The Bake Shop (Amish Marketplace #1) (Review)
My Review
The Bake Shop is the exciting first book in the author's new
Amish Marketplace series. I always know when I pick up an Amy Clipston book I will enjoy it.
Her stories have likable, realistic characters and are well plotted . This one taking place in Lancaster County is full of lush descriptions make you want to pack up and drive to Amish country try to find this bake shop. No one bakes like Christiana Kurtz, she can't keep up with her customers demands at her home stand and is thrilled at the offer of opening at bigger stand at the Amish Market Place.
The meeting of her neighbor at the Market Place gets off to a rocky start
as she meets Jeffrey Stoltzfus. He's in the next stall over with his leather shop. This is a man who's gone through a lot of hurt through his ex-fiancee and he has about given up on finding God's chosen mate for himself.
Christiana's father is ultra conservative past the point of what the bishop is even. As we read we come to realize why this deeply religious man is this way.
The path getting from here to there is not an easy one and there are many struggles along the way as this couple look for a way to commit
to a lasting love. Once I started I read it almost the whole way through in one sitting,
it's just that good! Published November 5th 2019 by Zondervan I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you. All opinions expressed are my own.
GoodReads Summary
Return to Lancaster County with the first installment of Amy Clipston's charming new Amish Marketplace series. Christiana Kurtz loves to bake, but when her bake stand becomes too busy, her mother encourages her to move her business to the local market. Her new bake shop becomes so inundated with customers that the line blocks the leather and woodcraft shop next door, which is run by Jeffrey Stoltzfus. When Jeffrey complains that her stand is driving away business due to the lines, she complains to him that his personalization machine smells. Though their relationship starts off on bad footing, they eventually forge a friendship. When Christiana’s father makes a surprise visit to the market, he is upset to find that Jeffrey uses the building’s electricity to personalize his items. He tells Christiana that Jeffrey is too modern for her, and she’s forbidden from dating him. Christiana is crushed, but she knows she must obey her father. When Jeffrey’s shop catches fire one day, he puts the entire market in jeopardy—including Christiana’s bake shop. Christiana, however, can’t deny how she feels about Jeffrey despite his mistakes. Though the odds are against them, can two young people find a way to rebuild both their businesses and their relationship?
About The Author
Website
Genre
Fiction, Christian
Member Since
September 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/authoramyclipston
Hi, I’m Amy Clipston. I am an author of Amish and Christian fiction with HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Most of my books focus on the Amish community, faith, and love. I also write romance novels and young adult inspirational stories. My books include: Kauffman Amish Bakery Series • A Gift of Grace (3/2009) • A Promise of Hope (3/2010) • A Place of Peace (2/2011) • A Life of Joy (1/2012) • A Season of Love (6/2012) Hearts of Lancaster Grand Hotel Series • A Hopeful Heart (5/2013) • A Mother’s Secret (4/2014) • A Dream of Home (11/2015) • A Simple Prayer (5/15) The Bird-in-Hand Heirloom Series • The Forgotten Recipe (11/2015) • The Courtship Basket (6/16) • The Cherished Quilt (11/16) • The Beloved Hope Chest (5/17) Amish Homestead Series • A Place at Our Table 11/14/2017 • Room on the Porch Swing 6/18 • Book #3 (Untitled) 11/18 • Book #4 (Untitled) 6/19 Amish Anthologies • An Amish Kitchen (12/2012) • An Amish Cradle (2/2015) • An Amish Christmas Gift (11/2015) • An Amish Market (1/2016) • An Amish Harvest (8/2016) • An Amish Home (2/2017) • An Amish Summer (7/2017) • Amish Sweethearts (1/2018) • An Amish Heirloom (5/2018) • An Amish Homecoming (10/2018) Seasonal • A Plain and Simple Christmas (9/2010) • Naomi’s Gift (8/2011) • Kauffman Amish Christmas Collection(9/2012) • An Amish Christmas Gift (8/2016) • An Amish Christmas Love (8/2017) Young Adult • Roadside Assistance (4/2011) • Reckless Heart (4/2012) (Kauffman Amish Bakery young adult book) • Destination Unknown (2/2014) • Miles from Nowhere (2/2015) Non-Fiction • A Gift of Love (2/2014) I'm an advocate for organ and blood donation. I donated a kidney on June 14, 2011, at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Through my donation, my husband received a second kidney transplant. My husband and I matched another couple and we swapped kidneys with them. I gave a kidney to my husband's donor's wife. Feel free to email me and ask me what it was like to be a kidney donor. It was one of the most amazing experiences in my life. If you're healthy, please donate blood! Also, become an organ donor. Visit me at www.facebook.com/AmyClipstonBooks,Twi... at @AmyClipston or www.AmyClipston.com
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