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The Lantern on Her Side
Levi hangs the buggy lantern on Ruth Ann’s side so she can see the muddy step. She mistakes his care for a habit left over from marriage. She would rather know what he wants this Sunday.
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The Long Way Home from Singing
Everybody can hear a hymn. What two people say on the long way home belongs to them.
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The concept
In one Ohio Amish church district, adult friends linger to sing after Sunday supper. Some walk home together; others offer a buggy ride to somebody they wish they knew better. A longer lane gives two people time to talk before relatives begin guessing. Three courtships turn on what a person is brave enough to ask while the horse keeps walking.
Joel keeps offering to take the lane past Millie’s so he can deliver food to her sister. Millie has baked three extra loaves trying to encourage him. Her sister points out that nobody with Joel’s appetite is going to understand a hint made of bread. The free companion novella is The Lantern on Her Side.
The worldThis is one fictional district with its own customs. Family, faith and service matter to the adults making their choices. Private visits, letters and shared work allow relationships to develop beyond the Sunday gathering.
Series tropesSmall Town • Slow Burn • Mutual Pining
Intended readershipFor readers of gentle, faith-rooted Amish romance who enjoy adult courtship and family life depicted with affection and room for individual judgement.
Tone & contentClean, chaste romance with prayer, shared meals and tender kisses. Each pair chooses marriage or a clear intention to marry.
The people behind the promise
Free novellaRuth Ann Schrocka basket maker
Free novellaLevi Hochstetlera widowed neighbour
Book 1Millie Hershbergera teacher helping her sister with a new baby
Book 1Joel Troyeran outspoken neighbour
Book 2Esther Milleran assured singer
Book 2Daniel Nisleya quiet carpenter
Book 3Anna Mae Rabera steady buggy driver
Book 3Eli Kauffmanan old sweetheart home to tend his father
Series arc
A borrowed lantern lights the first walk. A detour becomes a real invitation, two voices learn to finish a hymn together, and a woman who always provides rides finally names the person she hopes will wait for her.
The three books
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Book 1 of three
Take the Lane Past Millie's
Joel keeps offering to take the lane past Millie’s so he can deliver food to her sister. Millie has baked three extra loaves trying to encourage him. Her sister points out that nobody with Joel’s appetite is going to understand a hint made of bread.
Story outline
Book 2 of three
A Hymn Left Unfinished
Daniel always stops singing before the last verse. Esther thinks she has chosen the wrong pitch until she hears him singing perfectly well beside an empty hay wagon. She waits there one Sunday to hear the ending.
Story outline
Book 3 of three
Her Answer at the Hitching Rail
Anna Mae drives three neighbours home from singing each week. Eli is always the last person at the hitching rail and the only one who never asks for a ride. The Sunday it pours, she stops the horse beside him and waits.
Story outline
From the free novella into Book 1
The lantern is returned to the host’s barn. At the next singing it lights the lane that the couple in Book 1 takes home.
In the concept package
Includes the author pitch, editable Authorythm seeds and individual AI-generated front-cover concepts. The planned fiction totals 195,000 words.
Included free
Buy the 3-book concept pack and receive the companion lead magnet concept free. Each novel is planned at 55,000 words. The lead magnet, The Lantern on Her Side, is planned at 30,000 words.
Included in the pack
Author pitch PDF with the series premise, characters, book blurbs and complete story arcs. One editable Authorythm seed document. 4 coordinated front-cover concepts.
What you get with this pack
- Three completed booksDeveloped from the pack you choose.
- Editing and human proofreadingFor every manuscript.
- Three coordinated coversA recognisable identity across the series.
- Blurbs and Amazon metadataFor all three titles.
- A+ contentTo showcase your books on their Amazon pages.
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This pack has been sold. Each pack is only sold once.
3-book package
$705
$235 per book · Save $75
Order this packEach pack is only sold once.
Until 3 December: your concept comes with two On-Demand classes of your choice and six TropeSmith Maps.
Paid in full to reserve your slot · not refundable · free revision against your brief · Terms · Prices are in US dollars; Stripe may show your local currency at checkout · processed by PlotProse (The Coral Hart Group)
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