We Have A Winner ~ The Keeper

Like Momma Walton~ I will always be a Baptist girl~ but I love the Amish way of life. I love their quiet simple~ respectful ways. So every chance I get I go spend the day with them. They inspire me to live a more simple life. When I can't go visit them~ I love to read a good Amish book.

Suzanne is one of my favorite Authors~ and I know you will be reading Suzanne.  I want you to know I am praying for you during your loss. Only God can dry the tears as I understand your grief with the recent loss of my own Father.

Just when I think Suzanne can't outdo herself she amazes me once again! The story of The Keeper takes place on the Windmill Farm~ with a young Amish girl by the name of Julia Lapp. This Amish farm looks a bit rough around the edges unlike most well kept Amish farms. Julia's very young father~ has taken ill and his heart is causing him to slip away quickly.

Still she longs for a future with her childhood sweetheart (Paul) only the Beekeeper comes along and talks Paul out of settling down so young. After all there is so much of life to see~ and so much to do. Marriage can wait. Julia blames the Beekeeper and wishes he would go away.

Can Julia have the future she has in mind or does God have something different in store for her life?

Great book~ I give it 5 stars.*****

Thank you Suzanne and Litfuse for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for my honest review.

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About the book:

Julia Lapp has planned on marrying Paul Fisher since she was a girl. Now twenty-one, she looks forward to their wedding with giddy anticipation. When Paul tells her he wants to postpone the wedding--again--she knows who is to blame. Perpetual bachelor and spreader of cold feet, Roman Troyer, the Bee Man.

Roamin' Roman travels through the Amish communities of Ohio and Pennsylvania with his hives full of bees, renting them out to farmers in need of pollinators. He relishes his nomadic life, which keeps him from thinking about all he has lost. He especially enjoys bringing his bees to Stoney Ridge each year. But with Julia on a mission to punish him for inspiring Paul's cold feet, the Lapp farm is looking decidedly less pleasant.

About Suzanne:

Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, W.D. Benedict, who was raised Plain. She has many, many Plain relatives living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and travels back to Pennsylvania, as well as to Ohio, a couple of times each year for research.

Suzanne has a great admiration for the Plain people and believes they provide wonderful examples to the world.  In both her fiction and non-fiction books, she has an underlying theme: You don't have to "go Amish" to incorporate many of their principles--simplicity, living with less, appreciating nature, forgiving others more readily-- into your life.

When Suzanne isn't writing or bragging to her friends about her first new grandbaby (!), she is raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. To Suzanne's way of thinking, you just can't take life too seriously when a puppy is tearing through your house with someone's underwear in its mouth.

Suzanne can be found on-line at: www.suzannewoodsfisher.com.

It's a "honey of a giveaway"!

Enter to win an iPad2 from Suzanne and connect with her on January 17th at The Keeper Facebook Party!

During the giveaway one Grand Prize winner will receive a Prize Pack valued at $600:

• A brand new 16 KB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi
• A $25 gift certificate to iTunes
• A copy of The Keeper 

But wait there's more! Just click one of the icons below to enter, then on 1/17 join Suzanne for The Keeper Facebook Party! During the party Suzanne will announce the winner of the "Honey" of an iPad Giveaway and host a fun book chat and give away some fun "honey" inspired prizes - It'll be 'sweet"!

RSVP early and tell your friends!

Tell your friends on FACEBOOK or TWITTER and increase your chances of winning. Good luck and we hope to see you on the 17th at 5:00 PM PST (6:00 MST, 7:00 CST, 8:00 EST)!

***AND NOW~ THE WINNER OF MY GIVEAWAY FOR A COPY OF THE KEEPER IS~***

Wendi of My Heart Is Always Home