The Christmas Baby's Promise

She thought her Christmas would be ordinary. Then God left a her miracle.

Twenty-one-year-old Miriam Beachy has always done what was expected of her—helped her mamm in the kitchen, tended the garden, smiled politely as her friends married one by one. Quietly, she’s held a tender affection for Elmer King, the steady young carpenter who walks her home after Singings. But Elmer has never hinted at more than friendship, and Miriam fears she’s destined to remain on the edges of everyone else’s stories.

Until the December morning she hears a thin, desperate cry by the fence line… and finds a newborn baby girl wrapped in a hospital blanket, freezing and alone.

Saving the child is only the beginning. With the Englisch authorities searching for answers and her strict daed insisting the caring arrangement is only “temporary,” Miriam opens her arms and her heart, knowing she could lose everything. As Christmas draws near, each sleepless night and whispered prayer binds her more tightly to the little boppli she names Hope—and to Elmer, whose quiet visits and growing tenderness awaken a love Miriam never dared claim.

When a new officer threatens to remove Hope to the foster system, Miriam must summon a courage she never knew she had. With the bishop weighing his decision, and the whole district watching, Miriam and Elmer stand at a will they surrender to fear… or trust that the God who placed Hope in their lives has a future in mind they can’t yet see?

Set against snow-dusted fields and lamplit barns, The Christmas Baby's Promise is a gentle, heartfelt Amish romance of family, gentle faith, and the kind of love that risks everything for the smallest of miracles.