“There was nothing but sand between her and the edge of the ocean, but that distance was the length of a football field. The ocean gently rolled onto the beach. Sunlight sparkled on the unceasing tiny ripples. Beyond the inlet the vastness of the water stretched way beyond her ability to see where it led or where it ended.”

~Excerpt from As the Tide Comes In

Dear Readers,

Will you take a trip with me to St. Simons Island, Georgia? It’s a little different than our usual destination of Amish country, but it’s filled with gorgeous beaches, entertaining locals, unique salt marshes, and in the quiet moments, God’s peace.

My first full-length, non-Amish novel releases today, August 21, 2018. I’m so excited to share it with you all.

To celebrate I’m giving away a copy of As the Tide Comes In to three winners.

To enter simply click here (it will take you to a private blog post just for my newsletter readers) and leave a comment to enter.

From splintered roots, she built an unexpected life.
Will an unshakable nightmare steal it all away?

When an unthinkable loss sends Tara Abbott’s life spiraling out of control, she journeys from North Carolina to Georgia’s St. Simons Island. Although confused and scared, she hopes to find answers about her past—her life before the years of foster care and raising her two half-brothers as a young adult. Will she find steady ground on the island, surrounded by an eccentric-but-kindhearted group of older women called the Glynn Girls and a determined firefighter? Or will the truth splinter what’s left of her identity into pieces?

New York Times best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall releases her first southern novel, a Steel Magnolias-meets-Sweet Home Alabama story set on St. Simons Island.

Erin Woodsmall is a writer, musician, wife, and mom of three. She has edited, brainstormed, and researched books with Cindy for almost a decade. She has family roots in the Golden Isles of Georgia, and spent time every summer on St. Simons Island.

Releases August 21, 2018

When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of “big box” stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface—and possibly love.

Twenty-four-year-old Holly Zook lives a unique life for a young Amish woman. Years ago, her bishop allowed her to continue her education and become the lead technician for Greene’s Pharmacy, an old-timey drugstore that looks out for the Amish community—a group largely without secure healthcare plans. She knows she can’t marry and hold onto her professional job. She’s Amish, and she can only have one or the other, so she spurns love and works toward addressing treatable diseases—like the one that claimed her father’s life.

As long as Holly continues to avoid Joshua Smucker, the one man who draws her like a warm hearth in winter, she should be fine. When something unexpected threatens Greene’s Pharmacy, Holly and Joshua must work together to unravel what’s happened and find the “missing” patient before the Board of Pharmacy shuts them down. As the snows of December arrive, with Christmas in the air, will Holly succumb to the generous spirit of the season?

Releases October 23, 2018

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