The Buggy Ride Home

By: Miriam Beiler

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She buried her heart with her husband. Now a stranger's kindness threatens to awaken what she thought was gone forever.

Miriam Yoder's buggy wheel shatters on her last chance to reach the market. Without these quilt sales, she'll lose the farm. When widowed carpenter Josiah Troyer stops to help, her young son Eli speaks his first words in two years to a stranger.

Josiah fled to Lancaster County to escape the loss of his wife and stillborn son. He's not looking to care again. But Eli's trust and Miriam's fierce independence crack something open in his chest. Storm repairs become daily visits. Woodworking lessons become family dinners.

Miriam panics after realizing she's falling for the man teaching her son. She barely survived losing Jacob. And she can't risk Eli's heart—or her own.

Will two hearts broken by loss dare to love again? Or will fear destroy their chance at the family they never expected to find?

the honesty and simplicity of the simple life.

Great story, well written. I liked the slow changes in the young boy, the way he came out of his shell.