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Jennifer Beckstrand continues her Honeybee Sisters series with “A Bee in Her Bonnet.”
Poppy is the live-wire of the her three sisters, not about to let anyone hurt anyone in her family, let alone get away with vandalizing their bee farm. So when she sees a likely culprit, she springs into action, and almost gets her hand broken in the process! Luckily old schoolmate and thorn-in-her-side Luke is there and helps her get free. Poppy is determined to find out who the vandal is, and Luke is just as determined to make sure she doesn’t get into trouble. As the two are together more and more, Poppy is beginning to see Luke as something other than an old schoolboy annoyance. Is romance brewing in the air?
These two spunky characters will cheer readers and there’s plenty of laughs to be had with this series of three sisters and their very funny aunt.
“A Bee in her Bonnet” is published by Zebra. It is $7.99 and 304 pages long.
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New York Times and CBA bestselling author Cindy Woodsmall returns to her Amish of Summer Grove series with “Fraying at the Edge.”
Ariana has only recently learned she was switched at birth with another girl, and the Amish family she was raised by was not her birth family. Her birth parents, especially her father, want her to get a chance to get to know them better and experience the real world. Ariana wants nothing more than to marry her boyfriend and start a new business. But her birth father isn’t above using pressure to get her to do what he wants and she feels blackmailed into complying. Will she ever be able to return to where she wants to be?
Meanwhile, Skylar, the girl she was switched with, is feeling abandoned by her parents and has no interest in getting to know her Amish birth family. But when her choice is rehab or the visit, she chooses the visit. Will she ever get to know her birth parents and siblings or will she try to escape as soon as possible?
An interesting story about two women experiencing a different way of life, Woodsmall creates two very layered characters that will captivate readers.
“Fraying at the Edge” is published by Waterbrook Press. It is $24.99 and 352 pages.
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Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller and Vanetta Chapman team up with four novellas in “An Amish Harvest.”
In “Under the Harvest Moon” by Wiseman, Naomi isn’t looking for love, but feels drawn to an English family friend named Brock. Will the moon really bring “magic” like a local wise woman says?
In “Love and Buggy Rides” by Clipston, Janie is a cashier at local souvenir shop who witnesses the terrible buggy crash Jonathan is involved in. Their friendship grows in the aftermath, but has his life been changed forever because of it?
In “Mischief in the Autumn Air” by Chapman, Eli needs help at his auction house and Martha is a good bookkeeper. But when items are selling for more than expected and his house is broken into, he feels something sinister afoot. Are they in danger?
In “A Quiet Love” by Fuller, an autistic man named Amos finds love with a quiet woman named Dinah. But both of their families seem dead-set against their match. Is their love meant to be?
All four novellas are really enjoyable and good introduction to the authors if you haven’t read them before, and great extras for long-time fans. My favorite was Fuller’s, as I was glad to see Amos find romance.
“An Amish Harvest” is published by Thomas Nelson. It is $15.99 and is 425 pages long.