Celebrate Christmas with four Amish romances. "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.

I picked this book up from the library. I read the back on the cover and one of the story caught my attention or interest. So I picked it up and checked it out to read. It one I read from start to finish. It was hard to put down. I love Christmas stories anytime of year but the season is one of my favorites. In this case, these four novellas tell the story of one December in Lancaster County. These four some way connect to each other but not in a series kind of way.

In A Miracle For Miriam, you learn about the deep hurt that causes Miriam to disappear into herself. Seth caused the hurt when they were both fourteen years old. Most of us remember our hurts and some of us have allowed those hurts to influence us as adults. It’s a beautiful love story in which other characters from the other three novellas are introduced.

A Choice to Forgive opens with Lydia answering a knock at her door and discovering her first love, Daniel Smucker, standing confidently on her doorstep. He promised to marry her when they were young and mysteriously disappeared on Christmas. Lydia marries his brother, Elam, who happens to comfort her during her difficult heart break. She becomes a widow when he dies of a heart attack. Those feelings of love for Daniel rise again and she struggles to forgive him for running away. He tries to explain the difficult and complicated situation that sent him away, and the secret that he and his brother kept from her causes an enormous emotional struggle.

One Child by Barbara Cameron addresses Sarah and David’s struggle over their miscarriage. Sarah prays to Derr Herr for a child. It’s the only gift she wants on Christmas. Mysterious visitors bring unexpected joy during a particularly bad blizzard. It’s a story of healing, love, and friendship.

Christmas Cradles tells the story of Anna Stolis and Asa Mast. Anna has never been married. She has become a midwife. Asa Mast also never married. A tragedy occurred during his rumschpringe years that brought him to this point. His father is very ill, refusing to go to the hospital on Christmas. Anna has three deliveries during the night. Normally, his father, Samuel, accompanies Anna’s Aunt Ruth (also a midwife), but with Aunt Ruth taking the evening off and Samuel sick, Asa joins Anna in her delivery runs. It is a love story of two insecure people who never thought they could fall in love. ( )

This is a compilation of 3 novellas. I discovered shortly after beginning I had already read it, but liked the first one (Miracle for MIriam) so much, I read it again. I like the Amish stories for their down-to-earth situations and the fact they live their faith rather than preach it. A very sweet & worthy Christmas read, light and uplifting. ( )

Includes four Amish Christmas Novellas(Romances)
1. A Choice to Forgive 2. A Mircacle for Miriam 3. One Child
4. Christmas Cradles

This was one of the first titles I sampled from Kindle, back when I was trying to get used to selecting titles that were available, as opposed to titles I wanted. That was way before I realised how quickly my Kindle would fill up with exciting titles to read. This book seemed like a good idea at the time because I've been fascinated with the Amish way of life since first discovering Intercourse, PA.

The stories are nice, although the first two are a bit predictable and become a bit drawn out. They are still enjoyable stories, and the third story is particularly interesting in its setting up of a mutual discovery between the Amish and the Englisch couple. It also provides something other than the obvious solution to the problem and creates more a sense of the home than the other stories achieve. I certainly wouldn't call it a favourite book, but it was a fun one to read, especially at Christmas. ( )