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oung-at-heart octogenarians Anna and Felty Helmuth never miss the chance to find a perfect match for one of their grandchildren. And when their beloved Cassie returns to Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin, Anna has a feeling they might soon have a doctor in the family…Though Cassie Coblenz left her Amish community to go to college, Mammi and Dawdi’s farm will always feel like home. It’s the ideal place for an extended study break—at least until her grandmother’s handsome Englisch doctor becomes a regular distraction. Zach Reynolds is the kind of heartbreaker Cassie has learned to avoid, no matter how charming he may be.
Unlike every woman Zach has met in recent years, Cassie doesn’t fall at his feet. Strong, generous, beautiful within and without —she’s everything he could want. Yet the gulf between them deepens when a tragedy shakes his faith. Now the good doctor has one goal—to become a man who could be worthy of Cassie’s love…
“Full of kind, sincere characters struggling with the best ways to stay true to themselves and their beliefs.” –Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Jennifer Beckstrand is the bestselling Amish romance author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series for Kensington Books. Huckleberry Summer was nominated for the RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award and the 2015 RITA® Award, and Huckleberry Hill won the 2014 LIME Award for Inspirational fiction. Both Huckleberry Hill and Huckleberry Christmas appeared in Examiner.com list of top ten inspirational books for 2014.
Jennifer has always been drawn to the strong faith and the enduring family ties of the Plain people and loves writing about the antics of Anna and Felty Helmuth. Jennifer has a degree in mathematics and a background in editing. She and her husband have been married for thirty years, and she has four daughters, two sons, and four adorable grandchildren, whom she spoils rotten. Review
Huckleberry Hearts book six in Jennifer Beckstrand’s The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series is a delight. Cassi, a formerly Amish woman, returns home from school to visit her family and her matchmaking grandparents try to get her romantically involved with her grandmother’s doctor. This cute romantic, Amish story is both funny and heart-warming. Filled with enjoyable and relatable characters and a lovely storyline, readers will thoroughly enjoy Huckleberry Hearts. Themes of family relationships, both positive and negative, and love strongly surround this novel. I would recommend this story to lovers of Amish fiction.
Series: The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill Genre: Amish; romance; Christian Publisher: Zebra Publication date: November 25, 2015 Number of pages: 352 Other books in the series: 1-Huckleberry Hill 2-Huckleberry Summer 3-Huckleberry Christmas 4-Huckelberry Spring 5-Huckleberry Harvest Content Rating: PG Book Rating: 5 stars
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Seaside Christmas by Stacy Claflin He can’t stand her. She thinks he’s crazy. Will their feelings stay etched in permanent ink? Cruz Hunter has always stuck out in his small hometown. Now that he’s covered in tattoos, the residents peg him as even more of an outcast. It seems like the whole world is against his dream of opening a local tattoo parlor. When he finally finds the perfect place for his new business, Cruz discovers a pastor and his daughter have already bought it. The only thing more irritating than the change in his plan is Talia, a beautiful and feisty argument in a dress. Cruz would like nothing more than to have her out of his life and his mind, but for some reason, she’s the only thing he can think about. If Cruz and Talia can stop arguing long enough, opposites may do much more than attract. Meet the Hunter brothers of Kittle Falls… The Seaside Hunters novels are a series of contemporary sweet romances. They’re set in the beach town of Kittle Falls, following the Hunter brothers as they make their way back to their hometown and find the loves they couldn’t elsewhere. Each book is a standalone. Author Stacy Claflin I don’t stick to a single genre in my writing, reading, or viewing. My favorite shows include Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Pretty Little Liars, Lost Girl, Vampire Diaries, and Once Upon a Time. I've been writing and telling stories for as long as I can remember. As a kid, my story telling would get me into trouble because I would try to convince others that my stories were real. When I'm not busy writing, I like spending time with my family and friends. I also educate my kids from home.
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VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. a Rafflecopter giveawayAbout the BookPublication Date: November 1, 2015 Silverwood Books eBook & Print; 398 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction Adam de Guirande owes his lord, Sir Roger Mortimer, much more than loyalty. He owes Sir Roger for his life and all his worldly good, he owes him for his beautiful wife – even if Kit is not quite the woman Sir Roger thinks she is. So when Sir Roger rises in rebellion against the king, Adam has no choice but to ride with him – no matter what the ultimate cost may be. England in 1321 is a confusing place. Edward II has been forced by his barons to exile his favourite, Hugh Despenser. The barons, led by the powerful Thomas of Lancaster, Roger Mortimer and Humphrey de Bohun, have reasons to believe they have finally tamed the king. But Edward is not about to take things lying down, and fate is a fickle mistress, favouring first one, then the other. Adam fears his lord has over-reached, but at present Adam has other matters to concern him, first and foremost his new wife, Katherine de Monmouth. His bride comes surrounded by rumours concerning her and the baron, and he hates it when his brother snickers and whispers of used goods. Kit de Courcy has the misfortune of being a perfect double of Katherine de Monmouth – which is why she finds herself coerced into wedding a man under a false name. What will Adam do when he finds out he has been duped? Domestic matters become irrelevant when the king sets out to punish his rebellious barons. The Welsh Marches explode into war, and soon Sir Roger and his men are fighting for their very lives. When hope splutters and dies, when death seems inevitable, it falls to Kit to save her man – if she can. In the Shadow of the Storm is the first in Anna Belfrage’s new series, The King’s Greatest Enemy, the story of a man torn apart by his loyalties to his baron, his king, and his wife. Exerpt from the BookChapter 1 “Will she do?” The voice came from somewhere over Kit’s head. “Do? She will have to, won’t she?” With a series of grunts, the men carrying her deposited her in a cart. Kit made as if to protest. A large hand gripped her by the neck, tilted her head, and held something to her mouth. No. No more. She spat like a cornered cat, to no avail. Her mouth was forced open; sweet wine was poured, obliging her to swallow. And then there was nothing but a spinning darkness. Nothing at all. When next she came to, a wrinkled face was peering down at her. “Remarkable,” the old woman said. “Absolutely remarkable.” Kit shrank back. Her heart leapt erratically in her chest, her gaze flitting from one side to the other in this unfamiliar chamber, taking in tapestries and painted walls, streaks of sunlight from the open shutters. Where was she? All she had were vague recollections of days on a cart, being jolted this way and that. Days in which strong fingers pinched her nose closed until she was forced to open her mouth and swallow the unctuously sweet concoction that submerged her in darkness. “Not so remarkable when one considers that they have the same father,” someone else said drily. A pair of light blue eyes studied Kit dispassionately. The eyes sat in a narrow face, a nose like a knife blade separating the two halves. A wimple in pristine linen and a veil in what Kit supposed to be silk framed a face that would have looked better on a man than on a woman – harsh, aloof and with an expression which reminded her of old John back home when he’d cornered a rat. “M…m’ lady,” Kit stuttered. She tried to sit up but was pushed down again. “Oh, no. You will not move until we have reached an agreement.” “Agreement?” Kit pulled at her hands, noting with a burst of panic that she was tied to the bed – a simple thing, consisting of a rough wooden frame and a straw mattress. “We are in a quandary,” the lady with the blue eyes said. For an instant, she pressed her lips together. “Stupid, wilful child!” “Me?” Kit’s head hurt, a constant thudding behind her eyes. What had happened to her? There was a barking sound which Kit took for laughter. “You, little one, will be anything but wilful. If you are…” The lady made a swift motion across her throat with her hand. Kit cowered. What did they want with her, these two old crones? The older of the women patted her hand. “It will be none too bad.” From the homespun material of her clothes and the coarse linen of her veil, Kit concluded that she was not a lady but a servant. “Where am I?” Kit asked. “Where you are doesn’t matter. It is what you are that is important.” The lady gave her an icy smile. “You are a soon-to-be bride. At noon, you will wed Adam de Guirande.” Kit did not know what to say. She didn’t like the look in the lady’s eyes, and for some reason she suspected that should she refuse to comply, she would end up dead in the latrine pit – the lady had that sort of air to her. “Who are you?” she whispered. “Me?” The lady cackled. “Why, I am the bride’s mother, Lady Cecily de Monmouth.” Kit wanted to protest. Her mother was Alaïs Coucy – dead since two months back. Grief tore at her, and she turned her face towards the wall, not wanting these strangers to see the tears welling in her eyes. “I know all about your whore of a mother,” Lady Cecily said. “My husband’s great love, no less.” She sounded bitter. “But at least his bastard will come in handy.” Kit tugged at her bindings. “I am no bastard!” “What lies has little Alaïs told you? That your father is dead? That he abandoned her to pursue a religious vocation?” Kit flushed. “My father—” “Is my husband, Thomas de Monmouth. My husband, you hear?” “But…” Kit slumped back against the thin pillow. For most of her eighteen years, she’d heard her mother’s sad story: how two young lovers fled their irate parents, exchanged their vows before a priest and hoped for an eternity together – except that her father had died of a fever. She didn’t understand. Life as she knew it was caving in on top of her – all at the say-so of this unknown woman. “You lie,” she tried. “I most certainly do not,” Lady Cecily said. Kit closed her eyes to avoid that penetrating light blue gaze. She suspected the lady was telling the truth: every question Kit had ever asked about her father had been met with an evasion, or the sad tale of star-crossed lovers as trotted out by her mother. When she’d taken her questions to John or to Mall, they had looked discomfited and referred to her mother. A hand on her shoulder shook her – hard. “No time for all that now. Those dolts I sent to abduct you took their time getting you here, and we have urgent matters at hand. First and foremost, your impending wedding. Mabel, call for a bath – the child is revoltingly dirty.” “No.” Kit raised her chin and stared Lady Cecily in the eye, summoning what little courage she had. “I’ll not wed on your say-so.” “No? Oh, I think yes.” Lady Cecily’s eyes were of a sudden far too close, filled with such menace Kit flinched. “If you don’t, I will have you thrown out of Tresaints and publicly branded a bastard.” “Tresaints? It’s my home.” “It was deeded to your mother for life. And she is quite, quite dead, isn’t she?” Lady Cecily smirked. “You have nowhere to go, little…Kit, is it? But here you’ll respond to the full version of the name you share with your sister, Katherine.” A sister? Kit gaped. Lady Cecily smiled wickedly. “What? You didn’t know you had a trueborn half-sister? A girl who looks just like you?” She laughed as she straightened up to her full height. “So, what will it be? Destitution or marriage?” Kit wanted to say destitution. She wanted to snarl and spit in Lady Cecily’s face – accuse her of abduction, even – but she knew it would be futile. Women like Lady Cecily had power and wealth on their side. Kit had nothing. She swallowed a sob. “If you say no, I will evict every single one of the tenants as well,” Lady Cecily said, effectively nailing down the lid on what felt very much like a coffin. “And if I say yes?” “If you say yes, your father will include Tresaints in your dowry.” Kit was trapped. She knew it; Lady Cecily knew it. She acquiesced with a single nod. Lady Cecily patted her cheek. “Good girl.” About the AuthorHad Anna been allowed to choose, she’d have become a professional time-traveller. As such a profession does as yet not exists, she settled for second best and became a financial professional with two absorbing interests, namely history and writing. These days, Anna combines an exciting day-job with a large family and her writing endeavours. When Anna fell in love with her future husband, she got Scotland as an extra, not because her husband is Scottish or has a predilection for kilts, but because his family fled Scotland due to religious persecution in the 17th century – and were related to the Stuarts. For a history buff like Anna, these little details made Future Husband all the more desirable, and sparked a permanent interest in the Scottish Covenanters, which is how Matthew Graham, protagonist of the acclaimed The Graham Saga, began to take shape. Set in 17th century Scotland and Virginia/Maryland, the series tells the story of Matthew and Alex, two people who should never have met – not when she was born three hundred years after him. With this heady blend of romance, adventure, high drama and historical accuracy, Anna hopes to entertain and captivate, and is more than thrilled when readers tell her just how much they love her books and her characters. Presently, Anna is hard at work with her next project, a series set in the 1320s featuring Adam de Guirande, his wife Kit, and their adventures and misfortunes in connection with Roger Mortimer’s rise to power. The King’s Greatest Enemy is a series where passion and drama play out against a complex political situation, where today’s traitor may be tomorrow’s hero, and the Wheel of Life never stops rolling. The first installment in the Adam and Kit story, In the Shadow of the Storm, will be published in the autumn of 2015. Other than on her website, www.annabelfrage.com, Anna can mostly be found on her blog,http://annabelfrage.wordpress.com – unless, of course, she is submerged in writing her next novel. 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2-Missing (coming summer 2016) A review copy of this book was provided by Revell Reads. Donna Hatch is the award-winning author of the best-selling “Rogue Hearts Series.” She discovered her writing passion at the tender age of 8 and has been listening to those voices ever since. A sought-after workshop presenter, she juggles freelance editing, multiple volunteer positions, her six children (seven, counting her husband), and still makes time to write. Yes, writing IS an obsession. A native of Arizona who recently transplanted to the Pacific Northwest, she and her husband of over twenty years are living proof that there really is a happily ever after.
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Determined to help her father with his political career, Jocelyn sets aside dreams of love. When she meets the handsome and mysterious Grant Amesbury, her dreams of true love reawaken. But his secrets put her family in peril.
Grant goes undercover to capture conspirators avowed to murder the prime minister, but his only suspect is the father of a courageous lady who is growing increasingly hard to ignore. He can’t allow Jocelyn to distract him from the case, nor will he taint her with his war-darkened soul. She seems to see past the barriers surrounding his heart, which makes her all the more dangerous to his vow of remaining forever alone.
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a Rafflecopter giveaway About the BookAl Fox Carraway has spent the last four years inspiring the world with her story of conversion, redemption, and finding faith. As a blogger, social media personality, and award-winning public speaker, her message has reached millions. This moving biography and up-close account of her life and membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the "LDS" or "Mormon" church) will show you what it means to truly trust in the Lord. "Don't go, Al. You won't fit in." Being baptized and following the Lord has made Al's life harder than it ever was before. She endured criticism from friends and family for becoming a Mormon. She faced harsh judgments from Church members for her appearance. She gave up everything and felt more alone than she ever had in her life. All because she chose God. Now she shares an up-close look at how trusting God has led her to places she never expected. As a blogger, YouTuber, and award-winning public speaker, her message has reached millions. Sharing her love of the Savior, Al goes beyond her own conversion and encourages readers to choose God above anything else. This uplifting book inspires readers to build a true relationship with the Lord that will bring them real, lasting happiness. About the AuthorAl Fox Carraway has spent the last four years inspiring the world with her story of conversion, redemption, and finding faith. As a blogger and award-winning public speaker, her message has reached millions. This up-close look at her life will show you what it means to truly trust in the Lord. Guest Post by Al CarrawayMy most asked question for the past several years has been about my conversion. Many see what I am trying to do now with helping others and sharing the gospel and want to know how I got to where I am now, and those who have heard me speak at firesides usually leave wanting to know the full story. Having it in a book just made sense. If I was actually going to follow through a write one though, that’s a different story. Lots of people have great ideas for books, but it’s the follow through and the execution that is tricky. Why I wrote a book, and why I wrote it right now? Simple. The spirit made me do it. I wanted to answer people’s questions of my journey of overcoming and change, but mostly my goal of writing a book was to just magnify my ultimate goal of helping people stay close to the gospel and overcome trials in a way I couldn’t in my blog, Instagram posts, or firesides. Publishers came to me about the idea of writing a book, and just like that I was not only in a contract, but under a deadline. If it weren’t for that 2 month deadline I’d still be walking around with only ideas and dreams in my mind. I didn’t know how the book was going to come together at first, but I just knew I wanted it to be about the reader, whoever they are, wherever they are, and whatever they are going through. That’s why I dedicated it “to the reader.” With a lot of prayer and fasting, I think I did just that, even during the first part when it’s about “my story,” I wrote it in a way that the reader could benefit from it. With changes of life, (moving out of state, & among other things), my 2 month deadline I was given, turned out to be 2 weeks. I locked myself in my home office all day long for a week straight while my husband watched our daughter and he would just bring me food and then leave. I would just wake up early, work all day until late at night, sleep a few hours, and then do it all over again. I most definitely couldn’t do anything I did without Ben and his support. When I did finish, it was a ton of prayer (understatement) to figure out what needed to be changed, added and fixed. That was the hardest part to me was once I got all of my ideas and sentences and chapters down, it was now figuring out how the spirit wanted it to be and the changes God had in mind for it. But it also ended up being the coolest part, when I read my book 8 months later when it was in .pdf format there were too many parts when I thought, “oh, I don’t remember writing that, that’s a cool thought.” Or, “oh, that works really well, glad I fixed it, much better!” ReviewWow! What a magnificent and inspiring story. Al Fox Carraway shares her experience of converting to the LDS church through redemption and faith. Al continues to share her story via her blogs and public speaking, reaching millions. Al’s story is stunningly fascinating, and motivating. It touched my heart and will touch the heart of many other readers. Not only does Al share an up-close view of her story and learning to rely on the Lord, but she shares LDS gospel principles that affect her life and that can help people change. When trust is placed in the Lord, your life can change forever. I would recommend this book to readers that enjoy conversion stories and being inspired to do and be better. Genre: non-fiction; religion; Christian; LDS Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing and Media Publication date: December 8, 2015 Number of pages: 176 Content Rating: PG Book Rating: 5 stars A review copy of this book was provided by Cedar Fort Publishing and Media. Tour ScheduleNovember 17: Brooklyn Jolley
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