Twice Blessed
Barbara Cameron
Abingdon Press, Sep 15 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9781630881115
“Her Sister’s Shadow.”
Twins Katie and Rosie Stoltzfus have always done everything
together. Currently, they work at an
Amish store and own Two Peas in A Pod selling canned vegetables and fruits
grown in their garden. They love and
adore each other, but the more introverted Rosie wants some time away from “Her
Sister’s Shadow.” When she meets Jacob,
Rosie feels he is the one; but doubts he notice her when Katie lights up the
world.
“His Brother’s Keeper.” Twins Mark and Ben Fisher have two
different personalities but both love their childhood friend Ruth. Ben is heartbroken because he knows he is
wrong to covet his bruder’s fiancée, but cannot stop himself from loving
her. When the brothers drive a buggy, a
speeding truck heads towards them on their side of the road before crashing
into them. At the hospital Ruth
identifies semiconscious Ben as her Mark; while the real Mark lies
comatose. Though he knows he should not,
Ben fails to correct the mistake because selfishly he wants Ruth at his
bedside.
These affable Amish holiday romances star two different sets of
identical twins. Even with
straightforward and somewhat similar plots, readers will sing “Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire
is so delightful …” (Let It Snow by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne); as Barbara
Cameron warms her readers with Twice Blessed comfy
Christmas contemporaries.
Harriet Klausner
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