This lively collection by four authors brings contrasts and changes to the reader as we learn about the simple life in AN AMISH SECOND CHRISTMAS. First is a tale by Beth Wiseman.
A Season Of Hope introduces a widow raising her kinner in Lancaster County, where English outnumber the Plain folk and many people work outside the home or farm. Katherine Zook tries not to mix with men outside her community, but one older man takes an interest in her... he claims to be a relative of her late husband. He also makes strange claims about the FBI following him. Is he crazy, as Katherine's daughter Mary Carol and her beau Abe think, and is his advice worth following to help the kinner?
Her Christmas Pen Pal by Ruth Reid focuses on Joy Stolzfus. Living without electricity brings hazards. Joy mourns her parents, lost in a house fire a year previously. She has taken over the family bakery, but that occupies all her time. Her beau Henry could be casting his eyes elsewhere. While it's wrong to feel jealous, Joy's only human. She sends her pen friend Emily a box of her best cookies, but a cabinet maker called Noah receives the delivery instead. Amusingly, he writes back and the two strangers begin a correspondence. This is my favourite story.
A Gift For Anne Marie by Kathleen Fuller introduces us to Anne Marie Smucker in Pennsylvania, who will eat anything but pumpkin pie at Christmas. Her friend Nathaniel, who repairs clocks, is the object of admiration by another maid, but Anne Marie, who makes candles, is the one who has his attention. Only as a friend. Where can this lead? There's family change on the way for Anne Marie, and it seems she may have to start making up her mind about what she wants. This fun tale has a serious side.
Christmas Aprons by Trisha Goyer sets Esther Glick the challenge of making her mother's secret recipe vanilla crumb pies. Her family are not highly regarded, though hard- working. Will anyone bid on her pie - and a date with herself - at the Bachelors' Pie auction? We are so lucky as we get the recipe after the story!
AN AMISH SECOND CHRISTMAS will keep you smiling and baking at any time of the year. Enjoy this engaging read.
Celebrate Second Christmas, a treasured, lighthearted time
of community, with four Amish romances.
βWhen Christmas Comes Againβ by Beth Wiseman
Katherine knows the first Christmas without Elias will be
hard for her and the children. But when a mysterious
Englischer appears with photographs of her late husband,
Katherine begins to wonder what other blessings Christmas
could have in store.
βHer Christmas Pen Palβ by Ruth Reid
Joy was expecting a wedding proposal from Henry; what she
got instead was news of another woman. But when her
heartfelt letter to a cousin ends up in the hands of a
young
cabinetmaker, an unexpected correspondence between two
strangers gets interesting fast.
βA Gift for Anne Marieβ by Kathleen Fuller
Anne Marie and Nathaniel have been best friends since they
were kids. Now things are evolving . . . in ways everyone
else predicted long ago. But when her mother suddenly
decides to remarry in another state, Anne Marieβs new
chapter with Nathaniel looks doomed to end before it
begins.
βThe Christmas Apronsβ by Tricia Goyer
Vanilla crumb pie has been Estherβs memβs calling card for
decades. But when Esther finally gets her hands on the
secret recipe, she discovers that vanilla crumb pie is
more
than just dessert . . . itβs bachelor bait.
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