Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Christmas at the Amish Bake Shop, book #109

 



As the most joyful holiday draws near, three couples discover the recipe for love includes faith, hope, and the sweetest blessings . . .

A CHRISTMAS CAKE FOR REBECCA by Shelley Shepard Gray

When carpenter Aden returns to Lancaster after twenty years away, bakeshop owner Rebecca is dismayed to find he’s still as handsome and kind as ever. He broke her heart when he left the community back then. Will a holiday emergency provide a second chance at love, this time forever?

 BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER by Rachel J. Good

When a lonely widower with a sick daughter and a new cake decorator meet at the bakeshop, they discover they were once childhood playmates. But as each of them helps the other care for family, their neighborly kindness inspires a gift that only love could make possible . . .

 THE CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE by Loree Lough

A builder who never learned to read believes he must hide his fond feelings for a kind schoolteacher. But after they run into each other at the bakeshop, she offers to teach him—and as Christmas approaches, each of them learns a lesson about the great gift of love (picture and description from Amazon)


More Christmas books coming soon, even a non-fiction one!

Keep Reading!


Melissa

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Dear Santa, book #108

 


My first Christmas book read!  It was a little cheesy, classical Hallmark movie material, but you gotta start somewhere!

Lindy Carmichael isn’t feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was “the one” has cheated on her with her best friend, and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carolers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up—but Lindy’s mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her daughter’s spirits.  Reading through a box of childhood letters to Santa and reminiscing about what she’d wished for as a young girl may be just the inspiration Lindy needs. With Ellen’s encouragement, she decides to write a new letter to Santa, one that will encourage her to have faith and believe just as she’d done all those years ago. Little does Lindy know that this exercise in gratitude will cause her wishes to unfold before her in miraculous ways. And, thanks to some fateful twists of Christmas magic—especially an unexpected connection with a handsome former classmate—Lindy ultimately realizes that there is truly no place like home for the holidays.  (Picture and description at Amazon)

What are reading this Christmas?

Melissa