In the first novel of Beth Wiseman’s new Amish Bookstore series, a rare, old book may hold answers to a present-day romance. Yvonne Wilson arrives in Montgomery, Indiana, determined to purchase a rare book on behalf of a client willing to pay her an absurd amount of money for her efforts. Engaged to be married […]
For seven years, I worked as an assistant to Shelley Shepard Gray. In 2016, I started writing a story in an effort to help our daughters through their grief after losing two grandparents. Inspiration for the story originated from an image of a “Love Letters” or “Love Notes” quilt I saw on Facebook. The main […]
Thanks so much for visiting Destination Amish, Mindy! Tell us about your new book, An Amish Flower Farm. It’s Hallmark and Amish fiction, in one book!!! A coming of age, love story. You have Belinda Graber, a young woman who grows beautiful things. Encouraged by her family to work closer to her hopes of owning […]
Janice Kay Johnson is here today to chat all about her new book! To celebrate the release of FINDING HOPE (A Tompkin’s Mill Novel Book 3), Janice’s awesome publisher is giving away a copy of the first book in the series, TURNING HOME, to one lucky reader. See details on how to enter at the end […]
The Moonlight School – Just the Recess That’s Needed During these covid times of isolation, it is so nice to have a welcoming distraction from the cares of our present world. When I received my copy of Suzanne Woods Fisher’s latest release, The Moonlight School, it was just what I needed. Filled with wonderful characters, […]
Softly Blows the Bugle – A Satisfying Final Treat I’m baack! After a bit of a sabbatical from doing book reviews, I’m finally in the swing of things again. Getting things kicked off with a couple of great novels really did the trick! My latest find is Softly Blows the Bugle, Book Three in Jan […]
Welcome to Holmes County, the setting of my newest book, “Softly Blows the Bugle.” This is the third book in the series, The Amish of Weaver’s Creek, set in a fictional corner of Holmes County during the Civil War. The first two books tell the stories of Jonas Weaver, who left home to join the […]
What I admire most about the Amish faith is the emphasis on forgiveness. I’m ashamed to admit I’ve always had a tendency to hold grudges, and moving past that has been a struggle. In TURNING HOME, I loved writing about a woman who has the best reason in the world to hold onto anger, but […]
Many of my readers who enjoyed my Prayer Jars series liked it so much they began asking if I could write more about the characters in those three books. About the same time, my publisher suggested I write a mystery series that would include someone who runs a greenhouse. Since a greenhouse was mentioned in […]
Hillbilly Amish In Two Steps Forward, Sylvia Schrock moves to Stoney Ridge from her ultra-conservative Old Order Amish community and meets Jimmy Fisher, a charming guy with deep set dimples who’s a little too handsome for his own good. He’s been away for a while but now he’s back. Broke. And desperately needs a job. […]