Christmas Gift for Rose (9780310336822) (14 page)

TRICIA GOYER is the best-selling author of thirty-seven books, including the Big Sky and Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Amish series. She is currently writing three more Amish stories and
One Year of Amish Peace
. Tricia’s Amish novels have made the ECPA and
USA Today
bestsellers list. Tricia and her husband, John, live in Little Rock, Arkansas. They have four children and are currently in the process of adopting two more.

“Tricia Goyer’s
A Christmas Gift for Rose
is a heartwarming story of faith, family, and community. Her characters and descriptions are captivating, bringing the story to life with the turn of every page.”

— Amy Clipston, best-selling author of the Kauffman Amish Bakery Series

“Goyer’s heartwarming, glowing tale of hope quickly captured my attention and embraced it until the last page.”

— Sherry Gore, author of
Simply Delicious Amish Cooking
and editor-in-chief of
Cooking & Such
magazine

“Thoughtfully written,
A Christmas Gift for Rose
will touch the heart of every mother and daughter. A story of a young woman fearful of her future learns of her mysterious past and through this adversity finds the true path for her life. The rich Amish history is compelling. By the end of the book, the reader will want more and more of the same.”

— Elizabeth Byler Younts, author of Amish historical
Promise to Return

The Memory Jar

The Promise Box

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A Christmas Gift for Rose

Copyright © 2013 by Tricia Goyer

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Goyer, Tricia.

A Christmas gift for Rose / Tricia Goyer.

     pages cm

ISBN 978-0-310-33678-5 (trade paper)

1. Gifts—Fiction. 2. Christmas stories. I. Title.

PS3607.O94C57 2013

813’.6—dc23                                  2013009649

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