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  1. Heart2Heart
    Victorville, CA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A great Christmas addition to this series!
    October 10, 2013
    Heart2Heart
    Victorville, CA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    It's not often you find a great Christmas novel with a compelling and lasting message regarding extended family, but I think Barbara Cameron has managed to do just that with Annie's Christmas Wish, book 4 in her Quilts of Lancaster County Series. This is perfect for those that enjoy Amish fiction or even a great contemporary romance because that is exactly the blend that Barbara has managed to create.

    Annie Bontrager knows that she desires to become a writer at some point in her life. She carries around a notebook so that she can capture whatever thoughts or ideas come to her wherever she might be like all great writers do. She carries that inspiration from being around her step mother Jenny who was a famous newspaper reporter when she used to live in New York City. Jenny was raised English and thus was never really subject to the terms one usually finds in an Amish community. However when a bomb exploded while covering a story on children who were living in a war zone, she found comfort and love recovering in the Amish community of Paradise, Pennsylvania under her grandmother's care. It was there she discovered healing and love in the being reunited with David, Annie's father who was born Amish but decided not to join the church and in a way incorporated the love of both English and Amish upbringing in the children. Annie's mother died when she was just a child and had known no other mother but Jenny. To her, she was as real as a mother could be.

    The family is on the brink of making a trip to New York City for vacation and Jenny hopes to show Annie not only the major tourist sites but also take her on a tour to her old office as well as to the New York Times, something Annie has only dreamed about doing for as long as she can remember. All she knows is that the desire to write is just as strong in her blood as it was for her mother and even though she knows at some point she might find love, she isn't the least bit interested right now.

    Yet Aaron Beiler who has grown up with Annie as a close childhood friend has been making plans for what he believes will be his future with Annie working as a carpenter and furniture maker in town. Now if only he can convince Annie that his feelings go beyond that of just her friend and into something more. With the trip to New York coming up however, Aaron fears that Annie's love for writing might take her someplace she may never want to return. He just want's a wife that will take care of the home and any future children they might have and leave making a living up to him. What if Annie goes to New York and decides to never return? Is there anything he can do to change her mind?

    I received Annie's Christmas Wish by Barbara Cameron compliments of Abingdon Press for my honest review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for a favorable review and the opinions expressed here are mind alone. This is such an incredible book and one of the few that really reach to the heart of what really makes a family even though in this case it is a blended one. Annie sees the relationship with Jenny as that of what a mother/daughter relationship is as well as one with Jenny as her friend as well. Jenny never tries to replace Annie's birth mother but gives her the room and the time to accept her as she is in her role as a mother and wife in their family. It also shows how difficult our choices can be when it comes to the true desires of our hearts, in this case with Annie's love of writing and how she will have to make a choice that will forever change the relationship in her family and possibly her community as well. I rate this one a 4.5 out of 5 stars and think this makes the perfect Christmas addition to The Quilts of Lancaster County series!
  2. Britt98
    Grand Prairie, TX
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Annie's Story is a Sweet One
    October 9, 2013
    Britt98
    Grand Prairie, TX
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    How wonderful to read the continuing story of the Bontrager family! In this, the fourth book in the Quilts of Lancaster County series, we follow Annie and her family as they take a trip to New York City. Annie's Christmas Wish could be read as a stand alone book, however, I believe the reader would benefit greatly from reading the entire series. I have a real fondness for this series...A Time to Love, the first book in the series, was the very first Amish book I ever read! It introduced me to the Amish in a story that will forever be one of my favorites.

    In Annie's Christmas Wish, Annie has grown into a delightful young woman. She loves her family and her Amish life, however, she would like to continue to grow her writing skills and perhaps find a way to put them to good use, as her stepmother does.

    Aaron is in love with Annie and wishes to make her his wife. At first, Annie is totally taken by surprise by this shift in their relationship. She has only ever viewed Aaron as a friend. It is sweet to watch her feelings grow for him.

    When the family and Aaron head for New York City to visit and support Annie's stepmother as she receives an award related to the work she has done (she wasn't always Amish), will the lure of the big city and opportunities that arise bring Annie and Aaron closer or put a rift in their developing relationship? Their relationship is still so new and miscommunications about Annie's hopes and desires threaten to bring the love that has begun to build between them crashing to the ground.

    I recommend this book to fans of romance and of the Amish genre. I recommend the entire series, as well. I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author and publisher in exchange for an honest review, which I have given.
  3. Judy K Burgi
    Kendallville, IN
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A Delightful Read!
    October 3, 2013
    Judy K Burgi
    Kendallville, IN
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    It was so good to reunite with Jenny and Matthew Bontrager again. I don't think I will ever tire of reading about their life together. They both are important to this story but Annie, their daughter, takes center stage.

    Annie wants to visit New York City. The desire began when one year for Christmas her Mom, Jenny, gave her a snow globe of the skyscrapers. Watching the snow gently float down over the city fascinated her. How wonderful it would be to see where her Mom use to work and live before she converted to Amish.

    Even though Jenny isn't Annie's biological mother, they share a close bond and a love of writing stories.

    Aaron, a friend of Annie's, has deep feelings for her but he knows she doesn't share the same feelings he has. He knows that Annie is going on a visit to New York City and he jumps at the chance when he is asked to go along. He fears he will lose Annie to the big city.

    This storyline captured me right from the beginning. I am a huge fan of author Barbara Cameron and I haven't read a book of hers that I haven't loved. She keeps us guessing right to the very end on some important issues in this book.

    I had so much fun in New York City but wait, I didn't leave my living room. Each scene described was alive and colorful. I love it when a book does this for me.

    The lesson that I received from this book is, we can't control every situation in life. We must trust God to know what is best.

    I gave this book 5 stars, that's how much I loved it. You could definitely read this book as a stand alone but I highly recommend reading the previous books in this series first, A Time to Love, A Time to Heal, and A Time for Peace.

    I wish to thank Barbara Cameron and Abingdon Press for giving me a copy to read and review. The opinions expressed are mine alone.
  4. Rhonda Nash-hall
    Madison Heights VA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    magical New York trip
    July 8, 2013
    Rhonda Nash-hall
    Madison Heights VA
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Barbara Cameron has created a lovely picture of an Amish Christmas in Annie's Christmas Wish, Book #4 in her Quilts of Lancaster County series. The Amish place great value on family, love, and Jesus' birth and this is reflected in every aspect of this book. I have never been to New York either, so it was wonderful to view it through Annie's eyes. I actually felt as though I was actually there too. Seeing the attractions of New York through the eyes of an Amish young lady and her family was almost as good as going there myself. It made me want to visit New York!

    Readers will delight in following Annie as she has now grown from a young girl who was unable to speak with ease to an articulate, attractive young woman. I loved seeing Jenny and all the rest of the family again too.

    I received a free pdf version of this book from netgalley and the publishers in exchange for my honest review.
  5. weatherlover1
    U.P Mi
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: Female
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    Enjoyable
    November 5, 2013
    weatherlover1
    U.P Mi
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 3
    I had thought that A Time for Peace was going to be the last book in this series but I was wrong. In this book we see Annie as a young woman who wants to follow in Jenny's footsteps and be a writer. She has wanted to go to New York City ever since her stepmom bought her a snow globe from there. Now with Jenny getting an award her dream is about to come true. But could her love for the big apple pull her away from her community?

    I have really liked this series so far and was excited to see another book had been written.

    What I liked: It was neat to see Matt and Jenny as older parents now. I also liked Annie. She does not quite fit the Amish mold with her love for writing and adventure yet she loves her family and community enough to stay rooted which made for a fun story. Aaron was an okay love interest. He was worried that Annie was going to want to stay in New York and not return home. Annie was not sure what she felt for Aaron so it was interesting to see how that part of the story played out.

    What I did not like: As interesting as the love story was it was not that great. Aaron and Annie just did not seem to have a good spark between them and it just felt kind of lukewarm. I also found it a little unbelievable that they watched Christmas movies at the hotel. Vacation or not I would think that would have been heavily frowned upon no matter that Jenny had not always been Amish.

    Over all this was an enjoyable book and more about Annie fulfilling a dream then it was about her finding love which is fine just a little disappointing. I strongly recommend this series. To better understand this book you really need to read the three books before it. Add them to your reading list today!
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