Foreword 
THE IDEA FOR this series was a long time in coming. I started to read quite early in life, and my taste for books transcended the typical chunky books that preschoolers are made to read. I confess that my first love was Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, which I devoured practically on a daily basis. To say I was a bookworm would be putting it mildly. Children would take bets on whether I could finish a book in a day, a challenge I won easily on most days.
So my transition to classic literature came at an early age, with my favorites being Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and especially Victor Hugo. Christmas was fairly predictable in my house. Just one leather-bound book always made it the “bestest Christmas ever.”
In writing Amish Christian romances, something I have been doing for twenty-five years, I have always tried to explore new angles to the stories. I base most of my stories on my own experiences, having lived on Amish farms and in Amish homes over the years. I have come to know these amazingly strong and devout people in a way that I am constantly pinching myself as to why I have been able to do so. I must confess that, on more than one occasion, I have heard the same from them: “We aren’t quite sure what it is, Sarah, but . . . there’s something deeply special about you.”
Besides adoring my Amish friends and “family,” I also adore my readers. Many of you know I spend countless hours using social media to individually connect with as many readers as I can. I found some of my “bestest friends” online, and despite living in Virginia or Hawaii or Nebraska or Australia, they are as dear to me as the ones who live two miles down the road.
Well, something clicked when I combined my love of literature with my adoration of my readers and respect of the Amish. I hope that by my creating this literary triad, my readers will experience the Amish in a new way—that they will experience authentic Amish culture and religion based on my experiences of having lived among the Amish and my exposure to the masterpieces of literary greats from years past.
It’s amazing to think that a love of God and passion for reading can be combined in such a manner as to touch so many people. I hope that you, too, are touched, and I truly welcome your e-mail messages, letters, and postings.
BLESSINGS,
SARAH PRICE
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