ABOUT WINTER WISHES
Snow is falling, cookies are baking, and Christmas is just around the
corner in Willow Ridge, Missouri, where a new season marks fresh
beginnings for the residents of this tranquil Amish town . . .
As another year draws to a close in Willow Ridge, life seems to be
changing for everyone but Rhoda Lantz. Her widowed mother is about to
remarry, her twin sister is a busy newlywed, and soon Rhoda will be
alone in her cozy apartment above the blacksmith’s shop. An ad posted by
an Englischer looking for someone to help with his mother and children
may offer just the companionship she’s looking for, but if she falls for
the caring single father, she may risk being shunned by her community.
Certain she can only wish for things she cannot have, Rhoda must
remember that all things are possible with God, and nothing is stronger
than the power of love.
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ABOUT CHARLOTTE HUBBARD
I’ve
called Missouri home for most of my life, and most folks don’t realize
that several Old Older Amish and Mennonite communities make their home
here, as well. The rolling pastureland, woods, and small towns along
county highways make a wonderful setting for Plain populations—and for
stories about them, too! While Jamesport, Missouri is the largest Old
Order Amish settlement west of the Mississippi River, other communities
have also found the affordable farm land ideal for raising crops,
livestock, and running the small family-owned businesses that support
their families.
Like my heroine, Miriam Lantz, of my Seasons of the Heart series, I
love to feed people—to share my hearth and home. I bake bread and
goodies and I love to try new recipes. I put up jars and jars of green
beans, tomatoes, beets and other veggies every summer. All my adult
life, I’ve been a deacon, a dedicated church musician and choir member,
and we hosted a potluck group in our home for more than twenty years.
Like Abby Lambright, heroine of my Home at Cedar Creek series, I
consider it a personal mission to be a listener and a peacemaker—to heal
broken hearts and wounded souls. Faith and family, farming and
frugality matter to me: like Abby, I sew and enjoy fabric arts—I made my
wedding dress and the one Mom wore, too, when I married into an Iowa
farm family more than thirty-five years ago! When I’m not writing, I
crochet and sew, and I love to travel.
I recently moved to Minnesota when my husband got a wonderful new
job, so now he and I and our border collie, Ramona, are exploring our
new state and making new friends.
You can visit her website at
www.CharlotteHubbard.com
