Christmas Amish Fiction

From best-selling author Beth Wiseman come four sweet stories centered around celebrations in the Amish community: rumschpringe, baptism, weddings, and Christmas.

Karl Graber is too busy struggling with his hardware store and two young daughters to indulge local matchmaker Rose Yoder’s schemes. After his wife’s death, the thought of loving and perhaps losing another woman holds no appeal. So while he’s relieved to learn he’s not on Rose’s list of potential husbands for new schoolteacher Sophie Eicher, he’s also surprised. Despite himself, Karl can’t help wondering what Rose thinks he lacks—and why outspoken, attractive Sophie has so little interest in marriage.

Join the Hochstetler twin sisters on stage as they bumble their way through baking a cake for a charity auction in front of a live audience. The take-charge Elma and the klutzy optimist Thelma manage to entertain their audience - and attract the admiration of two bachelors, an outspoken woodworker and a shy harness maker from a neighboring Amish community. As fall leads into the Christmas season, could romance be blossoming for one or more of the Hochstetler twins?

Sarah Yoder pushed her rumspringa back a year because her grandmother fell ill. As much as she has always felt connected to the Amish community she grew up in, she needs to see if the city holds anything better for her. She doubts it, but she has to see, right? So, off she goes. And for a year, she's not all that impressed with the city. George Hartford is in his last year of college. Last semester. He's just doing his required internship, and then he'll be done with the degree he's worked so hard to earn. As he's doing repair work on a property that one of the employees' friends lives in, ...

When Hope Beiler got baptized into her community, she knew that she was committing to the Amish faith for life. It worked out well for her. She enjoys her life in the community, even if she finds she has little time for herself. With a large family and triplets only six years old, she spends much time helping her parents. She finally speaks up when she realizes that the only way she might be able to court anyone successfully at this rate is to move communities. She would hate to move so far away just to have a chance at having a familye of her own. When she starts to court Paul Schrock – ...

An Englischer Woman. An Amish Man, A World Apart. Can A Christmas Miracle Bridge The Gap? Elizabeth Lapp is a successful physiotherapist exchanging letters with her Amish family only at Christmas. But this year’s letter begs her to return home, to assist with her mother. Andy Miller’s heart was broken when Elizabeth chose an Englischers life. Harsh words passed between them and deep wounds created. When he sees Elizabeth arriving home he is elated, but when Elizabeth does not acknowledge him, he knows the bitterness remains. When Elizabeth learns that her mother is being treated with ...

An Injured Stranger. A Beautiful Widow. A Shocking Revelation. Can A Winter Storm Bring Love This Christmas? Mildred Fishers son left the Amish long ago, leaving a wake of broken-hearted people behind him, including their sweet neighbor Lena. Every Christmas Mildred prays for her son, and that where-ever he is, God will keep him safe. Lena Miller has remained fast friends with the Fishers, who love her like their own. Now a childless widow, Lena will never fully recover from the devastation wreaked upon her when the man she truly loved disappeared with simply a letter, stating he would ...

Amish widower Peter lost his wife two years ago at Christmas and struggles to hide his pain from his children every Christmas. Laura is a new teacher in town who is drawn to Peter's two children John and Elizabeth. When Peter's sister encourages him to get to know Laura, he refuses, refusing to betray his late wife. As his rudeness toward Laura drives her away, John and Elizabeth come up with a plan that will unfold at the Christmas pageant. As Peter watches Laura with his children, he finds a passion ignite in his heart.

After their conflicts and disagreements, the sisters are united in the Amish community once again. Emma and Jarron are expecting a new addition to their family. Everything is well in their world, apart from a nagging self-doubt that something isn't right. A ghost from Christmas' past just adds to that doubt. Martha has some unexpected news to share with everyone, but it is Sarah who might end up supplying the biggest surprise of all....

As Promise Lodge's first wedding arrives, the evidence of a community building a foundation for the future is a cause for celebration. But the bishop's narrow-minded wedding sermon doesn't sit well with the Bender sisters, the town's courageous founders, especially widowed Mattie Schwartz. She believes marriage and family aren't the most important of God's gifts - even if she suspects her tender feelings for Preacher Amos Troyer run deeper than simple friendship.

It's been nine years since Cuban singer Alejandro Diaz's limousine collided with a young Amish woman named Amanda Beiler as she was crossing a New York City street - an accident that ignited the couple's cross-cultural romance. Amanda loves her husband and their three children, but their fast-paced, lavish Miami lifestyle troubles her. Will her kids grow up never knowing what it's like to simply be, without chauffeurs, social media, and paparazzi complicating their lives?

At 15, Jenna King has known only neglect and cruelty in her state-run orphanage. A chilling November night changes everything when she discovers hidden cash, setting off a desperate quest for freedom. Caleb Troyer is perturbed when he sees an emaciated young woman disembark from a Greyhound bus. Struck by compassion, he befriends her, offering her refuge and a place in his community. As the Christmas season approaches, love unexpectedly blossoms between Jenna and Caleb, a love that is complicated by Jenna's outsider status and Amish tradition.But when a malicious accusation shatters Jenna's...

Judith Graber has always been the obedient daughter. When her older brother Josh struggled with his love life, she offered wise counsel. When her younger brother Caleb flirted with the idea of leaving their order, she firmly told him he was wrong. Over the years, she’s watched her younger siblings, helped around the house, and worked in her family’s store during her spare time. Judith feels overworked, overlooked, and underappreciated this holiday season. But everything changes when her father hires Ben Knox. Ben Knox is the “bad boy” of Sugarcreek.

When Emily’s mother gives her the Christmas quilt, a family heirloom, she is overjoyed. Yet, a short time later, she is horrified to discover it burning on a small fire! Aaron never expected to see a young woman crying at his bonfire, even more surprised when she accuses him of trying to destroy a precious heirloom! As Emily works on the quilt, she tries to work out who could have done such a terrible thing, finding that she’s growing closer to Aaron, the man she first accused.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, the busiest time of the year at Beechy’s Sweets, where the Amish gifts of love and faith are even sweeter than the home-made candy. This audiobook includes three stories: The Sweetest Courtship by national best-selling author Emma Miller, The Sweetest Truth by national best-selling author Laura Bradford, and Nothing Tastes so Sweet by award-winning author Mary Ellis.

Faith Troyer has always been interested in Jacob Zook, but knows he only sees her as a little sister. While her heart yearns to be with him, she knows she must let go of her foolish dream. When widower Mason shows interest in her, Faith decides to give him a chance. But with the Christmas season upon them, Faith doubts she made the right decision. Jacob has known Faith since they were children and has watched her grow into a beautiful young lady. As Jacob's feelings for Faith start to change, he fears pursuing anything other than friendship for fear of losing her in his life.

A difficult marriage has left the Helmuths' widowed great-granddaughter, Beth, finished with wedlock. She's content to live with her great-grandparents and make a life for herself and her toddler son. But once she turns down handsome Tyler Yoder's proposal, it seems only fair to encourage him to find a suitable wife. Trouble is his gentleness and generous ways are showing her how joyous a real meeting of hearts can be....

A Fearful woman. A Dominating Beau. Her Neighbors Prodigal Son. Can Christmas bring a miracle this year? Simon Troyer has returned home for the first time in six years. Saddened by painful memories, he looks to God to help him find joy again this Christmas. Ruby Mast is shy and reticent. But she wasn’t always that way. Once she was happy and fun loving, but that was before her husband’s death and before she began courting Vernon Schrock. Now Ruby is nervous, always keeping her small son Peter quiet and obedient. When Simon notices that his mother’s neighbor, is Ruby, a girl he once ...

One quilt binds three generations of Amish women. Enjoy the gift of a brand new romance from New York Times best-selling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, along with stories by her daughter-in-law, Jean and granddaughter, Richelle.

Brigitte White is very excited about this Christmas season. She has gotten the principal part in a ballet that she has been aiming to get for years. She’s the sugar plum fairy in a production of The Nutcracker. And she has poured her heart into this part. When she decided to celebrate Christmas early with her family because of the performance dates, she never expected that she would end up getting in an accident. She ends up getting stranded in an Amish community she had been entirely unaware of. There, she meets Amos Yoder, and Rachel Yoder. Amos, in particular, catches her attention. ...