Marta Perry, Romance, Suspense, Amish fiction Author

Hannah’s Joy

Pleasant Valley Book Six, Berkley Books, May, 2012

Unexpected tragedy has left Hannah Conroy without her soldier husband and a home for her baby son, Jamie. Seeking refuge, she comes to live with her aunt in Pleasant Valley, a place she hasn’t seen since childhood, when her parents left their Old Order Mennonite faith.

Hannah finds a sympathetic friend in furniture craftsman William Brand, whose stammer seems to isolate him from his Amish community. Hannah is drawn to William, but a startling ultimatum from her former father-in-law makes it seem she must leave Pleasant Valley or risk losing her son.

As William seeks the courage to stand up for the woman who believes in him, Hannah must decide where her true home lies—in the ever-changing world she knows or in the simpler, loving community she’s found.

Danger in Plain Sight

Amish Romantic Suspense, HQN Books, June, 2012

Libby Morgan never wanted to return to Lancaster County. She’d fled the slow pace of Amish country and her foolish love for Adam Byler for a job and a new life across the country. She doesn’t expect to return, until an Amish friend from her childhood pleads for her help, and Libby knows she must go back.

Adam Byler, former Marine and now Police Chief of Springville, will sacrifice himself to keep the peace for both Amish and their “Englisch” neighbors, and he won’t allow his feelings for Libby to distract him. But when Libby’s innocent Amish friend is attacked and left for dead, the two of them are drawn irresistibly together to find the killer, only to face a danger even more threatening than their growing passion for each other.

I’m so glad you stopped by to visit the website dedicated to my inspirational romances—my Amish romances published by Berkley Books, inspirational romances published by Love Inspired, and my series of Amish Suspense published by HQN Books. Nothing gives me more pleasure than hearing from readers, so I hope you’ll e-mail me. If you send me your mailing address, I’ll be happy to reply with a signed bookmark and my free brochure of Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. Since I come from a long line of women who were only happy when they were feeding people, I enjoy sharing recipes. You’ll also find some on the recipe page of this site.

We have returned to Pennsylvania after spending the winter months in South Carolina. It was lovely to be there, and I enjoyed walking on the beach and looking out at the live oaks draped with Spanish moss from my office window. We especially cherish the opportunity to see more of our southern grandchildren when we’re there, and we were able to get together with the whole family for a winter vacation. Still, it’s always good to come home again.

I left behind in South Carolina the lovely pink azalea that was blooming outside my kitchen window, but I came home to a beautiful display of daffodils. The winter was so mild here in Pennsylvania that the spring flowers are well ahead of schedule. The bugle flowers and buttercups are already spreading across the lawn, and we seem to have a bumper crop of onion grass this year!

In writing news, I’m just finishing HOME BY DARK, the first book in a new romantic suspense trilogy for HQN Books, which is set in an Amish community in Pennsylvania. This first book in the new series won’t be out until January, 2013, but we work pretty far ahead in publishing!

I’m also working on the eighth book set in Pleasant Valley. This one will be a little different, as I’m doing a three-book series set in Pleasant Valley and a neighboring community about three Amish sisters who were separated when they were small and raised by different families. I’m very excited about the challenge of linking their three stories.

HANNAH’S JOY, the next book in my Pleasant Valley series, will be out in May from Berkley Books, and you can read all about it elsewhere on this page. And I’ve finished the following book, NAOMI’S CHRISTMAS, coming out in November, which will include some bonus Amish Christmas material for readers.

DANGER IN PLAIN SIGHT, the third book in my Amish Suspense series from HQN Books, is coming out in June, 2012. I’ve also written a new novella in that series, FALLEN IN PLAIN SIGHT, which will appear in an anthology of Amish suspense stories called DARK CROSSINGS. The anthology will be out in July, 2012 from HQN Books.

And I’ve completed a new book for Love Inspired. Called HER SURPRISE SISTER, it is the first book in a continuity series called Texas Twins. It will come out in July, 2012, to be followed by five other books in the series, one per month, each by a different author.

Please stay in touch. You can see my schedule of appearances, as well as read my ramblings about country life and the Plain People, by checking out my blog. Just click the link above. Look for me on Facebook at Marta Perry Books, where I like to stay in touch with readers. I’d love to hear from you, and if you email me at marta@martaperry.com, I’ll be happy to send you a signed bookmark and my brochure of Pennsylvania Dutch recipes.

Blessings,
Marta

Looking Ahead

Fallen in Plain Sight, an Amish Suspense novella in an anthology, Dark Crossings, coming from HQN Books in July, 2012
Her Surprise Sister, Book One in a continuity series, Texas Twins, from Love Inspired Books, July, 2012
Naomi's Christmas, Pleasant Valley Book Seven, Berkley Books, November, 2012
Home by Dark, Amish Romantic Suspense, HQN Books, January, 2013