Vannetta Chapman's "A Home for Lydia"

Title: A Home for Lydia
Publisher: Harvest House

Cover blurb:

A bend in the road can be daunting ... or the beginning of everything.

A Home for Lydia, the second book in a new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, centers again on the Plain community of Pebble Creek and the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways.

Aaron Troyer simply wants to farm like his father and grandfather before him. But instead he finds himself overseeing the family’s small group of guest cabins nestled along the banks of Pebble Creek. That also means he must work with the cabins’ housekeeper, Lydia Fisher.

Lydia is the most outspoken Amish woman Aaron has ever met, and she has strong opinions about how the guest cabins are to be run. She also desperately needs this job. Though sparks fly between boss and employee at first, when the cabins are robbed, nothing is more important to Aaron than making sure Lydia is safe.

Together they work to make the vacation property profitable, but can they find out the identity of the culprit before more damage is done? And is Lydia’s dream of a home of her own more than just a wish and a prayer?

1) How did this story come to you? 
I visited the Amish communities in SW Wisconsin, spoke with Amish families there and generally got a sense for the area.

2) Tell us about the journey to getting this book published. 
This is the 2nd in the series (Book 1 was A Promise for Miriam). I wanted to write romance and was already published in the Amish genre. I submitted to HH and was thrilled when they picked me up.

3) Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.

I play the piano/keyboard.

I don't eat white foods.

I recently broke my left foot! (healing well though)

4) What are you working on now and what's next for you?

I'm working on the first book in my Middlebury, Indiana series. This is a cozy mystery and will be a lot of fun.

5) Parting comments?

Thank you all for your interest in Amish fiction!

6) Where can fans find you on the internet?

webpage -- www.VannettaChapman.com 

blog -- http://vannettachapman.wordpress.com 

facebook -- www.facebook.com/VannettaChapmanBooks 

twitter -- @VannettaChapman                              

pinterest -- pinterest.com/vannettachapman