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Review of Swept Away:  Quilts of Love series by Laura V. Hilton and Cindy Loven Sara Jane Morgan is trying to balance teaching with caring for her ailing, stubborn grandmother. When school lets out for the summer, the plans are for Grandma to teach Sara Jane to quilt as they finish up the Appalachian Ballad quilt Grandma started as a teenager. But things don't always go as planned. Andrew Stevenson is hiding from his past and his future. He works as a handyman to pay the bills, but also as an artisan, designing homemade brooms. When Sara Jane s grandmother hires him to renovate her home, sparks fly between him and his new employer's granddaughter. Still, it doesn't take Sara Jane long to see Drew isn' t what he seems. Questions arise, and she starts online researching him. What she discovers could change her life and her heart forever. MY REVIEW:  Quilts can warm our bodies and our hearts and this book about a special quilt certainly warmed my heart.  Who...

Review of Quilted by Christmas by Jodie Bailey A grandmother’s last wish is to communicate God’s love through an Irish chain quilt. Taryn McKenna believes she’s easy to forget. Abandoned by her parents and left behind when her high school sweetheart joined the army, she vows to never love again and throws herself into her love for the outdoors and the pursuit of a college degree—something no one else in her family has ever accomplished. Her goal, as a young teacher in the hills of North Carolina, is to leave a legacy in the lives of the middle-schoolers she teaches. When Taryn’s grandmother Jemma, the only other person who ever held her close, has a heart attack that reveals a fatal medical condition, Taryn is corralled into helping Grandma work on a final project—an Irish chain quilt that tells the story of her history and the love Jemma knows is out there for Taryn. As the pieces of the quilt come together, Taryn begins to see her value. Can she learn to believe that God w...

Review of The Healing Quilt Return of the Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, #3 by Wanda E. Brunstetter  Join retired Amish newlyweds Emma and Lamar Miller in Florida for the winter as they lead another quilting class with a new group of unlikely students: Jennifer, a pregnant new mom; Mike, a charter boat owner; Erika, a wheelchair bound teen; Kim, a waitress; Noreen, a newly-retired widow, and BJ, an artist facing illness. When old friends visit from Indiana, will romance also become a subject of class discussions? MY REVIEW:   "Perhaps I should speak to her father when he comes to pick Erika up after class, thought Emma.   If I'm unable to find a way to make Erika enjoy the class, maybe she shouldn't be here.  But it's not my decision to make.  Her father paid for the class, and he obviously thinks this is something his daughter needs, so I'll do my best to teach her."          Erika isn't the only slightly reluctant ...