Loved reading this book. Amazing story and the characters lend to the charm of this book. I would highly recommend this book. You would not be disappointed.

I love everything about this series. Ms. Hubbard never disappoints with her settings, attention to detail and always leaves me ready for the next book she writes.
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I loved the characters and the storyline development of this book. It was absolutely one of my favorites so far and I can't wait to delve in to the next one that this author writes. The storyline was simple, enjoyable, and entertaining.

This is the fourth book in the Promise Lodge series and although I was able to follow the story with no problem, I wish I had read the first three before this one. There is a continuing back story throughout this series, so if you want to get the most out of it, I would recommend you read them in order.

Now, this story was very enjoyable. There is a group of women, both Amish and Mennonite, who are either widows, single maidels or daughters of widows who are the main characters in this series. There are two romances brewing in this book, they have some angst, indecision and scrutiny that causes them to almost become derailed. As these stories are all happily ever after, you know they will get together, but the stories are interesting to follow as they get there. I am pleased with Charlotte Hubbard's writing and plot in this story. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and see what they would and could do to maintain their independent lives and support themselves. It is great to see these women be able to run a business, live together in Promise Lodge and have a great life. I will go back and read the first three in this series as I want to learn more about the women who founded The Promise Lodge Community.

Wonderful to be back at Promise Lodge , this is book #4 in the charming series by Charlotte Hubbard.
I felt like I was meeting up with old friends again catching up on their lives over a cup of tea.
This book shows there can be relationship between Amish and Mennonite .
Well developed characters in a smooth flowing story. Lovely inspirational romance at it's finest.
Highly recommended.

Published September 24th 2019 by Zebra
I was given a complimentary copy. Thank you.
All opinions expressed are my own.

Promise Lodge is a little different than what I expected. I enjoyed the fact that everyone is there to make better lives. The women of the community are very close knit and unconventional for Amish women. Families have moved here for several different reasons. As a community they learn that everyone has their differences and not to judge. A young couple trying to figure out their relationship. A widow and a gentleman testing their chance a love again. A young lady to trying to fit in the community. A set of twins give birth and one of the twins experience a great loss. 2 women open a business and experience success. The community all comes together and gives support and love for all of them.

I have really enjoyed the Promise Lodge series as the characters have built a new town and the new addition is just as good.

This time we get to learn more about Frances and Gloria Lehman as they navigate life after the death of husband and father respectively. Beware, Gloria, is a brat and Frances gets whiney but by the end, you will love them.

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I enjoyed reading this story about the Amish community that has been established around Promise Lodge. It’s an interesting mixture of Old Order Amish and Mennonite, and both completely support the other. I especially liked the courtship story of Marlin and Frances, since this was their second chance at love after the deaths of their spouses. There’s both happiness and heartbreak in this book, and I as I read, I felt I had come to know the people of this community. There’s also some delicious recipes included with this book. I’m already looking forward to reading the next book in this series.

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New Beginnings at Promise Lodge is the fourth book in this series. I really enjoyed this Amish series. The book is well written and the characters are like family. You will not be disappointed in this installment of the Promise Lodge series.

“New Beginnings at Promise Lodge” continues the story of a progressive Amish community in Missouri. The new beginnings mentioned in the title includes several couples who have new babies, as well as several couples who encounter some setbacks as they seek to begin new marriages.

This is the first I have read in the series, but not the last. I especially liked the idea of blending Old Order Amish with Mennonites, and the emphasis on women running their own businesses successfully. The plot moves along quickly and draws the reader along. The problems addressed were realistic. The novel ends with a lead in to the next one in the series, and includes an excerpt.

I also liked the characters, and could relate to their struggles, particularly the widow/widower romance. The characters showed humor and spirit in their interactions. This book could benefit from a character listing at the beginning, as I was very confused initially as to who the characters were and how they related to one another. Readers who enjoy Amish novels with a twist will appreciate this novel.

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New Beginnings at Promise Lodge by Charlotte Hubbard is the fourth story in the Promise Lodge series. I recommend reading this series in order so you will not be overwhelmed by the characters and their various stories. New Beginnings at Promise Lodge picks up where Weddings at Promise Lodge ended. Truman and Rosetta are getting married which is a union between an Amish and a Mennonite. I just love the ladies of Promise Lodge. They are a lively and caring bunch. The women support each other. While the book focuses on Frances, we also catch up with the other characters. Frances is grieving the loss of her husband, but she is also looking forward to the freedoms offered by their new community. But then her brother-in-law, Lester Lehman begins insisting they marry which is the last thing Frances wants to happen. Her daughter, Gloria is upset at the loss of her father and she is still chasing after Allen Troyer who is not interested in Gloria. Allen has told Gloria how he feels, but she is rather persistent (let’s face it, she is a pest). Preacher Marlin Kurtz, who has been a widower for three years, intervenes when Lester begins making inappropriate assertions. Marlin is interested in Frances and is totally unprepared for the reaction from one of his grown children. I thought New Beginnings at Promise Lodge was well-written with appealing characters. The setting is beautifully described, and the story has a good flow. I like how Charlotte Hubbard has given us this unique Amish community with a variety of characters. I thought the situations realistic and I enjoyed the humor sprinkled throughout this emotional tale. There is a particularly sad section that had me fetching a tissue. New Beginnings at Promise Lodge gives us joy, family, heartache, friendship, love, faith, grief, and confusion. We get to meet Annabelle Beachy at the end who will feature in Light Shines on Promise Lodge. My favorite saying from the book is “Happiness doesn’t just happen—it’s a conscious choice we make dozens a times each day.” New Beginnings at Promise Lodge is a heartwarming story with a wonderful wedding, a bothersome brother-in-law, twin expectations, a plethora of pies, diminutive dwellings, and a terrible tumble.

Three sisters bought an old church campground and transformed it into an Amish community. The sisters transformed the lodge into apartments and the cabins into homes they sold to other Amish families. Frances Lehmann needs to sell her house to cover bills since her husband died. Her daughter, Gloria, is very much against it and is very upset that her mom would think of such a thing. Gloria is also a very spoiled girl who gets upset when a man she likes ends up liking someone else.

At the same time, Marlin Kurtz wants to start courting Frances, but his son vehemently disagrees with the thought of his father needing companionship. Between Frances' daughter and Marlin's son, their romance is off to a rocky start, so much so that Frances asks him not to court her.

Integral to the plot is the fall that Frances had in her house because she slipped on the shawl Gloria left on the newel post and sprained her wrists so badly she had to have them splinted for six weeks. She could do nothing for herself, and Gloria was of little help, so the aid Frances needed fell to her other daughter Mary Kate or to Marlin.

Somehow or other I've been listening to some reddit posts about entitled people, and Charlotte Hubbard has woven them into the storyline with aplomb. She must have been listening to the same ones I have. This is a fun story to read and doesn't take long at all. Charlotte has woven a plot that is compelling and engrossing, which I engaged in with both feet.

New Beginnings at Promise Lodge is a five star book, with two thumbs up, and a man who will take the good with the bad in life and make it all come up roses.

Kensington Books and NetGalley.com provided the galley for me to read and offer my honest opinion. I am thankful for this provision.

I enjoyed revisiting the characters of the Promise Lodge. I got to catch up on everyone's happenings there. Also met new characters.

More importantly I went through the emotions that some of the characters were experiencing in the book that author Charlotte Hubbard described.
While still mourning her deceased husband and dealing with her daughter's emotional rollercoaster, widow Frances was trying to decide her next life decisions for her daughter and herself, like where to live, how to earn an income if she decided to live in her house, and most importantly feelings for another.
The Helmuth household suffered a loss of a loved one. How they handled their grief will shock you as you read New Beginnings at Promise Lodge.
Two young successful, separate business, owners decide to court but miscommunication in how they each see and feel their future together go, proves just how communication in any relationship is important at any stage.

All of what these characters at Promise Lodge were facing in the book, we too have, can, and most likely will face in our lifetime; sometimes we face some life decisions or opticals more than others. It all depends on how we respond to these life's hiccups at different times in our lives that result in the decisions we make. Praying, out weighting the options, and doing what's best for ourselves and our family is all anyone of us can do. And it's okay if we make the wrong decision as long as we feel it was best for at that moment. We learn for next time.

I look forward to reading the next book in the Promise Lodge series and more books by Charlotte Hubbard.

I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review of the book written by me. This is my honest review.

It is always a wonderful feeling when you return to a familiar place. A place where you can catch up with friends as though you never left. This is one of those novels that readers will want to return to as it feels like the reader is visiting with beloved friends. Charlotte Hubard takes us back to Promise Lodge in a story involving two of the characters from her earlier stories, a widow, Frances Lehman and Preacher Martin Kurtz, as well as most of the other characters from previous stories and a couple of new ones. The wedding stirs up feelings of sadness and loss for them. Pressure to wed by a pushy brother in law, empowers Frances to start a new life until tragedy strikes. I love this series and all of the multiple characters who give the town depth and personality. My thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook. This is my unbiased review.

New Beginnings at Promise at Lodge, book four from the Promise Lodge series, is a good read. I enjoyed this sweet read and recommend it. Four stars.

Oh, how I loved being back at Promise Lodge, would love to live here and be a part of their community.
We pick up where we left off in the last book [and I see there is another to follow this one, and I’m not patiently waiting], and Frances is now trying to move on after the loss of her husband. Our Grace is still fumbling, and I keep hoping there will be someone for her, but keep reading, there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
A book full of emotions, lots of love, smiles, tears and some heart ache, and a read I could not put down until the end, and then I wanted more.
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New Beginnings at Promise Lodge was such a BEAUTIFUL novel that I felt compelled to re read it twice! And in the process found special tidbits I missed the first time. This is one of those novels that readers will want to return to as it feels like the reader is visiting with beloved friends. In New Beginnings at Promise Lodge we become better acquainted with Frances, the widow of the former Bishop of Promise Lodge. Frances is trying to make a new life for herself and decides to experiment with apartment living in the lodge, though with initial resistance from her daughter Gloria. Gloria also is quite resistant initially to Frances and Preacher Marlin deciding to court each other, as is Marlin's older son Harley. Readers also are given a close look into Phoebe's new pie making venture with Rosetta's mother in law Irene. Phoebe is one of Christine's daughters. This novel gives an in depth look at how grown children feel when their widowed parents consider marrying a new life partner. Charlotte Hubbard is extremely skilled in developing the feelings of her characters. I already am looking forward to the next book in the Promise Lodge series.

New Beginnings at Promise Lodge is a very well written inspirational romance. I enjoyed the plot and the well developed characters. I look forward to reading more books by this author. If you enjoy reading Amish romance I recommend this book. My thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook. This is my unbiased review.

This is another installment of the story about Promise Lodge. The story involves two previous characters, widow Frances Lehman and Preacher Martin Kurtz and their story.
This was a great read, but it would benefit the reader to have a background by reading the previous books.
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It is always a wonderful feeling when you return to a familiar place. A place where you can catch up with friends as though you never left...even if the place is fictional! Charlotte Hubard takes us back to Promise Lodge as a long awaited wedding is taking place. The wedding stirs feelings of saddness of loss to two widowed members of the community looking to move forward. Pressure to wed by a pushy brother in law, empowers Frances to start a new life until tragedy strikes.I love this series and all of the multiple characters who give the town depth and personaliy.