Alice Notions Tamera Lynn Kraft 9781682949047 Books
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In this quaint mountain town, things aren't always what they seem.
World War II widow Alice Brighton returns to the safety of her home town to open a fabric shop. She decides to start a barn quilt tour to bring business to the shop and the town, but what she doesn't know is sinister forces are using the tour for their own nefarious reasons
Between her mysterious landlord, her German immigrant employee, her neighbors who are acting strange, and a dreamboat security expert who is trying to romance her, Alice doesn't know who she can trust.
Alice Notions Tamera Lynn Kraft 9781682949047 Books
After the death of her husband, Alice Brighton leaves New York and returns to her hometown in West Virginia to open a quilting shop. She soon realizes that Burning Bush isn’t the town she left at the beginning of the war. Mysterious neighbors with foreign allegiance and strange disappearances soon have Alice questioning everyone’s motives. And when she hears her parent’s death may not have been an accident, Alice along with the help of some unexpected friends set out to uncover all the secrets threatening her beloved childhood home.The plot is what kept me turning the pages. Loved the "whodunit" aspect. Alice’s Notions reminded me of the World War II movies of yesteryear. If you love reading about or watching movies of that era, you will enjoy reading Alice’s Notions.
4.8 stars
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Alice Notions Tamera Lynn Kraft 9781682949047 Books Reviews
This is an exciting, fast-paced novel of intrigue and suspense set during a critical time in our nation’s history, just months after the end of WWII as many soldiers return – and many do not. The characters are developed through dialog and action, and the mystery is multifaceted.
Alice’s beloved husband Joe was killed almost at the end of WWII. She was told it happened at the Battle of the Bulge. Immediately after, her parents died in a single-car crash. She left the apartment she had in New York City and returned home to Burning Bush, WV. After settling back in, she leased a building that had a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor where she could live. The first floor was a storefront for Alice’s Notions, for fabric, yarns, quilting, and almost anything needed for sewing or yarn crafts.
Alice applied to sponsor a displaced refugee from Europe, someone who could live in the apartment with her and work for her shop. Days before the store opening, Greta Engel arrives at her shop as she injures her ankle. Greta, a German, is not who Alice anticipated. She refused to have a German woman there after losing her husband to the Nazi war machine. When her landlord, Rick, drove her back from the hospital, Greta had the stock put up and arranged beautifully, so Alice would let her stay at least until she could ditch the crutches.
One would think that in beautiful Burning Bush, the citizens would primarily be concerned with getting their town revitalized after the war. That the challenges our Greatest Generation fought for and many died for would no longer exist. There is still a threat US shores. No one would anticipate the real cause behind women being accosted and injured, and farms being denied the privilege of participating in Alice’s plans to have a very special tourist event that would bring in people willing to visit the unique shops and craft items.
The men and women of Burning Bush are defined well throughout. Alice and Greta are my favorites. Their conversations, including Greta’s reactions to American idioms and how she sometimes misuses words or phrases bring lightheartedness necessary to help their relationship grow. Their prayers and faith through tough times are inspiring! Some of the men and women in town seem to advise Alice through kindness, but she learns that some she thought she knew, clearly, she did not. One of the two men she has met is telling the truth. Is it Luke, the well-dressed nephew of the Toliver’s, close friends of her parents? He says he has a security position and is privy to information the average person is not. Is it her landlord, Rick, who seems mysterious and dangerous even though he says he knew Joe in the military and that they were not at the Battle of the Bulge.
This very solid author of Christian historical and suspenseful romance novels has gifted us with an intricate plot, particularly enjoyable as it encompasses all three descriptives. The plot has many curious twists and turns. Historically, it shows life at the end of the Depression and end of WWII. We are reminded of some of the songs from the 1940’s and 50’s as well as movie stars who brought family-friendly movies to viewers, movies with hopes and dreams and values. The bad guys/ gals included at least one surprise to this reader, and the ending was very satisfactory. I very much enjoyed this novel, and highly recommend it!
From a grateful heart I won a copy of this ebook from the author, and was under no obligation to provide a review.
publisher's notes
In this quaint mountain town, things aren't always what they seem.
World War II widow Alice Brighton returns to the safety of her home town to open a fabric shop. She decides to start a barn quilt tour to bring business to the shop and the town, but what she doesn't know is sinister forces are using the tour for their own nefarious reasons
Between her mysterious landlord, her German immigrant employee, her neighbors who are acting strange, and a dreamboat security expert who is trying to romance her, Alice doesn't know who she can trust.
my thoughts.....
I enjoy a good mystery and Alice's Notions was fun to read. Poor Alice went through quite a bit in this roller coaster ride in the early days of the cold war. She was a war widow, who opened a quilt shop to bring about community in her small town. A quilt shop seemed just the thing she thought other women would enjoy. A place to gather, sew and find all the notions and fabric they needed to create comfortable homes. At one of her first sewing circles she mentioned an idea for a quilt block tour. On the tour, the participants would paint a quilt block on their barn. They could make it a community event and invite people from other towns in the area. The ladies in the circle thought it was a wonderful idea. She never dreamed, however, that there would be resistance from others for both the shop and the tour.
The book was definitely a sign of post war feelings, including prejudice against German people immigrating to America. Alice herself felt prejudice against Greta, a displaced young woman from Germany who knocked on Alice's door as part of a program Alice signed up for. She had no idea she would get Greta....her husband was killed in Germany and she just didn't think she could house or employ a woman from Germany.
Her landlord Rick had prepared a modern apartment above shop for Alice filled with all the modern conveniences. He took many opportunities to let her know that women should not be owning businesses when men had returned from war and needed to resume their positions as the breadwinners. As a widow, this was no small annoyance. He was a well to do man about business but she had no idea what that business could be.
Others around the circle included, Lois, who was married to Alice's lone brother Pete. Lois was an interesting figure who hadn't bargained for life in the back country, complete with wood stoves for cooking and an outdoor privy.
The Toliver's were such a helpful couple and the Mrs. was a bossy woman who would take over the Quilt Barn Tour....but things just weren't as they seemed and Alice found mystery after mystery as the community event drew near. Could she keep this event from being shut down before the big day? Could she trust these people who seemed to want to sabotage this event?
It was fun to read this story, set in a very interesting time in our history. Alice was a wonderful heroine and she had a hand in an incredible mystery! I recommend this to the reader looking for a different type of mystery, it will keep you turning pages...you will just want to know what happens next!
Could hardly put it down! Strong characters, patriotism, espionage, a small town and a quilt shop blended with a 1946 time period. Great read. Highly recommended.
Tamera Lynn Kraft's book is well written, fun, and enjoyable. You'll learn about quilting, the ignorance of prejudice, and the emotions of America right after World War II mixed with a mystery and clean romance. A good weekend read.
After the death of her husband, Alice Brighton leaves New York and returns to her hometown in West Virginia to open a quilting shop. She soon realizes that Burning Bush isn’t the town she left at the beginning of the war. Mysterious neighbors with foreign allegiance and strange disappearances soon have Alice questioning everyone’s motives. And when she hears her parent’s death may not have been an accident, Alice along with the help of some unexpected friends set out to uncover all the secrets threatening her beloved childhood home.
The plot is what kept me turning the pages. Loved the "whodunit" aspect. Alice’s Notions reminded me of the World War II movies of yesteryear. If you love reading about or watching movies of that era, you will enjoy reading Alice’s Notions.
4.8 stars
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