Amish Promises (37 page)
Authors: Leslie Gould
Tags: #FIC053000, #FIC042040, #FIC042000, #Amish—Fiction, #Lancaster County (Pa.)—Fiction
M
y thanks to Laurie Snyder for reading an early draft of this story and to Melanie Dobson for leading me through a later draft. Both of you helped me immensely. My ongoing thanks to my Bethany House editors, Karen Schurrer and Dave Long, for all of your invaluable editorial advice and support.
My gratitude to Marietta Couch, who answers my questions about the Amish, reads for me, and is a kindred spirit and sweet friend.
I'm thankful to Jim and Marilyn Weisenburg for sharing their broken hearts and God's work in their lives through this last decade as they mourn their son, Staff Sgt. David J. Weisenburg, who was killed in Iraq. Your honesty has touched me deeply.
I'm also grateful to Deserae Schultz for sharing her experiences as a military spouse.
I am thankful, as always, for my four children and what I've seen through their eyes. All have bravely experienced what it's like to have a father mobilized and deployed.
Last but certainly not least, I'm grateful to my husband, Colonel Peter C. Gould, for answering my endless questions about Army life and medical issues. I'm also thankful for your many years of service, loyalty, leadership, and endless support.
Leslie Gould
is the coauthor, with Mindy Starns Clark, of the #1 CBA bestseller
The Amish Midwife
, a 2012 Christy Award winner; CBA bestseller
Courting Cate
, first in the C
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series; and
Beyond the Blue
, winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice for Best Inspirational Novel, 2006. She holds an MFA in creative writing and lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and four children.
Learn more about Leslie at
www.lesliegould.com
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Courting Cate
Adoring Addie
Minding Molly
Becoming Bea
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Amish Promises
