{"product_id":"the-farmers-christmas-guest-shel-mabel-9798276892863","title":"The Farmer's Christmas Guest: A Sweet Second Chance Amish Holiday Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma never planned to spend \u003ci\u003eChristmas\u003c\/i\u003e stranded in an Amish farmhouse with a widower and his two children.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA broken-down car, an empty bank account, and a December snowstorm leave Englisch Emma with nowhere to go. The small-town mechanic and the bishop's wife arrange a temporary solution: a spare room in the farmhouse of Eli King, a quiet Amish widower still finding his footing after loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma expects awkward silences and strict rules. Instead she finds flour-dusted kitchens, dawn chores, wide-eyed children who desperately want Christmas to feel normal again... and a man whose gentle strength makes her battered heart ache in ways she didn't expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Advent unfolds, Emma is pulled into the rhythm of Eli's world-baking for shut-ins, rehearsing lines for the school Christmas program, visiting neighbors by lantern light. Gossip in the district whispers about \"the Englisch woman with the widower,\" and Emma knows her place here is supposed to be temporary. Her car will be fixed. The roads will clear. She's meant to \u003ci\u003edrive away\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut every day she stays, the decision gets harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Christmas Eve forces Emma to choose between the fragile old life waiting for her and the simple, steady love growing under Eli's roof, she must decide where her heart\u003ci\u003e truly belongs\u003c\/i\u003e-and whether a broken road and a broken heart can become the start of a brand-new path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farmer's Christmas Guest\u003c\/i\u003e is a standalone novel in the Amish Hearts series-\u003cb\u003ea sweet second chance Amish holiday romance\u003c\/b\u003e filled with cozy farmhouse moments, children's laughter, gentle Christian faith, and a tender Christmas happily-ever-after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shel Mabel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798276892863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Shel Mabel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437599699199,"sku":"9798276892863","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_39b59495-90bd-44e5-ad2a-f67028145993.jpg?v=1777162832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-farmers-christmas-guest-shel-mabel-9798276892863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}