An Amish Quilting Bee: Three Stories

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Three charming stories of cozy quilting circles and budding romance

Patchwork Promisesby Amy Clipston

When Colin Zook and his beloved grandmother lose everything in a fire, their greatest loss is a beloved family heirloom quilt that helped keep her dementia at bay.When Joanne Lapp hears about the loss, she decides to re-create the quilt.Colin soon feels himself developing feelings for her, but hes held back by the knowledge that a future with him would involve care of his grandmother and his farm. Will Joanne look past his list of responsibilities and see him for who he truly is

A Common Threadby Kathleen Fuller

Susie Glick returns from a shopping trip laden with beautiful fabric for her quilting group. On the bus ride, Alex Lehmanher crush from three years agosits next to her. Alex left Middlefield to explore the country, and now hes back and ready to join the church. Susie was just a kid when he left, but now shes a womanand she definitely has his interest. The women in her quilting circle arent as excited about Alexs return, assuming that hell leave again in search of adventure. Susie is convinced theyre wrong, but just as they start dating, Alex tells Susie he has to leave. He says hell return, but Susie must decide whether or not she can trust the man she fears has captured her heart.

Stitched Together by Shelley Shepard Gray

Rosies joy is her yearly project for the Pinecraft Mennonite Quilt Sale, and she dreams of being the top earner. But shes worried that shes bitten off more than she can chew with her latest entry. To make things even more confusing, after coming to terms with her single state, shes recently formed a friendship with Tim Christner. Hes only in town for a month, but he has Rosie wondering if shes found love at last. Now all she has to do is figure out how to get the quilt done so she can concentrate on him. But with her once very organized life in total disarray, everything comes to a head just before the sale. Rosie is forced to reexamine her priorities before she loses not only her place in the quilt show but everything else shes ever wanted.

• Sweet Amish novellas with happily-ever-afters
• Book length: 75,000 words
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

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A collection of novellas will bring comfort and joy to Amish novel fans in An Amish Quilting Bee by Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller and Shelley Shepard Gray . . . These are all entertaining, heart-warming stories that will introduce new fans to the authors and please old fans of them. * The Parkersburg News and Sentinel *
'This sweet trio of Amish romances from Clipston (The Heart of Splendid Lake), Fuller (Matched and Married), and Gray (An Amish Surprise) combine quilts as emblems of caring, with protagonists recovering from trauma . . . Fans of contemporary Amish romances will love these entries.' * Publishers Weekly *

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Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time Hold Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail. Amy Clipston is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Kauffman Amish Bakery series. Her novels have hit multiple bestseller lists including CBD, CBA, and ECPA. Amy holds a degree in communication from Virginia Wesleyan College and works full-time for the City of Charlotte, NC. Amy lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and three spoiled rotten cats. Visit her online at amyclipston.com Facebook: AmyClipstonBooks Twitter: @AmyClipston Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, and the Amish of Birch Creek series, as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at www.kathleenfuller.com, Twitter: @TheKatJam, and Facebook: Kathleen Fuller.