Kelly Long was born and raised in North Central Pennsylvania. There was an Amish hitching post at the small grocery store in her town. She loves to write Amish romance and is the author of novel, Sarah's Garden, the novella Amish Christmas Expanded Edition with some other great Amish authors, Amish Love with Beth Wiseman and Kathy Fuller, and Lilly's Wedding Quilt--the sequel to Sarah's Garden. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and children.

CBA bestselling author Kelly Long writes deeply emotional Amish romances that explore the intricacies of the human heart and the joys of a simpler way of life. 

In a captivating new series set in a tiny Appalachian community, young women determined to wed decide to advertise for mail order grooms in an Amish newspaper...

Everyone in Blackberry Falls knows that Tabitha Stolfus is heir to her daed's wood carving company. To find a man who values more than her purse, Tabitha creates an ad and sends it far from home. But from her first meeting with handsome would-be groom Matthew King, Tabitha realizes this may not be the uncomplicated arrangement she expected.

Matthew's true desire is an apprenticeship, not a frau. A talented woodworker, he longs to study with the great Herr Stolfus. Yet it's more than the kindness and warmth of this mountain community that makes Matthew regret his deception. Tabitha--beautiful, intelligent, resourceful--is all he could ever want in a wife. Can a real marriage ever take root when there are so many secrets between them?