The Blended Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter & Jean Brunstetter

The Blended Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter and Jean Brunstetter 279 pages Thanks to an inheritance from an aunt, Sadie Kuhns is creating a unique quilt by blending a traditional Amish pattern with a Hawaiian pattern as a tribute to her time spent in the islands, and she is working on a self-published book. But her sisters complain she is ignoring family responsibilities. Her boyfriend Wyman Kauffman is considering breaking up with her because she's too focused on promoting her book than preparing for their marriage. Will Sadie find a way to blend the conflicting fragments of her life, or will her aunt's last gift tear her world apart? I liked this book for most of it, but the ending seemed rushed. It was almost like they got tired of writing and hurried to finish the last chapter. The ending was not what I expected, but it also could have used a little more detail and explanation. I love reading about the Amish and found it interesting, but didn't like the ending.

The Healing Jar by Wanda E Brunstetter

The Healing Jar by Wanda E. Brunstetter-315 pages

Book three in The Prayer Jars series follows Lenore.  She is the cousin of Sara from book two.  Lenore is wanting to find love along with finding someone to marry and have children with.  She is getting discouraged because she is in her late 20's and all of her friends are already married with families.  She finally meets a widower named Jesse who she starts to babysit for during the summer since she is a school teacher.  After a while Jesse asked her if he could start to court her.  Things seemed to be going really well and he asks her to marry him.  Meanwhile, we are also following Jesse and know he is struggling with having feelings for someone other than his wife who only passed away 6 months ago.  We follow them through the courtship and engagement.  Jesse finally tells her he can never love her the same way he loved his first wife.  Lenore has to decide if she can live with that or not.  She uses the prayer jar to help her find self worth and learn that it is better to wait for someone who will love her completely.  Jesse has to learn that it is possible for him to love two women in a lifetime before he loses Lenore for good.  We also get to follow Michelle from book one and Sara from book two on their journeys with marriage.  It was a good book and I enjoyed seeing how everything wrapped up for everyone.