{"id":921,"date":"2014-09-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/09\/book-review-christmas-at-rose-hill-farm\/"},"modified":"2014-09-09T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T17:00:00","slug":"book-review-christmas-at-rose-hill-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/09\/book-review-christmas-at-rose-hill-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Christmas at Rose Hill Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiOpsubyIfEWJi3aXpiIl0ogAvOVShDiKNUqo9eakHm4E4wYlpFRlYm1Gk9ieptd_So7-5UhA-yiq1qF5n__8lXUzuUSg2YNj52sRAFuM6phjAvTTdqk0KzB01fJmqdjzHNrpYqp9zZRwZS\/s1600\/Fisher_ChristmasRoseHill.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiOpsubyIfEWJi3aXpiIl0ogAvOVShDiKNUqo9eakHm4E4wYlpFRlYm1Gk9ieptd_So7-5UhA-yiq1qF5n__8lXUzuUSg2YNj52sRAFuM6phjAvTTdqk0KzB01fJmqdjzHNrpYqp9zZRwZS\/s1600\/Fisher_ChristmasRoseHill.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Bess Riehl is preparing Rose Hill Farm for her Christmas wedding, but her groom isn&#8217;t who she thought it would be. Billy Lapp is far away from his Amish roots working as a rose rustler for Penn State and wants nothing to do with Stoney Ridge, his family, or Bess. And that suits Bess just fine. Why should she think twice about a man who left without a word, without any explanation? It&#8217;s time she moved on with her life, and that meant saying yes to Amos Lapp, Billy&#8217;s cousin and best friend. But as Bess and Amos&#8217;s wedding day draws near, her emotions tangle into a tight knot. She loves Amos. Yet she can&#8217;t forget Billy.<\/p>\n<p>When a &#8220;lost&#8221; rose is discovered at Rose Hill Farm, Billy is sent to track down its origins. Get in, identify the rose, and get out. That&#8217;s his plan. The only catch is that he&#8217;s having a hard time narrowing down the identity of the lost rose, and he can&#8217;t get those tropical blue eyes of Bess Riehl out of his mind.<\/p>\n<p>As the history of the lost rose is pieced together, it reminds Bess and Billy&#8211;and Amos, too&#8211;that Christmas truly is the season of miracles.<\/p>\n<p>Join bestselling, award-winning author Suzanne Woods Fisher for an Amish Christmas to remember. Filled with heart-twisting moments amid the sweet anticipation of love, this story will charm readers into the holiday spirit<\/p>\n<p>================================<br \/>\nJoin best-selling, award-winning author <a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne Woods Fisher<\/a> for an Amish Christmas to remember. Filled with heart-twisting moments amid the sweet anticipation of love, <a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/books\/fiction\/stoney-ridge-seasons-series\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;will charm readers into the holiday spirit.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Suzanne is hosting a &#8220;Christmas Rose&#8221; iPad bundle giveaway and a nation-wide&nbsp;<em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em> Book Club Brunch in November. Enter the giveaway below and sign up to host a brunch <a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/book-club-brunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/prmo.me\/TWyWuN\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rosehill-400-click\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12827\" src=\"http:\/\/litfusegroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/rosehill-400-click.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>TWO&nbsp;grand prize winners will receive:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An iPad<\/li>\n<li>A Rose-patterned iPad case<\/li>\n<li>A Rose-patterned phone case (for any model phone)<\/li>\n<li>A Christmas wreath<\/li>\n<li>A set of Christmas hand-towels<\/li>\n<li><em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em> by Suzanne Woods Fisher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Five second place winners will receive:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em>&nbsp;by Suzanne Woods Fisher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on September&nbsp;28th.<\/strong>&nbsp;All winners will be announced September 29th&nbsp;at <a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/book-club-brunch\/\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rosehill-brunchbutton\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12837\" src=\"http:\/\/litfusegroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/rosehill-brunchbutton1.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>Host a <em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em> Book Club Brunch!<\/strong>&nbsp;This fall&nbsp;Suzanne is&nbsp;inviting book clubs across the nation&nbsp;to throw a <em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em> Book Club Brunch.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/book-club-brunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here between now and September 29<\/a>. If you\u2019re selected as one of the 50 hosts, you\u2019ll receive a copy of the book plus two other Revell titles (give them away as party prizes or door prizes or keep them for yourself),&nbsp;a complete party kit, and&nbsp;a discount code to purchase copies of <em>Christmas at Rose Hill Farm<\/em> for your book club at a discount. Suzanne is also encouraging each book club brunch to collect non-perishable items for their local community shelter. She will be making a donation to her favorite&nbsp;charity (helping abused women and children) for every brunch that meets their goal. <a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/book-club-brunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more details and to SIGN UP<\/a>!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/prmo.me\/aWiJzG\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/litfusegroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/emailbutton.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/prmo.me\/TWyWuN\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/litfusegroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebookbutton.png\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\nDon&#8217;t miss a moment of the fun; enter today and be sure to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/suzannewoodsfisher.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne&#8217;s blog<\/a> on the 29th&nbsp;to see if you won one of the great prizes! <em>(Or better yet, <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/SuzanneWoodsFisher\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to her blog<\/a> and have the winner announcement delivered to your inbox!)<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>==================================<br \/>\nAfter I was lucky enough to review one of Suzanne&#8217;s other books, she said that she hoped I&#8217;d be reviewing her next one. Imagine my joy and surprise when not more than a few days later, this one became available. As y&#8217;all know, I have this soft spot for Amish fiction. I think that it calls to my desires to live a simpler, more fulfilling life. While this book didn&#8217;t specifically reach that desire, it was still a well written book filled with characters that though you&#8217;ve never read them before, they somehow seem to be familiar to you. This is a book that you certainly don&#8217;t have to wait until Christmas to read. Heck, as someone from Michigan, I&#8217;d say first snows don&#8217;t always wait until December..though I&#8217;d be happy if it snowed between December 23rd and January 3rd and then it&#8217;d be done. I love snow, but man I do not love shoveling it or driving on bad roads!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/?action=view&amp;current=Name2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/Name2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<i>I received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. &nbsp;All thoughts, comments and opinions are my own.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\nIf you like what you&#8217;ve read here, please share it with others using these buttons:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bess Riehl is preparing Rose Hill Farm for her Christmas wedding, but her groom isn&#8217;t who she thought it would be. 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