Huckleberry Hill
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With their thirteen children grown, Anna and Felty Helmuth are ready for their next adventure. That means trying their hands at matchmaking--because what could be more fun than igniting love when it's right--and undoing mismatches when they're wrong. Now Huckleberry Hill just might turn out to be the most romantic spot in Wisconsin. . .
Lia Shetler is resigned to being a spinster. She's too tall and sturdy to ever be marriageable--so says her overbearing dat. Instead, she's helping her pretty, spoiled sister Rachel secure the perfect husband--the Helmuths' grandson, Moses Zimmerman. But the more Lia sees of Moses' gently teasing ways and quiet understanding, the more she wishes he could be hers alone. . .
Moses knew his grandparents couldn't resist trying to find him a wife. But he never expected it would be the graceful, sensible Lia--a woman who is tall enough to look him in the eye, and honest enough to make him question a promise holding him to his past. Now both will need the kind of miracles only faith and courage can bring to finally reach for a lifetime of happiness. . .
"A delightful cast of characters in a story that overflows with Amish love and laughter." --Charlotte Hubbard, author of Autumn Winds
Jennifer Beckstrand
Jennifer Beckstrand is the #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestselling author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, The Honeybee Sisters series, The Petersheim Brothers series, and The Amish Quiltmaker series for Kensington Books. Second Chances on Huckleberry Hill, the delightfully romantic eleventh book in the Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, came out in May of 2023. Jennifer also writes sweet contemporary and historical romances. Her third Western, Maggie and Max, just hit the shelves, and Larkspur Ranch, the much anticipated second book in the Dandelion Meadows series, comes out in 2024.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is by far one of the best books in Amish fiction that I have read this year. I loved this story and picked up the book every chance that I got.I am amazed at how far family members will go when it comes to favoritism. My heart went out to Lia Shetler. I can't even imagine having a sister so stuck on herself that she doesn't stop at anything to get what she wants.Thanks to the good Lord and some good friends, Lia has a fighting chance.I can't wait to read Huckleberry Summer to see what happens to my favorite characters and my not so favorite characters.Thanks for a great read author Jennifer Beckstrand!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now that their 13 children are all grown up, Anna and Felty Helmuth are ready for their next adventure- trying their hand at matchmaking. They start with their grandson Moses.Moses however, is still holding out hope that his first love, Barbara, who left their Amish community 3 years ago, will return, so he is resistant to his grandparents attempts to match him up with graceful, sensible Lia, a woman who is tall enough to look him in the eye.Lia has already resigned herself to being a spinster. Her overbearing father has always told her she's too tall, and that her severely scarred hand ( a result of a childhood accident) will make her unattractive to any man.The Helmuth's ask for Lia to spend the summer at Huckleberry Hill, on the pretense of helping around the house. Lia and Moses are resistant to Anna's matchmaking attempts, but they become good friends. Just when it seems like they could be more than friends, Lia's younger sister Rachel is sent to Huckleberry Hill by her father, when he decides that Moses would make a good husband for his pretty and petite daughter. Though it breaks Lia's heart, she steps aside, as ordered by her father, and is expected to do anything she can to help Rachel win Moses's heart. The fact that Moses isn't attracted to Rachel at all doesn't deter Rachel, who is use to always getting her way.I really enjoyed this story, and it had a lot of humor in it; I found myself nearly laughing out loud several times as I was reading. Normally, I would find a rude and snobbish character like Rachel annoying, but her character added a comical element to the story. The storyline was somewhat predictable, as a lot of stories in this genre are, but the humor really made this story stand out. Looking forward to reading more books in this series; with 13 children, the Helmuth's have a lot of grandchildren that may benefit from some matchmaking!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Huckleberry Hill, book #1 in The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, is a delightful Amish romance about an elderly couple who decide to meddle in their grandchildren's lives in order to help them find suitable mates. Jennifer's voice is different from anything I've read in Amish fiction, and I found it very refreshing. Huckleberry Hill has a beautiful sense of place in the Wisconsin Amish country, endearing lead characters in Moses and Lia, plenty of conflict, sweet romance, humor - and the most adorable, scheming grandparents I've ever seen. This is such an enjoyable read!There's good character depth here, something I always look for in a book, and character weaknesses are exposed, as well as strengths. It is so much fun to watch the growing attraction between Moses and Lia, but it is the conflict introduced by Lia's sister around which everything revolves. Rachel and her father don't seem to fit our image of believers committed to the Amish faith, yet it is this conflict that drives the story and captured my attention throughout.Rachel is an extremely irritating character who just grinds on your nerves - blessed with a beauty that didn't go beneath the surface. She was pampered, spoiled, lazy, conniving - the complete opposite of Lia. "Rachel wanted for nothing, while Lia's charge was to watch out for her delicate younger sister." There's even an allusion to the story of Rachel and Leah in the Old Testament, on which Moses reflects: "It seemed her dat moved his daughters around like pieces on a chessboard. Lia was the expendable one, and Rachel played the queen. Well, Moses refused to be the pawn."But it is the grandparents, Felty and Anna, who captured my heart and wouldn't let go. They could get away with throwing two young people together to see if sparks might ignite because no one would ever suspect this seemingly guileless couple of such mischief. Anna loves to experiment with new recipes, often with disastrous results - and one of my favorite scenes is her meatball supper. Felty, the perfect husband for Anna, could pop scorching hot meatballs into his mouth because a childhood accident had impaired his sense of taste and smell. On a spiritual level, we see much personal growth in Moses and Lia, and comforting Scriptures are often quoted in a way that easily flows with the narrative. Felty and Anna are filled with spiritual wisdom, and I enjoyed one particular conversation between Felty and Lia. I would have liked to see some sign of transformation or redemption in Rachel's character, so I will keep hoping for that. Huckleberry Hill is a story you can relax with and enjoy your time spent in its pages. In fact, it was hard to read without a smile on my face! Readers of Amish fiction will enjoy this story that is different from many others on the market. Book #2, Huckleberry Summer, releases in June 2014. Thank you to Jane Nutter and Kensington Books for providing a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oh my goodness, how absolutely delightful.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I just finished reading this page turner of a book. I loved it, and especially the Grandparents, they are so adorable. Although we do find out how Felty can stand to eat his wife's cooking. To cute!! They compliment each other so well, who wouldn't want Grandparents like them.There is more to the story then the meddling Grandparents, yes they tried to manipulate their Grandson, Moses, into forgetting the girl that left the Amish Church, with a sweet Amish girl, from another district. Felty and Anna were so taken with Lia when they attended a funeral that they had her come to their home for the summer, under the pretense of helping them.Little do the unsuspecting you couple know, these two plotting sweeties have in mind for them. Not all is rosy. We have parents that push one daughter over another, actually making one a brat, for lack of a better word. This happens in all cultures, and the one that is pushed aside, has a had time a hard time with self worth. So sad that even when they don't mean to do it, they hurt one of their children.I really enjoyed all the happenings here, some scary, but so very possible. I also can't wait for the next book in this series. I wanted to steal these Grandparents, Sixty plus years together!! Yeah! Delightful!!I received this book from the publisher Kensington, and was not required to give a positive review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book started out slow and I almost gave up on it. I'm glad I didn't because it turned out to be a very good book. Parts did bog down with too much ...detail...filler...whatever you want to call it, but on the whole I really enjoyed the book. Moses' grandmother has decided it is time he married. The girl he had planned to marry left the Amish 3 years ago. There is no indication she will return but he still waits, hoping she will soon return to be his wife. Grandma Anna sends for Lia to tend house for her and her husband. Lia is six foot tall and very pretty-a great match for Moses who is 6'5" tall and handsome. When Lia returns home to help bake for a funeral, she talks about Moses and her father decides that Lia's sister Rachel should return to Anna's in her place. After all, she is the pretty one. Lia, tall and plain, will never marry.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oh my goodness, how absolutely delightful.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Author Jennifer Beckstrand has written a compelling romance peopled with some very interesting characters. The main protagonists as well as the secondary characters really come alive on the page. Issues such as self-esteem and self-worth are explored in this tale, as well as parenting skills. Lia is made to feel unworthy of love, due to the way she is treated by her parents who much favor her younger sister. It will take the kindness shown to Lia by another family before she really realizes her own worth. This first book in the series is well written and recommended to readers of Amish fiction.
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