An Amish Surprise

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In the second installment of the enjoyable and charming (USA TODAY) Shelley Shepard Grays delightful Berlin Bookmobile series, librarian Sarah Anne Miller returns to Berlin to help a childless Amish couple form the family theyve always prayed for.

Miriam and Calvin Gingerich have been trying for a baby for several years, but the Lord hasnt seen fit to bless them. Though Calvin claims hes content with their childless state, Miriam knows hes not, and when he starts spending more time off their farm, she worries hes found someone else. But just as she finds herself at her lowest point, she discovers the ultimate surprise. Unable to confide in anyone who might tell Calvinout of fear shell disappoint him with another miscarriageMiriam turns to bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Millerand any books she may have on pregnancy and childbirth.

Calvin has been keeping a secret from his wife, but its not another woman. Its a little boy. One afternoon when visiting Sarah Annes bookmobile, he meets Miles, a ten-year-old living with a foster family down the road. But after spending more time with the boy, Calvin learns that his foster family has no plans to adopt him. Calvin feels a connection with Miles and yearns to give the boy a home, but hes afraid to tell Miriam, knowing shes devastated they cant have children of their own.

As weeks pass and Sarah Anne learns that Miles has nearly given up hope of ever finding a real home, she knows its time to intervene. Its going to take some fancy footwork and a whole lot of prayer, but she knows she can help make this struggling couple into a happy family of four.

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"Shelley Shepard Gray never shies away from tackling hard subjects in her novels, yet she does so with a winsome touch. InAn Amish Surprise, Gray shows the effect of infertility on a young couple, adds in the strain of raising foster children, and finishes it off with a charming late-in-life romance. Dont miss this gem of a bookit's a story to remind us that happily ever afters can and do happen, at any age." -- Suzanne Woods Fisher, bestselling author of Mending Fences
"An Amish Surpriseis a journey you wont want to miss! Heartache meets its match when love searches for ways to heal the brokenness." -- Cindy Woodsmall, Christy Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author
[A] lovely second in her Berlin Bookmobile series Grays fully realized characters, believable situations, and delicately woven biblical themes make this a standout. Grays fans will be thrilled. * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

A practicing Lutheran, Shelley Shepard Gray is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than one hundred novels, translated into multiple languages. In her years of researching the Amish community, she depends on her Amish friends for gossip, advice, and cinnamon rolls. She lives in Colorado with her family and writes full time.