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Vannetta Chapman Interview

  An interview with Vannetta Chapman, popular author of Amish romance and mystery novels.     Kate: Vannetta, where do your characters come from? My books always start with characters and the plot follows. Usually these are a combination of people that...

Are the Amish Stubborn?

I wouldn’t be surprised if many view the Amish as inflexible because they don’t hop on the rat-race like most folks. Why on earth don't they install electricity, the Internet, and telephones in their homes, dress in the latest fashions, and drive cars? In some Amish...

Lancaster County Getaway

Several years ago, heading home from tranquil Lancaster County, PA, where my husband and I had visited relatives, Amish friends, and enjoyed the scenery, we planned to fly out of Philadelphia to find Hurricane Sandy barreling up the East Coast headed straight at us....

Good Old Days

“These are the good old days,” my husband used to tell our two boys. They’d roll their eyes. Parents can be so lame. The years have passed and our sons moved out, leaving my husband and me eating our meals together. We’re happy and our house is peaceful, but we miss...

Win a copy of Forever Amish!

You can’t always get what you want. I’m not quoting Mick Jagger’s lyrics, just stating the obvious, as all of you who did not win my big fabulous Forever Amish Giveaway prize know. The little girl inside of me wanted all of you to win! Examples of disappointments...

Forever Amish Giveaway Winner!

Hurray, we’ve randomly selected the Forever Amish Giveaway Winner! Congratulations to Wendy Newcomb, who has one week to respond in order to receive her fabulous prizes: A brand new Kindle Fire!  A Quillow (A beautiful pillow that opens to a 40" X 60” quilt.)  A...

Forever Amish: A Great Response

Greetings and thank you to all who have encouraged me! I am overwhelmingly grateful for the positive response to my latest novel, Forever Amish, book three in the Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy! I received a lovely email the other day: I just finished Forever Amish and I...

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About Kate

Kate Lloyd is a novelist and a passionate observer of human relationships. A native of Baltimore, MD, she and her husband live in Seattle the setting of several of her novels. She lived in Rome and studied Italian in college. Kate has worked a variety of jobs, including car salesman and restaurateur.