Some sweet Amish romance for Christmas... Love's Christmas Blessing by Laura V. Hilton & Rachel J. Good (Review & #Giveaway)


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Love's Christmas Blessings
By Laura V. Hilton & Rachel J. Good
Christian Contemporary Romance, Amish, Christmas, Novella
Paperback & ebook, 233 Pages
November 2018 by Celebrate Lit Publishing

Summary

Christmas...
A time for fellowship, family, and love. Enjoy two novellas from beloved Amish authors and fill your heart with the wonder of the Christmas season.

Winter’s Treasure

Paris Kauffman believes she is about to embark on her family-tradition birthday treasure hunt, but for the first time ever, her daed is sending her to various businesses and homes in the community. Little does Paris expect that when she enters the bakery to collect her gift, the bus will drop off none other than her old crush, Aquila Stutzman, the man she’d done everything except cartwheels and handstands to get his attention. And failed. Of course, Quil doesn’t remember her.

Quil was offered employment working on his grandparents’ new tree farm in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Since he’s recovering from a broken heart when his longtime girlfriend Priscilla up and married his cousin, a move Quil never saw coming, he decides to take the job. This will give him time to separate himself from the hurt and maybe, eventually, move on.

Paris and Quil have sparks from the beginning, especially since his appearance causes a vicious rivalry between friends. But who can resist when a chance meeting beginning with donuts and coffee ends with a missing person, puppies, a skunk, and a sleigh ride—not to mention a trip the Amish young people plan to Niagara Falls. Could it also involve falling in love?

Mistletoe and Miracles

Daniel Graber has spent years caring for his aging parents. Now Daed’s in rehab with a broken hip and a bad case of irritability. He snaps at the workers and complains about doing physical therapy, so Daniel is grateful for the new aide, Fern Chupp, who uses her sweetness and charm to convince Daed to cooperate. Turns out, Daed isn’t the only one she charms.

As a widow, Fern is grateful for her new job at Fairview Rehab Center, even though it meant relocating to Ephrata, Pennsylvania, with her nine-year-old daughter, Lyddie. But Lyddie is grieving the recent death of her grandfather and dislikes leaving her Ohio home. Lyddie’s shyness also makes it difficult to make friends or recite school lessons.

When her class goes to the rehab center to interview patients, Lyddie’s too scared to do her assignment, so she runs away. During the hunt for her missing daughter, independent Fern learns to accept and appreciate Daniel’s help and support. By the time they discover Lyddie, she’s made a very unusual friend, and Fern and Daniel have developed a . Can four lonely heart create special bonds to make it a Christmas to remember?

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My Review

LOVE'S CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS is a two-story novella collection of romance in bloom around Christmastime for two Amish couples. Both stories have likable characters, charming communities, a little Christmas magic, and sweet romance. If you enjoy Amish romance, then you may enjoy picking this up.

WINTER'S TREASURE: I really liked the characters from this story. Paris was sweet, loyal, dependable, and had a wonderful family and community to support her (even though Sarah tries to make it appear otherwise). She also was just a good person and willing to help others. Quill was such a great hero. He wasn't easily fooled and he was protective of Paris. He was hard working and seemed to have a good head on his shoulders. I loved how flustered he got with dealing with Sarah and Paris and how he decided to just put his heart out there. I felt some things needed more development. Paris also felt younger to me than 21. Otherwise, it was an overall enjoyable story.

MISTLETOE AND MIRACLES: I liked both the main characters for this story as well as the heroine's daughter and the hero's father. I thought Daniel and Fern were both sweet. Their relationship and romance felt completely unrealistic and very rushed, which kind of rubbed me wrong. There were some other things that just rubbed me wrong too. It kind of felt like the author was trying to fit all these different pieces in a short story without fully developing any of them completely, so they didn't quite work for me. However, other readers may not have my same issues. I did think it was a really sweet story. I also thought that Lyddie added so much to this and was what seemed to bind everyone together.

In the end, was it what I wished for? Overall, these stories had likable characters and were lightly inspirational with some sweet romances.

Content: Clean
Source: I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit, which did not require a positive review nor affect it in any way.

About the Authors

Laura V. Hilton is an award-winning, sought-after author with over twenty Amish, contemporary, and historical romances. When she’s not writing, she reviews books for her blogs, and writes devotionals for blog posts for Seriously Write.

Laura and her pastor-husband have five children and a hyper dog named Skye. They currently live in Arkansas. One son is in the U.S. Coast Guard. She is a pastor’s wife, and homeschools her two youngest children.

When she’s not writing, Laura enjoys reading, and visiting lighthouses and waterfalls. Her favorite season is winter, her favorite holiday is Christmas.

Inspirational author Rachel J. Good writes life-changing, heart-tugging novels of faith, hope, and forgiveness. The author of several Amish romance series, she grew up near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the setting for many of her stories. Striving to be as authentic as possible, she spends time with her Amish friends, doing chores on their farm and attending family events.

Rachel’s Amish series include Sisters & Friends (Charisma House & Harlequin), Love & Promises (Hachette/Grand Central), Hearts of Amish Country (Annie’s Book Club), and the forthcoming Surprised by Love (Kensington). She also has several anthologies in print as well as the Amish Quilts Coloring Book.

To learn more about Rachel, visit her at www.racheljgood.com.

Coconut Potato Fudge Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup plain, mashed potatoes, either instant or one medium potato, cooked
1/8 cup finely chopped (or crushed) almonds (optional)
3 cups powdered sugar
1 cup shredded coconut
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
give3 tablespoons butter

Instructions:

Beat powdered sugar and coconut into warm potatoes; then add the vanilla extract and almonds.

Press into a lightly-greased 8-inch square pan; set aside.

In a saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally. When melted, pour over top of the potato mixture.

Refrigerate until set and then cut into squares.

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Tour Schedule

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Britt Reads Fiction, November 13
Maureen’s Musings, November 14
Quiet Quilter, November 15
Jeanette’s Thoughts, November 16
Bibliophile Reviews, November 18
Splashes of Joy, November 18
D’S QUILTS & BOOKS, November 19
Mary Hake, November 19
Just the Write Escape, November 20
Moments, November 21
Bukwurmzzz, November 21
Blogging With Carol, November 22
Texas Book-aholic, November 22
Janices book reviews, November 23
Carpe Diem, November 24

Tour-Wide Giveaway


To celebrate the tour, Celebrate Lit Publishing is giving away:
Grand prize of $25 Amazon gift card
1st place: Paperback copy of Love’s Christmas Blessings
2-4th place: eBook copy of Love’s Christmas Blessings!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway!

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