The Christmas Quilt by Patricia Davids

Author:Patricia Davids [Davids, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781459282490
Google: XsL-VH-Hj-8C
Amazon: B005WJ8GI2
Barnesnoble: B005WJ8GI2
Goodreads: 12651511
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Rebecca wasn’t sure how much longer she could sit and pretend that Gideon Troyer was a normal visitor. Her heart was hammering. Her hands were shaking. She wanted him to leave. Even though she was the one who turned down his offer of marriage, she never gave up loving him. When he left it was as if he took a piece of her heart with him.

Now that scar on her heart was open and bleeding again.

She rose from her chair, knocking against the table in her haste. She heard the cups rattle but she didn’t care if they spilled. “Vera and Adam have been gone a long time. Perhaps you should see if you can help.”

“Rebecca, can you forgive me?”

She had sent him away. When the darkness descended over her life it wasn’t his fault he wasn’t there to hold her and comfort her. And yet it was his fault. If his faith had been strong, he would have been there for her.

She spoke the words her Amish teaching required her to say. “Of course I forgive you. I forgave you a long time ago.”

“Thank you, Rebecca. It means the world to me.”

The sound of the outside door opening saved her from having to reply. When Vera and Adam returned, Rebecca excused herself and rushed up the stairs to her bedroom.

She closed the door and leaned against it. Angry tears stung her eyes. Wiping at them with fierce swipes, she vowed they would be the last tears she shed over Gideon Troyer.

Up until a month ago, her life had a simple rhythm. Gardening in the spring and summer, canning in the fall and quilting over the long winter days. It didn’t matter that she couldn’t see the fresh greenness of the spring. She could smell it in the air and feel the warmth of the sun on her face. It didn’t matter that she couldn’t watch the snow fall. She knew when it fell by the silence that blanketed the land. It was enough for her to work and feel the seasons passing by, for they defined her life.

Then, a few short weeks ago, she met a man who touched her soul the way only one man had before. That he was forbidden to her was as painful as holding someone else’s child and knowing she would never hold her own babe. The day she gave him her quilt was the first time in her life she questioned her decision to stay among the Amish.

The morning after he left, she woke knowing he had been the test—and she passed. If she never regained her vision, her faith was strong enough to sustain that disappointment. Contentment had entered her soul.

Now Gideon was back and her heart was being torn once more. All her old feelings for him came rushing back to life at the sound of his voice.

Why now? Why, after so many years of darkness and bitterness overcome, was she being tested again?

“Haven’t I suffered enough, Lord? Haven’t I paid

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