A Heart on Consignment
About the Book
Book: A Heart on Consignment
Author: Mindy Steele
Genre: Amish/Christian Fiction
Release Date: April, 2025
Full of faith, hope, and romance, this series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.
Despite knowing her parents are getting desperate for their only child to marry and give them grandchildren, Salina Stoltzfus is weary of seeking the perfect match. Every time she thinks she has found “the one,” he marries another.
The best way to forget you are the last woman any man in Havenlee, Indiana, wants to hitch his buggy too is to find something passionate to focus on. When the area is overrun with donations after a tragic storm, Salina suggests opening a consignment shop. The deacon supports the idea and offers his visiting nephew to help set things up.
After the embarrassment of having his fiancée call off their wedding, Seth Weaver takes his mother’s advice to leave Kentucky to stay with his uncle for a while. Unfortunately, Seth knows nothing about building furniture in his uncle’s factory, which is the only reason he agrees to help ready the consignment shop next door—not because of the little chatterbox working inside.
When Salina’s parents are caught meddling in her love life, she comes up with a crazy idea that might gain her some time and space. Could it be the road to happiness is paved with good intentions and epic fails—until we cross paths when the one made especially for us?
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About the Author
Mindy Steele was raised in Kentucky timber country and has been writing since she could hold a crayon against the wall. Steele writes Amish Romance peppered with just the right amount of humor, as well as engaging Suspense, using rural America and the residents as her muse. Steele strives to create realistic characters for her readers and believes in engaging all the senses to make you laugh, cry, hold your breath, and root for the happy ever after ending. A hopeless romantic, with a lyrical pen, Steele wants her readers to find themselves somewhere within her pages. A mother of four and grandmother to a half dozen blessings, Steele enjoys hiking and gardening, coffee indulgences and weekend road trips, and is personally doing all she can to make peanut butter its very own food group.
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The Story Behind the Story
Writing fiction has always felt like opening my window and inviting readers to look out at the world with me. Over the years, I’ve stumbled into countless moments that later became stories—and A Heart on Consignment is one of those grace-filled accidents.
This book began with a series of God winks. A scheduled photoshoot led me to a tucked-away Amish consignment shop in Kentucky. After making my purchase, an experience that sparked a story of its own, I left carrying more than a dress. I carried the generosity of the owners and the quiet power of their story. I’ve always believed everyone has a story, and I’ve learned to be a good listener.
A year later, during one of my many visits to Baltic, Ohio, I found myself unexpectedly stepping into a massive Amish volleyball tournament. It was a charity event raising funds for a local child with a heart condition and a man awaiting a transplant. That evening, a simple conversation with a passerby, who would later become a dear friend and fellow writer, opened doors to learning even more about Amish and Mennonite ministries, fundraisers, and community outreach.
Since then, I’ve attended countless charitable events, witnessing firsthand the generosity woven into Amish life. From organizations like Samaritan’s Purse, Special Hearts Workshop, Disaster Aid Ohio, and CAM, to tournaments of every kind—volleyball, pickleball, softball, even ping pong—each experience planted another seed that eventually grew into this novel.
I invite you to join me on this journey from Kentucky to Havenlee, Indiana, as Seth and Salina search for forgiveness, hope, and love. May their story touch your heart as much as the journey touched mine.
My Thoughts
A Heart on Consignment by Mindy Steele is a lovely addition to The Heart of the Amish series. Mindy Steele’s writing style is engaging, approachable, and accessible. The characters are developed and relatable. I enjoyed getting to know Salina Stoltzfus and Sean Weaver as well as their families and friends. I felt for Salina, whose mother was determined to find the right fellow for her daughter (and one who lived in another state was not suitable). Salina felt that she was too short, had mousy hair, and a plain face. It takes the right person to see an individual’s inner beauty, and a smile can transform a person’s face.
Seth and Salina get the opportunity to work
together and get to know each other. As
we see, love often develops unexpectedly and in unlikely places. It is wonderful how Amish communities help
each other during tough times (tornado, fires, floods) and we get to see it in
action in this story. The ending left
me wanting more. A Heart on Consignment
is the twelfth The Heart of the Amish book and it can be read on its own. A Heart on Consignment is an uplifting tale
with a battered heart, a twisty tornado, a matchmaking mama, a shed shop,
overflowing riverbanks, and a caring community.
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| Amish build tiny homes for hurricane victims |
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Mindy is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon e-Gift card and a print copy of the book!! Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter. Good Luck!
https://gleam.io/5crnf/a-heart-on-consignment-celebration-tour-giveaway
A Heart on Consignment can be obtained from Amazon. You can find the other novels in The Heart of the Amish series here. Mindy Steele has Murder Plainly Written coming out September 1. It is the first book in The Plain Order Ink Society. Thank you for joining me today. I will return on Thursday, May 7 with I, Spy by L.M. Kemp. I am off to organize (my pantry is a mess). I hope that you have a delightful day. Don't forget to enter the giveaway before you depart and leave a comment for an extra entry. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
Blog Stops
Texas Book-aholic, April 30
Stories By Gina, May 1 (Author Interview)
Fruitfully Planted, May 1
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 2
Holly’s Book Corner, May 3
Artistic Nobody, May 4 (Guest Review from Marilyn)
Guild Master, May 5 (Author Interview)
The Avid Reader, May 6
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, May 7
Fiction Book Lover, May 8 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, May 8
For Him and My Family, May 9
Life on Chickadee Lane, May 10
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, May 11
The Bookish Ledger, May 12 (Author Interview)
Simple Harvest Reads, May 13 (Guest Review from Donna)
*I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book. I am not required to leave a review. The comments and opinions expressed are strictly my own.
