The Christmas Duet

Debbie Macomber has written another winner.  I can't tell you how many of her books I've read.  I particularly love her Christmas books.

The Christmas Duet involves a teacher, Hailey, who really wants to be a songwriter.  She lost her confidence while dating her last boyfriend. Can she gain it back?

She needs to get away over the holidays.  A perfect opportunity opens up in a remote cottage in Podunk, Oregon. She longs for a quiet two weeks to do what she loves: compose music.  Her plan goes all haywire after she meets Jay.  He turns her world upside down in the most delightful way.

Have you ever changed your traditional Christmas plans for something new?  Did it disappoint your parents, siblings or children?  Hailey's mother wasn't too happy and she was going to do something about it.

I loved the story.  I finished it in one night.  I read this in July but I'm ready for Christmas Debbie Macomber style.

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Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author and a leading voice in women’s fiction today. She is a multiple award winner with more than 200 million copies of her books in print. Five of her Christmas titles have been made into Hallmark Channel Original Movies, as well as a series based on her bestselling Cedar Cove stories.

The Protector

Norman Petersheim is the oldest child out of five.  He takes his family responsibilities very seriously. He is determined to protect and care for his parents and his siblings the best way he can.  

The whole family is shaken when a catastrophe happens.  Each family member deals with it in their own way.  

We all have experienced some type of loss in one  form or another.  In my experience, I find myself task-oriented.  What do I need to do?  Who do I need to contact?  I am the oldest like Norman.

Others are so grief stricken that they freeze up. They are incapable  making any decisions or taking on any responsibilities.

Guilt also plays into our thinking.  I should have done this or that. I could have prevented it if I did this.

Families can either pull together during a crisis or fall apart.  

This is Book One of a new series called A Mifflin County Mystery by Wanda Brunstetter.  It deals with grief and how to continue on with life. It shows how GOD comforts us in our time of need.

I am glad that there will be another book as it does leave you hanging.  I enjoyed the story and I want to know what happens next. 

I received this book to review from Barbour Books and Wanda's Clippity Clop Club.

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New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wanda E. Brunstetter is one of the founders of the Amish fiction genre. She has written more than 100 books translated in four languages. With over 12 million copies sold, Wanda’s stories consistently earn spots on the nation’s most prestigious bestseller lists and have received numerous awards.

Wanda’s ancestors were part of the Anabaptist faith, and her novels are based on personal research intended to accurately portray the Amish way of life. Her books are well-read and trusted by many Amish, who credit her for giving readers a deeper understanding of the people and their customs.

When Wanda visits her Amish friends, she finds herself drawn to their peaceful lifestyle, sincerity, and close family ties. Wanda enjoys photography, ventriloquism, gardening, bird-watching, beachcombing, and spending time with her family. She and her husband, Richard, have been blessed with two grown children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Outcast

I have been enjoying the Amish Bonnet Sisters Series by Samantha Price.  I have enjoyed every one. I loved all the characters.

OUTCAST is a new book but so very different than her others. It was much more serious and I must say, a little disturbing. I had a difficult time warming up to the main character, Trust. I did feel her pain on how she was treated by her own parents and neighbors when she was younger.

It was full of twists and turns.  I didn't know what was going to happen next. 

Samantha Price did it to me again.  I got to the last page and went "what"?  She writes like the old movie theater series where there is a cliffhanger to bring you back next week.  You have to come back and read Book 2.  You just have to.

I received this book from the author to review.  

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About the author

Raised in the Brethren, Samantha has a profound affinity for the Amish way of life, which she has explored extensively through over a decade of dedicated research. Her stories resonate with authenticity and heart, drawing readers into the serene and inspiring world of the Amish community. Samantha is also a devoted animal lover. She shares her home with two pampered dogs and a rescue cat who believes he's a dog too.

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A Conflicted Betrothal

 

Temperance and Tabitha were sisters.  Temperance always felt second best.   She wasn't as beautiful and she wore glasses!   But she was fiesty and determined to fight against the loyalists even if her father and the handsome soldier, Ansel, were members of that exact same party.

How can two people at opposite ends of the spectrum get along?  Temperance discovered that it is possible with sacrifice and understanding. 

The historical content of this book is absolutely amazing.  I really appreciate the research and time that the author put in to write this wonderful story.  

I received this book to review from Celebrate Lit.

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Book: A Conflicted Betrothal

Author: Denise Weimer

Genre: Christian Historical Romance

Release date: June 11, 2024

A King’s Ranger, a secret patriot, and a love that calls everything into question.

As a King’s Ranger on Georgia’s frontier, Ansel Anderson loves his independent life. But he’s also a second son, which means he’ll need the favor of someone influential to secure a land grant to settle his future. What better way to win support than by marrying the daughter of a member of the Governor’s Council? Yet Ansel’s straightforward plan is complicated by Miss Scott’s aloofness and his own growing sympathy for the passionate cause of the Liberty Boys.

As drawn to the enigmatic Ansel Anderson as Temperance Scott might be, he’d be more of a match for her feisty twin sister—who is all too happy to oblige. Not only would timid, nearsighted Temperance make a poor wife for a man trained for life on the frontier, but anyone she allows close to her must share her secret patriot ideals.

When Savannah erupts into riots and intrigue following the passage of the Stamp Act, Ansel is tasked with identifying a spy passing sensitive information to the Liberty Boys and the author of anonymous letters threatening those loyal to the governor. And as suspicions focus on the Scott family, which is he prepared to sacrifice—love or loyalty?

 

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About the Author

North Georgia native Denise Weimer has authored over a dozen traditionally published novels and a number of novellas—historical and contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and time slip. As a freelance editor and Acquisitions & Editorial Liaison for Wild Heart Books, she’s helped other authors reach their publishing dreams. A mother of two daughters, Denise always pauses for coffee, chocolate, and old houses.

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The American Revolution That Almost Happened a Decade Earlier:

The Setting for A Conflicted Betrothal

Savannah, Georgia, 1765. Sedition, secret letters, spies, and Sons of Liberty. An absolutely irresistible combination for an author of historical romance! All this intrigue centered around the passage and implementation of the Stamp Act.

The crowning grievance after a series of increasingly repressive acts levying taxes for Britain, the act required an imprint on official papers or a small blue paper affixed with tin foil to a document, including bills, calendars, warrants, deeds, court documents, commercial papers, degrees, newspapers, pamphlets, ads, almanacs, indentures, appointments, and even cards and dice. Anyone breaking the Stamp Act would be tried in admiralty court in Novia Scotia. Colonists objected to not having a local trial by their peers and because English parliament, not the local upper and lower colonial houses, set the tax.

Savannah seethed with discontent while awaiting the appointment of a stamp master and the arrival of the stamps.

Then a sensational article in the Georgia Gazette revealed that four local citizens had received letters signed by “the Townsman” accusing them of being the stamp master or having stamped papers in their possession. The men were instructed to publicly advertise their innocence or risk grievous results.

When protest and riots speared by the fledgling Liberty Boys repeatedly erupted, the governor called out his Royal Rangers to quell the potential rebellion. But the rangers and the militia were riddled with secret patriots, many of whom were the sons of prominent loyalists. Imagine being in the position where you are sworn to serve and protect—only, you suspect you may be on the wrong side.

That’s what happens to my hero in A Conflicted Betrothal. Georgia Royal Ranger Ansel Anderson is summoned from his frontier post to provide intelligence to his father’s friend, a loyalist judge. To obtain the land grant he needs, he’s also to court the man’s daughter, an ardent patriot. Patience Scott has no intention of letting herself fall for a sworn King’s Man…until anonymous letters threatening those loyal to the governor corner her into agreeing to a betrothal. But will their attraction to each other survive their conflicting loyalties?

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Courage for the Clarks Factory Girls

I have been wearing Clark Shoes for years.  Great shoes that last a long time.  I was intrigued by the title.  This is part of a series.  I recommend reading the previous book as it gives you a better understanding of the plot.  

This book continues the story of three girls who work at the Clark Factory.  They become very close friends.  Kate, Louisa and Jeannie are there for each other in every way possible.  It is rare to find friendships like that.

I loved the story.  It was heart wrenching at times.  It brought you to WW2 when the local lads went off to serve their country.  This caused grief and hardships for the families they left behind.

I look forward to the next chapter as the ending leaves you hanging!!  

I received this book from Boldwood to review.

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Courage For The Clarks Factory Girls

1915: As war continues to rage across the Channel, the families of the Somerset village of Street can no longer avoid its long shadow.

Workers in the Clarks shoe factory, at the heart of the village, have left for the army in droves, and news from the Front seems to grow darker by the day.

When life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate receive the news they had been fearing, all hope seems lost. And Louisa’s world will be rocked further when she makes another discovery, one that will see her cast out by her family, changing her life forever.

Kate and Jeannie are determined to be strong for their friend, but each of them has their own problems to bear, and when Jeannie’s beloved brother Lucas enlists, she fears history is about to repeat itself.

Can the Clarks factory girls help each other through the darkest days and keep hope alive?

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Author Bio – 

May Ellis has been a legal executive, registered childminder, professional fund – raiser and a teacher. She has travelled the world, including trekking in mountains, deserts and the Great Wall of China, as well as helping build a house in Thailand. She went to university in her forties and gained a first class degree and an MA while still working full – time. Her first book, a contemporary romance, was published in 2014. Since then she has had five more novels published, including another romance and a YA time travel adventure. The last three are gritty dramas set in the 1960s/70s published by Darkstroke Books. She lives in Somerset, within sight of Glastonbury Tor, volunteering at her local library and for the Alfred Gillett Trust (custodians of the Clark’s archives). Her current series, based on the factory workers at Clark’s Shoes was inspired by her move to the area and her love of social history

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