{"product_id":"the-blessings-jar-9781958640258","title":"The Blessings Jar","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Baden feels unworthy of love... \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e For years, Anna Hertzler has dropped slips of paper into \u003cstrong\u003eThe Blessings Jar \u003c\/strong\u003eon her dresser... each one a prayer of someday becoming Mrs. David Baden. Unfortunately, David barely seems to notice her, unless she's serving him a meal at her parents' Let's All Eat diner. Not only has David noticed her, he admires the hard-working beauty who gave up teaching to care for her now-disabled parents \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e manage their struggling eatery. With a woman like that beside him, his life would be complete. She thinks their 8-year age difference explains why he keeps his distance. Better to let her think it, he tells himself, than see the warmth she shows him turn cold should she learn about the wicked secret he's hiding. Anna has a secret, too: Years earlier, she'd witnessed the event that explains why David sometimes stares into space, looking terrified... and ashamed. Horrified by what she'd seen, young Anna sought her mother's advice: \"A truth like that,\" the woman said, \"will cause big trouble, so you must never, \u003cem\u003eever\u003c\/em\u003e repeat it!\" \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eAs Christmas approaches, the prayer slips in her blessings jar ask for \u003cem\u003ecourage\u003c\/em\u003e. She loves David too much to watch him suffer any longer. Her confession could stir up trouble \u003cem\u003eand \u003c\/em\u003emake him resent her for not telling him sooner. \u003cp\u003eDoes she love him enough to risk losing him in order to free him from his dark secret?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11899822\"\u003eLoree Lough\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Progressive Rising Phoenix Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958640258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958640255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027290\"\u003eRomance | Holiday\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC053000\"\u003eAmish \u0026amp; Mennonite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Progressive Rising Phoenix Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44448489406701,"sku":"9781958640258","price":18.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ced0cdaf-e245-4f7c-83fe-16d4d4348bef.jpg?v=1700303339","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-blessings-jar-9781958640258","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}