Acknowledgments

This book is dedicated to Martha Casbeer. When I first moved to my town and asked around for someone who could help me learn to quilt, everyone gave me Martha’s name. She has been invaluable to me in reading all of my manuscripts, but especially this one. Her patience is tremendous and her quilting skill a real treasure. Any mistakes in details regarding quilting are my own.

Melissa Neff and Sara Kalmbach provided insight into the nursing details.

I’d like to invite readers to visit www.locksoflove.org. This organization is mentioned in passing in this novel, and from what I have learned, it is a fine charity.

Thanks to my pre-readers: Donna, Dorsey, and Kristy. They do an excellent job of catching my mistakes. I also appreciate every member of my family and their patience with me when I’m working under a deadline. I’m indebted to my agent, Mary Sue Seymour, for always finding the best place for my work, and to the wonderful staff at Abingdon Press for publishing this story.

I enjoyed this return visit to Annie and Samuel and the fine folks in Mifflin County, whom you first read about in A Simple Amish Christmas. It’s easy to grow attached to fictional characters when you spend so much time with them. My prayer is that these characters will bring you into a closer walk with our Lord.

And finally, may we give “thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:20).

Blessings,

Vannetta