Lilly's Wedding Quilt by Kelly Long Review

While Lilly Lapp has loved Jacob for years, she wouldn’t compete with Sarah King, the woman Jacob was determined to marry.  But when Sarah marries another, Jacob spontaneously agrees to wed Lilly.

Lilly divides her time between teaching the local Amish children and caring for her widowed mother who suffers form depression.  Lilly’s faith comforts her but her heart still longs to be the sole object of Jacob’s affection.

As the days slip by, Lilly decides that hoping is too risky and vows to protect her heart.  But God is subtly at work, and as winter turns to spring, their hearts awaken.

The furthest thing from Lilly’s mind is her Amish wedding quilt, a traditional gift for new brides.  And the person she’d least suspect is the one making it.  Like stray pieces of fabric quilted into a new design, Jacob and Lilly’s marriage begins to bind them together in ways nether expected. 

Every once in awhile you read one of those books that keeps you captivated for hours and it’s hard to even put down.  I find that I also clench my teeth through the whole book.  I can say that my jaw and teeth felt the effects of Lilly’s Wedding Quilt the next day as it took me less than twelve straight hours of teeth clenching reading to finish.

 The first chapter starts off with a horse thief and finding a way to hide the fact that somebody is shot and trying to hide the stolen horse.  When Lilly comes across the man she has been in love with since grade school hiding in a barn with a gunshot she realizes that he is the horse thief and is willing to help him cover it up because he is going to offer to buy the horse for above it’s price to protect it from it’s abusive owner.  Amongst it all they manage to “accidentally” announce to their community that they are engaged and will be married in three weeks. 

As they have a whirl-wind three weeks they could call off the engagement but decide they made the announcement they must go through with it and will learn to love each other.  We get to go on their journey to find how to love each other and accept each others passions, which neither cared for to begin with. 

Kelly Long has joined the ranks of one of my favorite artists as I couldn’t even think about putting this book down until it’s finish at one in the morning.  I was on edge waiting for each other to come the realization that the love they were wanting was right there.  Kelly had an amazing ability to keep me turning and wondering where this new adventure would be taking our characters.  I highly, highly recommend Lilly’s Wedding Quilt by Kelly Long.