About the Book

Book: Abraham

Author: Jennifer Beckstrand

Genre: Inspirational Amish Romance

Release Date: November 26, 2019

Things at the Petersheim house are getting too crowded for eight-year-old twins Alfie and Benji. As if things weren’t bad enough with three older brothers hogging all the bacon at breakfast and using more than their fair share of toilet paper, Mammi and Dawdi Petersheim have to move in because of Dawdi’s stroke. If Alfie and Benji have any hope of getting their own bedrooms, they have to get rid of their annoying brothers, and the only way to convince their brothers to move out is to make each of them fall in love. What could be so hard about that?

Abraham Petersheim is known as a man of few words. He’s painfully shy and doesn’t see the need to prattle on like other boys in the community do. That’s why he can’t understand his unexpected attraction to Emma Wengerd. For sure and certain she’s pretty, but she also has five or six boys buzzing around her all the time, and she seems to be constantly annoyed with Abraham and his little brothers. Emma would never be interested in someone as boring as Abraham, and he could never set his sights on someone as wunderbarr as Emma.

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About the Author

Jennifer Beckstrand is the two-time RITA-nominated, #1 Amazon bestselling Amish romance author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, The Honeybee Sisters series, and The Petersheim Brothers series for Kensington Books. Huckleberry Summer and Home on Huckleberry Hill were both nominated for the coveted RITA® Award from Romance Writers of America. Jennifer has written twenty-one Amish romances, a historical Western, and the nonfiction book, Big Ideas. She and her husband have been married for thirty-five years, and she has six children and eight adorable grandchildren, whom she spoils rotten.

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Alfie and Benji Petersheim will do just about anything to get their brother Abraham to fall in love with Emma Wengerd, even adopt a stray dog. But to catch that dog, they’re going to need Aunt Bitsy’ help. Alfie and Benji are about to get in a lot of trouble.

I hope you enjoy this excerpt from Abraham.

Benji pushed his coffee cake around his plate with his finger. “Maybe we could keep that stray dog.”

Maybe they could keep the dog. Alfie’s heart started pounding. A dog could find them if they ever got lost in the woods. A dog could fetch sticks and bring Dat his slippers. A dog would eat crumbs off the floor. Mamm would never have to mop again.

Bitsy shrugged. “That’s up to your mamm.”

Alfie’s heart sank to his toes. “Mamm would never let us have a dog. She won’t even let me have a goldfish.”

“I have a pet spider,” Benji said.

Alfie popped a small bite of coffee cake into his mouth. “He’s not your pet. He just lives in the corner of the cellar and kills other spiders.”

“You tried to spray him,” Benji said, “and I saved his life. He’s my pet now.”

Bitsy nodded. “Spiders are gute pets. They feed themselves and don’t poop on the carpet.”

Benji sat very still before wrinkling his forehead like he did when he was upset. “We need to help that dog.”

Alfie wanted a dog as much as anybody, but they had to be sensible. They’d been asking Mamm for a dog ever since they could talk. “Mamm won’t let us.”

Benji started crying. “But he’s going to get gassed.”

Bitsy reached over and patted Benji’s arm. “He might not get gassed. The pound might find a nice family that wants to adopt him. People like chocolate labs. I’m told they’re cute.”

Benji caught his breath and suddenly stopped crying, as if someone had turned off a faucet. “Do girls like chocolate lamps?”

“Chocolate labs?” Bitsy folded her arms. “Well, I’m a girl and I don’t think he’s cute, but most girls love dogs. Do you remember Vernon Schmucker? Poor fellow had a face like a potato, and the girls ignored him. One night he brought a puppy to the gathering, and he was surrounded by girls all night. That’s how he met his wife.”

Benji jumped from his chair and threw his arms around Alfie, making Alfie spill milk down his new shirt. “Hey. Watch it.”

“Alfie, girls like dogs!”

Benji was a good partner, but sometimes he made no sense. “So?”

“If Emma Wengerd saw us walking our chocolate lamp down the street, she’d run out of her house to pet him.”

Alfie’s heart started pounding. Benji was the best bruder in the world. “We could bring Abraham with us.”

Benji got more and more excited with each word. “And they could talk about dogs and chickens and maybe start kissing.”

Alfie set his milk on the table. “We’ve got to catch that dog.”

I am so glad to be back with the wonderful Petersheim Brothers. The first book was about Andrew which introduces readers to this delightful new series. If you haven't read the first book I recommend you do. It will introduce you to the brothers and get to know them better.

This book is about Abraham who is a wonderful young man. He is very shy and humble with a heart of gold. He is unsure of himself especially around girls. Abraham definitely has a self esteem problem and I hurt for him as he continued to feel unimportant around others. It is hard for Abraham to let someone know he like them because he is very shy and doesn't want to be rejected.

Emma has her own problems that made it hard for me to like her at times. She was very pretty and a big flirt. She loved the attention other young men gave her because it made her feel good about herself. It was kind of funny that Abraham and Emma both had self esteem issues. Emma also was quite prideful and could say hurtful things to people which she did to protect herself from getting hurt.

The stars of this story for me were the twins Alfie and Benji. They just couldn't help themselves from getting in trouble. When they hatch this elaborate scheme to benefit themselves, it causes many misunderstandings and a barrel of laughs. The addition of a dog named Tintin will bring a smile to your face. I can't imagine what it would be like to raise these two boys. I won't spoil the story but get prepared for adventure, matchmaking, and a lesson in pride, forgiveness and faith.

I have to mention the chickens in the story. Emma raises chickens and I was fascinated by the different breeds she had. My husband raises chickens and we recently added a few to our growing hen family. There is one that is beautiful and I fell in love with it. The chicken is mostly white and looks like it has fur around his legs. I enjoyed how the author gives details about how to raise chickens and the how many different kinds there are.

I really enjoyed the story and it took me awhile to like Emma but I realized that she did things because she wanted to be liked by everyone. Abraham is smitten with her, but will he overcome his shyness to tell her how he feels? Come join in the fun as the author takes us on a journey that will remind us that sometimes love is right in front of us if we take the time to notice.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.