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Matchmaking Can Be Murder (An Amish Matchmaker Mystery #1) by Amanda Flower Matchmaking can be murder . . .   ig When widowed Millie Fisher moves back to her childhood home of Harvest, Ohio, she notices one thing right away—the young Amish are bungling their courtships and marrying the wrong people! A quiltmaker by trade, Millie has nevertheless stitched together a few lives in her time, with truly romantic results. Her first mission? Her own niece, widowed gardener Edith Hochstetler, recently engaged to rude, greedy Zeke Miller. Anyone can see he’s not right for such a gentle young woman—except Edith herself.   Pleased when she convinces the bride-to-be to leave her betrothed before the wedding, Millie is later panicked to find Zeke in Edith’s greenhouse—as dead as a tulip in the middle of winter. To keep her niece out of prison—and to protect her own reputation—Millie will have to piece together a patchwork of clues to find a killer, before she becomes the next nam...

ODD(LY) ENOUGH 3-Minute Devotions To Passionately Pursuing Your Purpose by Carolanne Miljavac 3 Minutes Well-Spent. . .with CA Miljavac You'll discover the message your uncertain, hurting heart needs to hear in  Odd(ly) Enough: 3-Minute Devotions to Passionately Pursuing Your Purpose.  180 uplifting devotions from social media star CA Miljavac pack a powerful dose of comfort, encouragement, and inspiration into just-right-sized readings, perfect for your busy schedule. Minute 1: meditate on a brief scripture selection Minute 2: read a short devotional Minute 3: say a prayer and begin a conversation with God. Each day’s reading will meet you right where you are and is the ideal way for you to begin or end your day.  No matter what your day brings, this just-right-sized inspiration from CA Miljavac is exactly what your heart needs today. MY BOOK REVIEW: 4 Stars:  4/5 star rating This makes a nice quick devotional as a way to start the day with God or clos...

The Christmas Remedy (An Amish Christmas Romance #1) by Cindy Woodsmall & Erin Woodsmall When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of "big box" stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface--and possibly love. Twenty-four-year-old Holly Zook lives a unique life for a young Amish woman. Years ago, her bishop allowed her to continue her education and become the lead technician for Greene's Pharmacy, an old-timey drugstore that looks out for the Amish community--a group largely without secure healthcare plans. She knows she can't marry and hold onto her professional job. She's Amish, and she can only have one or the other, so she spurns love and works toward addressing treatable diseases--like the one that claimed her father's life. As long as Holly continues to avoid Joshua Smucker, the one man who draws her like a...

Verse and Vengeance  (A Magical Bookshop Mystery #4) by Amanda Flower USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower turns the charm up to ten in her fourth Magical Bookshop mystery. With the help of Walt Whitman's works, magical bookshop owner Violet Waverly puts her pedal to the metal to sleuth a bicycle-race murder that tests her mettle. A bicycle race is not Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly's idea of a pleasant pastime. But police chief David Rainwater wheelie wants them to enter the Tour de Cascade as a couple, so she reluctantly consents. The Tour de Cascade is the brainchild of Violet's Grandma Daisy. The race is a fundraiser to build the Cascade Springs Underground Railroad Museum. But not everyone in this Niagara Region village supports the race. As if the bike race weren't tiring enough, pesky private investigator Joel Redding is snooping around Charming Books. It takes all of Violet's and Grandma Daisy's ingenu...

Advent for Everyone: Matthew  (A Daily Devotional) by N. T. Wright Advent for Everyone: Matthew  provides readers with an inspirational guide through the Advent season, from the First Sunday of Advent through the Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection to guide readers through the season toward the wonder and joy of Christmas. This book is suitable for both individual and group study and reflection. MY BOOK REVIEW:   4 stars:  4/5 star rating What a great way to usher Christmas into your heart than to focus on the Christmas story as told through the Biblical scripture.  I love that the entire scriptural text is included in each day's devotional reading.  There is a lesson and reflection for each week and then further, divided by day of the week,  and a question to ponder for each day as well.   This is biblically sound...