Product Description
In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep in the night? Why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, everything Grace assumed she knew is shattered. Her mother’s disappearance leaves Grace reeling and unable to keep her betrothal promise to her long-time beau. Left to pick up the pieces of her life, Grace questions all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment.Heather Nelson is an English grad student, stunned by a doctor’s diagnosis. Surely fate would not allow her father to lose his only daughter after the death of his wife a few years before. In denial and telling no one she is terminally ill, Heather travels to Lancaster County–the last place she and her mother had visited together. Will Heather find healing for body and spirit?

As the lives of four wounded souls begin to weave together like an Amish patchwork quilt, they each discover missing pieces of their life puzzles–and glimpse the merciful and loving hand of God.

My Review:  The Secret is another great book by Beverly Lewis.  I look forward to the rest of this series.  The characters are real and not perfect.  There is a mystery that needs to be solved, and an old romance that seems to reappear.  Grace’s life is topsy-turvey.  The story weaves in a good mix of Amish, English, and Mennonite characters.  The Amish do not seen as strict in this story as they do in former books, but there is still some of that which is to be expected because of the culture.  I read this book in just a couple of days.  Even though the book kept me engaged, I would have to say there were no huge surprises.  I may have seen this theme before, although at this point I have no idea how Mrs. Lewis will develop the series.  A very worthwhile and interesting book to read.  It will tug at your heartstrings.

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