Shelley Shepard Gray is an American author of

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novels.

Career

Some of her books are

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fiction. Her works have been ''

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'' bestsellers. Her books ''Christmas in Sugarcreek'' (Avon, 2011), ''All in'' (Blackstone, 2018), ''His Promise'' (Avon, 2018), and ''An Amish Homecoming'' received

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s from ''

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''.

Personal life

Gray is

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. She lives in

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Selected works

* ''Christmas in Sugarcreek''. Avon, 2011. * ''A Christmas for Katie''. Avon, 2012. * ''Missing''. Avon, 2012. * ''Thankful''. Avon, 2014. * ''The Promise of Palm Grove''. Avon, 2014. * ''An Amish Family Christmas''. Avon, 2016. * ''Her Secret: The Amish of Hart County''. Avon, 2017. * ''An Uncommon Protector''. Zondervan, 2017. * ''Love Held Captive''. Zondervan, 2017. * ''Her Fear''. Avon, 2018. * ''All in''. Blackstone, 2018. * ''Take a Chance''. Blackstone, 2018. * ''His Promise: An Amish Christmas in Hart County''. Avon, 2018. * ''The Protective One''. Gallery, 2019. * ''The Patient One''. Gallery, 2019. * ''Shall We Dance?'' Blackstone, 2019. * ''Take the Lead''. Blackstone, 2020. * ''Save the Last Dance''. Blackstone, 2020. * ''The Trustworthy One''. Gallery, 2020. * ''A Perfect Amish Romance''. Gallery, 2020. * ''An Amish Surprise''. Gallery, 2021. * ''Happily Ever Amish''. Kensington, 2022. * ''Her Heart's Desire''. Revell, 2022. * ''Edgewater Road''. Blackstone, 2022.

Collections with others

* ''An Amish Homecoming: Four Amish Stories''. Zondervan, 2018. * ''An Amish Second Christmas''. Kensington, 2019. * ''Amish Midwives: Three Stories''. Zondervan, 2020. * ''Christmas at the Amish Bakeshop''. Kensington, 2021. * ''An Amish Quilting Bee: Three Stories''. Zondervan, 2021. * ''An Amish Schoolroom: Three Stories''. Zondervan, 2021.

References

External links

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Goodreads author page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Shelley Shepard American Christian writers 21st-century American women writers Writers from Colorado Lutheran writers American Lutherans Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people)