Christmas at Pebble Creek (Free Short Story)

Name: Christmas at Pebble Creek (Free Short Story)
Rating: 4.277070045471191 (314 reviews)

Vannetta Chapman

Nov 2013 · Harvest House Publishers

4.3

314 reviews

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This free short story e-romance is an exclusive bonus from The Pebble Creek Amish Series by Vannetta Chapman. Fans of the series will enjoy this chance to briefly revisit Pebble Creek, and new readers will be introduced to an Amish community that is more deeply explored in the three full novels, A Promise for Miriam, A Home for Lydia, and A Wedding for Julia. As a bonus, this free eBook also includes Amish homestyle recipes for chicken and dumplings, green beans, and fresh bread.

Heavy snow blankets the southwestern Wisconsin Amish community as nineteen-year-old Grace Miller closes the schoolhouse for Christmas break. She's looking forward to having extra time to help the family prepare for the holiday, and she is hoping to get a few more drawings in of the beautiful, snowy Pebble Creek landscape. Her courtship with Adam Lapp is going on six months, and Grace can't wait to give him his present: a blue-and-brown buggy blanket she crocheted for him. Yes, this Christmas is going to be especially joyful.

Yet, amid the cheer of snowshoe outings, church potlucks, and holiday festivities, Grace is given a bittersweet reminder of the Christmas story. Grief is present with celebration, and though the future is rarely certain, she is given a heartwarming glimpse that God knows our needs before we do and will provide.

Ratings and reviews

4.3

314 reviews

Andrea Berner

February 5, 2019

What a delightful story. Simply written and, to me, interesting. Amish communities are not really known in my country and I have only read or seen movies about them. I particularly liked the fact recipes were included in the back. A truly lovely little story

3 people found this review helpful

Alacia Kearse

November 27, 2016

This is a story about faith: God will provide. HE plans for a future that we know nothing about! The author skillfully incorporated these basic tenets of faith in a way that filled each page with anticipation! My one and only complaint is that the story was by far too short!

7 people found this review helpful

Margaret Barnard

June 16, 2023

it's a short story, so naturally it doesn't quite live up to Chapman's full length books.

About the author

Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. She has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania. Her novel Falling to Pieces was a 2012 ACFW Carol Award finalist. A Promise for Miriam earned a spot on the June 2012 Christian Retailing Top Ten Fiction list. Chapman was a teacher for 15 years and currently writes full time. She lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband. For more information, visit her at www.VannettaChapman.com

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