Welcome to the Blog Tour for Shielding the Amish Witness by Mary Alford, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m honored to have Mary on the blog today to chat about the 1st book she ever loved!
Title: Shielding the Amish Witness
Author: USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary Alford
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Release Date: April 1, 2021
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense
Seeking refuge in Amish country puts everyone she loves in danger.
On the run after discovering her brother-in-law was behind her husband’s murder, Faith Cooper can think of only one safe place—her Amish grandmother’s home. But when danger follows Faith to the quiet Amish community, her childhood friend Eli Shetler is her only protection. And their survival depends on outlasting a relentless killer…one who has nothing left to lose.
From Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
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The First Book I Fell In Love With
by Mary Alford, author of Shielding the Amish Witness
Reading is just part of being an author, whether it is reading our own manuscripts, (over and over through the editing process), or researching other books in the genre we write. Or simply escaping for a little while in a good story. It’s hard to be a writer without having a love for reading.
So, today, I thought I would share some of favorite books with you.
To do this, I’m going back in time to my pre-teenage years when I discovered Victoria Holt for the first time. My all-time favorite book of hers was On The Night Of The Seventh Moon. I think this book fueled my interest in traveling to Europe. The thought of going on an adventure like the one our heroine, Helena Trant went through kept me turning the pages. Rereading the book over and over.
Helena travels to Germany to attend the same school her mother attended in her youth. The Black Forest nearby is filled with legends and fairy tales. But it’s the legend of the night of the seventh moon, a night filled with mischief, that captures Helena’s attention the most.
And so, on the night of the seventh moon, Helena gets lost in the mist and ends up in the woods where she meets a handsome stranger who rescues her and takes her to his hunting lodge. She falls in love with him, yet everything is not as it seems.
For an impressionable pre-teen bookworm this story reached and grabbed me and held me in its spell. It made me want to travel to Germany and visit the black forest where Helena had her adventure.
By today’s standards, I’m sure it would be considered dated, but for a shy young girl, it was amazing. I could hardly put it down. And as an author, that’s exactly the experience we want for our readers. To have them get lost in our stories. Relate to our heroines and heroes to the point where they are right there with them through each moment of danger, and every kiss along the way.
A good book can be judged by your ability to get lost in it to the point where the world around you fades and you are there with the protagonists, through every heart-pounding moment of their story until they find their happy ending. And long after you’ve finished the story, you recall it and smile. Or you start back at the beginning and read it over again.
Thinking about On The Night Of The Seventh Moon makes me want to do just that. Read it again and relive that special time in both mine and Helena’s life. I think I’ll look it up on Amazon. And maybe get lost in the Black Forest and its legends once more.
All the best…
Mary Alford
(1) winner will receive a $40 Amazon gift card and winner’s choice of print or ebook copy of Shielding the Amish Witness!
Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight April 5, 2021 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on April 12, 2021. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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What about you? What makes you want to read Shielding the Amish Witness by Mary Alford? What’s the first book you remember falling in love with?
It’s fun to learn about new authors and great books. This one sounds excellent. (Shielding the Amish Witness)
yay! Thanks, Susan 🙂
First, I am happy to be in good company with my appreciation of Victoria Holt’s books. 😉
I have enjoyed all of Mary Alford’s other Amish suspense books, and I know that Shielding the Amish Witness will be just as good, if not better.
agreed 🙂
This sounds like a wonderful read. Mary Alford is a new to me author so it always fun to learn about someone new.
yay! I’m glad I was able to introduce you 🙂
oh gosh. I think I had every Victoria Holt book. like Phyllis Whitney or Mary Stewart title… there was always a charming guy and a cold aloof guy. charming guy was usually the bad guy and aloof guy was just reserved, and sensible and eventually trustworthy and loving. 🙂
i really really need to read a Holt or Stewart book – I do love Phyllis Whitney but she’s a recent discovery for me.
Thanks for the chance to win!
you’re welcome 🙂
I went through a HUGE Victoria Holt phase in high school. I still have a soft spot for gothic romance 🙂
i love gothic romance so i really need to read one of her books!
Great author!
i agree! 🙂
I know that Mary Alford does suspense really well. I’m sure the Amish twist just makes it that much more interesting. I think the first book that I really liked was The Secret of the Old Clock that was a Nancy Drew mystery. I think I owned just about all of those in the series that were in print at the time.
Nancy Drew is just the best!
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Enjoyed reading Mary’s guest post. Can’t wait for the opportunity to read this book on my TBR list. Sounds wonderful and knowing the author, I know it will be.
I do enjoy Romantic Suspense and when it is Christian based, that is even better. I have not read any books by Mary Alford, but I think I will need to remedy that.
oh yes you must, Carla! She is a great author 🙂
Thank you so much!
This story sounds captivating and enthralling. I have read Victoria Holt novels as well as Mary Stewart. what great authors. The first book which I fell in love with was Anne of Green Gables.
I still need to read Victoria Holt!
I enjoy Amish genre books and have enjoyed a few by Mary
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing Love reading the Amish books!
Nice cover. I liked the blurb. It sounds like a really interesting book. Thank you for sharing.
I love Amish fiction and throw in some suspense, it is a winner! I first loved the Little House on the Prairie series!
that was a great series! I still have my original yellow box set 🙂
What a horrible thing that your husband was killed by your brother in law. This sounds like a good suspense story.
yes!!
This sounds like a great book.
This looks so good! Thanks for sharing!