"The Amish Christmas Kitchen"By : Kelly Long
Jennifer Beckstrand
Lisa Jones Baker
About the Book:
The Christmas Bakery at Huckleberry Hill
When shy Katie Rose Gingerich’s dat sends her to Huckleberry Hill to secure a marriage proposal, she never expects to long for carefree Titus Helmuth—or to hope that he might want to spend every Christmas with her . . .
My Thoughts:
Jennifer Beckstrand has brought back my two favorite characters from her Huckleberry Hill series. Annie and Felty are the most lovable , sweet, quirky couple that you have ever met!! I fell in love with this elderly pair in Jennifer's earlier books and was so glad to share another adventure with them . Annie's interest in marrying off her grandchildren is determined and full of humor. I found myself dissolving into giggles as this dear lady attempts to achieve her goal with Katie. Jennifer has an outstanding talent of describing her characters so well that you at once become part of the story and walk alongside them as they work towards their goal.
The plot moves quickly and steadily with just enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged from beginning to end of this short story. The ups and downs of a developing romance is what keeps you glued to the page. Jennifer Beckstrand lightens the mood even in down times with simply funny descriptions.
To top it off, each story includes interesting, delicious recipes for the reader to try.
This is the perfect read for the Christmas season!! The three authors have done a fantastic job connecting so that one novella simply flows into the next!!
Well done, ladies!!!!
Jennifer Beckstrand has brought back my two favorite characters from her Huckleberry Hill series. Annie and Felty are the most lovable , sweet, quirky couple that you have ever met!! I fell in love with this elderly pair in Jennifer's earlier books and was so glad to share another adventure with them . Annie's interest in marrying off her grandchildren is determined and full of humor. I found myself dissolving into giggles as this dear lady attempts to achieve her goal with Katie. Jennifer has an outstanding talent of describing her characters so well that you at once become part of the story and walk alongside them as they work towards their goal.
The plot moves quickly and steadily with just enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged from beginning to end of this short story. The ups and downs of a developing romance is what keeps you glued to the page. Jennifer Beckstrand lightens the mood even in down times with simply funny descriptions.
To top it off, each story includes interesting, delicious recipes for the reader to try.
This is the perfect read for the Christmas season!! The three authors have done a fantastic job connecting so that one novella simply flows into the next!!
Well done, ladies!!!!
This book was a gift from CelebrateLit. The opinions and thoughts are honest and my own.
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.
Guest Post from Jennifer Beckstrand
What do you get when you combine Anna and Felty’s earnest grandson, Titus, with a pretty girl who’s practically engaged to someone else, a sleigh full of Christmas bakery orders, and two mischievous Christmas goats?
A wild, wacky, and wunderbarr Christmas, that’s what.
Anna and Felty Helmuth are determined to make this the most romantic Christmas ever on Huckleberry Hill, but have they bitten off more than they can chew trying to match their slightly scatterbrained grandson Titus with timid Katie Rose Gingerich? Titus tends to be a little thick in the head when it comes to love, and Katie Rose is too shy to open her mouth. It might take every potholder Anna can knit plus a determined goat and a little Christmas magic to bring Titus and Katie Rose together.
Titus would do anything for his Mammi Anna, even eat her very bad cooking and learn how to knit, but why does he have to be the one to care for Mammi’s new goat? Goats give him the willies. But when Titus meets the pretty girl staying with his grandparents for Christmas, he doesn’t mind the goat so much. The more he sees of Katie Rose’s gentle ways and loving spirit, the more he wishes he were the kind of boy she would bake a pie for. Can he convince her to love him without offending her boyfriend? And will Mammi notice if he gets rid of her goat?
After I wrote Huckleberry Hearts, I just knew there had to be someone special out there for Titus Helmuth, Anna and Felty’s lovable grandson. Christmas is the perfect setting for “A Christmas Bakery on Huckleberry Hill” because Titus is one character who seems to have the spirit of Christmas in his heart all year long. When Katie Rose is homesick, Titus does his best to make her feel welcome and comfortable on Huckleberry Hill. He delivers her Christmas goodies, writes poetry for her, and sings Christmas songs. When he finally realizes he loves her, he’s going to have to use both Christmas goats and every trick in the book to convince her to marry him. It’s a fun, heartwarming, wonderful-gute Christmas romance.
“A Christmas Bakery on Huckleberry Hill” is in The Amish Christmas Kitchen novella collection, and it will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
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Looking forward to this book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this book on your blog. I'm following the book tour around. This book looks really good.
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