A Christmas Courtship by Shelley Shepard GrayMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was an endearing look into a family, a 42-year-old bachelor, a sixteen-year-old, and courtship.
One word of caution for those who may be sensitive-there is discussion of past wife and child physical abuse.
Atle has been attracted to Sadie Mast for years and has decided he wants to court her. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to go about that and asks for help from the bookmobile librarian who has recently married. You'll have to read the book to see what he asks...it was worth a chuckle or two! I don't want to spoil it for you.
At the same time, Sadies 16-year-old son Cale is trying to figure out his life and deal with the many responsibilities thrust on him since his father died. He is also thinking of a courtship! With his boss's daughter, no less!
This was a wonderful, heartwarming read that takes place during the Christmas season and is religious-themed without being 'overly' religious.
*ARC supplied by the publisher, the author (one of my favorites), and ATTL/Edelweiss.
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SYNOPSIS: "In this endearing Christmas tale, a bookmobile librarian knows just the novel to help an Amish bachelor woo his next-door neighbor in the latest installment of the “charming” (Carla Laureano, RITA Award–winning author of Five Days in Skye) Berlin Bookmobile series.
A solitary sort, forty-two-year-old Atle Petersheim spends his time hard at work in his wood shop. But as the days get long, he realizes just how lonely he’s become. When his longtime crush, Sadie Mast, a widow and mother of three, asks him to help her build a room in their barn for her son Cale, Atle can’t say no. Eager to pursue Sadie at last, he turns to bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller for courting advice. More than happy to help, Sarah Anne decides the best way to learn about love is through books—romance novels to be precise.
Between completing holiday orders for her flourishing food business, helping Cale navigate a dramatic new relationship with his boss’s daughter, and coming to terms with the trauma her late husband had inflicted upon her and her children—not to mention Atle showing up at her door with flowers—Sadie is in over her head. Though Atle’s efforts are initially clumsy and his declarations a bit awkward, Sadie can’t help but be charmed by him. He’s patient and kind...and at times even seems to know far more about romance than he’s let on.
Another delightful romance about the “transformative powers of love, hope, and faith” (Publishers Weekly), A Christmas Courtship is the perfect holiday read."
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