The Snow Globe

Hello again, everyone!

Can you believe this? I haven't posted in, uh, let's see, over three months, yet this is my third post in three days. I just set a record. :-)

Anyhoo, this is the third novel I told you about, one that's well worth your time. This book would also make an awesome Christmas gift, especially for those who love anything Amish. (Did I mention that I'm an eclectic reader?) So here's a little 4-1-1 on The Snow Globe. Ho! Ho! Ho!

The Snow Globe

 

by

 

Laura V. Hilton

 

 

 

Victor Petersheim has left the Amish and works on a river boat on the Mississippi River, spending three months on the river then having three months off. During his off-work months he returns home to his Amish community and helps out on his grandparents’ farm. When he returns home after his most recent absence, he discovers his grossmammi has developed health problems and they’ve hired Esther Beachy to be a “mother’s helper.” Victor is unsettled by this woman living in their home, but has to accept it.

Esther loves listening to Victor’s grandmother’s stories and while puttering around in a store while the grossmammi’s in the hospital, she discovers a snow globe that depicts an area where the Petersheims used to live. She buys it as a gift for the grossmammi to cheer her up during her hospitalization. Victor is touched by Esther’s gift and her care for his grossmammi, and strives to be friendlier. Will Esther’s gentle heart draw him back to the community? Or will he return to the river once again?

 

About Laura:

Award winning author, Laura Hilton, her husband, Steve, and three of their children make their home in Arkansas. She is a pastor’s wife, a stay-at-home mom and home-schools. Laura is also a breast cancer survivor. Laura also has two adult children.

Her publishing credits include three books in the Amish of Seymour series from Whitaker House: Patchwork Dreams, A Harvest of Hearts (winner of the 2012 Clash of the Titles Award in two categories), and Promised to Another. The Amish of Webster County series, Healing Love (finalist for the 2013 Christian Retail Awards). Surrendered Love and Awakened Love followed by her first Christmas novel, A White Christmas in Webster County, as well as a three book Amish series with Whitaker House, The Amish of Jamesport series, The Snow Globe, The Postcard in April 2015, and The Bird House in September 2015. Other credits include Swept Away from Abingdon Press. Laura is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and a professional book reviewer.

 

Connect with Laura:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Laura-V.-Hilton/e/B004IRSM5Q 
Visit her blogs: http://lighthouse-academy.blogspot.com/ & http://lauravhilton.blogspot.com/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Laura-V-Hilton/161478847242512
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/vernetlh/
Twitter: @Laura_V_Hilton

 

Purchase Laura's Books:

Amazon, CBD, Barnes and Noble, and Deeper Shopping

 

 

 

A White Christmas in Webster County

Okay, all you Amish fans. You obviously love (or like) books in this genre or you wouldn't be here, right? So if you're dreaming of a white Christmas, grab a cup of cocoa, curl up in a cozy chair, and check out A White Christmas in Webster County (Whitaker House). This is one of the books I mentioned in yesterday's post. If you've never read Ms. Hilton's work before, you're in for a treat. (Stay tuned. I'll post the next one tomorrow.) Thanks for stopping by!

A White Christmas in Webster County

 

 

A Christmas Romance.  A chance for a new beginning. Then her past is resurrected.

 

 

Wanting to relocate from Shipshewana to somewhere new, Mercy Lapp answered an ad in The Budget to work as a mother’s helper for Matthew and Shanna Yoder in Seymour, Missouri. Mercy relocated from Shipshewana to give herself space and time to heal after the death of her beau in a fishing trip on Lake Michigan.

 

Abner Hilty fled Shipshewana to Montana to work on a ranch after he and his twin brother witnessed a murder. Now that the killer is safely behind bars, Abner decides to visit his brother Abram in Missouri where he’d settled with his bride of one month. Mercy is surprised to see Abner there, and equally surprised by how much he’d changed physically since she’d last seen him. Even though the two live in different districts they occasionally see each other in town and form a fledging friendship.

 

As Christmas approaches, an unexpected heavy snow lets Abner and Mercy spend a lot of time together in wintertime fun. Abner hopes to interest Mercy in a more permanent relationship. But then Mercy has a potentially life changing discovery. Will she return to Shipshewana to answer the summons of the past? Or settle in a new place?

 

 

About Laura:

Award winning author, Laura Hilton, her husband, Steve, and three of their children make their home in Arkansas. She is a pastor’s wife, a stay-at-home mom and home-schools. Laura is also a breast cancer survivor. Laura also has two adult children.

Her publishing credits include three books in the Amish of Seymour series from Whitaker House: Patchwork Dreams, A Harvest of Hearts (winner of the 2012 Clash of the Titles Award in two categories), and Promised to Another. The Amish of Webster County series, Healing Love (finalist for the 2013 Christian Retail Awards). Surrendered Love and Awakened Love followed by her first Christmas novel, A White Christmas in Webster County, as well as a three book Amish series with Whitaker House, The Amish of Jamesport series, The Snow Globe, The Postcard in April 2015, and The Bird House in September 2015. Other credits include Swept Away from Abingdon Press. Laura is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and a professional book reviewer.

 

Connect with Laura:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Laura-V.-Hilton/e/B004IRSM5Q 
Visit her blogs: http://lighthouse-academy.blogspot.com/ & http://lauravhilton.blogspot.com/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Laura-V-Hilton/161478847242512
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/vernetlh/
Twitter: @Laura_V_Hilton

 

Purchase Laura's Books:

Amazon, CBD, Barnes and Noble, and Deeper Shopping

 

 

 

Swept Away

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted. My book will be releasing soon, so I've been quite busy. Did you miss me?

Speaking of books, I'd like to recommend a few titles for your perusal. Over the next few days, I'll post three releases. (Hint. Hint. If you love great Amish fiction, you'll also want to come back Saturday and Sunday.) So without further ado, here's Swept Away, coauthored by Laura V. Hilton and Cindy Loven. Enjoy.

Swept Away

 

 

He survived a life-altering event. She is facing one.

 

 

Sara Jane Morgan is trying to balance teaching with caring for her grandmother who doesn’t want to be cared for. 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.

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.

 

About Laura:

Award winning author, Laura Hilton, her husband, Steve, and three of their children make their home in Arkansas. She is a pastor’s wife, a stay-at-home mom and home-schools. Laura is also a breast cancer survivor. Laura also has two adult children.

Her publishing credits include three books in the Amish of Seymour series from Whitaker House: Patchwork Dreams, A Harvest of Hearts (winner of the 2012 Clash of the Titles Award in two categories), and Promised to Another. The Amish of Webster County series, Healing Love (finalist for the 2013 Christian Retail Awards). Surrendered Love and Awakened Love followed by her first Christmas novel, A White Christmas in Webster County, as well as a three book Amish series with Whitaker House, The Amish of Jamesport series, The Snow Globe, The Postcard in April 2015, and The Bird House in September 2015. Other credits include Swept Away from Abingdon Press. Laura is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and a professional book reviewer.

 

Connect with Laura:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Laura-V.-Hilton/e/B004IRSM5Q 
Visit her blogs: http://lighthouse-academy.blogspot.com/ & http://lauravhilton.blogspot.com/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Laura-V-Hilton/161478847242512
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/vernetlh/
Twitter: @Laura_V_Hilton

 

Purchase Laura's Books:

Amazon, CBD, Barnes and Noble, and Deeper Shopping

 

About Cindy:

 

A lifelong reader, Cindy Loven is an active church wife of a minister, and mother to one son who is a home school graduate. Cindy and her family reside in Conway, Arkansas.




Connect with Cindy:
Visit her blog: http://cindylovenwrites.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorcindyloven
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cndloven