Chautona is the book on the bookshelf that is just as pretty as it is enjoyable. She has works that make a reader laugh, pieces that make a reader cry, and everything in between. Her gift of being a talented writer is a gift to us all, and her continuing to share stories with us is what I look forward to in the year 2017. She released a book that she is so passionate about on New Year’s Eve. And from this reader to other readers, it is great! Check out New Year’s Revolutions and start your own revolution today!

Vannetta is one of my top three choices in Amish fiction. In fact, she is in my top five favorite Christian authors. That said I am sure that almost everyone that follows this blog, has read one of her books and felt the same way I have. Wow. No matter which series, which sub-genre of her work you read, wow is the answer to the way they make you feel. Vannetta has Raging Storm (The Remnant Book 2) coming out early this year and then she has an Amish mystery, What the Bishop Saw out this spring. She is going to be delighting this reader all year long!

Amy is one of my other Amish author favorites. That being said, her work certainly makes her a favorite among other readers as well. She charms the reader with her characters and their stories. I always feel a sense of calm when reading Amy’s work no matter what is happening, her words guide you like a beacon of light. Amy has new release this coming spring,  The Beloved Hope Chest this will be a great new book to any Amish fiction fans collection.

I am so excited for the coming year and all the adventures Angela is going to have. She and Muse always have something on the writing block and between the new covers of some past favorites and her podcast, many fan can be held over till the new releases.  I hope you check out my personal favorite that started it all in my fan-girl moments of Angela, Gems of Wisdom is her nonfiction work that is a real eye opener into many aspects of your personal life. And look for the interview with Angela on the collaboration of The Bucket List Dare.

Marguerite is a glorious writer. She found her calling in writing Revolutionary period works. And it is like traveling back in time with each book. She has such a great way of focusing on a certain geographical area, and providing such vivid details that you will feel as though you have settled back in time. I look forward to what works she has coming later this year, and having her interview on the blog this year!

I am slow to joining the Jill fan club, but I got there! Wow, another author for me to constantly want to read, and I will be doing any and all back reading while I wait for the release of her next book. Jill writes for the Love Inspired Series, and she is certainly inspiring this gal with her love and faith filled stories.

Want to meet your new favorite Christian and Historical fiction author? Well, here she is!  Boy, do her books take you back in time and provide you with such moments of love for the words and characters that you can’t help but read the next book and the next within hours of each other. Amber is certainly a bright, young author making her mark in this coming year with book four So Pure a Heart. I look forward to the new release and having Amber on the blog in the coming year!

If you enjoy thrillers with faith weaved with law and order, this is going to be your favorite author. Rachel knows her law, her faith, and her mysteries. She creates such stories that keep this reader up at night, reading to finish it! I am excited to say she has a new release very soon, Fatal Accusation (book 2) and it will be a new suspense favorite.

Be still my excited heart, when it comes to this year and Carrie. Carrie is bringing us a whole new series! Carrie makes the best characters, some have even visited the blog and they were a hoot!  I can’t wait to read My Heart Belongs on Mackinac Island as many of my favorite cozies have also taken place on this island. I feel a calling to visit soon. I love when Carrie is part of a collection of novellas and the release of Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands is sure to be fun to read.