An Amish Christmas Match

A widower looking for a sensible wife gets more than he bargained for when his lovely new housekeeper begins to stir his closed-off heart.

With Phoebe Kropf's learning disabilities and anxiety, her family tends to coddle her. She knows she is loved but longs to be treated as the competent adult she is. So when her friend asks her to take over her housekeeping job during the holiday season, Phoebe is excited to accept the role-especially since it means moving to a place where no one has any preconceived notions about her and where she can allow herself to spread her wings.

Seth Beiler, a widower and a skilled woodworker who creates sought-after chess sets, carries the weight of his six younger brothers' well-being on his shoulders. His wife passed away four years ago and he has been trying to care for his household alone ever since. Unable to carry on any longer without someone he can always depend on, he tasks his cousins to be on the lookout for an eligible woman to marry, someone like his former wife-organized, practical, and efficient. But he's distracted by his spontaneous and spirited new housekeeper who is not at all what he was expecting.

As Phoebe and Seth share laughter, heartwarming meals, unconventional chess matches and unexpected moments that bring them closer together, they realize they'll both need to rectify their own unresolved issues before they have any chance of moving forward...together.

Winnie Griggs is the multi-published, award-winning author of romances that focus on small towns, big hearts, and amazing grace. Her work has won a number of regional and national awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Winnie grew up in southeast Louisiana in an undeveloped area her friends thought of as the back of beyond. Eventually she found her own Prince Charming, and together they built a storybook happily-ever-after, one that includes four now-grown children who are all happily pursuing adventures of their own. When not busy writing, she enjoys cooking, browsing estate sales and solving puzzles. She is also a list maker, a lover of exotic teas, and holds an advanced degree in the art of procrastination.

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