title: Caleb's Miracle: A Christmas Adventure in Old Montana (The Blascomb Family Chronicles)
author:  Sandy Compton 
description: Sandy Compton is a native Montanan, outdoorsman, world traveler and explorer of the American West, as well as the nature of human relationships with landscape, other humans, the occasional critter and themselves. His considerable writing skills span adventure fiction, children's stories, the essay, and creative non-fiction. With eight books to his credit and more on the way, he has become an important regional voice in the Northern Rockies. He has also helped other authors make their books reality through Blue Creek Press (www.bluecreekpress.com) In his "other" life, Compton is program coordinator for Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (wwwscotchmanpeaks.org), advocating for wilderness designation for the 88,000-acre Scotchman Peaks on the border between Idaho and Montana near where he lives.
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  Instant Father
  
  
  
  
  
  One minute, Caleb Mast is an oil-rig roughneck who answers to no one but
  himself. The next, he’s the father of a special-needs child he never knew
  existed. What kind of home can a man like him—without faith or
  community—provide for an eight-year-old girl? For little Joy’s sake, Caleb
  returns to the Amish community he left behind years ago. His daughter bonds
  with Amish schoolteacher Leah Belier, and Caleb feels hopeful for once. But
  Leah blames Caleb for dashing long-ago dreams and can’t bear to trust him.
  With Christmas weeks away, one special girl just may bring two hearts—and an
  entire community—together.
  
  
  
  
  
  Brides of Amish Country: Finding true love in the land of the Plain People.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Leah laid a protective hand on Joy’s head.
  
  
  “Patience and kindness are the keys to raising a special child,” she told
  Caleb. “All children are gifts from God, but we believe a chi