Coming in 2011 from Harvest House

When All My Dreams Come True by Janelle Mowery

Bobbie McIntyre dreams of running a ranch of her own. Raised without a mother and having spent most of her time around men, she knows more about wrangling than acting like a lady. The friendship of her new employer awakens a desire to learn more about presenting her feminine side, but ranch life keeps getting in the way.

Ranch owner Jace Kincaid figures the Lord is testing his faith when a female wrangler shows up looking for work. Bobbie has an uncanny way of getting under his skin, though, and he’s surprised when she finds a home next to his heart. But when his cattle begin to go missing and his wranglers are in danger from some low-down cattle thief, can Jace trust God, even if it may mean giving up on his dreams?

An adventurous novel of faith, hope, and love in the Wild West.

February, 2011

A Wedding Quilt for Ella by Jerry Eicher

Ella Yoder’s wedding with Aden Wengerd and the building of their dream house is set for June. But when Aden is suddenly taken from her, Ella begins to doubt God’s love.

When her family pressures her to marry the new young bishop, Ella asks for six months to heal from Aden’s death. Meanwhile, Aden’s brother, Daniel, helps Ella build her dream house based on a drawing by Ella’s sister, Clara and now incorporated into Ella’s wedding quilt.

Can healing come through a house…a quilt….a community?

February, 2011

Tea for Two by Trish Perry

Counselor Tina Milano has been visiting Milly’s Tea Shop regularly for the past several months. She has many friends but no steady man in her life. Zack Cooper is a local farmer who provides Milly with fresh fruit and vegetables. As a single parent, Zach is doing his best to raise his teenage son and daughter on his own.

When the kids get in minor scrapes with the law, Milly gently encourages Zack and Tina to work together to draw the teens back before their rebellious natures land them in even hotter water. At first Tina sees the relationship in only a professional capacity, but soon her friends notice the luscious scent of romance in the air and decide to help things along.

Tea for Two is a faith-filled novel that explores the delight of second chances, warm friendship, and unexpected romantic encounters.

April, 2011

Rebecca's Return by Jerry S Eicher ~ Tracy's Take

Publisher’s Synopsis:

Rebecca Keim returns to Wheat Ridge full of resolve to make her relationship with john Miller work. But in her absence, John has become suspicious of Rebecca. Does she still love someone else?

Before he can find peace with the past, John is caught up in a crisis of his own. Events spin out of control, and Rebecca is left to deal with the pieces. What is God’s will for this couple, and is there any hope for the recovery of their love?

What I thought:

Jerry Eicher continues his Adams County trilogy with the hope-filled story of ‘Rebecca’s Return’.

I enjoyed rejoining Rebecca in ‘Rebecca’s Return’. For me, it was somewhat like catching up with an old friend to see how she was doing. In this part of the trilogy, I loved seeing Rebecca’s character develop into that of a woman making adult decisions and taking up the responsibilities that go along with them. Her determined and gritty loyalty to John was heartening in this age of ‘easy come, easy go’ relationships.

At times I found the dialogue quite brief and lacking some of the emotion that I would have expected considering the circumstances that Rebecca faces. Despite this, I was intrigued and eager to discover the outcome for Rebecca and John’s challenges and was quite satisfied with having some detail revealed with enough left hanging to entice me into the third and final book, ‘Rebecca’s Choice’.

With thanks to Harvest House for Tracy's review copy

Guest reviewer: My friend Tracy from Beyond My Picket Fence

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Rebecca's Promise by Jerry S. Eicher ~ Tracy's Take

Publisher’s Synopsis:

She loves one man…but long ago made a promise to someone else.

Rebecca Keim has just declared her love to John Miller and agreed to become his wife. But she’s haunted by her schoolgirl memories of a long-ago love – a promise made and a ring given. Is that memory just a fantasy come back to destroy the beautiful present…or was it real?

When Rebecca’s mother sends her back to the old home community to be with her aunt during childbirth, Rebecca determines to find answers that will resolve her conflicted feelings.

What I thought:

Jerry Eicher’s first book in the Adams County Trilogy begins with an expected take on Amish life. I was instantly intrigued with the plot and his development of the characters of ‘Rebecca’s Promise’.

‘Rebecca’s Promise’ is quite a study in opposites. On the one hand, Rebecca experiences deep personal conflict over a childhood promise, despite being ready to move into adult privileges and responsibilities. Her struggle to discern how committed to a childhood promise an adult woman should be bespeaks a woman of great depth and integrity. The interplay between Rebecca and her extended family is heart-warming. Although the final resolution to Rebecca’s dilemma seems a little too easy I was thoroughly engrossed in whether or not Rebecca would find a way to move on with her adult life and truly leave childhood behind.

On the other hand, there is Luke and his mother Rachel, driven to see justice after Rachel’s father leaves his house and land holdings to his sister. I found Rachel’s obsession with money and her drive to regain what she believes is hers to be an unusual plot for an Amish fiction book and perhaps a little out of character for a people whose lives are associated with rejecting the pursuit of wealth.

The characters of ‘Rebecca’s Promise’ reminded me that taking a step back and allowing God to direct our footsteps is a much wiser course of action than trying to orchestrate events and circumstances to our own purpose.

With thanks to Harvest House for the review copy

Guest reviewer:~ My friend Tracy from Beyond My Picket Fence

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