A Christmas to Heal

A Sweet Second Chance Amish Holiday Romance

By: Shel Mabel

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Two years after losing his wife, Jonah Stoltzfus has learned how to survive—but not how to live.

His modest Amish home runs on half-finished chores and take-what-you-can-get suppers. His children are quiet when they should be laughing. When Advent arrives and the bishop’s wife worries Jonah is taking on too much, she asks Mary Yoder—Jonah’s late wife’s cousin and the most capable woman in the district—to quietly oversee his Christmas commitments.

Mary has spent years helping Jonah’s family from the edges: baking when they’re overwhelmed, mending when clothes wear thin, slipping in and out before anyone can look too closely at her heart. Stepping into his home for twenty-five days of choir practices, school program rehearsals, charity baking, and simple family traditions feels like crossing a line she’s sworn never to touch.

As December days pass, Mary brings warmth back into Jonah’s kitchen and laughter back into his children’s eyes. A barnside scare, harsh gossip, and a flurry of Christmas preparations push Jonah and Mary together until neither can pretend their feelings are only duty.

Mary can’t bear the thought of “replacing” her cousin. Jonah fears asking for joy a second time is asking too much of God. On a snowy Christmas Eve, Jonah must decide if he will keep living with one foot in the past—or trust the God who heals broken hearts. And Mary must find the courage to accept that love after loss is not betrayal, but mercy.

A Christmas to Heal is a standalone novel in the Amish Hearts series—a sweet second chance Amish holiday romance about a widowed Amish father, gentle humor, healing hearts, and the quiet hope of a home made whole again.