From the nineteenth century mail-order brides to the dating app you can swipe on your phone today, matchmaking is a centuries’ old business. This is no different for the Amish. Amish matchmakers have been long a part of the Amish culture. In Matchmaking Can Be Murder, you will be introduced to my Amish matchmaker Millie […]
Excerpt from Chapter 1 Peppermint is much more than a Christmastime treat. It has a thousand uses. It has been used to freshen breath, flavor beverages, calm nerves, and even grow hair. But as far as I could tell, it did not have the power to repel ex-boyfriends. I wasn’t considering this failing on peppermint’s […]
The Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series debuted at the end of August with the release of Assaulted Caramel. When I was asked to write another Amish mystery series after I had written the popular Appleseed Creek Mysteries and the Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries, which I wrote under the pen name Isabella Alan, I was a […]
There is still the better part of two months left in 2015, but as Thanksgiving approaches and the end of the year, I can’t help but reflect on what a year this has been. And I am thankful for it. At the beginning of the year, I knew that I was under contract to write […]
I had the pleasure of being part of the five-author anthology Amish Christmas at North Star released by WaterBrook Multnomah. This collection begins with the birth of four Amish children all delivered by the same Amish midwife twenty-five years ago. Each novella tells the story of where that child is in the present day. Spoiler… […]
Summer is my favorite season. I love summer vacations, summer flowers, and summer projects. It seems like every summer I start out with great expectations of everywhere I will go, everything that I will do, and everything that I will write. In general, I would say I have a seventy-five percent success rate of doing […]
June 16, 2010 was a monumental day in my life. It was the release day of Maid of Murder, my very first mystery novel. The book went on to be nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel, attracted the attention of the world’s best literary agent, and led to the release of twelve […]
The Final Reveille released this month, and it’s my first mystery in the Living History Museum Mystery Series. The series is about a fictional living history museum and farm in Ohio. The first novel takes place during a Civil War reenactment on the Farm. Unfortunately, one of the attendees to the reenactment is found dead, […]
A few months ago, my agent contacted me to let me know that Tantor Media wanted to release the Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries, which I write under the pen name Isabella Alan, in audiobook. I immediately said “yes.” I have been a fan of audiobooks for a long time, and I was delighted finally have […]
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 […]