lancaster Grand Hotel! Say it isn’t so! It looks like Amy Clipston is finishing up her Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel series. A Simple Prayer is Book Four in the series. Does it satisfy this reader? Ohhhh yeahhhhh. A Simple Prayer follows Aaron Ebersol, who has been gone from […]
There is still the better part of two months left in 2015, but as Thanksgiving approaches and the end of the year, I can’t help but reflect on what a year this has been. And I am thankful for it. At the beginning of the year, I knew that I was under contract to write […]
A Dream of Home – Classic Clipston ~ Review by Susan Scott Ferrell After reading all of Amy Clipston’s Amish fiction (including the first two in her Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel series), I had little doubt that I would come away disappointed with her third installment, A Dream of Home. But sometimes authors […]
Meek and Mild – Much Less Morose ~ Review by Susan Scott Ferrell After reading Olivia Newport’s Wonderful Lonesome (first in her Amish Turns of Time series), I was left wanting more…and also found it to be rather depressing. I had hoped to read more about the characters in Book Two, but that wasn’t to […]
The savvy readers who follow this blog know that not all Amish groups are the same and that they are not to be mistaken for the Mennonites. There are about forty different Amish affiliations, from the largest and most familiar in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to groups that have only a few churches. But how did […]
Huckleberry Hearts – Not as Amish, but just as Great! It’s been too long! I have longed to return to Huckleberry Hill and Jennifer Beckstrand has not satisfied me for a bit longer. Anna and Felty Helmuth are back in Beckstrand’s sixth installment of her Matchmaker’s of Huckleberry Hill series with Huckleberry Hearts! Huckleberry Hearts […]
Murder Tightly Knit – A Purl of a Book! Vannetta Chapman has slowly gained prominence in the Amish genre. Her ability to weave a storyline together so intricately that the reader is thoroughly ensconced after only two pages is proof of her talents. Murder Tightly Knit (second in her Amish Village Mystery series) does exactly […]
I have an Amish friend in Pennsylvania whom I call from time to time when I need to check my facts about the Amish. Her name is Priscilla. She has three little girls and a husband who does housework, and she occasionally owns a cell phone. I say occasionally, because she gets a cell phone […]
Hi, Shelley. Welcome back to Destination Amish! Tell readers all about your new book, A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft. It’s such a pleasure to be back at Destination Amish. Thank you so much for the invitation! It’s a little hard for me to sum up A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft because there’s a lot going […]