His scars are visible.
Hers are hidden... An Indiana Amish Brides match
After tragedy claimed her husbandâs life and her sonâs ability to walk, Hannah King doesnât want a new man. She has her family, a home and mounting debts. Scarred Amish bachelor Jacob Schrock offers Hannah the job she desperately needs. But while Hannah helps Jacob resolve his accounting issues, can she and her little boy also heal his wounded heart?
VANNETTA CHAPMAN has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving over two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfatherâs birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania. Her first novel, A Simple Amish Christmas, quickly became a bestseller. Chapman lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband.
ISBN: 978-1-474-08551-9
A WIDOWâS HOPE
© 2018 Vannetta Chapman
Published in Great Britain 2018
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âI need to apologize, Jacob...â
Hannah glanced up at Jacob, and then away. âI was rude to you yesterday, and Iâm very sorry. I know better than to speak harshly, let alone to someone who is being kind to us.â
âItâs my fault. I stuck my nose where it didnât belong.â
Now she laughed outright. âPerhaps you did, but it was probably something I needed to hear.â
âApology accepted.â
âDanki.â
âGem gschene.â The age-old words felt curiously intimate, shared there on the bench with the sun slanting through golden trees.
âItâs a fine line,â Hannah said. âGiving him the extra attention and care his condition requires, but not being overly protective. Iâm afraid Iâm still learning.â
âYouâre doing a wunderbar job.â
Which caused her to smile again, and then suddenly the tension that had been between them was gone.
He realized that what Hannah was offering with her apology was a precious thingâher friendship.
For now, he needed to be satisfied with that.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.
âRomans 8:28
The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
âPsalms 6:9
Dear Reader,
Sometimes lifeâs burdens can seem terribly heavy, and yet we have the assurance that all things work together for the good of those that love God. He has wonderful things planned for usâthe very best thingsâand He loves us more than we can begin to imagine.
Hannah is a young mother who had envisioned a very different future for herselfâshe would have a houseful of children, relish the steady and faithful love of her husband, and live a plain and simple life. But even Amish lives are touched by tragedy. When she returns home, she is reminded of the comfort of family, and she also remeets Jacob. God knows Hannahâs hurts, and He is planning a future for her all along.
Jacob has endured his own tragedies, and yet to some degree he has come to terms with his solitary existence. But he doesnât see himself as God sees himâas a beautiful creation. He doesnât believe anyone would want to spend their life with him. Then one day he shows up to build a playhouse and finds his future waiting for him.