Putting her rumschpringe days behind her, Grace Hostettler returns to her Amish community in Holmes County, Ohio, and becomes engaged to upright Cleon Schrock. But then she runs into Gary Walker, an English man who knows enough about her former life to destroy her future. Can God bring anything good out of a shameful past? 288 pages, softcover from Barbour.

New York Times bestselling author, Wanda E. Brunstetter became fascinated with the Amish way of life when she first visited her husband's Mennonite relatives living in Pennsylvania. Wanda and her husband, Richard, live in Washington State but take every opportunity to visit Amish settlements throughout the States, where they have several Amish friends.

Three sisters, each very different from the other, grapple with life issues as Amish women. This is the premise for Wanda E. Brunstetter’s latest series, Sisters of Holmes County, the first book being A Sister’s Secret.

Grace, the eldest of the sisters, harbors a secret she fears will bring rejection from her father and destroy her upcoming marriage. When an old boyfriend from her rumschpringe days appears in town snooping around for information to supposedly write articles about the Amish, Grace is suspicious. Then a string of vandalism occurs to her family and Grace is convinced her old boyfriend is involved.

Grace’s younger sisters Ruth and Martha have troubles of their own. Ruth is courted by a young man who is implicated in the vandal acts. Martha, who is trying to establish a dog breeding business, finds that her dogs are mistreated and soon stolen.

It seems that Grace’s secret has brought only trouble to her family. But when her secret is exposed Grace’s heart ache has just begun.

Ms. Brunstetter lays the groundwork for the series very well, introducing the characters, and giving the reader an excellent sense of the setting and the Amish culture. Yet, too many plot threads are left unresolved, leaving this reader unsatisfied at the end of book one. – Vasthi Acosta, Christian Book Previews.com

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