Blessings and Family

The third book in the series is the best yet. Melinda is becoming a force in the small town, and rescues still figure prominently in her character. Read it for a feel good small town America storyline. ( )

Loved this! The pacing continues to be easy and peaceful, and these books bring me JOY. They're so perfect for bedtime reading and I also love to start out my day reading them with my coffee. This installment is the third in the series and picks up immediately after the previous book left off.

Melinda has shifted focus from harvesting her vegetable garden to preparing the farm for the winter months ahead. There is less time spent out in the fields and barns, and more time spent at Prosper Hardware, where she works, and working on weather-proofing the farmhouse. The segments of the series that are spent with the animals and vegetables are what really give me life, but I also love the time Melinda spends with her coworkers and other people in the community. Proper Hardware is one of the local hangout places and Melinda always learns so much from the townspeople that meet for coffee before the store opens every morning.

This installment also features the local Christmas festival, which sounded like so much fun and had some funny moments.

A new character joins the story, and I was interested in pretty much every sentence involving this person and how he/she ended up in Prosper, Iowa. I'm curious about how this story will play out over the next titles in the series. (I'm also interested in how these books still have no romance plotline.)

I'm steadily continuing with the series, and I've already got the next book on hand and waiting for me. ( )