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Book Description:
Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.
Barbara Schwartz was born into a family of quilters, but she would rather eat dirt than partake in another quilting frolic or sew on another binding. When her parents send her to Indiana to help her grandmother in her quilting shop, she finds herself amongst a very different community. It’s only one summer and then she will be back in Kentucky where she belongs.
Melvin Bontrager’s world stopped six years ago when his parents died. Now when his only means of providing for his widowed sister and niece is threatened, Melvin finds his landscaping business disappearing too. When spring delivers a newcomer who is immune to his salty moods, Melvin does something he has never done before, accepts help.
What blooms is the last thing Barbara ever expected, and everything Melvin could ever want.
My Thoughts: Square Peg in a Round Hole
Have you ever tried putting a square peg into a round hole? It's not going to happen, and yet that is exactly what Barbara Schwartz's family was trying to do to her. But no matter how hard she tried, Barbara was not cut out to be a quilter. Now if you talk to her about gardening and flowers, she is top notch, which is, much to his surprise, exactly what Melvin Bontrager is about to find out.
I loved Barbara and Melvin's story. Mindy Steele has a way of flawlessly putting two unlikely characters together in a way that you would never imagine, and it always works. Yes, there are ups and downs, but that is the best part of the journey. She also adds real places and describes them is such a way that you feel like you are right there seeing it up close and personal. And if that's not enough, she adds some great secondary characters that add much to the story. The entire combination will keep you smiling and glued to the pages up to the very end. It's just that good.
Book Quotes:
One cannot know another's day without walking in his shadow.
He might not understand Gott's plan for his life, but he believed in his heart that trusting Him was imperative.
I was provided with an advanced copy of this book. All comments and opinions are voluntary and completely my own.
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About the Author: Mindy Steele
Raised in Kentucky timber country, Mindy Steele is a 2022 Readers Choice winner, and a best-selling author who writes in favor of her rural surroundings. Her books are peppered with humor, and sprinkled with grace, charming all the senses to make you laugh, cry, hold your breath, and root for the happy ever after ending. A storyteller at heart, she enjoys coffee indulgences, week end road trips, and researching her next book.
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