The Frost Before the Bloom

Susanna Lapp has never met a silence she couldn't fill. Cheerful, capable, and endlessly taken for granted, she's spent her whole life being loved for her usefulness and rarely believed about anything deeper. When the Weaver family needs help nursing a bitter, grieving grandfather, Susanna is the last person Aaron Weaver expects to want in his house—and the first person in seven years he lets himself need.

Aaron buried his father at seventeen, and buried his heart along with him, certain that needing anyone is a danger he can't survive twice. But Susanna's steady warmth cracks something open in the Weaver farmhouse that's stayed closed for years—in his grandfather, in his mother, and finally, terrifyingly, in himself.

When a single misunderstanding convinces Susanna that she was never truly wanted, Aaron will have to face the fear that's kept him at arm's length from everyone since he lost his father—before he loses her too.

A standalone Amish romance, The Frost Before the Bloom is the sixth book in the Bird in Hand series. Fans will especially enjoy glimpses of familiar faces along the way!