Full name: The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek: A Novel

Author: Jane Myers Perrine Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Christian fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780892969210 9781455556991 0892969210 1455556998

Upon his arrival, Butternut Creek Christian Church's newly-minted minister is met by a welcome committee led by Miss Birdie and her friend Mercedes, a.k.a. "the Widows." Their first order of business, to educate him on how things should be done, quickly gives way to a campaign to find him a wife. When their matchmaking efforts fizzle, the Widows turn to another new bachelor. Amputee and Afghan vet Sam simply wants to be left alone-- a desire that's as good as a red flag to the Widows! Soon they're scheming to pair him up with Willow, his beautiful physical therapist, a divorced mother of two who is afraid of commitment, Perrine's small-town tale is a big-time triumph of gentle humor, fast-paced plot, and wonderfully engaging characters. Similar books: Blue Moon Bay by Lisa Wingate Sean Donovan by Lori Wick God's Gift by Dee Henderson Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate Echoes by Robin Jones Gunn Lonestar Homecoming by Colleen Coble The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers Secrets by Robin Jones Gunn As Time Goes By by Lori Wick Dining with Joy by Rachel Hauck Whatever Tomorrow Brings by Lori Wick Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick The Church Ladies by Lisa Samson Where Two Seas Met by Lynn Morris Long Way Gone by Charles Martin Unbreak My Heart by Rhonda McKnight Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert The Reason by William Sirls