Celebrate Lit / December 14, 2019

An Amish Christmas Bakery

About the Book An Amish Christmas Bakery

Book: An Amish Christmas Bakery

Author: Various Authors

Genre: Amish Fiction, Romance

Release Date: October 2, 2019

From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come four delicious novellas perfect for celebrating love, joy, and the holiday season.

Cookies and Cheer by Amy Clipston

As Christmas draws near, Alyssa Byler dreams of a window display for the bakery where she works. When she decides to design and build a sugar cookie nativity scene, all she needs is the right cookie cutters-and handsome blacksmith Kyle Smoker is the one she asks for help. Using Kyle’s handmade cutters, Alyssa creates a striking display that brings more tourists to the bakery than she can handle.

And when shoppers request handmade cookie cutters of their own, Kyle finds himself overwhelmed by the demand. As Christmas approaches, Alyssa realizes she’s been too caught up in work to focus on the true meaning of Christmas-and too distracted to explore the feelings she has for Kyle. Together, they put aside the holiday rush and spend their time celebrating the season that has brought them together.

Loaves of Love by Beth Wiseman

As the only girl in a family of eight, Katie Swartzentruber has been left in charge of her family’s bakery while her mother recuperates from surgery. At first, Katie doesn’t think tending to the bakery alone will be difficult. She’s worked alongside her mother for years. But Christmas is coming, and with the holiday comes a flood of patrons, both regulars and tourists. When Katie becomes overwhelmed with the orders she is receiving, she is tempted to move her Old Order family into the modern world by purchasing propane ovens to help with the workload.

She finds help from an unexpected source-childhood friend Henry Hershberger, who has harbored a secret crush on Katie for years. He’s been afraid to tell her how he feels, but he’s sure that this Christmas is his moment. As the demands of the bakery only get more intense, both Katie and Henry have to decide what really matters . . . and find the courage within themselves to go after it.

Melting Hearts by Kathleen Fuller

Mattie Shetler is an expert baker, so when her aunt Carolyn begs for help during the busy Christmas rush, Mattie eagerly packs her bags and heads to Birch Creek. What she doesn’t know is that her uncle has also asked for help with the bakery’s new expansion, and he’s asked none other than Peter Kaufman, Mattie’s sworn enemy. As the two work side by side, though, Mattie discovers not all is as it seems. With Christmas just around the corner, Mattie and Peter open their hearts for the greatest gifts of the season: forgiveness and maybe even love.

Cakes and Kisses by Kelly Irvin

Martha Ropp works hard at her family’s bakery, making cakes and pies in preparation not only for Christmas but the many community weddings, including her sister’s. To help during this busy season, Martha’s mother hires Ambrose Hershberger to make deliveries. Martha remembers Ambrose as a gentle giant from her school days but soon discovers that still waters run deep. The more they work together, the more they want to spend time together outside of the bakery, but both Martha and Ambrose are too timid to make the first move. That’s when the town matchmakers step in.

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My Thoughts on An Amish Christmas Bakery:

I love a good Amish romance and these definitely fit the bill. These four short stories are fast reads that will fill you with warmth. They go best with a hot cup of chocolate or coffee read next to an open fire while it snows outside.

Okay, so that might be how they read best, but I read them while nursing a semi asleep baby in a hard wooden rocking chair looking out into a bleak, windy, and cold, snowless world while my older children watched a Home Alone movie that they earned by bringing in firewood. But my house was toasty warm thanks to a woodstove!

I loved these books and read through all four of them in two hours time. Helps when the baby only semi wakes up to switch sides and you can just keep reading!

I would say my favorite novella was Loaves of Love. The 12 loaves baked to for Christmas was so symbolic and has me wanting to go bake a dozen loaves of my own to gift this time of year. All the prayers and love that go into that kind of work really do work. I also really just loved the storyline and couldn’t help by laugh about that silly propane oven!

While all four are wonderful to read Loaves of Love was definitely the one that read the fastest for me as well. That said, I loved all four of the novellas and can’t wait for the next compilation to come out.

But now you’ll have to excuse me because reading this book yesterday made me have this immense need to bake all the things today. I’m craving sugar cookies shaped like cows now!

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.