​Howdy, Teacher! You don’t know me, but my kids talk bout you a lot. I been lookin fer a wife and mother fer a few years and was wonderin iffen we cood meet and get to no each other a bit. I’ll come after skool to git yer answer. Grover Miller
 
 
Unruly schoolchildren, three suitors, and too many things to do. When Ruth Brookings rejects one of the suitors, he refuses to accept no for an answer.
To make matters worse, when she prays for guidance, she’s answered with a challenge instead: To encourage her friend to find a wife—whether he wants one or not.
Will she lose her friend just when she needs a friend the most? Will she be able to weather the storms she’s about to face?

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​Faith Blum started writing at an early age. She started even before she could read! She even thought she could write better than Dr. Seuss. (The picture doesn't show it well, but there are scribblings on the page of Green Eggs and Ham). Now that she's grown up a little more, she knows she will probably never reach the success of Dr. Seuss, but that doesn't stop her from trying.

When she isn't writing, Faith enjoys doing many right-brained activities such as reading, crafting, writing, playing piano, and playing games with her family. One of her dreams is to visit Castle City, Montana someday to see the ghost town she chose for her characters to live in. She currently lives on a hobby farm with her family in Wisconsin.

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Faith Blum’s book four in the Hymns of the West story, Lily of the Valley, is an excellent read with a strong Christian presence.  Common themes that fill the novel are faith, family, overcoming hardships, and hope.  The characters are richly developed, complimenting and enhancing this enjoyable western themed story.  Readers will fall in love with the characters within the first few chapters of the book as they appreciate the exciting adventure, friendship, and romance during the course of the story.  I would recommend this novel to readers that enjoy western romance novels with a strong Christian base.
 
Series: Hymns of the West
Genre: historical; western; Christian
Publisher: Faith Blum
Publication date: November 26, 2015
Number of pages: 476
 
Other books in the series:
1-A Mighty Fortress
2-Be Though My Vision
3-Amazing Grace
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

A review copy of this book was provided by Faith Blum Hymns of the West Gang.

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​She glanced up at Clinton. He looked like the poster boy for the NFL. Finely chiseled features, crisply cut black hair, dark brown eyes that could dissect a defense in less than ten seconds. He was known for his ability to adjust a play on the fly, to take risks, to think outside the box. What line had he crossed? 

He caught her stare and smiled. It wasn’t a smile that found humor in the situation. Or one to charm. It was the same smile he gave competitors when he was under center calling a play. It said, “I’ve got this.” It said, “Bring it on.” It said, “You have no idea what’s coming your way.”

Clinton Hadley didn’t have this. And an attitude like that was detrimental to Brenda’s success. Marbury Wilson had been clear on the phone this morning. Clinton had to make the game on Sunday, or she’d be fired. And considering the way she’d left her last job, only the most desperate firm would touch her if Marbury let her go. 

Uncle John stared down at Brenda. The furrows he’d earned over years of serving on the bench deepened. He brushed back his peppery hair and reviewed Clinton’s file once more before reading the charges aloud. “I’ve seen you in my courtroom far too often lately, Mr. Hadley. How do you plead?”

“Not guilty,” Clinton said in a firm voice.

The district attorney’s grin found humor in Clinton’s plea and a back door into Brenda’s competitive streak. “Your Honor, I’d like to call the arresting officer to the stand.”

Clinton leaned down to whisper in her ear again. “He’s going to tell the truth.”

She noted Clinton’s smile, his intensity, his air of complete domination. In any other circumstance, she’d be happy to see a man with an ego like that go down. “Maybe you should try it sometime,” she whispered back. “The truth, that is. I hear it’ll set you free.”

His dark eyes glittered and she felt another stake of awareness. 

“Not guilty. Not taking the stand either.” He shot a half-glance over his shoulder to the media in the peanut gallery.

He valued privacy over freedom? If he wanted to play on Sunday, he didn’t have the luxury. 

“You leave me no choice,” Brenda whispered. “But to throw you on the mercy of the court.”

A modern new century brings a young Amish woman an unexpected new life—and a chance to discover love’s true way home…
Ohio, 1899. Soft-spoken midwife Becca Yost lived by her Amish faith’s strict rules—until her fiancé jilted her before their entire community. She’s never been away from home, but the bustling Englischer town of Massillon, Ohio, is a welcome unexpected refuge. Especially when she goes to work for Dr. Matt Carrington, who shares her passion for healing those in need. His outgoing spirit and gentle strength show Becca a surprising new world of choices—and irresistible love. But there is one formidable obstacle: Matt’s wealthy mother is determined her son will marry a society woman.
With her newfound resolve challenged, Becca decides that she and Matt must not be destined for each other after all. She accepts that she will have to forge a life alone—until a wrenching crisis and life-changing revelations teach her that true faith lies in all things, especially impossible second chances.

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A modern new century brings a young Amish woman an unexpected new life—and a chance to discover love’s true way home…
Ohio, 1899. Soft-spoken midwife Becca Yost lived by her Amish faith’s strict rules—until her fiancé jilted her before their entire community. She’s never been away from home, but the bustling Englischer town of Massillon, Ohio, is a welcome unexpected refuge. Especially when she goes to work for Dr. Matt Carrington, who shares her passion for healing those in need. His outgoing spirit and gentle strength show Becca a surprising new world of choices—and irresistible love. But there is one formidable obstacle: Matt’s wealthy mother is determined her son will marry a society woman.
With her newfound resolve challenged, Becca decides that she and Matt must not be destined for each other after all. She accepts that she will have to forge a life alone—until a wrenching crisis and life-changing revelations teach her that true faith lies in all things, especially impossible second chances .

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Molly Jebber’s Amish, historical romance novel, Change of Heart, is a simple delight.  Readers will enjoy this is a beautiful story of an Amish girl that decides to leave her family and the Amish way of living and join her sister in another town.  Here she meets and becomes a nurse for Dr. Matt Carrington.  They fall in love, but Matt’s parents do not approve of her.  Themes in this novel include struggles, pain, misunderstandings, joy, and love.  Join these charming characters in Molly’s latest release in this enjoyable and well-written heart-warming and inspirational story.  I would recommend this novel to readers that enjoy Amish fiction and inspirational stories.
 
Series: A Keepsake Pocket Quilt Novel
Genre: Amish, historical, romance, Christian
Publisher: Zebra
Publication date: June 30, 2015
Number of pages: 288
 
Other books in the series:
2-Grace’s Forgiveness (coming February 2016)
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

A review copy of this book was provided by CelebrateLit.

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 It was supposed to be a relaxing early morning run, but the path along the river trail quickly turns into the scene of a nightmare for recent college graduate Kira Paxton. An unintended exploration of a secluded riverbank leads to a gruesome discovery that sets her on a collision course with danger: it is the body of a young woman. In shock, all Kira can manage to do is scream . . . From the moment Ford Kettering hears the cries for help along the trail, he is drawn irrevocably into a mystery in which he plays a shocking role. Ford, a local high school teacher, had a recent classroom clash with the victim—now, he’s a person of interest. As Ford and Kira bond over their shared ordeal, they work together to prove Ford’s innocence—and soon, their attraction is undeniable. But it seems that Kira’s nightmare is far from over. What begins as a series of close calls and acts of vandalism soon escalates, putting Kira’s own life in jeopardy. It appears that Kira saw something that day along the trail, something that has made her a target. With Ford’s help, she is determined to track down the killer—before she becomes the next victim.

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Jennie Hansen moved a great deal while growing up.  She remembers living in twenty-two different houses and attending eight schools.  The two colleges where she earned degrees, Ricks and Westminster, make ten.  She worked as a model, secretary, newspaper reporter and editor, legislative page, teacher, and librarian.  She was first published at the tender age of seven and has since published twenty-five novels, numerous short stories, and many magazine and newspaper articles.  For the past fourteen years, she has written reviews of LDS fiction for Meridian Magazine.
 
She and her husband have five great children, four wonderful sons-in-law, a fantastic daughter-in-law, and thirteen grandchildren.  After serving in numerous ward and stake callings, she now teachers Relief Society and serves at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.

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Suspense, adventure, romance…  In her latest release, By the River, this is exactly the type of book Jennie Hansen has written.  This exciting new novel will keep readers on their toes as they follow the intense and exciting storyline.  Jennie’s characters are well developed causing readers will be pulled even more into the story what will happen next.  Jennie Hansen has yet again written a page-turning novel that readers will not want to put down.  I recommend this novel to fans of Jennie’s previous novels, as well as those that enjoy fiction suspense stories.
 
Genre: suspense, LDS
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Publication date: October 1, 2015
Number of pages: 221
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

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Sometimes God’s ways are not at all what we expect . . . and exactly what we need.
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Grant and Audrey are adding grandchildren to their family left and right, but middle daughter, Danae, and her husband, Dallas Brooks, have been trying for years with no baby in sight.
Though Danae is ready to consider adoption, Dallas will not even discuss it. Despairing of ever having a family of her own, Danae decides to pour her passion and energies into volunteer work with a newly opened women’s shelter in town. Looking for a good cause to fill her lonely days, she never expects to give her heart to the hurting women she meets there. She’s finally learning to live her life with gratitude, but then heart-wrenching events on Thanksgiving weekend threaten to pull the entire Whitman clan into turmoil—and leave them all forever changed.

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Deborah Reney’s latest release, Another Way Home, will delight readers with rich and well developed characters and a story that not only inspire its readers but will touch the core of their heart.  A huge theme in this book is that sometimes life doesn’t always turn out the way you think it will.  Life can throw us for a loop.  But when life gets tough, a person has to fight back.  In this story Deborah brings to light the true struggle of women who are unable to get pregnant and the emotions around that, as well as the devastating realities of mothers and children that leave abusive situations and seek help to get out of the situation and better their lives.  Deborah has written a novel that will not only captivate readers from page one, but will have them reading and re-reading this novel along with others in this series.  I would recommend this novel to readers that have enjoyed Deborah’s previous work, as well as those that enjoy reading about real-life situations. 
 
Series: Chicory Inn
Genre: Christian, contemporary
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: October 20, 2015
Number of pages: 304
 
Other books in the series:
1-Home to Chicory Lane
2-Two Roads Home
4-Close to Home (coming June 2016)
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

​The quiet village of Llanwddyn has long been a safe haven for Gwen, a young Welsh country girl whose life has been fraught with tragedy. Following the untimely death of her parents, it was her aunt's home in Llanwddyn that provided Gwen and her brother a refuge from their grief. Now, with the unwelcome news that the village is to be razed in the name of progress, an inescapable wave of change has begun.

When her brother departs to follow his dream of sailing the high seas, Gwen is left alone to navigate the shifting world around her. She soon finds herself relying on the support of her brother's best friend, Lewis, a gentle blacksmith whose kindness stirs her heart. Resigned to the fact that Lewis may never see her as more than a child, Gwen is soon swept off her feet by Thomas, a prosperous young Englishman. Torn between two men and two very different paths, Gwen has little time to determine what course her heart will follow. With time running out for her beautiful valley, will love come too late?

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Sian Ann Bessey was born in Cambridge, England, and grew up on the island of Anglesey off the north coast of Wales. She left Wales to attend Brigham Young University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
Traveling has given Sian a deep appreciation for a world full of diverse cultures. Through her writing, she introduces her readers to some of the places she has come to love— especially her Welsh homeland.
Sian is the author of several LDS novels and children’s books. She has also written articles for the New Era, Ensign, andLiahona magazines. She and her husband, Kent, currently reside in Rexburg, Idaho. They are the parents of five children and the grandparents of two beautiful little girls and one handsome little boy.

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One Last Spring, Siân Ann Bessey’s latest release, will grip the heart strings of readers from page one.  With its captivating story, with the back drop of a Welsh community, and its deep and richly developed characters, readers will immediately fall in love with this touching and inspiring novel.  Readers easily relate to the joys, pains, and hardships of the characters, as well as will be amazed by the rich relationships between them as the beautiful story progresses.  This story is not one readers will easily forget, but rather keep it in their heart, and gain a desire to learn of their own heritage.  I would recommend this novel to readers that enjoy touching and inspirational novels.
 
Genre: historical fiction; Welsh; LDS
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Publication date: November 2, 2015
Number of pages: 280
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

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​Based off a true story of struggling town in the Great Depression where the high school football coach thinks his sport is everything, Sterling Bridge by author Chad Robert Parker, is an intriguing story.  This story teaches about passion, life, family, and hope.  The many different characters in this story bring to light what life was like in the Great Depression, the struggle to survive, and the fight for something better.  I would recommend this novel to football fans, as well as those that enjoy a story of inspiration.
 
Genre: football; Great Depression; fiction
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing and Media
Publication date: November 10, 2015
Number of pages: 144
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 4 stars

​After a few years as a police officer in Chicago, Michael Keane has no trouble relaxing into the far less stressful job of deputy sheriff in his small hometown. After all, nothing ever happens in Hidden Springs, Kentucky. Nothing, that is, until a dead body is discovered on the courthouse steps. Everyone in town is a little uneasy. Still, no one is terribly worried--after all the man was a stranger--until one of their own is murdered right on Main Street.

As Michael works to solve the case it seems that every nosy resident in town has a theory. When the sheriff insists Michael check out one of these harebrained theories, his surprising discovery sends him on a bewildering search for a mysterious killer that has him questioning everything he has ever believed about life in Hidden Springs.

Bringing with her a knack for creating settings you want to visit and an uncanny ability to bring characters to life, A. H. Gabhart pens a whodunit that will keep readers guessing.

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A.H. Gabhart’s latest release cozy-mystery release, Murder at the Courthouse, was hard for me to get into.  This contemporary novel begins with the murder of an unknown man on the courthouse steps of a small town.  The back story for this is unclear, possibly intentionally to keep readers wondering who is involved in the murder and what the story of the murdered man is.  Overall, this novel is fairly predictable, but does have some surprises.  I would recommend this novel to readers that enjoy cozy-mystery novels.
 
Series: Hidden Springs Mystery
Genre: mystery, contemporary; cozy mystery; thriller; Christian
Publisher: Revell
Publication date: October 6, 2015
Number of pages: 336
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 3 stars

 A review copy of this book was provided by Revell.

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​Vynasha has spent the last four years tending her mother's roses and looking after her nephew. The fire that killed their family has left her scarred and put Wyll on the brink of death. Soon the first frost will come down from the mountains and she knows this winter will be his last.
 
Until a strange beggar appears on the road, telling her of the majikal Source that can heal her Wyll. With nothing left to lose, Vynasha braves the forbidden Wylder Mountains to seek out a cure and her fate.
 
A lost kingdom is uncovered by an equally lost girl, but the castle is not abandoned as she believes. Shadows cloaking unseen eyes watch. Tapestries whisper from the hidden corners, wondering if the one to break their curse has come. And a hungry beast waits, ready to devour her soul.

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Jennifer Silverwood was raised deep in the heart of Texas and has been spinning yarns a mile high since childhood. In her spare time she reads and writes and tries to sustain her wanderlust, whether it’s the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, the highlands of Ecuador or a road trip to the next town. Always on the lookout for her next adventure, in print or reality, she dreams of one day proving to the masses that everything really is better in Texas. She is the author of the Heaven’s Edge series, Stay and Silver Hollow.

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Author Jennifer Silverwood will blow you away with her latest release, Craving Beauty.  In this rendition of Beauty and the Beast, Jennifer has created a twist on the story that readers will fall in love with from page one.  Although a little darker than I originally thought it would be, this novel is filled with a delightful story and excellently developed characters.  Craving Beauty is the story of a girl who because she was burned in a fire that killed most of her family, she craves to be beautiful.  So is she the true beast or is it the creature that holds her captive in the castle?  Readers will greatly anticipate the next novel in this series.  I would highly recommend this novel to readers that enjoy fantasy stories, as well as retellings of fairytales.
 
Series: A Wylder Tale
Genre: fantasy, fairytale
Publisher: SilverWoodSketches
Publication date: October 31, 2015
Number of pages: 228
 
Content Rating: PG 
Book Rating: 5 stars​

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​Katrina Stoltzfus thought she had life and love all figured out: she was going to marry John and live happily ever after. Those plans started to crumble when her father moved the family to Stoney Ridge, then completely collapsed when John decided to marry someone else. Katrina is devastated. How could she have felt so loved, yet been so deceived?

As she struggles to face a future without him, a widow asks for her help to start a new business and Katrina quickly agrees. She needs time to heal her broken heart, to untangle her messy life, to find a purpose. What she doesn't need is attention from Andy Miller, a farm hand who arrives at the widow's farm just when help is most needed--and who always seems to say the right thing, and be in the right place, at the right time. Is Andy
for real, or too good to be true? Deceived once before, Katrina is determined to keep her feelings in check. 

When a cascade of events is set in motion by some surprising information, the little Amish church is turned upside down. Soon, everyone has a stake in the outcome, and the community struggles to find the best response to an imposter in their midst. Can they forgive even the most deceitful deeds?

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Suzanne Woods Fisher is a bestselling author of Amish fiction and non-fiction. Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, who was raised Plain in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She travels back east a couple of times each year for research. For fun, too.
Suzanne has a great admiration for the Plain people and believes they provide wonderful examples to the world. She has an underlying belief in her books–you don’t have to “go Amish” to incorporate many of their principles into your life: simplicity, living with less, appreciating nature, forgiving others more readily, trusting in God.
When Suzanne isn’t writing, playing tennis, or bragging to her friends about her grandbabies (so cute!), she is raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. To her way of thinking, you just can’t take life too seriously when a puppy is tearing through your house with someone’s underwear in its mouth.

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In her latest release, author Suzanne Wood Fisher’s The Imposter, she has written a beautiful and inspiring Amish story about mistakes, love, and forgiveness.  From page one, Suzanne hooks readers with her relatable characters and delightful story.  The Imposter is well written with not only the story of the main character taking place, but also Katriina’s brother, father, some friends, and hired help.  These stories all interconnect exquisitely, moving the story along and capturing the heart of readers. Readers will not only enjoy this story once, but will want to read it again and again.  I would recommend this novel to readers that enjoy Amish fiction, as well as Suzanne’s other novels.
 
Series: The Bishop’s Family
Genre: Amish; romance; Christian
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Publication date: October 6, 2015
Number of pages: 320
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

A review copy of this book was provided byRevell Reads and the author.

Suzanne has graciously offered to give away a signed copy of the Imposter to one commenter.

Please comment on one or both of the following questions to be entered in the giveaway:

How do you simplify the holidays? OR What most appeals to you about the Amish life?

This giveaway will run through November 23rd and a winner will be selected on the 24th and contacted via email.  Please enter your name in the rafflecopter after you comment so I have a way to contact the winner.  Good luck!  ​