Miriam King loves teaching the children in her community. At twenty six, most Amish women her age are already married and have children of their own. Miriam is content with her life as a teacher for her community. At least she thought she was. Then she meets little Grace.
A Promise for Miriam
Pebble Creek Amish Series.
by Vanetta Chapman
Harvest House Publishers
July 2012
Gabe Miller and his young daughter move to Pebble Creek from Indiana to start a new life. Gabe has been a widow for three years now. He wants to be left alone. Gabe is a very caring and loving father. He is tired of all the pity and handouts as a widow from his previous community. He wants to start a new life and keep to himself without help from anyone.
Miriam is touched by Grace and wants to help her speak again. Grace’s father Gabe tugs at her heart also. Not out of pity but gets her thinking about her future and if she is really content with her life without a husband and children of her own.
Gabe is determined to guard his heart. When he is around Miriam he feels he lets his guard down. Not only is she everything he would love in a women but, she is wonderful with Grace. Grace adores Miriam and starts to slowly speak again because of Miriam. Fighting his feelings for her and also realizing he has nothing to offer her. When Gabe realizes that he has feeling for her he tries to pushes Miriam towards Aden Schmucker. Aden seems to have eyes only for Miriam and he can offer her a comfortable life.
My thoughts:
This is the first book I have read by Vannetta Chapman. I can see her becoming one of my favorite authors quickly. What a wonderful story. I loved how she made you feel like the characters in the book could be people you know. She developed the characters so well. They felt so genuine. I would highly recommend this book. I look forward to more books in this series and other books by this author.
