Publisher: Avon Inspire
Published: July 24, 2018
ISBN: 978-0062469212
Genre: Contemporary
Romance, Romantic Suspense
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
FIVE HEARTS
Sadie Detweiler made one mistake, but one that will be with her
the rest of her life. She fell in love
with a man who wasn’t capable of loving anyone back. But he did leave her with one thing that
could change her life in ways she never imagined. When she…and her parents…discover she is
pregnant, instead of believing her that she trusted the man she fell in love
with, trust his lies, they send her to live with cousins in Hart County,
Kentucky. There, unsure of her future,
not sure where she fits in, not sure who to trust, she stands on the periphery
of her cousins yet at the same time is drawn into their secrets. When one of her cousins suddenly turns ill
and dies, her world begins to change in a way she never expected.
As an EMT who is also Amish, Noah Freeman has walked a line
between two worlds – that of the “English” and that of the Amish. When he arrives at the Stauffer home where Sadie
now lives, his only goal was to save the elderly Verba Stauffer’s life. She dies before they reach the hospital of an
unknown reason. As they leave the house
and head to the hospital, the image of Sadie standing in the shadows stays with
him. He soon finds he cannot stop thinking about her and begins to seek her
out. But when he finds out she is
pregnant his world shifts in a way he never expected. When more people die of a sudden, unexplained
illness, Noah can’t help but look into the cause. As he searches for the cause of the
mysterious illness he finds himself more and more in Sadie’s company and realizes
that more than anything he wants to be with her.
Shelley Shepard Gray’s Amish of Hart County is one of my
favorite series. Each book is a stand
alone but there are ties to each of the other books. You do not need to read them in order – she
gives enough backstory to either catch up on a character from one of the
earlier books, but it is done an integral part of the story so you don’t have
to know about the earlier book.
In her latest, HER FEAR, she takes on the twin issues of
pre-conception about the Amish and the jobs they can and do, do and an unwed
mother within the community. The changes
that both Sadie and Noah go through both within themselves and with each other
are well done. I hurt for Sadie when the
man she fell in love with lied about her and more so when her family turned
their back on her. Noah’s confusion and conflict
with how he felt about Sadie against the backdrop of what he thought he wanted
for his life were emotionally done. Gray
also does a wonderful job of portraying the different Amish sects and how they
live their lives.
Like I said, this is one of my favorite series and I cannot wait
for the next entry.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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