Have you read Love’s Abundant Harvest, my second book in the Spirit of the Amish series? I would love to know your thoughts, if you have! Here’s a little about it: When a fire takes Lucy’s livelihood and the life of her overbearing husband she is on her own with a baby on the way. Overwhelmed with […]
One of the most common generalizations about the Amish is that they’re all farmers. While it is true that these days the Amish also run other income-generating businesses, they remain tied to the land. It wasn’t always that way. In the beginning, the Amish were educated people who lived in towns. Four hundred years ago […]
I have worked in the Customer Service industry since I was sixteen. The day I turned sixteen, I started working at McDonald’s and continued to do so for four years. I was not lovin’ it. I had to wear a brown polyester uniform that was hot and itchy. I was given a visor to wear […]
I feel like I have been waiting forever for Kathleen Fuller’s latest release, A Faith of Her Own. It’s not because she hasn’t had a release in a long time (she has), but when you’ve read all of Fuller’s writings and you hear there is a new one on the horizon, you start to have […]
Hello everyone. My latest book, Amish Redemption, is showing up in stores from coast to coast this week. I thought you might enjoy a glimpse at the story behind the story. I knew my book was going to be as spring release when the book was contracted. Here in Kansas, spring normally means the end […]
Awhile back, in the course of a fairly long series for Steeple Hill Love Inspired, I introduced some Amish minor characters, wondering what my editor would say about that. She responded, “You know that Amish thing? Do that more.” So, since I’m in the habit of saying yes to editors, probably in reaction to all […]
A hint of spring is in the air! Winter in my neck of the woods was mild, but I know many of you farther east are literally digging yourselves out of the deep freeze. One of my favorite signs of early spring is the blossoming apricot tree in my backyard. The tiny pink buds are […]
After getting my first taste of Beth Shriver’s writings with Rumspringa’s Hope (Book One in her Spirit of the Amish series), I was drooling with anticipation for the next book in the series to arrive. When Love’s Abundant Harvest arrived, I couldn’t start it soon enough. Have no fear, readers: Love’s Abundant Harvest is yet […]
Why I Wrote A Faith of Her Own Since I started writing Amish fiction, all of my full-length novels have been set in Middlefield, OH. This includes my YA series, The Mysteries of Middlefield. I had the opportunity to write about the characters in those three books (A Summer Secret, The Secrets Beneath, Hide and […]
If you’re like me, you are so ready for winter to be over. I live in Northeast Ohio, and the last two winters have been brutal. Each winter seems to be longer and colder than the last. It needs to end! I’m ready for spring, but even more than the warm weather, I’m ready for […]