The Amish Mother's Secret

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Diane Craver, Nov 11, 2024 - Fiction - 260 pages

Lindsay is 40 and single when tragedy strikes. Diagnosed with stage 4, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer, her instinct is to right the wrongs in her life. Her unfortunate childhood with an alcoholic, verbally abusive mother drove her to break free in desperation at the age of 17. While working at a hotel along the beach on the East Coast, she met Harris Manning. He took her breath away and she gave herself to him in love.

Though Harris never knew it, Lindsay found herself pregnant when he left her with no way to care for identical triplets on her own. When the triplets were five months old, she reconnected with an Amish couple—Katie and Roman Yoder—who were unable to have children. The Yoders adopted Amy and Jenna while Lindsay kept Phoebe. She couldn’t bear to give all three babies away. In the years that followed, Katie worked hard to keep her away from her adopted daughters.

Lindsay worries if she dies from cancer, Phoebe will be alone. She wants to break the closed adoption agreement with Katie so that Phoebe will learn about her sisters, and she will be able to connect with her adopted daughters.

Will Katie allow the secret to be revealed? Lindsay realizes she should tell Harris about being a father. How will he respond to this news, but more importantly, how will the triplets feel once they learn the truth about their birth?

 

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Chapter
Chapter Four
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Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter TwentyOne
Chapter TwentyThree
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Diane Craver has received wonderful reviews for her Amish Adoption Series. Also, two popular Amish series, Dreams of Plain Daughters and The Bishop’s Daughters are self-published. Diane also writes romantic suspense, inspirational contemporary romance, historical Christian fiction and women’s fiction. Her emotional reads receive great reviews. Although she started her career writing non-fiction, she switched to writing fiction. She wanted to keep her sanity in the midst of having a large family. Writing fiction with quirky and memorable characters gave her the escape she needed from her noisy household. Diane met her husband Tom while teaching at an orphanage. They enjoy their life in southwestern Ohio, and have been blessed with six children and several grandchildren. Two adult daughters with Down syndrome live with Tom and Diane. Her family is supportive of her writing career, and her favorite vacation is going to the beach with them. She gives thanks daily to God for her wonderful blessings, including being in remission from Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  

To connect with Diane, please visit www.dianecraver.com and https://www.facebook.com/Diane-Craver-153906208887/

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