AMISH MIDWIVES

By AMY CLIPSTON, SHELLEY SHEPARD GRAY, KELLY LONG

Three beautiful novella’s in one. First one Bundles of Blessing by Amy Clipston After Kristina Byler loses her husband and moves in with her Mother-in-law she supports herself by becoming a midwife. When her ex boyfriend comes back in the picture can they repair the damage to their relationship. Great book of forgiveness. and moving on. Second novella A Midwife for Susie by Shelley Shepard Gray Joanna Zimmerman is a midwife after a mother dies in childbirth she hides her secret and gives up helping mothers. When her best friend Dwight Eicher’s sister Susie wants her to deliver her baby can Joanne forgive herself and return to delivering babies. Beautiful story of forgiving and finding love. Third novella Christmas Cradles by Kelly Long Anna Stolis takes over for her aunt Ruthie to deliver Christmas babies. Asa Lapp will help her to get to the families since his father Samuel was sick. Asa never feels he will find love due to a accident that happened when he was in his Rumspringa. Will Anna be the love he is waiting for? Beautiful written stories. Loved them all. Great characters.

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MAGIC ELIZABETH

By NORMA KASSIRER

I read this book back in the 70s when I was in fifth grade. I still enjoy reading it now.

Sally goes to stay with an old Aunt in an old house. Sally is lonely and scared of her Aunt but realizes her Aunt is lonely too. They become friends and Sally discovers a girl in a painting who looks just like herself. The girl is also called Sally and is holding a beautiful doll. Who is the other Sally ? Where is the doll now ? A mystery is solved as Sally uncovers the past.

Magic Elizabeth 1966 Edition

Magic Elizabeth 1990 edition.

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Magic Elizabeth 1999 Edition

THE COFFEE CORNER

By Amy Clipston

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Bethany Gingerich runs a coffee and donut stand at her local Amish marketplace. Micah Zook and his grandfather come to the shop every Saturday morning. Bethany has a crush on Micah but thinks nothing will ever come from it. Bethany determines to be Micah’s friend, however, even if she can’t have more. A friend is just what Micah needs in his life, but with God, maybe they can find more.

This is the third book in a series about the Amish marketplace where Bethany has her stand. However, it can easily be read as a standalone book. On the audiobook, the narrator has a perky voice that 100% fits with Bethany’s personality. If you like Amish romance books, you will enjoy this one. There was nothing that stood out in this book that will make me remember it above others I have read, but it is a good read for those who enjoy this type of book! (less)

SEASONS OF AN AMISH GARDEN

By Amy Clipston

Author Amy Clipston returns with four novellas that I absolutely loved. It was fun to have them take place in each of the four seasons and to see the thread of familiar names and faces throughout. Each novella is about a specific couple but they really flow together well. (If you read The Christmas Cat you’ll become reacquainted with familiar feline in Seasons of an Amish Garden.)

The characters in this book are so well written that they will feel like old friends. And who doesn’t enjoy a visit to Bird-in-Hand?

These stories have true to life situations and feelings. But always faith is the common bond that holds families together.

If you like Amish fiction then I recommend this heartwarming book.

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AN AMISH CHRISTMAS WEDDING

by Amy Clipston

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There is something extra special about Christmas books and that this one has four novella length Amish stories by my favorite authors is a bonus.
I’ll admit to reading Christmas books not just at Christmas time but all year for that warm fuzzy feeling they bring me. They are a warm hug with a cup of hot cocoa kind of book that I can’t get enough of.
An Amish Christmas Wedding is such a fun and clean romance story, a fast read for me.

AMISH SWEETHEARTS By Amy Clipston

 

 

Amy Clipston has been writing for as long as she can remember. Her fiction writing “career” began in elementary school when she and a close friend wrote and shared silly stories. She has a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan College and is a member of the Authors Guild, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Romance Writers of America. She is the author of the bestselling Kauffman Amish Bakery series with Zondervan, which is part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

Rating 5 out of 5 stars.  Janie Lantz lives in Lancaster, PA.  She sat outside on a wooden bench eating a turkey sandwich.  She noticed rows of pumpkins lined up in front of the Lancaster Souvenir shops.  She worked as a cashier in one of the shops.  As she watched a car ran into the back of a buggy.  She ran to get her young boss Craig.  they waited for the ambulance to get there.  Janie helped a man out of the buggy.  His name was Jonathon Stoltzfus.

Jonathon had moved to Bird In Hand to be an Amish tour guide.  Craig took Jonathon off driver duty as he was afraid their company might get sued because of this accident.  The driver that hit the buggy was saying Jonathon didn’t use his turn signal.  However, Janie saw that he did use the signal and wants to fight for him.  Jonathon and Jamie began eating lunches together.  Janie worries as Jonathon’s time in Pennsylvania will soon be over.

Join Jonathon and Jamie as they work to clear his good name. This was a quite interesting story.

 

A PLACE AT OUR TABLE By Amy Clipston

 

 

 

 

 

Rating 5 of 5 stars. Amy Clipston has been writing for as long as she can remember. Her fiction writing “career” began in elementary school when she and a close friend wrote and shared silly stories. She has a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan College and is a member of the Authors Guild, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Romance Writers of America. She is the author of the bestselling Kauffman Amish Bakery series with Zondervan, which is part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

Jamie and Leon are firefighters. They were called to go to a fire in Ronks.  They were headed to the Diener farm where there was a barn fire.  They went to the barn and found a fourteen-year-old boy Nathan on the ground with a beam on top of his legs. They lifted the beam off and got him to safety.  Kayla is Nathan’s sister.  She just met firefighter Jamie that evening.  Jamie encouraged Nathan to be a firefighter.  Kayla doesn’t want Nathan to be a firefighter as she knows someone who was killed while firefighting.

Join this story as Kayla and Jamie find a love interest in each other.  Also, Jamie goes thru a family tragedy that he is struck by. A moving Amish story.

The first book in the Amish Homestead series, A Place at Our Table brings us to a quiet town in Lancaster County.

 

 

 

MAIL ORDER CHRISTMAS BABY BY SHERRI SHACKELFORD

Sterling Blackwell was making a delivery for Wells Fargo Bank.  Heather O’Connor was a teacher from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania who had just moved to Montana.  Dillon Blackwell had fetched her from the train depot.  She was infatuated with him.  He had just signed up for the Calvary.  A two-year-old girl was just delivered at the train station for Sterling Blackwell.  She had been sent from Butte, Montana.  However, Sterling couldn’t find out who sent the child.

Join Sterling and Heather as they find out where this Christmas baby came from.  I liked seeing a marriage of convenience bloom and it was entertaining to see the interaction between Heather and Sterling.  Enjoy this good Christmas read from Harlequin romance.

 

HEARTACHES & CHRISTMAS CAKES BY AMY MILLER

Autumn 1939 Bournemouth Station England. Audrey Barton ran a bakery with her husband Charlie.  Lately, they had made a lot of wedding cakes for the young couples getting married right before the war.  She hugged her brother William before he boarded the train.  William had a girlfriend Elsie that he wants to marry when he returns from the war.

June 1940- Limited goods were getting into the country and grocery rations were in effect.  Charlie was working at the bakery with Audrey. Audrey believes in keeping up morale by running a good bakery with treats to get peoples minds off the war.  Mrs. Collingham is a customer who just found out her son George was a POW in Germany.  Meanwhile, Audrey’s sister Lily whos a nurse just traveled from London to Bournemouth.

This is the first book in the Wartime Bakery series. Heartaches & Christmas Cakes is truly heartwarming and uplifting story. I look forward to reading more about the Barton family.

THE PROVING By Beverly Lewis

Amanda Dienner ran away from home with two other Amish women Linda and Vickie Zook.  Prior to this, she had an argument with her twin sister Arie. She soon got a job working at a floral shop.  Her dad passed away and she wrote him a long letter.  When she returned to the floral shop she found out they were laying her off due to lack of funds.  Amanda moved to the third floor of the Bradley’s house.  They were a family she had met thru church.  Amanda went home to visit since her father had passed.  She was on the farm with her mom and sisters Eilene and her twin Arie.  They prayed with Amanda that she might find a job there.  People came from far away to stay at her families bed and breakfast.

Then she went back to Kansas to finish the last week at her floral job.  She got a critical letter about her mom from her brother Jerome.  She was chosen to inherit the bed and breakfast her mom had run.  Will Amanda accept this new challenge? Can she follow the terms of her inheritance?