Fleeting Hope (Dreams of Plain Daughters, Book Three) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500240899)

While growing up on a farm in Findlay, Ohio, I often acted out characters from my own stories in the backyard. In high school I was the student sitting in class with a novel hidden in front of my propped up textbook. Before starting on my writing career, I was a schoolteacher and play director. I met my husband while teaching at an orphanage, and we married three years later. While raising our six children in southwestern Ohio, I started writing nonfiction. Later, I decided it would be a nice escape to write fiction. Several non-fiction articles of mine have been published in Woman's World Weekly, The Catholic Telegraph, Virtue, Down Syndrome Today, WritersWeekly.com, and several other publications. A JOYFUL BREAK (DREAMS of PLAIN DAUGHTERS, Book One) received 5 stars and was a reviewer's top pick from Night Owl Reviews as well as receiving a 5 star review and January 2013's CTRR Reviewer's Recommend Award from Coffee Time Romance and More. Additionally, it finished in fifth place in the "other" novel category of books in the 2012 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll. JUDITH'S PLACE (Book Two in my Amish series) also was a reviewer's top pick from Night Owl Reviews and finished in fifth place in the novel category of books in the 2013 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll. My book, A Christmas Gift, has been reissued under the title A GIFT FOREVER and received 5 stars from the Midwest Book Review. It placed second in the 2010 Preditors & Editors Poll (novel category). I write Amish romance, contemporary romance, inspirational mainstream, romantic suspense, and non-fiction books. My novels have received great reviews from readers and reviewers. I have published through a variety of houses, including Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery, Samhain Publishing, Whimsical Publications, and Victory Tales Press. Two years ago, I decided to self-publish and started the process of getting my rights back from several publishers. Learn more about my books at http: //www.dianecraver.com.