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Dear Reader,

I hoped you enjoyed Plain Peril. It’s my second Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense set in Apple Creek, NY. The first was Plain Pursuit. The fictional Apple Creek is loosely based on the real Amish community along Route 62 in Conewango Valley, NY, about an hour drive from Buffalo, NY. It wasn’t until I started research for my first Amish book, that I realized an Amish community existed so close to my hometown. Imagine my surprise!

Everything Amish seems to be popular these days, and fiction is no exception. Writing suspense around the constraints of Amish characters is both fun and challenging. Challenging because my editor will make a note on the manuscript such as, “Where is she charging her cell phone?” (My heroine is reluctant to leave behind her English ways.) Finding creative ways to work around these problems is part of the fun.

In real life, the Amish are very creative, too. On one visit to Conewango Valley, my daughters and I stopped at an Amish candy shop. They were able to use a modern mixer by threading the electrical cord through an opening to the outside where they had it connected to a gas-powered generator. Ta-da! Electricity! In many Amish communities, electricity is acceptable as long as the house is not connected to the grid.

I’ve enjoyed learning and writing about the Amish. I look forward to future visits to Apple Creek.

I love to hear from my readers. Feel free to send me a note at my email address: Alison@AlisonStone.com. Or “like” me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlisonStoneAuthor.

Live, Love, Laugh,