Christmas Circle Letters hold some unexpected surprises this year!
About the Book
Book Title: The Amish Christmas Letters
Author: Davids, Price, and Beckstrand
Release date: September 2018
With Christmas around the corner, it’s time for Amish families to include holiday greetings in their circle letters, each writer adding to a growing collection as it travels on to the next. In this delightful trio of stories, three cousins scattered across the country share their blessings—and reveal news of romantic surprises . . .
To win a friendly annual competition, matchmaker Marybeth Martin must bring one more couple together by Christmas. Her only prospect is a man more interested in a nanny than a wife—until his little girl shows him the light. . . . Struggling farmer’s daughter Katie Mae Kauffman discovers that she and a local widower and father of four can harvest more crops—and profits—together than separately. But she’ll have to put pride aside to make room for unexpected love. . . . Corralling an unruly brood of seven is not babysitter Carolyn Yutzy’s first choice for celebrating the season—but the sparks between her and their unsentimental yet irresistible uncle may be a gift neither was counting on . . . Now, one by one, each resourceful young woman will have a holiday to remember—and to write home about . . .
My Thoughts
The Amish Christmas Letters is a great collection of three short
stores set around Christmas. The three cousins are writing a circle letter
between them, telling their own Christmas time adventures. I really loved how
all three authors kept the stories true to their writings while encompassing
them into one corresponding letter.
In Marybeth’s Circle Letter by Patricia Davids, Marybeth and
her cousin have along standing bet that they can matchmake better. This leads
to the end of year loser having to host their aunt. Marybeth is afraid that
this year she will lose, and she hates nothing less than the thought of her aunt.
She concocts a plan to offer nanny services to Josiah in return he will go on a
date with the lady of her choice. Josiah doesn’t like the agreement, but he desperately
needs help and he reluctantly agrees. This was a very sweet story about finding
love in unexpected places.
In Love Delivered by Sarah Price, Katie Mae has been caring
for her ill father and trying to keep the farm afloat. Her neighbor, Nathaniel
Miller, has been struggling as well since the loss of his wife and the bishop
thinks that he has the solution to both their problems. When Nathaniel and his children
rent the main house and help with the farm, Katie Mae doesn’t know if she can
stomach it, but God knows what we need even when we can not see it. This was a great
story about healing.
In Sealed with a Kiss by Jennifer Beckstrand, cousin Carolyn
has taken a job as a nanny on the recommendation of our favorite matchmakers,
Anna and Felty Helmuth. While Carolyn is struggling to make sure the children
are taken care of while their parents are overworked and stretched too thin,
the children’s uncle Aaron shows up. Aaron, who seems like he might be textbook
OCD, thinks he knows what is best. When the two pair up to take care of the
children, maybe Anna and Felty are going to get what they planned. However,
when disaster strikes, can they have a happy Christmas after all. This was
possibly my favorite but simply because I love Anna and Felty and anything that
they have their hands into.
The Amish Christmas Letters is a great collection of three short
stores set around Christmas. The three cousins are writing a circle letter
between them, telling their own Christmas time adventures. I really loved how
all three authors kept the stories true to their writings while encompassing
them into one corresponding letter.
In Marybeth’s Circle Letter by Patricia Davids, Marybeth and
her cousin have along standing bet that they can matchmake better. This leads
to the end of year loser having to host their aunt. Marybeth is afraid that
this year she will lose, and she hates nothing less than the thought of her aunt.
She concocts a plan to offer nanny services to Josiah in return he will go on a
date with the lady of her choice. Josiah doesn’t like the agreement, but he desperately
needs help and he reluctantly agrees. This was a very sweet story about finding
love in unexpected places.
In Love Delivered by Sarah Price, Katie Mae has been caring
for her ill father and trying to keep the farm afloat. Her neighbor, Nathaniel
Miller, has been struggling as well since the loss of his wife and the bishop
thinks that he has the solution to both their problems. When Nathaniel and his children
rent the main house and help with the farm, Katie Mae doesn’t know if she can
stomach it, but God knows what we need even when we can not see it. This was a great
story about healing.
In Sealed with a Kiss by Jennifer Beckstrand, cousin Carolyn
has taken a job as a nanny on the recommendation of our favorite matchmakers,
Anna and Felty Helmuth. While Carolyn is struggling to make sure the children
are taken care of while their parents are overworked and stretched too thin,
the children’s uncle Aaron shows up. Aaron, who seems like he might be textbook
OCD, thinks he knows what is best. When the two pair up to take care of the
children, maybe Anna and Felty are going to get what they planned. However,
when disaster strikes, can they have a happy Christmas after all. This was
possibly my favorite but simply because I love Anna and Felty and anything that
they have their hands into.
About the Authors
Patricia Davids
I was born and raised in Northcentral Kansas. I'm a farmer's daughter, but I now make my home in the city of Wichita. I'm an RN. Neonatal nursing has been the main focus of my career. What can I say? I love babies. I was invited to the highschool graduation of a baby I took care of. Talk about making me feel old!
In June of 2011 I became a widow after my husband of 36 years and 11 months died from multiple brain tumors. It was a very sad time, but thanks to the three f's, my faith, my family and my friends, life is moving forward. I have four brothers, one daughter and two grandchildren who all work at making me feel loved.
I'm the author of more than 30 books and I'm currently writing a series called The Brides of Amish Country for Love Inspired.
Sarah Price
During the early 1700s, the Preiss family arrived in America aboard an old sailing vessel called the Patience. The family left Europe, escaping Catholic persecution for their Anabaptist beliefs. Sarah Price comes from a long line of devout Mennonites, including numerous church leaders and ministers throughout the years.
In 1969, Sarah Price was born in Pennsylvania and lived on the land of her ancestors, Johannes Preiss and "King Tammany", otherwise known as Tamanend, a chief of the Lenni Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley. In the early 1970s, her family moved to Morristown, New Jersey where she still resides with her husband, two children, and assortment of animals.Ms. Price has advanced degrees in Communication (MA), Marketing (MBA), and Educational Leadership (A.B.D.).Ms. Price was a former full-time college professor. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, she now writes full-time.
Jennifer Beckstrand
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