The Midwife Cover Reveal

The Midwife Cover Reveal

The day after I miscarried at ten weeks, I received an email from my publisher with the final cover for my second stand-alone novel, The Midwife.

When I opened the attachment, tears welled in my eyes. A woman holding a child. The image was so simple, and yet it was one that I would never take for granted again.

I am still unable to fully wrap my mind around our loss, but I believe that everything happens for a reason, and one day soon we will understand.

I appreciate your prayers as I continue editing The Midwife; I pray this story can bring hope and healing to those who have also lost.

This novel will be dedicated in memory of our unborn child, who we will hold again….

Since the day Rhoda Mummau was baptized into the Old Order Mennonite church and became the head midwife of Hopen Haus, she’s been torn between the needs of the unwed mothers under her care and her desire to conceal the secrets of her past. Contact with the outside world could provide medical advantages, but remaining secluded in the community gives her the anonymity she craves.

Graduate student Beth Winslow is on a path she never would have chosen. Heartbroken after surrendering a baby to adoption, she devotes herself to her studies until she becomes pregnant again, this time as a surrogate. But when early tests indicate possible abnormalities, Beth is unprepared for the parents’ decision to end the pregnancy—and for the fierce love she feels for this unborn child. Desperate, she flees the city and seeks refuge at Hopen House.

Past and present collide when a young woman named Amelia arrives to the sweeping countryside bearing secrets of her own. As Amelia’s due date draws near, Rhoda must face her past and those she thought she had left behind in order for the healing power of love and forgiveness to set them all free.

(From October 20-26th, my bestselling debut novel, The Outcast, is on sale for $1.99 on Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. Giveaway information on my Facebook author page.)