Acknowledgments

It is with deep gratitude that I thank my readers, each and every one of you. Thanks, Facebook friends, who have encouraged me, including Karla Hanns, who helped me often, and many, many more. I appreciate all of you!

I am greatly indebted to the folks at my publishing house, David C Cook, in no special order: Ingrid Beck, Amy Konyndyk, Michelle Webb, Karen Stoller, the hardworking sales team, and others. Don Pape, thank you for your faith in me.

Thanks, Traci Dupree, for your editing expertise. Kudos to librarians who have requested and recommended my books!

Thank you to the many Amish who helped me tremendously but prefer not to be mentioned by name. Thank you, Sam and Susie Lapp, and Old Order Amish quilter Emma Stoltzfus of E S Quilts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Thank you, Lisa Ravenholt, for answering my equestrian questions, Connie Sidles, author and noted bird authority, Earlene Luke, dog breeder/handler/judge extraordinaire, and Donald Kraybill, author and expert of the Amish. Three cheers for Robert and Lisa-Ann at Web Designs by LAO, always ready to come to my aid.

A thunderous applause to my weekly writers group comprised of published authors: Judy Bodmer, Roberta Kehle, Kathleen Kohler, Gigi Murfitt, Thornton Ford, Paul Malm, and Marty Nystrom. Bravo to my steadfast literary agent, Sandra Bishop!