Secret Sister : An Amish Christmas Tale – Worth the Read Christmas is a time for reflection, for family, and for some, a renewal of faith. When I received Sarah Price’s latest novel, Secret Sister : An Amish Christmas Tale, I was ready to snuggle down with a good book and focus on the upcoming holy […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Promise of Grace – A Satisfying Read ~ When I received Lynette Sowell’s most recent release, A Promise of Grace (third in her Seasons of Pinecraft series), I wasn’t sure what to think. While I found her first in the series (A Season of Change) to be quite different from anything I had read […]
When Grace Sings – Melodious! – review by Susan Scott Ferrell Kim Vogel Sawyer is quickly making her mark in the Christian Romance genre. When I read When Mercy Rains (first in The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy), I was thoroughly ensconced in her writings and knew that I would have to read Book Two in the […]
The Bishop’s Son – A Story of Struggle, Faith, and Hope – I was thoroughly taken by Kelly Irvin’s The Beekeeper’s Son (first in her The Amish of Bee County series), when the second in this series, The Bishop’s Son, hit my doorstep I could hardly contain my enthusiasm! Once I started reading The Bishop’s […]