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Vannetta Chapman

Biography

Vannetta Chapman

Vannetta Chapman has published more than 100 articles in Christian family magazines. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace in Albion, Pennsylvania. Vannetta is a multi-award-winning member of Romance Writers of America. She was a teacher for 15 years and currently resides in the Texas Hill country. Her first two inspirational novels, A SIMPLE AMISH CHRISTMAS and FALLING TO PIECES, were Christian Book Distributors bestsellers.

Vannetta Chapman

Books by Vannetta Chapman

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

The Amish Artisan Village of Middlebury, Indiana, might be the last place you would ever expect to find a murderer. So when poetic notes begin appearing around the bakery, warning that some of the pies have been poisoned, Amber is as confused as she is concerned. Who poisons pies? And more to the point, who leaves poems of warning after they’ve done it? Amber decides to help the police track down the sweet-toothed saboteur and enlists Hannah Troyer for another round of Amish-style detective work. Can Amber and Hannah help the police before the Poison Poet strikes?

by Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, and Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Tiny fingers, tiny toes, and lives that will never be the same. Journey with four families as their lives are about to change forever. Authors Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller and Vannetta Chapman have penned the four novellas that comprise AN AMISH CRADLE.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Romance

Even before she heard of Owen Esch’s death, Hannah Troyer knew something was amiss at The Cat’s Meow yarn shop. The police call in a federal investigator, but Hannah and Village manager Amber Bowman are in no mood to wait for them to figure out what they already know --- that no one from the Amish Village could have killed Owen. Amber and Hannah will need to work quickly to solve the murder mystery and bring harmony back to the Amish community.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Amber Wright is optimistic about the growing profit from her collection of Amish shops --- until she receives a call that Ethan Gray is dead. Hurrying over to A Simple Blend, she finds the store manager lying next to the espresso machine, dead from an apparent heart attack. All the money is still in his register. When Amber hires a young Amish woman, Hannah Troyer, to take over the shop's duties, the two women become fast friends --- as well as amateur sleuths.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Holiday

Annie’s sister-in-law, Leah, is due to deliver their first child before Christmas morning, and Annie is determined to finish a crib quilt before the boppli arrives. With six weeks to go, she should have no problem...but God may have a different plan. Leah is rushed to the English hospital when the infant arrives early, and Annie discovers the Christmas quilt may hold a far greater significance than she ever imagined.

by Vannetta Chapman - Romance

Julia Beechy is so stunned, she can hardly breathe. Her mother's announcement that she must either marry or move from the family home upon her mother's imminent death catches Julia by surprise. How can she leave the only home she has ever known? What about her dream of opening her own Plain café?

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Romance

A HOME FOR LYDIA, the second book in a new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, centers again on the Plain community of Pebble Creek and the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

On the opening night of the Fall Crafters Fair, a woman is killed in the parking lot of Daisy's Quilt Shop, and the only material witness is one of Melinda Byer's boys. The investigation takes a more bizarre turn when detective Shane Black becomes convinced the killer was actually after Callie. This time it's a madman loose in the largest crowd of the year, and he's looking for something or someone. If they can't figure out what, one of Deborah and Callie's close circle of friends may be next.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Romance

A PROMISE FOR MIRIAM, the first book in a brand-new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, introduces the Amish community of Pebble Creek and some of the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, Reuben, the brother of Deborah’s best friend’s fiancé, is thrown in jail as the prime suspect. Though innocent, Reuben refuses to divulge any information, leaving Deborah and Callie to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that has rocked the quiet Amish community.

by Vannetta Chapman - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Callie Harper is in Shipshewana to sell her late aunt’s quilt shop. Deborah Yoder presses Callie to keep the shop open. When the town’s newspaper editor winds up dead and Callie becomes a suspect, she and Deborah set out to find the killer.