By Debby Giusti
I packed my schedule a bit too full this fall,
but I enjoyed every minute! The good news is that UNDERCOVER AMISH, the second
book in my Amish Protectors series, is in stores this month. I just sent the
Author Alterations for book three, AMISH RESCUE, to my editor and got the
approval, last week, on the proposal for book four. As you can imagine, the
fall has been filled with deadlines. It’s also been filled with travel.
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| Undercover Amish, book #2 in my Amish Protectors series. |
My first adventure was a lovely visit to Holmes
County, Ohio, the heart of Amish country. My husband and I visited Amish farm
houses, took buggy rides, shopped in the local markets and snapped lots of photos
at the local flea market and cattle auction. If I close my eyes, I can still
hear the clip-clop of horses’ hooves and see the sweet children in bonnets and
straw hats peering at us from the back of their parents’ buggies.
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| Amish father and daughter at the Flea Market |
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| So picturesque! |
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| Amish farm. |
Our next trip was to the Holy Land. We visited
Bethlehem where Christ was born and the Jordan River where he was baptized. We
sailed across the Sea of Galilee and prayed at the spot where he multiplied the
loaves and fishes, preached the Sermon on the Mount, healed at the Pool of
Bethesda and was transfigured on the Mount of Transfiguration. Entering
Jerusalem, we traveled the route Christ took on Palm Sunday, prayed at
Gethsemane and walked the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Scripture came alive as we toured, and the entire trip was a dream come true.
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| The Jordan River |
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| Bethlehem. Star marks the place of Christ's birth. |
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| Jerusalem |
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| Church of the Holy Sepulchre and place of Christ's crucifixion. |
In early October, I attended the Moonlight
& Magnolia’s Conference and, a few days later, traveled to Nashville with a
group of friends from church. We took in shows at the Grand Ole Opry and the
Ryman and toured The Hermitage, Belle Meade and Belmont Mansion. On the way
back to Atlanta, where I live, we stopped in Chattanooga for a relaxing lunch cruise
on the Southern Belle Riverboat.
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| Ryman Auditorium |
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| Belle Meade |
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| Southern Belle |
Now I’m home and ready to finish book four in
my Amish Protectors series. I’m also planning more trips to take in the months ahead.
What’s on your schedule?
Wishing you abundant blessings,
Debby Giusti
Undercover Amish
By Debby Giusti
After
Hannah Miller’s mother is murdered and her sisters go missing, someone comes
after her. Now the only way she can survive is to entrench herself in an Amish
community…and rely on Lucas Grant, a former police officer who is planning to
join the Amish faith, for protection. But finding refuge for Hannah— disguised
as Plain at a secluded inn—pulls Lucas back into his old life. And when Lucas
discovers the criminals after them may be the people who killed his partner, the
mission to take them down becomes personal. With the assailants closing in,
though, can Lucas stop them…and finally put his past behind him to start an
Amish life with Hannah?
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