An Amish Christmas Quilt by Charlotte Hubbard, Kelly Long, Jennifer Beckstrand

I enjoy reading Amish stories and these short stories are set at Christmas time.  It's an even sweeter time of year and goes well with the Amish theme.

Goddess Fish Blog Tours invited me to read this book for review (thank you).  It has just been published, so check with your local bookstore for a copy or buy it online.

All three of these are very good stories.  Each has something a bit different that caught my eye, but I'm glad I read them all.

A Willow Ridge Christmas Pageant begins with a widowed Amish woman almost giving birth in the buggy she's driving to her aunt's home.  When the dog comes barking in his yard and almost drags him back to the buggy, Seth is horrified by how young and how white Mary is.  He wastes no time getting her to a doctor.  He even helps in the birth.  And then he does his best to forget her.  Uh huh, sure.  Even her two stepchildren can't put her out of his mind.  

A Christmas On Ice Mountain has two men who once were great friends and now have become bitter enemies.  Since they are Amish, there's nothing except coldness and scorn between them.  The real problem with them is pride, but neither will acknowledge that.  However, they will be tested.  It seems the son and daughter from each family has fallen in love together.  They know the father's will oppose the union, but they are determined to go forward with it.  When a snow storm strands them both in an older woman's cabin, they end up sharing a bed with a bundle board in it.  That doesn't stop the father finding them together demanding an instant marriage...

A Perfect Amish Christmas is about an older Amish woman who is always finding a match for her grandchildren.  Not just hers, either.  She'll match up anyone who is single and needs a good wife or husband.  She cooks "healthy food" from a vegetarian cookbook and no one wants to eat with them anymore.  Cookies are fine but not her meals!  When she cons a young man into coming to spend Christmas with them instead of going to Mexico, he comes looking forward to winter sports and good fishing.  What he finds is the little girl he knew has grown into a wonderful young woman.  When Dottie has a big party and doesn't invite him, the game is on.  He's determined to grow on her.

All three are sweet and fun reads.  They are also a good sampling of each author's writing.  They all have other books published, so you can read more of their work when you finish this one.  Give them a try.

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Happy reading!