Audio Book Review of Threads of Grace by Kelly Long narrated by Christine Williams

Threads of Grace by Kelly Long
Narrated by Christine Williams

Publisher's Summary:

Grace’s autistic son needs a life that is safe and consistent. Seth wants to leave his flirting days behind him and settle down.
Deep in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, the beautiful and weary Amish widow Grace Beiler is not looking for a husband - especially one so much younger than she is. But handsome - and smitten - Seth Wyse stumbles upon a way to help her, and they marry to keep Grace’s autistic son safe from his ill-intentioned uncle.
Grace soon discovers that she is far from immune to her young husband’s experienced charm and realizes that her first marriage has not destroyed her capacity for love. Seth, meanwhile, seeks counsel from his older brother when playing the game of pursuing his wife becomes more dangerous to both his heart and his life than he ever imagined.
Despite their troubles, God gives Grace and Seth a passion for family, and for each other, that teaches them the ways of the Master Quilter through the tangled and tender threads of their lives.
©2013 Kelly Long (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc

My Take :  This was a light enjoyable story that was a nice break from the long serious books I have recently listened to.  I found the presentation of the autistic little boy in the Amish
Community very interesting.  I thought that even though Seth was described as a flirt and womanizer that he took to marriage and instant fatherhood so much better than Grace did.  Grace's first marriage made her very wary of giving her heart away.  I enjoyed listening to these finding their way in their marriage.

I thought that the narrator did a fairly good job but her voice for the little boy was a bit whiny and a little annoying.  Otherwise a good job.

I received a review copy from the publisher through the Audio Jukebox Reviewer program in exchange for my honest review. 

Arms of Love by Kelly Long Book spotlight

Arms of Love by Kelly Long

From Goodreads.com

The year is 1777. America is in turmoil. And Amish life is far different than today.

Pennsylvania in the late 18th century, once called William Penn's Woods, was an assortment of different faiths living together for the first time in American history. Included in this tapestry was a small and struggling population called Amish.

Surrounding this peaceful people were unavoidable threats: both Patriots and the British were pillaging land and goods for the sake of the war, young Amishmen were leaving the faith to take up arms and defend freedom. A simple walk in the untamed forests could result in death, if not from bullet or arrow, then from an encounter with a wild animal.

Amid this time of tumult, Adam Wyse is fighting a personal battle. To possibly join the war efforts and leave his faith, which would mean walking away from the only woman he's ever loved: Lena Yoder. But for that love he's made a promise that may keep them apart permanently.

When Adam withdraws from Lena, she's forced to turn to his brother, Isaac, for support. Must Lena deny her heart's desire to save Adam's soul? And will life in this feral and primitive New World be more than this peace-keeping people can withstand?

Book Spotlight- Lily's Wedding Quilt by Kelly Long

Lily's Wedding Quilt by Kelly Long

From Goodreads.com
Local Amish schoolteacher Lilly Lapp is tired of weddings, afraid of horses, and immersed in caring for her depressed mother. But when Jacob Wyse, a handsome horse breeder from her small community rescues her from a dangerous accident, Lilly discovers a renewed interest in life and the possibility of love.

Yet Jacob has lost the one true love of his life to another man and doesn't care to expose himself to the vulnerabilities of loving again.

God works to bring this unlikely pair into a sweet romance to produce a pattern of faith, which leads to the creation and comfort of Lilly's Wedding Quilt.