Jennifer Beckstrand has 17 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 20 ratings. The most-rated is The Amish Christmas Letters.
The Amish Christmas Letters
Summary
"Marybeth's Circle Letter" by Patricia Davids To win a friendly annual competition, matchmaker Marybeth Martin must bring one more couple together by Christmas. Her only prospect is a man more interested in a nanny than a wife - until his little girl shows him the light.... "Love Delivered" by Sarah Price Struggling farmer’s daughter Katie Mae Kauffman discovers that she and a local widower and father of four can harvest more crops - and profits - together than separately. But she’ll have to put pride aside to make room for unexpected love.... "Sealed with a Kiss" by Jennifer Beckstrand Corralling an unruly brood of seven is not babysitter Carolyn Yutzy’s first choice for celebrating the season - but the sparks between her and their unsentimental yet irresistible uncle may be a gift neither was counting on.... Now, one by one, each resourceful young woman will have a holiday to remember - and to write home about....
©2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Andrew
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Andrew, Abraham, and Austin Petersheim's family business has earned them the nickname The Peanut Butter Brothers. But if their matchmaking younger siblings have their way, all three may soon bear another title: husband.... Handsome, hardworking, and godly, Andrew Petersheim has always been sure of his place in his Wisconsin Amish community. He'll be a welcome catch for the local girl who finally captures his heart. Mary Coblenz certainly isn't that girl. Two years after "jumping the fence" for the Englischer world, she's returned, unmarried and pregnant. Yet instead of hiding in shame as others in the community expect, she's working at the Honeybee Farm, ignoring the gossips - and winning over Andrew's eight-year-old twin brothers.... For all Andrew's certainty about right and wrong, it seems he has a lot to learn from Mary's courage, grace, and resilience. She's changing his notions about forgiveness and love, but will she in turn accept the challenge of starting over and choose to stay - with him?
©2019 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2019 Tantor
Abraham
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Known as "The Peanut Butter Brothers" for their Wisconsin family business, hardworking Andrew, Abraham, and Austin Petersheim have their plates too full for romance - until their little siblings decide to play matchmaker... With their house full to bursting since Mammi and Dawdi moved back in, the Petersheim twins know the only way to get their bedroom back is to get their older brothers married off. But Abraham is so shy, he'll barely speak to girls. Still, they've noticed how he looks at Emma Wengerd at church. Emma is so talkative, Abraham's quiet ways wouldn't matter a bit. Soon, the boys have hatched a scheme that sends Abraham right to Emma's door - and her chicken coop... Abraham doubts that pretty, popular Emma would be interested in him. Yet when he finds himself by her side, having to straighten out the twins' mischief - more than once - he can't help imagining a future with her. And the more time they spend together, the more Abraham realizes that perhaps no matter how many boys buzz around Emma, with faith, it's only the right one that counts.
©2019 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2019 Tantor
Sweet as Honey
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Though she has blossomed into a beauty, Lily Christner doesn't really believe it. Deep down she still feels like a lonely, gawky teenager. Maybe that's why she's all but promised herself to Paul Glick, the one boy who never teased her in her awkward girlhood, unlike Dan Kanagy, whose creative name-calling left her in tears many a time. Now he's back in town after two years away and being surprisingly sweet - making Lily unsettlingly yet deliciously nervous. It seems Dan wants Lily's forgiveness...and her heart. But can he convince her - not to mention her protective schwesters and aendi - that despite the past, her future lies with him?
©2016 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2016 Tantor
A Bee in Her Bonnet
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Lively, determined, and independent, Poppy Christner isn't about to let some vandal keep making mischief on her family's farm. She's been outrunning boys and standing up for picked on children ever since she was a girl - no matter how much her prideful, arrogant schoolmate Luke Bontranger insulted her. So Poppy certainly doesn't need his interference now, especially since he's made it plain he prefers demure, ladylike companions. In fact, if Luke doesn't stop helping her find the culprit - and growing humble and remorseful - she'll be forced to notice how handsome his change-of-heart is making him. And that could mean falling in love - maybe for a lifetime.
©2016 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2016 Tantor
Like a Bee to Honey
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Shy, skittish Rose Christner is more comfortable tending to the beehives on the family farm and keeping her aunt's unruly cats in line than attending social gatherings with the rest of the die youngie. A childhood trauma and secret shame keep her heart under lock and key, and Rose just cannot accept the sweet attention she's receiving from a handsome neighbor. But the more she shies away from Josiah Yoder, the more their families sneakily plot to bring them together. When a vandal who's been plaguing the Honeybee Farm starts targeting Rose, Josiah's steadfast protection - and patience - just may lead her into his waiting arms.
©2016 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2016 Tantor
Huckleberry Hearts
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Though Cassie Coblenz left her Amish community to go to college, her mother and father's farm will always feel like home. It's the ideal place for an extended study break - at least until her grandmother's handsome Englisch doctor becomes a regular distraction. Zach Reynolds is the kind of heartbreaker Cassie has learned to avoid, no matter how charming he may be. Unlike every woman Zach has met in recent years, Cassie doesn't fall at his feet. Strong, generous, beautiful within and without - she's everything he could want. Yet the gulf between them deepens when a tragedy shakes his faith. Now the good doctor has one goal - to become a man who could be worthy of Cassie's love.
©2015 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2015 Tantor
Huckleberry Summer
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Cautious to a fault, Lily Eicher strives to live up to her dat's high standards. She's certainly not the kind of Amish girl who would make time for someone as impetuous as the Helmuths' grandson, Aden - even if his lively spirit and caring ways are showing her just how wonderful following her heart can be.... Recklessly doing the right thing got Aden into big trouble. A fresh start at his grandparents' is just what he needs. And shy, pretty Lily is turning his world upside down and making him want to prove he can do good within the rules. But now both must find enough faith and understanding to risk pursuing their dreams together.
©2014 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2015 Tantor
Huckleberry Harvest
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When Mandy Helmuth hears that her best friend Kristina's heart has been broken, she decides to visit her grandparents and cheer her up. Mandy never liked Noah Mischler anyway, with his rough exterior and outspoken ways. Unfortunately, she can't avoid him - especially after he saves her life. If he weren't helping Felty with home repairs, Noah would be more than happy to stay away from uppity Mandy Helmuth. Of course, then he wouldn't have been able to rescue her, and she wouldn't have had the chance to discover the real Noah beneath the tough persona - the one she falls in love with.
©2015 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2015 Tantor
Huckleberry Hill
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With their 13 children grown, Anna and Felty Helmuth are ready for their next adventure. That means trying their hands at matchmaking - because what could be more fun than igniting love when it's right and undoing mismatches when they're wrong? Now Huckleberry Hill just might turn out to be the most romantic spot in Wisconsin. Lia Shetler is resigned to being a spinster. She's too tall and sturdy to ever be marriageable - so says her overbearing dad. Instead she's helping her pretty, spoiled sister, Rachel, secure the perfect husband - the Helmuths' grandson, Moses Zimmerman. But the more Lia sees of his gently teasing ways and quiet understanding, the more she wishes that Moses could be hers alone. Moses knew that his grandparents couldn't resist trying to find him a wife. But he never expected that it would be the graceful, sensible Lia - a woman who is tall enough to look him in the eye and honest enough to make him question a promise holding him to his past. Now Moses and Lia will need the kind of miracles that only faith and courage can bring to finally reach for a lifetime of happiness.
©2014 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2015 Tantor
Huckleberry Spring
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Ever since the Helmuths' grandson, Ben, abruptly broke his engagement and moved to Florida, Emma Nelson has kept busy tending her vegetable garden and raising award-winning pumpkins. She can put her heartache aside to help Ben's mother with her own pumpkin patch - at least until Ben shows up to lend support to his ailing father. Gardening side by side with pretty, nurturing Emma is a sweet kind of torture for Ben. She could have her pick of suitors who can offer what he can't, and he cares too much to burden her with his secret. Leaving once more is the only option. Yet Emma's courage is daring him to accept the grace that flourishes here and the love that has been calling him back to Huckleberry Hill....
©2015 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2015 Tantor
A Courtship on Huckleberry Hill
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There's nothing Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin's irrepressible 80-somethings Anna and Felty Helmuth like better than a challenge. And the chance to matchmake their feisty granddaughter is their most delightful task yet.... Elsie Stutzman's plain-spoken ways got her in trouble once before, so she needs to make a good impression at her new teaching job. But she's not about to let disabled student Wally Sensenig work below his potential. And she definitely won't put up with his hot-headed older brother sabotaging her efforts, no matter how handsome he is.... Sam is nearly at the end of his rope caring for his ailing, widowed mother, working their farm, and raising his siblings. He'll admit Elsie's ideas are bringing Wally out of his angry shell - but why does she have to be as stubborn as she is pretty? Yet as it turns out, Elsie has taught Sam something about himself as well. And he'll do whatever it takes to make up for his mistakes - and win her heart forever.
©2018 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2019 Tantor
Return to Huckleberry Hill
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Reuben Helmuth is plenty bitter. John King, his best friend - or so he thought - is engaged to the girl Reuben loved. Humiliated, Reuben flees from Ohio to his grandparents' home on Huckleberry Hill, where he knows he'll find comfort. He's enjoying wallowing in his misery - until John's sister, Fern, shows up. She won't stop pestering Reuben about forgiveness - or trying to help him find love again. Yet Fern's efforts only reawaken Reuben's long-buried feelings - for her.... With her brother too ashamed to face Reuben, it's fallen to Fern to help mend fences. But as she and the Helmuths do all they can - even organizing a knitting club event filled with eligible girls - it may take one more challenge to inspire Reuben to forget his heartache, recognize his own blunders, and embrace the true love that's right in front of him....
©2017 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2017 Tantor
Big Ideas: How to Unleash Your Creative Self and Have More Aha! Moments in Your Life
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You have problems - mind-bending, frustrating, annoying problems. You need solutions. You need good ideas, and you need to know how to get them. Where do you start in the search for ideas? And not just good ideas, but profound, focused, life-changing ideas? Big ideas. Every great discovery, creation, or invention has its genesis in a problem. The search for solutions is how big ideas come about. Big ideas can change the world. Is it possible to boost your creativity? To discover far-reaching solutions to difficult problems? To develop innovative ideas that not only improve your life, but catapult it in a better direction? Yes, it is. The audiobook Big Ideas shows you how.
©2018 Inspired Solutions Publishing (P)2018 Inspired Solutions Publishing
Huckleberry Christmas
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A difficult marriage has left the Helmuths' widowed great-granddaughter, Beth, finished with wedlock. She's content to live with her great-grandparents and make a life for herself and her toddler son. But once she turns down handsome Tyler Yoder's proposal, it seems only fair to encourage him to find a suitable wife. Trouble is his gentleness and generous ways are showing her how joyous a real meeting of hearts can be.... After a failed courtship, Tyler thought the best he could hope for in a wife was mere companionship. But spirited Beth is the one he longs to protect and hold close. Earning her trust is the hardest thing he's ever had to do. And soon both will discover that forgiveness and understanding are gifts that only rekindled faith - along with the happiest of holidays - can bring.
©2014 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2015 Tantor
Home on Huckleberry Hill
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Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin's irrepressible 80-something matchmakers Anna and Felty Helmuth are at it again. And this time they're willing to rough it to get the job done.... Mary Anne Neuenschwander knows she should be content with what Gotte has given her. She has a comfortable house, a fruitful farm, and a good, steady husband. But after nearly six years of marriage, she still longs for a baby. Yet her husband, Jethro, seems to care more about fishing than about his wife. Unable to bear Jethro's indifference, Mary Anne moves into a tent in the woods where he won't have to be bothered. But when her mammi and dawdi find out what she's done, they'll stop at nothing - including a little camping trip of their own - to help save their granddaughter's marriage.... Jethro's greatest blessing is his beloved wife, Mary Anne. Nothing else in his life has turned out anywhere near the way he expected. Rather than burden Mary Anne with his disappointment, he shields her by spending less and less time at home and more time on the river. But when he finds that she's moved out, he's shocked. What will people think? What is Mary Anne thinking? And what clever plans are her grandparents hatching?...
©2018 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2019 Tantor
The Amish Quiltmaker's Unexpected Baby
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In the first in an engaging new series, an Amish quiltmaker moves from Pennsylvania to a new settlement in Colorado, where adventure, challenges, and love are waiting.... Esther Zook is starting over after her father's death, piecing together a new life with as much care as she puts into her intricate quilts. When her wayward sister abandons her baby, it throws all those plans for a fresh start asunder. Esther had accepted her status as an old maid - but a mother? And a single one, at that? Not that she hasn't noticed Levi Kiem, the eligible young man who's making repairs in her house. Yet he surely has no interest in Esther as anything other than a friend.... It's true that Levi has plenty of marriage prospects. His dat has even offered to send him to Ohio to find a wife. Yet the more time he spends with Esther, the more intrigued he becomes. Feisty and independent, she's nothing like the wife he once imagined for himself. Yet just as a quilt is crafted from contrasting cloth, they might find that together, they can create a family to cherish....
©2021 Jennifer Beckstrand (P)2021 Tantor