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 […]
A Time for War, and a Time for Peace Many people assume that since the Amish are non-resistant (or pacifists), that they would never be involved in war in any way. But the sobering reality is that in the case of the American Civil War, the Amish living in southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland had […]
My newest book, Convenient Amish Courtship, brings two friends back together. From the back cover: When Bethany Zook’s childhood friend returns to Indiana Amish country a widower, with an adorable little girl in tow, she’s willing to aid him in any way. But there’s just one thing Andrew Yoder needs – a mother for little […]
The Sound of Distant Thunder – Terrific Start to the Series! I was enchanted by Jan Drexler’s Naomi’s Hope, and so I jumped at the chance to read her latest release, The Sound of Distant Thunder, first in her Amish of Weaver’s Creak series. I wondered though: Could Drexler deliver a new series, set in […]
The Sound of Distant Thunder is the first book in The Amish of Weaver’s Creek series. How many books are proposed for this series? There are three books in the series. What motivated you to write about an Amish family during the Civil War era? A big part of my motivation grew out of my […]
Naomi’s Hope ~ New Drexler Fan Found! I’m a bit leery of many authors in the Amish genre these days. It seems that several are in it just to make a buck or two off of a novella. To be honest, I was curious about a novel titled Naomi’s Hope, but I wasn’t sold – […]