WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday} From Wanda Brunstetter's cookbook

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The Discovery Series by Wanda E. Brunstetter

 

Book Description:  A young Amish couple faces formidable challenges in this innovative 6-part serial novel. Introducing you to Meredith and Luke Stoltzfus, whose marriage is threatened, Brunstetter leads you on a compelling journey of doubt, faith, love, and hope that will keep you reading---and guessing---until the end. A heartwarming saga! 128 pages each, six slipcased softcovers from Barbour.

My Thoughts:  This is one of the best "mini series" that I have ever read!  Each book is about this sweet, young Amish couple who are newly married, Meredith and Luke.

Intrigue, mystery and romance...along with Amish traditions.

Each of the mini books is a story within itself but each until you reach the sixth book has a wonderful cliff hanger.  

Yes, each book goes with the next.  

This is one great set....A must read for all Amish fiction lovers!

Format: Paperback Number of Pages: USA Vendor: Barbour Publishing ISBN-13: 9781624167515

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 It pays to read the fine print!

WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}

 

Hurricane Season: A Southern Novel of Two Sisters and the Storms They Must Weather by Lauren K. Denton

 

Book Description: Betsy and Ty Franklin, owners of Franklin Dairy Farm in southern Alabama, have long since buried their desire for children of their own. While Ty manages their herd of dairy cows, Betsy busies herself with the farm’s day-to-day operations and tries to forget her dream of motherhood. But when her free-spirited sister, Jenna, drops off her two young daughters for “just two weeks,” Betsy’s carefully constructed wall of self-protection begins to crumble.

As the two weeks stretch deeper into the Alabama summer, Betsy and Ty learn to navigate the new additions in their world—and revel in the laughter that now fills their home. Meanwhile, record temperatures promise to usher in the most active hurricane season in decades.

Attending an art retreat four hundred miles away, Jenna is fighting her own battles. She finally has time and energy to focus on her photography, a lifelong ambition. But she wonders how her rediscovered passion can fit in with the life she’s made back home as a single mom.

When Hurricane Ingrid aims a steady eye at the Alabama coast, Jenna must make a decision that will change her family’s future, even as Betsy and Ty try to protect their beloved farm and their hearts. Hurricane Season is the story of one family’s unconventional journey to healing—and the relationships that must be mended along the way.

My Thoughts:  If you are a woman and have a sister(s) you will appreciate how Lauren K. Denton develops the sister relationship in this story.  

Ms. Denton doesn't write a fru fru story full of ruffles and lace but a down to earth story that is a real tear jerker.

Betsy and Ty have always dreamed of having a family but it never happened.  So, when this childless couple suddenly have two sweet little girls dropped off for just two weeks at their farm, things change.

Betsy loves her and neices and so does her husband Ty.  The little girls add so much life, love and laughter to their very quiet home.

When Hurricane Ingrid arrives and threatens everything they've worked for it's interesting to see what becomes important.

Such a great read....life, love and relationships.

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071808425X
• ISBN-13: 978-0718084257

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Along a Storied Trail by Ann H. Gabhart

Book Description:  Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn't mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her Appalachian mountain community during the Great Depression. Yet she longs to find love like the heroines in her books. When a charming writer comes to town, she thinks she might have found it--or is the perfect man actually closer than she thinks?

Perdita Sweet has called these mountains home for so long she's nearly as rocky as the soil around her small cabin. Long ago she thought she could love, but when the object of her affection up and married someone else, she stopped giving too much of herself away to others.

As is so often the case, it's easier to see what's best for others than to see what's best for oneself, and Perdita knows who Tansy should choose. But why would anyone listen to the romantic advice of an old spinster?

My Thoughts:  This lovely book cover drew me into a story of love and grace.

What really caught my attention about this story is Tansy Calhoun.  She's a horse packing librarian in a saddle.  She rides the rough terrain to give books to those in the Appalachian community books to ease their weary days.  Or to encourage their story telling.

Then there's sweet Perdita who sees herself as an age old sinister, one who has given up on true love.

I've heard of bookmobiles, libraries in a bus or truck, that one from town to town to let country folk enjoy books but I'd never heard of a horse mobile.  Tansy is a ;iberian on a horse carrying a few books with her so others may enjoy great literature.  Because there's nothing like a good read.

But this story isn't all about books, it includes love, grace and mercy.

Tansy thinks she's in love but Perdita who has been dumped by a man sees Tansy's love story in a different light and would like to speak with her but who listens to an old maid!?

This is quite a story!  A lovely story of love to come and love gone by.

*This book was provided for review by Revell*