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  1. tammycookblogsbooks
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    3 Modern Romances
    January 22, 2012
    tammycookblogsbooks
    This book has three stories:

    Blueberry Surprise

    Lorna Patterson was working two jobs and living with her in-laws. Her husband, Ron, had died one year earlier and she was struggling. She felt her life had no meaning. She was working a lot to keep her mind off her husband's death. She decided to make a change in her life and to attend college to finish the degree that she started years earlier. Her dream was to be an Elementary School Music Teacher. She put that on hold to get her husband through medical school.

    In the Admissions Office at Bay View Christian College she literally ran into a very handsome guy. She was already feeling out of place because she was 32 years old. On the first day of classes she discovered that the very same guy, Evan Bailey, was in 2 of her classes. He was also a little older than the average college student. He outright told his classmates he wanted to get a degree in Psychology and find a wife. He really like Lorna and he pursued her. She continually put off all his gentlemanly advances. Can she get through college and the grief of her husband's death while she deals with Evan's constant annoying presence in her life?

    Grandma's Doll

    Sheila Nickel's went to visit her grandmother in Casper, Wyoming. Her grandmother moved to a nursing home and Sheila was to pick out something from her house to keep. Sheila had one thing on her mind - the Bye-Lo doll that she played with as a child. She ending up meeting Dwaine Woods, who was an antique dealer in town. With his help, they went on a search for the doll. They encountered several leads, but they all ended up false. She did find love though, she was falling in love with Dwaine and he with her. She was sure a long distance relationship wouldn't work out, that's why her former fiance broke up with her. She headed back home to Fresno, California. She began questioned whether she would ever find her special doll and true love.

    Matchmaker 911

    Wendy Campbell was a barber. Her father was her partner until his arthritis became so bad he could no longer work. Her customers were getting on her nerves and she wasn't enjoying her life. Then she met Kyle Rogers. He got her thinking about God again. He was one of the paramedics that responded to a 911 call her father made. Kyle had met her father the week before. Wendy had no time for men in her life but her father thought differently. What lengths will her father go to get her dating?

    These three stories are quick reads. Blueberry surprise was my least favorite. Evan's constant sense of humor would have had me walking the opposite direction from him. It was nice to see all the men who were the main characters wanting God to lead them in their romantic relationships. All three of the stories have the woman running away from love. I have always enjoyed Wanda Brunstetter's Amish romances. I wasn't sure if I would like this book. It was good but I prefer her Amish stories better.

    I received a free copy of this e-book from NetGalley for my honest opinion.
  2. debwilson
    Summerfield, FL
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    3 Stars Out Of 5
    December 3, 2012
    debwilson
    Summerfield, FL
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 3
    Three woman find love in unexpected places and ways. Lorna Patterson is a widow returning to college after ten years, and not interested in finding another husband. But culinary novice Evan Bailey is a determined and persistent man, who won't take "no" for an answer. Can he get her to change her mind about re-marrying?

    Shelia Nickels comes back to her hometown to pick out an antique doll after her grandmother offers all her granddaughters a treasure from her attic. Dismayed to find the doll missing, she and antique dealer Dwayne Woods fruitlessly search. Will Shelia be able to find the doll before it is gone forever?

    Wendy Campbell thinks her father is the only man she needs in her life. But after he fakes 911 calls to get a certain paramedic Kyle Roger, to their home, will Wendy finally realize that she needs a life of her own?

    As always, my gripe with Brunstetter is that her her stories are more like fairy tales; simplistic in language, bordering on unbelievable, and at times childish. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the stories in this book, but while many good books get you believe in the characters, Brunstetter just delivers a story. It is names, places and events put together, which I know will happen in a short story where things need to move very fast. While it is a nice collection of romances, it still falls flat like bread without yeast. I enjoyed it for what it was; an easy read with likable, (albeit fake) characters. A good book will make the line between fact and fiction blurry, if not obsolete. But all Brunstetter was able to accomplish is feel-good, trite romances that fail to draw you in and completely loose yourself.
  3. Iola
    New Zealand
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    3 Stars Out Of 5
    Three Love at First Sight Novellas
    January 9, 2012
    Iola
    New Zealand
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 3
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 4
    This is a collection of three contemporary romantic novellas:

    Blueberry Surprise: Lorna decides to go back to college to pursue her dream of teaching, a dream she gave up to put her deceased husband through medical school. But she doesn't count on the romantic interest of Evan, another student.

    Grandma's Doll: Shelia is back in town helping her grandmother, recovering from a broken engagement and trying to find the collectible doll she played with as a child with the help of local antique shop owner, Dwaine.

    Matchmaker: Wendy has taken over her father's barber shop, and has no interest in dating, despite the efforts of her matchmaking father to set her up with Kyle the paramedic.

    The three stories were a nice quick read, but the conversations were a little stilted at times (too much awkward 'God talk' that didn't read like normal conversation), and all were based on the 'love at first sight' plot. I personally prefer the 'boy next door' plot or a friendship that develops into love, as I think this is a better basis for a lasting relationship, and is a better example to set for young people in this age of divorce. The characters were all aged in their twenties, but the book felt more young adult than adult in tone and language. Love Finds a Way is Wanda Brunstetter's first departure from Amish fiction. It will appeal to her fans as well as those who enjoy sweet fiction from authors such as Lori Wick.

    Thanks to Barbour Publishing and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.
  4. Suzanne
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    3 Stars Out Of 5
    Found this book disappointing.
    July 5, 2012
    Suzanne
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 3
    Value: 2
    Meets Expectations: 2
    While the happy resolution of each love relationship was pleasant, the character and plot development were not satisfying.
  5. Edna Tollison
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    3 Stars Out Of 5
    Wanda's first non Amish book
    January 16, 2012
    Edna Tollison
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 3
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 3
    This book consists of three short stories which makes an easy read. This is the first one of Wanda's books that is not about Amish and is a sweet book about modern day romances and troubles.

    Blueberry surprise is about a young woman Lorna Patterson who had worked at least two jobs to send her husband through medical school but he dies she keeps working just to keep herself busy, even though she does not need to work that much anymore. She had always wanted to be a music teacher and had let her own education fall by the way side for her late husband. Now she is thinking about going back and starting life over and not in her in-laws home, where she had lived since she had been a widow.

    Grandma's Doll is the second and like some of the other reviewers I too liked this one best. I am a Grandmother and I have always loved dolls. After Shelia Nickels' grandmother passed away she was going to pick that she wanted for herself from the attic and she choose an antique doll that she had loved to hold when she was growing up. The doll went missing and as she searched for it she met a young man from her past, now she though maybe she should not have come back to Casper.

    Matchmaker 911 is the third story and it finds Wendy Campbell cuttin hair for a living and was so tired of hearding one joke after another. Wendy is not wanting a relationship but her father wants one for her. When she cut the hair of Kyle Rogers a young Chritian man she found out this is who her father wants her to date. He is a pramedic and she does not know if this is who she needs to date. Is she ready to settle down.

    This book is an ok book but now what I expected from Wanda Brunstetter, I have all of her Amish books and this one is written well and the storied are good, but well when you hear Wanda E. Brunstetter you think of Amish. She and Beverly Lewis were the first authors that I read about the Amish people and that is like watching some of the actors on TV, Andy Griffith for one, you always see him as the sheriff of Mayberry no matter what else he played in and this is the way I see Wanda. I know there are so many Amish books out there now and new authors coming every day, but these two authors I will always see as writting Amish books,

    Thanks so much to Wanda Brunstetter and Barbour Publishing for sending me a copy of this book and I choose to review it.
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