The Lopsided Christmas Cake – Falls Flat The Brunstetter name immediately conjures up images of buggy rides, prayer kapps, quilts, and yummy Amish treats. When a friend of mine passed along her copy of The Lopsided Christmas Cake to me, I was ready to see what Brunstetter had to offer. Unfortunately, the whole thing fell […]
A Simple Prayer – Goodbye, Lancaster Grand Hotel! Say it isn’t so! It looks like Amy Clipston is finishing up her Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel series. A Simple Prayer is Book Four in the series. Does it satisfy this reader? Ohhhh yeahhhhh. A Simple Prayer follows Aaron Ebersol, who has been gone from […]
Meek and Mild – Much Less Morose ~ Review by Susan Scott Ferrell After reading Olivia Newport’s Wonderful Lonesome (first in her Amish Turns of Time series), I was left wanting more…and also found it to be rather depressing. I had hoped to read more about the characters in Book Two, but that wasn’t to […]
Murder Tightly Knit – A Purl of a Book! Vannetta Chapman has slowly gained prominence in the Amish genre. Her ability to weave a storyline together so intricately that the reader is thoroughly ensconced after only two pages is proof of her talents. Murder Tightly Knit (second in her Amish Village Mystery series) does exactly […]
The story behind The Bishop’s Son goes back to the days when I first decided to write Amish fiction. Some of my writer friends were very surprised. They had questions. Had I examined the Amish faith? Was I sure they were “true” Christians? What about the fact that they don’t evangelize? Aren’t we called to […]
Q&A with Cindy Woodsmall author of Ties That Bind On sale date: 09/08/2015 Tradepaper ISBN: 9781601426994 e-Book ISBN: 9781601427007 WaterBrook Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Q1. Ties that Bind is the first book in the Amish of Summer Grove series and it takes us into the world of an Old Order Amish […]
Lorie’s Heart – Where Does It Belong? – Review by Susan Scott Ferrell Amy Lillard was a new author to me when I read her first novel (Caroline’s Secret) in her Wells Landing series. I was skeptical, but was quickly won over. Lillard had teased her readers at the end of Book Two (Courting Emily) […]
Her Brother’s Keeper – A Story of Healing Review by Susan Ferrell It has been so long since I have seen a new release from Beth Wiseman (a full-length, Amish-genre release)! I actually caught my breath when I picked up her newest release, Her Brother’s Keeper, first in her Amish Secret Series. Wiseman fans (and Amish […]
Readers of Amish fiction are well educated about the ways of the Plain People. Sometimes, it’s important to mention that rules vary from state to state, and even from district to district. I have an Amish friend in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I was shocked the first time I went inside her home. There were pictures […]
People often ask me what is the hardest thing about writing a book. The answer is…writing. That’s it. That’s all I’ve got. Okay, I will elaborate to increase the word count a little on this post. The hardest thing about writing is actually typing words on a blank page. For me, dreaming up the story […]