Title: Breath of Spring
Author: Charlotte Hubbard
Publisher: Kensington
Pages: 352
Genre: Amish Romance/Inspirational
As a bright season brings a fresh
start to Willow Ridge, Annie Mae Knepp feels she can never make peace with the
past. Her disgraced ex-bishop father is furious that she’s has taken her five
siblings to live with her. She’s never been truly at home in her faith…or
believing in herself. And Annie Mae fears no man will want to take on the
responsibilities she’s gladly shouldered. True, her quiet neighbor Adam Wagler
has been steadfast and unshakable, helping her through her trials, but he
surely couldn’t think of someone so lost as more than a friend. Believing she
is unworthy because of her doubts, Annie Mae will find, in a moment of
surprising revelation, that God can work impossible miracles—and that love
makes all things new.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I’ve called Missouri home for most
of my life, and most folks don’t realize that several Old Older Amish and
Mennonite communities make their home here, as well. The rolling pastureland,
woods, and small towns along county highways make a wonderful setting for Plain
populations—and for stories about them, too! While Jamesport, Missouri is the
largest Old Order Amish settlement west of the Mississippi River, other
communities have also found the affordable farm land ideal for raising crops,
livestock, and running the small family-owned businesses that support their
families.
Like my heroine, Miriam Lantz, of my
Seasons of the Heart series, I love to feed people—to share my hearth and home.
I bake bread and goodies and I love to try new recipes. I put up jars and jars
of green beans, tomatoes, beets and other veggies every summer. All my adult
life, I’ve been a deacon, a dedicated church musician and choir member, and we
hosted a potluck group in our home for more than twenty years.
Like Abby Lambright, heroine of my
Home at Cedar Creek series, I consider it a personal mission to be a listener
and a peacemaker—to heal broken hearts and wounded souls. Faith and family,
farming and frugality matter to me: like Abby, I sew and enjoy fabric arts—I
made my wedding dress and the one Mom wore, too, when I married into an Iowa
farm family more than thirty-five years ago! When I’m not writing, I crochet
and sew, and I love to travel.
I recently moved to Minnesota when
my husband got a wonderful new job, so now he and I and our border collie,
Ramona, are exploring our new state and making new friends.
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