An Amish Christmas Wish

An Amish Christmas Wish
Author: Leigh Bale
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2022-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369725271

All she wants for Christmas is her independence. But life—and love—has other plans… Amish widow Susanna Glick knows marriage isn’t kind to everyone. Rather than remarry, she’s focusing on community and building her homemade noodle business. Renting a store from newly widowed daed Seth Lehman is the perfect opportunity—if she helps care for his adorable baby girl. But being a family isn’t part of Susanna’s plan for Christmas…no matter what her heart says. A SECRET AMISH BABIES ROMANCE From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. Secret Amish Babies Book 1: The Midwife's Christmas Wish Book 2: Her Forbidden Amish Child Book 3: An Amish Christmas Wish

Susanna's Christmas Wish

Susanna's Christmas Wish
Author: Jerry S. Eicher
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0736951520

From the pen of bestselling Amish fiction author Jerry Eicher, (more than 350,000 books sold), comes a truly delightful and inspiring Christmas novella. Fans will be delighted by this peek at an Amish Christmas, complete with the romantic wish of Susanna Byler to spend the holidays with the man of her dreams. But who is the man of her dreams? Is it the competent but plain Amishman she married for convenience....or is it her first love—an Englisha man with whom she has recently had an unexpected encounter—and who wants her back in his life? A perfect holiday delight for lovers of Amish fiction...and those who love a heartwarming and tender Christmas tale.

A Simple Christmas Wish

A Simple Christmas Wish
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2013-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441242279

Rachel Milligan is caring for her seven-year-old niece, Holly, at her home in Chicago when she receives devastating news: Holly's parents have been killed in a plane crash. Because Rachel is Holly's only known relative, she assumes that she will be her beloved niece's guardian. However, custody is awarded to Lydia, a distant aunt who happens to be Amish. Just a week before Christmas, Rachel takes Holly to the Amish community in the hopes of persuading Aunt Lydia to relinquish custody. Instead, Lydia sets out to teach Holly to live according to the Amish way. As family secrets emerge and old wounds are healed, Rachel realizes that she will do whatever it takes to ensure that Holly has the loving family she needs. Combining an Amish family saga with the anticipation of Christmas cheer and the promise of a budding romance, this newest Christmas story from beloved author Melody Carlson is sure to please.

Annie's Christmas Wish

Annie's Christmas Wish
Author: Barbara Cameron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682997936

Ever since her step-mom brought her a snow globe of the New York City skyline, Annie has wanted to visit the beautiful, big city. Since it's nearing the time of Annie's rumschpringe—the time when Amish youth experience Englisch life to make a decision whether to live in that world or become baptized into the Amish faith—the family decides a visit is a good idea. They watch the Macy's Christmas parade, admire the decorated store windows, skate at the Rockefeller Center rink and— Annie's favorite—get a glimpse of a writer's life while visiting the New York Times building. But others aren't as thrilled with Annie's lure to the Big Apple. Aaron has long been attracted to Annie and is sure he's in love. As he watches her engage in big city life, he grows concerned that she won't want to return to their quieter life. Will Annie follow Aaron back home? Or stay and pursue her dreams? Competing for her attention, Aaron sets out to show Annie that Christmas isn't about the glitz and glamour, but about family, love, and the birth of Jesus.

An Amish Christmas

An Amish Christmas
Author: Beth Wiseman
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2011-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1418579149

Celebrate Christmas with the Amish with these four stories of love and romance found during the Christmas season. A Choice to Forgive by Beth Wiseman After Daniel disappeared that long-ago Christmas Eve, Lydia built a life with his brother. But now she's a widow and Daniel has reappeared, asking for forgiveness. Can she go back to her normal life with her long-lost love as her neighbor? A Miracle for Miriam by Kathleen Fuller Seth is no longer the arrogant young man who shattered Miriam's confidence and broke her heart. Will he be able to show "plain" Miriam that she is truly beautiful to him? One Child by Barbara Cameron The birth of one child forever changed the world two thousand years ago. On a snowy Christmas night in Lancaster County, another child changes the world for two very different couples. Christmas Cradles by Kelly Long When Anna Stolis takes over for her aunt, the local midwife, Christmas night heats up with multiple deliveries, three strangers' quilts, and unexpected help from the handsome and brooding Asa Lapp.

Amish Christmas Twins

Amish Christmas Twins
Author: Patricia Davids
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2017-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488018731

The Widower’s Christmas Wish With Christmas just around the corner, widow Willa Chase will do anything to retain custody of her twin girls and unborn baby—even if it means escaping to her childhood Amish home. After her grandfather turns her away, Willa finds herself stranded at the home of blacksmith John Miller. A widower, John buries himself in work—until Willa’s vibrant twins become impossible to ignore. And before long, John is smitten with their beautiful mother, too. But when Willa’s past secrets are revealed, will they prevent John’s Christmas wish for a happily-ever-after from coming true?

The Wish Book Christmas

The Wish Book Christmas
Author: Lynn Austin
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496452542

From the bestselling author of If I Were You comes a nostalgic and endearing holiday story that reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful gifts are the ones we least expect and dont deserve. Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when the 1951 Sears Christmas Wish Book arrives and the boys start obsessing over every toy in it, Audrey and Eve realize they must first teach them the true significance of the holiday. They begin by helping Bobby and Harry plan gifts of encouragement and service for those in their community, starting by walking an elderly neighbors yellow Labsince a dog topped the boys wish list for Santa. In the charming tale that follows, Audrey and Eve are surprised to find their own hearts healing from the tragedies of war and opening to the possibility of forgiveness and new love.

Amish Christmas Twins

Amish Christmas Twins
Author: Shelley Shepard Gray
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496717864

In these heartwarming, faith-affirming stories, three Amish families face the joys, and challenges, of the holidays—with fruitful results . . . THE CHRISTMAS NOT-WISH New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Shelley Shepard Gray When the foster parents they’ve cautiously grown to love discover they’re expecting, orphaned Roy and Jemima Fisher, ages six and seven, are secretly devastated by the certainty they’ll be given up. With Christmas around the corner, their only wish is for new foster parents as nice as Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz. Meanwhile, the Kurtzes have wishes of their own—and with faith, they all may be gifted with twice the blessings . . . NEW BEGINNINGS * Rachel J. Good Still grieving the loss of her husband and unborn baby in an accident several months ago, Elizabeth Yoder is oblivious to her neighbor Luke Bontrager’s deepening affection for her. But while she bleakly faces Christmas alone, it’s Luke who reminds her it’s the season for giving. And when Elizabeth donates her handmade baby clothes to New Beginnings, a home for teen moms, she soon finds her gifts repaid beyond measure, with Luke’s love—and new beginnings of their own . . . TWINS TIMES TWO * Loree Lough What happens when two secretive, stubborn people find themselves thrown together to help four rascally youngsters—twins times two!—create a Christmas surprise for their parents? Mischief and mayhem, and just maybe . . . love!

A Simple Amish Christmas

A Simple Amish Christmas
Author: Vannetta Chapman
Publisher: Vannetta Chapman
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2023-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Will Annie find acceptance in the Amish community she left behind? Annie Weaver always planned to return home, but the 20-year-old RN has lived in Philadelphia for three years now. Her time of rumspringa is about to come to an abrupt end, bringing for Annie an overwhelming sense of loneliness as the Christmas season is in full swing. When she receives a call that her father has been in an accident, Annie returns home. She soon finds herself questioning her purpose in life, even as she finds herself face-to-face with a budding romance with an Amish farmer. As winter settles in around them, Annie has several important choices to make. One of those decisions will be presented to her on the morning of A Simple Amish Christmas. This bestselling classic from USA Today bestselling author Vannetta Chapman has been updated and is now available in e-book, print, and audio. “The characters Vannetta created in A Simple Amish Christmas were so real, I was hooked from the very first chapter.” ~Jennifer Slattery, bestselling author of Falling for the Family Next Door. "This heart-warming novel paints a beautiful, authentic portrait of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Chapman's characters are so real they feel like old friends. Once you open this book, you won't put it down until you've reached the last page." ~Amy Clipston, bestselling author of A Gift of Grace. Vannetta Chapman is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over 40 novels in a variety of genres that include Amish romance, inspirational romance, cozy mystery, romantic suspense, dystopian, and thrillers. Having sold more than one million copies, she currently lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country.

Naomi's Gift

Naomi's Gift
Author: Amy Clipston
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0310590361

Naomi has begun to believe that she isn’t meant to find love, but she might receive more than she has ever hoped for this Christmas. Twenty-four-year-old Naomi King has all but given up on marriage and children. As Christmas approaches, Naomi is certain that her life will be spent as an old maid, helping with the family’s quilting business and taking care of her eight siblings. Then she meets Caleb, a young widower with a 7-year-old daughter, and her world is once again turned upside-down.