This anthology includes four sweet novellas about picnics, summer, and romance by four bestselling authors: Amy Clipston, Kelly Irvin, Kathleen Fuller, and Vanetta Chapman. Baskets of Sunshine by Amy Clipston: Ever since Kevin Weaver's parents passed away when he was young, he has lived with his brother's family. He's always craved a family of his very own. Kevin accepts the job as Freeman Mason's apprentice in his brick mason business hoping to pursue his own financial independence. Phoebe Kurtze is helping her sister with her booth at the market when her father's employee, Kevin catches her eye. They quickly become friends and are drawn to each other, but Kevin is convinced that the difference in their ages makes a relationship between them impossible. Amidst summer outings, Kevin and Phoebe must decide if love is worth taking a chance on. As always, Amy has written a sweet, fun story to read full of relatable characters. It was fun reading how Kevin and Phoebe's relationship progresses from friendship and seeing how they overcome the obstacles in their way. Candlelight Sweethearts by Kelly Irvin: Esther Marie Shrock loves her job at Valley Grocery Store and has worked there for four years. Even though she has a stutter that has plagued her since childhood, she thrives filling orders for a steady stream of customers. But, she does long for more and at the age of 25, she and her family are beginning to wonder if romance is in her future. Jasper Cotter isn't very good with people but he finds himself having to take over the day-to-day operations despite not having the first clue how to run a grocery store. Esther Marie and Jasper find themselves thrown together on a consistent basis and they definitely don't see eye to eye on how the store should be run. One night, after the store loses power, they have to work together to overcome the obstacles this presents and they slowly realize that they have more in common than they originally thought. They're surprised to discover that love may be in their future. Kelly always writes such sweet love stories. I always enjoy the easy, fun reads. She's very good at telling relatable stories peopled with characters that you can't help but like. Reeling in Love by Kathleen Fuller: Nina Stoll and Ira Yoder are only friends and fishing buddies. Every Saturday afternoon, they have a picnic at their favorite fishing hole and see who can catch the most fish. Then, Nina begins to wonder if there could possibly be more than friendship between them. She makes a plan to tell Ira how she feels but everything goes awry as circumstances seem destined to keep them apart. With Ira and Nina both confused and hurt, it's going to take courage and some help from the community's matchmakers to help them realize they're each other's perfect catch. This is another sweet, fun story from Kathleen. I haven't read a lot of her books but I'm definitely enjoying what I've read. I'll be adding Kathleen Fuller to my favorite Christian writers. Picnics and Prospects by Vanetta Chapman: Faith Troyer is claustrophobic and David Lapp is a builder of tiny houses. They went on a date years ago and it didn't exactly go well. Now that they're in their late twenties, both of their families are beginning to wonder if either of them will ever find their special someone. When a picnic outing is diverted by the discovery of a package of letters that date back to the 1970's, they team together to solve a mystery and, in doing so, begin to rethink their past and consider a future together. I really enjoyed reading how Faith and David work together as they solve the mystery and become closer as they do. They definitely have some obvious differences in their personalities but that doesn't keep them from being the perfect match for each other. Vanetta did a great job developing their relationship and personalities.

I received a copy of An Amish Picnic in exchange for an honest review. This has not affected the content of my review.