Book Review: An Amish Country Christmas by Charlotte Hubbard & Naomi King

An Amish Country Christmas Title: An Amish Country Christmas
Authors: Charlotte Hubbard & Naomi King
Publisher: Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Group
ISBN: 978-1-4201-3188-8
Genre: Amish/novellas

“The Christmas Visitors”: For spirited Martha Coblentz and her twin Mary, the snow has delivered the perfect holiday and birthday present to their door—handsome brothers Nate and Bram Kanagy. But when unforeseen trouble interrupts their season’s good cheer, it will take unexpected intervention—and sudden understanding—to give all four the blessing of a lifetime.

“Kissing the Bishop”: As the New Year’s first snow settles, Nazareth Hooley and her sister Jerusalem are given a heaven-sent chance to help newly widowed Tom Hostetler tend his home. But when her hope that she and Tom can build on the caring between them seems a dream forever out of reach, Nazareth discovers that faith and love can make any miracle possible.

Review:

I love Amish fiction with a passion.  Ever since I visited the Amish country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and learned the heritage and spoke with the Amish personally, I fell in love with the whole concept.  I don’t know if concept is the right word.  A way of life.  I wish I could spend a day with the Amish to understand their struggles.   But more than anything, it opened up a world to learning everything I could about the Amish, even through Amish fiction.

An Amish Country Christmas by Charlotte Hubbard and Naomi King is actually two novellas in one book and it certainly did not disappoint.  I’m a huge fan of both authors and knew I would fall in love with it just as I did the others.  I especially loved the recipes at the back.  I remember while visiting the Amish country, cooking was their strongest point and I can’t wait to try out the recipe for Chocolate Coconut Cake.  While in the Amish country, I tried their iced cinnamon rolls.  My goodness they were delicious.

Both novellas were an excellent way to jump start the spirit of Christmas.  I loved reading both and I can’t really say I have a preference of one over the other.  I have read other books by both authors because of their writing style and the way they could bring the Amish living to life and An Amish Country Christmas had all that.

Pick up your copy of An Amish Country Christmas for someone special this year or even for yourself.  Two extraordinary authors, two wonderfully written stories and a great excuse to escape into the land of the Amish during the holidays.


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