Part of Series
Hidden Riches is book #6 in the Secrets of Grandma’s Attic fiction series. While helping her sister update one of the rooms in Grandma Pearl’s house, Amy Allen discovers a secret staircase hidden behind the wall. She and Tracy expect the staircase to lead to the attic once again, but are surprised to find a secret room instead. Inside they find a drafting table, mysterious sketches, and an antique locket with photographs of a little girl and boy inside. Whose belongings are these? And why are hidden away? As Amy researches the Depression years in Canton and begins to piece together the connections between the desk, the sketches, the locket, and Grandma Pearl’s life in 1933, she is reminded that she is not the only one to ever question whether God will provide. In a financial bind herself, Amy has been struggling to keep her family afloat on her own. But perhaps she will learn that God’s provisions can come in the most mysterious of ways.
Author
I have been reading and writing for what seems like my whole life! In middle school, I realized I wanted to write historical fiction someday. And while I took creative writing classes in high school and college and beyond, it wasn't until 2000 that I began writing seriously toward publication. My first historical novel was published in 2011 by Bethany House—a dream come true! But it wasn't the first novel I'd written. It was the 5th. Over the course of 10 years. Now it's 10 years after publication and I have 4 novels and 2 novellas to my name. Or rather, to the name Anne Mateer. But now—in 2021—I begin the process of returning to my given name and re-releasing those books with new covers. I love history and fiction. I love my family and friends. I love to read and talk books with other readers. But most of all, I love Jesus. He continues to transform my life to look more like His.
