Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Kelly Long. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-59554-921-1
Fans of Amish fiction will find triple the enjoyment here thanks to this gathering of novellas in one book. The trio of stories—all by accomplished writers of Amish fiction—create a tight braid of friendship and love as three young women follow...
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Kelly Long. Kensington/Zebra, $6.99 paper mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3544-2
Putting a contemporary spin on traditional Amish romance novels, Long (An Amish Christmas Quilt) halfheartedly explores what an interfaith marriage might mean for family, community, and personal integrity. Mary King has been raised in the...
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Kelly Long. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3546-6
Long’s first Ice Mountain contemporary emphasizes the compassion and faith of Amish communities. Joseph King is working on a gas drilling rig in West Virginia, where he can keep an eye on his younger brother, Edward. He meets Priscilla Allen, a...
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Kelly Long. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (315p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3548-0
On the one hand, Long’s third Ice Mountain romance (after An Amish Man of Ice Mountain) relies heavily on stereotypes of present-day Amish life and an overly idealistic notion of religious community. On the other hand, the core story is a...
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Kelly Long. Zebra, $7.99 mass market (288p) ISBN 978-1-4201-4125-2
Long’s fourth Ice Mountain 1950s Amish romance (after The Amish Heart of Ice Mountain) has a touch of the supernatural. Twenty-year-old Joel Umble and 19-year-old Martha Yoder are part of the Amish community living on Ice Mountain in northern...
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Kelly Long. Zebra, $8.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-5165-7
Long (The Amish Heart of Ice Mountain) delivers an underwhelming story centered on the sheltered 20-year-old Amish heiress of a lumber fortune. Tabitha grew up under tight security and the watchful eye of relatives due to Tabitha’s father’s fears of
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Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Kelly Long, Thomas Nelson, $14.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-59554-875-7
Three novellas in one book provide variations on the Amish theme. Each stands alone, though characters overlap as three couples search for love. In "A Marriage of the Heart," Abigail Kauffman forces her marriage to Joseph Lambert, a man struggling...
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Kelly Long, Jennifer Beckstrand, and Lisa Jones Baker. Kensington, $9.95 trade paper (348p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0591-4
Kensington offers a tasting menu of Christmas baking–themed Amish romance novellas, complete with
companion recipes, from two of their established series authors, plus their newest debut. Long’s “Baking Love on Ice Mountain” blooms with cautious...
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Kelly Long, Jennifer Beckstrand, and Lisa Jones Baker. Kensington, $15 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1015-4
Three of Kensington’s most popular Amish romance authors reconvene around the warmth of hand-poured candles and indulge in less traditional pairings in this year’s Amish Christmas novella trio. In Long’s saccharine “Snow Shine on Ice Mountain,”...
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Kelly Long, Amy Lillard, and Molly Jebber. Kensington, $15 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0013-1
Three blended Amish families celebrate Christmas in this warmhearted romance anthology. In Long’s “A Sleigh Ride on Ice Mountain,” orphaned Kate is struggling to raise her disabled young brother. Gentle toy maker Sebastian offers Kate a job—and a...
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Charlotte Hubbard, Kelly Long, and Jennifer Beckstrand. Kensington, $15 trade paper (278p) ISBN 978-1-61773-554-7
This sweet anthology celebrates Christmas in three different Amish communities. It’s easy to sympathize with Beckstrand’s Dottie in “A Perfect Amish Christmas”; she’s so consumed with giving her mother a perfect Christmas that she forgets her family
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Amy Clipston, Shelley Shepard Gray, and Kelly Long. Zondervan, $15.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-310-36322-4
This trio of cozy romance novellas highlights an underexplored corner of Amish life: midwives who put taking care of other families ahead of building their own. Each romance creates a homey sense of community that will appeal to genre fans and...
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