Life can be pretty hard when you are young, pregnant, and alone. It can be difficult when you own family turns their back on you. Hard as that is, it is an even harder world when your family is Amish.

Faced with that situation, Nora Glick Landwehr made her decisions and lived with the consequences. Financially, it was a tough struggle and over time, she had done very well. Unfortunately, less so at love and marriage. Yet, despite it all, Nora misses her family and especially her mother and her young daughter. So, without advance warning, she sold everything off and bought a house smack dab in the middle of her home community of Willow Ridge.

Despite her doubts about her decision, Nora knew in her heart it was what she needed to do. But as she starts to move in, she meets her handsome neighbor, Luke Hooley. He finds Nora foxy and wants to flirt. For her part, she had enough of that kind of guy in the past and wants nothing doing. If he becomes a pest, would he derail her plans to seek her father's forgiveness?

There are many excellent writers who base their stories around the Amish, their customs, beliefs and their interactions with their non-Amish neighbours, and Charlotte Hubbard shines as a very bright and large star among them. HARVEST OF BLESSINGS is the sixth book in Hubbard's More Seasons of the Heart series (originally planned as four books but expanded by popular demand). All the books in the series can easily be enjoyed as a standalone reads. However, as Hubbard's many fans will attest, they are truly delightful reads as part of an ongoing series with previously mentioned major characters appearing in minor roles in subsequent stories. I especially got enjoyment from the reconnection and updates on events with Mariam (and her three grown daughters) and Ben Hooley who are wonderfully featured in AUTUMN WINDS, the second book in the series.

HARVEST OF BLESSINGS is a multi-layered story. It covers the reunion of Nora and her daughter Millie as well as her own attempts to reconnect with her parents, and all their emotional reactions around that. Nicely seasoning out these stories, there is lots of romance in the air for both Nora, Millie, and others as well.

Not wanting to give away more of the plot, I can only add that HARVEST OF BLESSINGS is a captivating story and very hard to put down. As in her previous books in the series, Hubbard nicely integrates into her storyline various ways for her characters to discern God's will in their lives. Key themes in this story are family love, forgiveness, and being true to who you are. If you also happen to be a foodie, do drool over the food lovingly described in HARVEST OF BLESSINGS and try some of the wonderful recipes in the book. So treat yourself or a friend to a HARVEST OF BLESSINGS! A treat to enjoy!