Rachel Mast is doing all she can to keep her life together one year after the tragic death of her husband. Against all Amish traditions, she is running her small farm and raising her twin boys on her own. And for the first time in a long time, Rachel is happy.
Then things start happening.... Her dead husbands belongings turn up in unexpected places, her sons are acting strangely and Rachel feels as if shes being watched. She knows someone is trying to scare her, but who and why? Is it Eben Yoder, her Amish neighbor, whos determined to make her his wife? Or someone else in the community who wants her to conform to their ways? Or is it Mitch Randall, the stranger who has taken an unusual interest in her barn...and in the young widow herself, making Rachel feel things shes never felt before?
As Rachel begins to dig up the past for answers, someone is equally determined to keep it buried. Someone who wont stop at murder to keep the truth hidden.
Beverly J. (bevrich) from LANSING, MI wrote on 2/9/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent. Couldn't put it down. I really enjoy books about the amish.
BARBARA D. (TINKER) from LUDOWICI, GA wrote on 8/16/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
THIS IS ONE THAT WILL KEEP YOUR INTEREST RIGHT UP TO THE END,GREAT READ!
Lisa B. (normsgrl) from BALDWIN, MI wrote on 2/27/2008...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
For me this book was a page turner. The story line is great and at the same time I got a feel for the Amish community. Recomend reading.
Rebekah D. (Rebekah) from BURLINGTON, VT wrote on 12/8/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a quick read, and a good way to pass the time. I wouldn't say it was a fantastic book, and it's definitely not literature, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It's a little bit of an insight into a part of Amish life, and a crime novel all rolled into one.
JoAnn L. from KERHONKSON, NY wrote on 10/4/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book had alot of Amish info and was a very good story.
Lorelie L. (artgal36) from FT MYERS BCH, FL wrote on 3/30/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A glimpse into the lives of the modern-day Amish carries this romantic suspense from the author of The Baby Farm. After a freak accident kills Rachael Mast's husband, strange things start happening around her Amish farm. Chores are being mysteriously done, her late husband's presence seems to be everywhere and her twin sons claim that "daadi" isn't dead but living in the barn, a disturbing notion that seems to be substantiated by evidence that someone has been spying on her from the hayloft. Refusing to be manipulated or terrified, Rachael sets out to learn who is behind the acts--and why. When bones are unearthed from a shallow grave beneath the barn's floor, Rachael must turn her back on Amish ways and depend on a new friend, antique-barn restorer Mitch Randall, for protection, even though he fits the profile of a stalker. Harper's choice of setting and lifestyle for her heartwarming characters adds a fresh twist to an otherwise familiar mystery.
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Joyce T. from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote on 7/28/2007...
1st time author for me but I was not disappointed.
Carol F. (booklover36) from SAINT CHARLES, MO wrote on 3/30/2007...
Deep in the Heart of a Small Amish community lies a secret someone thought was buried forever, but one woman may have just unknowingly uncovered it
Tammy P. (bookluver-in-sc) from LANDRUM, SC wrote on 3/22/2007...
A good Harper read.
Shawn A. (Shawnee1707) from ALBURTIS, PA wrote on 3/14/2007...
Excellent read! I really mean it!! LOL
Joyce K. (joylynn) from JOICE, IA wrote on 2/1/2007...
Deep in the heart of a small Amish community lies a secret someone thought was buried forever. But one woman may have just unknowingly uncovered it.
This was the first book that I read of hers. I found it very good, and hard to put down. It keeped me in suspence.
Karla P. (Karly) from SAINT JAMES, MO wrote on 1/9/2007...
Against the Amish traditions that Rachel was raised with, she is running her small farm and raising her twin boys on her own after her husband's tragic death. Then things start happening...Her dead husband's belongings turn up in unexpected places, her sons are acting strangely and she feels as if she's being watched. As Rachel begins to dig up the past for answers, someone is equally deteremined to keep it buried and won't stop at murder to keep the truth hidden.
Linda P. from ONALASKA, WI wrote on 10/14/2006...
Fascinating blend of Amish and modern ways
Claudia B. (topeka) from LANSING, KS wrote on 10/2/2006...
This is set in Amish country and had some interesting twists and turns. Their are secret in this small Amish community that some don't want revealed.
Summer B. (Summer6ft) from LEXINGTON, TN wrote on 8/12/2006...
Another great Karen Harper. Mystery, murder, romance, all set among the Amish community. A quick read.
Barb N. (catwover) from MASON, MI wrote on 5/1/2006...