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Kelly Irvin

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Award-winning author Kelly Irvin splits her writing time between women's fiction, romantic suspense, and Amish romances. She has published more than 35 novels and a dozen novellas. Her work has won multiple Selah and Readers Choice Awards.

The Kansas native is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Sisters in Crime, Texas League of Writers, the Author's Guild, and International Thriller Writers.

A graduate of the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism, Kelly has been writing nonfiction professionally for thirty years. She studied for three semesters at the University of Costa Rica, learning the Spanish language. As a journalist, she worked six years in the border towns of Laredo and El Paso.

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	The Beekeeper's Son (The Amish of Bee County, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Her No Lies 3.79 avg rating — 958 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trust Me 3.83 avg rating — 928 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos 4.21 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closer Than She Knows 3.79 avg rating — 751 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upon a Spring Breeze (Every Amish Season, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 655 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bishop's Son (The Amish of Bee County, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath the Summer Sun (Every Amish Season, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 559 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Love and to Cherish (The Bliss Creek Amish #1) 4.34 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saddle Maker's Son (The Amish of Bee County #3) 4.25 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Amish of Bee County (3 books)
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“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. MICAH 7:18-19”
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Donna wrote: "Thank you so much, Kelly, for friending me on Good Reads. All your books look very good.
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Thank you so much, Kelly, for friending me on Good Reads. All your books look very good.
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