About the Book
Book: The Amish Mother’s Secret
Author: Diane Craver
Genre: Amish Romance
Release Date: December 22, 2022
Sometimes a beautiful miracle comes to you at exactly the wrong time…
Lindsay Prescott is 40 and single when tragedy strikes. Diagnosed with stage 4, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer, her instinct is to right the wrongs in her life. Her unfortunate childhood with an alcoholic, verbally abusive mother drove her to break free in desperation at the age of 17. While working at a hotel along the beach on the East Coast, she met Harris Manning. He took her breath away and she gave herself to him in love.
Harris’ life was already planned out for him by his wealthy parents. Falling for Lindsay had been a dream. However, compelled to wed the woman his parents chose for him, he’d left her to endure a shaky marriage.
Though Harris never knew it, Lindsay found herself pregnant when he left her with no way to care for identical triplets on her own. When the triplets were five months old, she reconnected with an Amish couple—Katie and Roman Yoder—who were unable to have children. The Yoders adopted Amy and Jenna while Lindsay kept Phoebe. She couldn’t bear to give all three babies away. In the years that followed, Katie worked hard to keep her away from her adopted daughters.
When you let go of a miracle, can you ever capture it again?
After Harris learns his ex-wife intercepted Lindsay’s calls years ago to tell him she was pregnant, he rushes to her side, thrilled to discover he’s a father. But life rarely gives fairytale endings. Revealing the truth may prove more devastating than the hurdles that came before…and all that will surely come after for a woman fighting for her life.
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MY REVIEW
The Amish Mother's Secret touched my heart from the beginning. Lindsey, going through Cancer treatments, is lucky to have her daughter, Phoebe to help and give her support. As a single parent since the death of her husband, Lindsey has suffered through lots of challenges. One of them is hiding a secret from her daughter.
I loved the closeness between Lindsey and Phoebe. The storyline ran me through the gamut of feelings. Betrayal, forgiveness, compassion, and second chances are a few of the emotions you will encounter. The author's writing style is easy to read, the descriptions enhanced the story, and the differences between Amish and English living added extra tension to the story. Highly recommended a sweet love story with surprises along the way.
I received a complimentary ARC from the publisher and willingly choose to review it. All opinions are my own.
About the Author
Diane Craver is the author of The Amish Mother’s Secret, Book 1 in The Amish Adoption Series and two popular Amish series, Dreams of Plain Daughters and The Bishop’s Daughters. Diane also writes romantic suspense, inspirational contemporary romance, historical Christian fiction and women’s fiction. Her emotional reads receive great reviews. Although she started her career writing non-fiction, she switched to writing fiction. She wanted to keep her sanity in the midst of having a large family. Writing fiction with quirky and memorable characters gave her the escape she needed from her noisy household. Diane met her husband Tom while teaching at an orphanage. They enjoy their life in southwestern Ohio, and have been blessed with six children and several grandchildren. Two adult daughters with Down syndrome live with Tom and Diane. Her family is supportive of her writing career, and her favorite vacation is going to the beach with them. She gives thanks daily to God for her wonderful blessings, including being in remission from Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
More from Diane
When I started writing The Amish Mother’s Secret, a friend had been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I decided to have my main character, Lindsay, to have the same type of cancer. I used many of the details of his illness for my character’s cancer. Then an unbelievable thing happened to me. I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I never expected to have cancer with none in my family history.
It was hard telling our children I was diagnosed with stage four cancer. It was stage four because it was found in many of my lymph nodes throughout my body. I rewrote the details in my manuscript so that my character reflected the type of lymphoma I had. Also, after the six months of chemo, I started two years of maintenance therapy. My oncologist said doing this therapy treatment during remission could reduce the risk of recurrence and improve the cure rate for me.
While doing my months of chemo treatments, I received thoughtful gifts, devotional books, two prayer blankets and cards with wonderful Bible verses from friends and relatives. Feeling God’s love through them helped me to get through a difficult time in my life. I appreciated all the prayers said for me to recover from cancer. I have been blessed with an awesome support group of readers.
During this stressful time, I heard from agent Lesley Sabga of The Seymour Agency. She wanted to represent me and told me how much she loved my voice. I hadn’t been looking for an agent so it was a wonderful blessing to sign with Lesley. I had planned on The Amish Mother’s Secret to be a standalone novel, but Lesley acquired a three-book contract for me with Vinspire Publishing. I enjoyed writing about the two mothers, Lindsay and Katie, in Book One, The Amish Mother’s Secret. Both mothers were from two different worlds, but their love never wavered for their children. The second book in my Amish Adoption series, An Unexpected Gift, continues the adoption theme and is also available for purchase. Book three will release next year.
Blog Stops
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, September 9
Texas Book-aholic, September 10
Mary Hake, September 10
Lighthouse Academy Blog, September 11 (Guest Review from Marilyn Ridgway)
Locks, Hooks and Books, September 12
Connie’s History Classroom, September 13
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, September 14
Splashes of Joy, September 14
Bizwings Book Blog, September 15
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, September 16
The Book Club Network, September 17
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, September 18
Vicky Sluiter, September 18
For Him and My Family, September 19
Cover Lover Book Review, September 20
JESUS in the EVERYDAY, September 21
Books I’ve Read, September 22
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Diane is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/27a70/the-amish-mother-s-secret-celebration-tour-giveaway
