I am so happy to share with you my newest release, The Baby Next Door. I want to thank everyone who has ordered or downloaded a copy. The Baby Next Door was an instant Publishers Weekly bestseller, landing on the list at #12. Many times I’m asked where I come up with ideas, and what inspires me, and who is …
Material Witness, Excerpt #1 Today I thought I’d share a short excerpt from Material Witness. This is from Chapter 10 (page 121). Melinda has learned that her son, Aaron — her handicapped son — is in danger. She’s hurried home to warn her family, but when she arrives no one is there. As Ginger nudged Melinda’s hand searching for a …
Blogging and Everything Amish So how do you like the new look of my blog? The blue reminds me of kitchen curtains, and the brown and orange remind me of fall. : ) I hope this will be a nice, comforting place that you enjoy visiting. So I gave the blog a facelift, and you’ll notice a few other changes …
Shipshewana Amish Mystery – Material Witness In just 2 weeks, book 3 of my Shipshewana series–Material Witness will begin shipping from the Zondervan warehouse. I wanted to share with you the new covers, which the art department at Zondervan did a wonderful job of creating. If you’ve already read books 1 and 2, no worries — the story is the …
All Things Amish–Gardening, part 2 Are we in the gardening mood yet? I realize many of you still have snow on the ground. My hope is this series will warm you up a little! I was surprised how large Amish gardens are, but then again they are using them to feed their families. But other things surprised me as well–look …
All Things Amish–Gardening, part 1 February might SEEM like an early time to talk about gardening, but I like the idea of planning out my garden. When I look back over the photos of Amish gardens I have visited, it’s easy to see they are well planned. Lots of work and effort went into these vegetable patches–and for good reason. Here …
All Things Amish–Menno-Hof in Shipshewana When you visit Shipshewana, one of the first things you notice is the big red barn on South Van Buren as you’re driving through town. The Menno-Hof was actually built in a traditional barn-raising with the help of local the local Amish and Mennonite communities. I was in Shipshe the last 2 summers to research my books, Falling …
All Things Amish–Shipshewana On Saturdays, I’m sharing some of my favorite spots in Shipshewana, Indiana … the setting for Falling to Pieces and my upcoming release, A Perfect Square. We don’t think of an Amish community as being the home of Native American Indians, but Shipshewana was the name of the Chief of the Potawatami Indians who had settled in the …
All Things Amish–Lolly’s Fabrics and Quilts For the next few Saturdays, I want to share with you some of my favorite spots in Shipshewana, Indiana … the setting for Falling to Pieces and my upcoming release, A Perfect Square. When I decided to use a real town for my fictional series, I kept some things the same, and I changed …
Myth Buster #7: Bikes This MIGHT not be much of a myth buster, but I thought it was something we should talk about. I was certainly a little surprised the first time I walked into an Amish barn and saw more than 40 bicycles. I thought the older Amish gentleman was running a bicycle shop! He smiled and said, “Ah, …