Diane Craver Award-Winning Author

First Review for CHRISTMAS of HOPE!

12/15/2018

A big thanks to Teri for taking the time to write a review during the busy Christmas season for my novella!

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December 15, 2018
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Delightful short story. And like all Diane's books beautifully done. This story is mainly about Rachel and Samuel but does catch you up other members of the family from the Plain Daughters series. Set at Christmas time Rachel has to deal with jealously issues. Since it is a short story don't want to give anything away. Has been a great series and would recommend the whole series to anyone who loves reading Amish fiction. As usual Diane, a wonderful job on the story. You have a gift in bringing all the characters to life. Looking forward to your next story coming in 2019.

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New Release - CHRISTMAS OF HOPE!

12/9/2018

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Rachel Weaver decides to visit her husband, Samuel, at his furniture business and take lunch to him. When she arrives at his store with their daughter in her arms, Rachel is surprised to see a beautiful Englisher, Bridget, laughing and talking with him. Jealousy causes Rachel to consider returning to work part-time at the bakery next to Samuel’s store. She will see Samuel more and can eat lunch with him. Keeping tabs on her handsome husband and baking her famous pies in the Weaver’s Bakery becomes Rachel’s objective. Other characters from the Dreams of Plain Daughters Series make an appearance in this novella. As it gets closer to Christmas, Rachel’s faith is tested, and she is reminded again how fragile life is.

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Cover Reveal for New Novella!

11/20/2018

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An Amish Starry Christmas Night is FREE!

10/28/2018

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I enjoyed writing this short story a lot in 2013! It is a complete romance. There is another short story, An Amish Starry Summer Night with the same setting and characters.

BLURB for An Amish Starry Christmas Night:
Twenty-nine-year-old Julia Fisher is going home to visit her family for Christmas, but she is worried about seeing her twin sister’s widower, Mark Byler. She’s had feelings for him for the past nine years. Mark’s the reason she left her home in Clayton Falls, Ohio, to go to Sarasota, Florida. Before he married her sister, Grace, they shared a memorable kiss. Will Julia be able to visit without showing her attraction for him?

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BLURB for An Amish Starry Summer Night
Rebecca Fisher’s childhood best friend, Andrew Kauffman, left Clayton Falls without saying goodbye. It surprised Rebecca that fifteen-year-old Andrew never kept in touch with her after suddenly leaving their close-knit Plain community. Eleven years later, Andrew breaks his engagement with an English woman and quits college to join the Amish church.

When Rebecca takes a two week vacation from her job in Florida to visit her family, she’s surprised that her old friend is living in his childhood home. Andrew wants to date Rebecca, but she’s unsure about him. He and her family want Rebecca to quit her job to remain in their community.

Rebecca’s afraid Andrew might change his mind about being Amish. After all, his widowed father left the Amish church to marry an English woman. During the time Andrew was away, he went to high school and college. Because Rebecca only completed the required eight years at the Amish school, she realizes education is another major difference between them.

Will Rebecca decide to quit her job and live again in Clayton Falls? Is falling in love with Andrew too big of a risk for Rebecca?

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Celebrate Lit Blog Tour

9/12/2018

CELEBRATE LIT BLOG TOUR GIVEAWAY
$25 Gift Card to Amazon and 3 signed paperbacks

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JUDITH'S PLACE is FREE!

9/7/2018

Blurb for Judith's Place

Judith Hershberger wonders what her life would have been like had she been born into an English family instead of an Amish one. Would she be happier with the freedom to obtain more schooling as an English young woman instead of being limited to only an eighth grade Amish education?

In Judith’s Place, the second book in the Dreams of Plain Daughters Series, schoolteacher Judith Hershberger yearns to learn more despite the educational restriction imposed on her because of her Amish upbringing. Wanting more than an eighth grade education, she puts off joining the Amish faith. During her rumspringa, she’ll be able to obtain her high school diploma without being shunned. Her father is afraid Judith will leave their Amish community if she passes the GED test. He knows she’s unhappy that Amish women are expected to follow a certain path in life.

When a non-Amish college student, Eliza Dunbar, observes Judith in her classroom, a friendship between the two young women develops. Eliza gives Judith the nudge she needs to study for her GED test. Eliza wonders what it would be like to switch places with Judith to live a simple life without electricity and other modern conveniences. Judith envies Eliza because she is free to attend college.

Jacob Weaver finally gets the courage to ask Judith to go with him to a Sunday singing. Like Judith, he wants to do something that isn’t allowed in their Plain community. Jacob wants to get his driver’s license so he can drive a truck to make the deliveries for the lumberyard. He needs to earn enough money to buy his own small farm. But even though it sounds plausible, Jacob feels stress with trying to learn to drive a truck instead of a buggy.

Will Judith decide to stay in her Amish community or will she decide to leave in order to attend college? Will Judith’s friendship with Jacob influence her as she finds her place?

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