Her Amish Springtime Miracle by Winnie Griggs
Description: Last spring, Hannah finds a baby girl in her barn. God had answered her prayer & now nearly a year later, her adoption is close to approval. But then, Mike Colder arrives in Hope’s Haven. An ‘Englischer‘ paramedic Mike is searching for his nephew, the child of his deceased sister, who would be about a year old. What he keeps secret is — until the age of seven, he grew up Amish right there in Hope’s Haven.
Review:
Such an enjoyable read. As the story begins, Hannah Eicher is hurting just as any woman would be given the doctor’s diagnosis. It would take a miracle to ease her heart and God provided one. A sweet baby girl left in the barn. So, Her Amish Springtime Miracle isn’t about hoping for and finally receiving a miracle … it is about *keeping* the miracle.
When Mike Colder arrives in Hope’s Haven, the smooth wonderfulness of the past year begins to unravel. And it is more than just Baby Grace and Mike’s missing nephew — she and Mike “connect” from the start and develop a true friendship. Which, of course, just as we would want it to–it becomes more than friendship. But he is an ‘Englischer’ and she is Amish.
The author, Winnie Griggs, could easily have made this a 90-110 page book but we readers would have lost the fullness of what all goes into Mike’s search and Hannah’s acceptance. We wouldn’t meet other interesting characters and fun situations. Or discover that Mike loves Hannah’s chocolate whoopie pies.
Her Amish Springtime Miracle can be read standalone. The book was my first by the author.
A four-star rating because I felt the ending was too easily accomplished. It felt as if one day everything was not going to end happily — then bam! It does. There was no soul-searching of the final decision — yet, the prior 300 pages had plenty.
The book is a good read. A heart-warming read. If you like Amish stories, you are sure to like this one.
I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Her Amish Springtime Miracle via NetGalley from the publisher, Forever (Grand Central Publishing), Forever. A positive review was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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