Cara C. Putman, the award-winning author of 40 books, started college at 16, graduated college at 20, and completed her law degree at 27. FIRST for Women magazine called Shadowed by Grace “captivating” and a “novel with ‘the works.’” Cara is active at her church and a Clinical Assistant Professor of business law and ethics to undergraduate and graduate students at a Big10 university. She serves on the executive board of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), an organization she has served in various roles since 2007. She lives with her family in Indiana.
Blessed are the Cheesemakers (SAM #17)
Cheryl Cooper is visiting Swissters, a cheese shop down the street from the Swiss Miss, when she hears that a local business has burned down. Heini’s Cheese Chalet and Factory is a local favorite, and word has it that arson is suspected. Who would want to burn down a cheese factory? And why?
More info →To Have and to Hold (SAM #24)
But nothing seems to go quite as planned. Cheryl had hopes of cutting back on her workload a the Swiss Miss in the week leading up to the wedding.
More info →In the Fullness of Time (SAM #25)
...Cheryl and Levi Miller find a fresh set of challenges and adjustments...to be made as the Englisher and her Amish farmer husband learn to live together. But by observing their friends and loved ones in the Sugarcreek community, the newlyweds see firsthand how God uses each new phase of life to reveal inspiring insights, spiritual truths, and future surprises...all while they harvest a whole new crop of mysteries as well!
More info →Till We Meet Again (SAM #30)
When their church hosts a children's choir from Aunt Mitzi's mission in Papua New Guinea, Cheryl and Levi invite Jennifer Lewis, a young single woman and chaperone for the group, to stay in their dawdy haus. An hour before they need to leave to meet the group for its first rehearsal, they realize the woman has vanished. Has Jennifer left voluntarily--or is something more sinister afoot? As Cheryl sets out to learn what happened to their guest, a cryptic note left behind in the guest bedroom is her only clue.
Meanwhile with toddler Rebecca growing more charming and delightful every day, Cheryl and Levi begin to wonder: is it time to open their hearts and home to another child?
More info →Timeless Treasures
Set in a historic village nestled in beautiful New England, every novel in this good, old-fashioned page-turning “Whodunit” series reveals the power of dreams and shows that faith in God always triumphs over anxiety and fear.
More info →Work in Progress
While cleaning out a desk at the Grace Church furniture drive, Mary discovers a false bottom in one of the drawers. Inside, she discovers a manuscript that is the first part of a memoir that confesses to burning down the Ivy Bay clock tower fifty years ago. The manuscript holds the key to what happened all those years ago—and someone doesn’t want Mary to figure it out.
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More info →Squared Away
When Vanessa Sawyer hosts a fabric swap at Wild Goose Chase, quilters from all over the area come to the store to trade fat quarters. Sarah leaves with all kinds of fun new fabrics, including a beautiful calico that is perfect for the quilt she’s making for the town’s 225th anniversary celebration.
When Vanessa Sawyer hosts a fabric swap at Wild Goose Chase, quilters from all over the area come to the store to trade fat quarters. Sarah leaves with all kinds of fun new fabrics, including a beautiful calico that is perfect for the quilt she’s making for the town’s 225th anniversary celebration.
But she notices something strange about the calico swatch: There are small traces of metallic ink on it. It doesn’t take her long to deduce that the ink is related to a series of counterfeit bills that have been circulating in town. This means one of the women at the swap is involved in the counterfeiting. Can Sarah track down which quilter brought which fabric swatches to find out who the culprit is?
More info →Mixed Motives
When Mary's sister is late to come home one night, she doesn't think too much of it. But then Eleanor Blakely, Betty's sister-in-law, calls to tell Mary that she has just received a distressing phone call: Betty has been kidnapped, and the kidnapper wants Eleanor to pay a hefty ransom.
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