AMISH CHRISTMAS GIFT, THE

Elsie Miller has a knack for picking up odd jobs.. and for loosing them. In fact, it takes her less than a day to loose her job at the local market. So when she's offered a job assisting a disabled neighbor, she has no choice, but to take it... even if it means spending her days with an old love. Levi Wyse struggles under a heavy burden... supporting a crippled sister, grieving the loss of their family... and determined not to open his heart to love. But when his sister hires Elsie as her assistant, Levi has to face his past all over. Will their arrangement bring healing to old wounds? Or will it end as all Elsie jobs do... in absolute chaos? I always love picking up a sweet easy read in December. With the busyness of the season, it's the perfect time to slow down with a light novel. There were some elements of this book that were just that. Amish Christmas Gift contains some wonderful moments of humor and whit, from the banter between Levi and Elsie to the introduction of George who speaks his mind and innocently bumbles into some interesting situations. However, there were certainly a few misses in this book for me. The flirtatiousness of the two main characters was way out of touch with the mood of the book. In one paragraph, Elsie and Levi would be living with the propriety of Amish culture and in the next paragraph, they would be opening throwing themselves at each other. And Levi's thoughtlessness of others was drastically blown out of proportion to prove a point. It was just all together completely unrealistic. With these two issues and a few others, it was hard to get into the flow of reading this book. It wasn't my favorite in this genre by far. *Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.