Secrets In Amish County by Mary Alford

 A Deadly Homecoming

Eve Lantz came home looking for the truth.

Someone intends to make sure she doesn’t live long enough to find it.

Her brother is dead. Her father was murdered years earlier. And the questions connecting their deaths have made Eve the next target.

With a killer closing in, she must trust Assistant Police Chief Casey Masterson—the man who once broke her heart—to help her expose a secret powerful enough to destroy them both.

Secrets in Amish Country by New York Times bestselling author Mary Alford releases October 27.

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A Time to Stand by Robert Whitlow

  

Book Description:  In a small Georgia town where racial tensions run high and lives are at stake, can one lawyer stand up for justice against the tide of prejudice on every side?

Adisa Johnson, a young African-American attorney, is living her dream of practicing law with a prestigious firm in downtown Atlanta. Then a split-second mistake changes the course of her career.

Left with no other options, Adisa returns to her hometown where a few days earlier a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen who is now lying comatose in the hospital.

Adisa is itching to jump into the fight as a special prosecutor, but feels pulled to do what she considers unthinkable—defend the officer.

As the court case unfolds, everyone in the small community must confront their own prejudices. Caught in the middle, Adisa also tries to chart her way along a path complicated by her budding relationship with a charismatic young preacher who leads the local movement demanding the police officer answer for his crime.

My Thoughts: 

Interesting how an author will write a fiction story about a current event in our world.  I think authors like to voice their opinions through a story.  

In any event, this is quite an interesting story.

Adisa Johnson is a young African-American attorney who enjoys living her dream of practicing law in Atlanta.

However, Adisa returns to her small Georgia hometown where racial tensions are flying high because a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen who is comatose in a hospital.  But Adisa must consider what she believes/stands for because she is to defend the police officer who shot the teen.

And she is in a budding romance with a charismatic young preacher who is demanding that the local police officers make this a crime and punish the police office who shot the black teen. 

This story is more about emotions and how people, no matter what the skin color, can be racist.

This is a think.about.it.read . . .  what one really values and what one really believes is right no matter what ones skin color may be

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson 
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0718083032
• ISBN-13: 978-0718083038

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GIVEAWAY!

 Enter to win an autographed copy of Secrets in Amish Country!

Mary Alford is giving away 5 signed print copies on Goodreads to celebrate the October 27 release of Secrets in Amish Country!

Two family tragedies. A trail of unanswered questions. And someone determined to keep Eve Lantz from learning the truth. As she and Assistant Police Chief Casey Masterson search for the connection between her father’s unsolved murder and her brother’s sudden death, their investigation puts them in the crosshairs of a killer.

And the truth could cost Eve everything… even her life.

The giveaway runs October 4–26. Enter through Goodreads here:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/453014-secrets-in-amish-country

Good luck, readers! 

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Gathering Shadows (Finding Sanctuary 1) by Nancy Mehl

 Book Description:  Wynter Evans is a promising young reporter for a television station in St. Louis, but even a bright future doesn't take away her pain over the disappearance of her brother nine years ago. So when she stumbles across a photograph of a boy with an eerie resemblance to him, she can't pass up the chance to track him down. With research for work as her cover, she sets out with one of the station's photogs for the place where the picture was taken: the town of Sanctuary. 

Almost as soon as she arrives, she meets the town's handsome young mayor, Rueben King, and together they begin to uncover long held secrets that could tear the small town apart and change everything Wynter thought she knew about her life. As the truth of her family's past hides in the shadows, it's clear someone will stop at nothing to keep the answers she's searching for hidden forever--even if the cost is Wynter's very life.

My Thoughts: I absolutely love to read novels/stories by Nancy Mehl!

The Gathering Shadows (the first book in the Finding Sanctuary series) is classified as romantic suspense but, yet, Mrs. Mehl puts so much more into this story.

I love Wynter Evans . . .just love the way her name is spelled.  Wynter is strong and courageous but yet gentle and kind hearted.  Wynter struggles with her past.  And there is Rueben King {sigh!} the young mayor . . . here is the romantic part. 

Wynter's brother disappeared over nine years ago.  then Wynter comes across a picture of a big that resembles her lost brother.  She is drawn to and must go after the clues to see if this is really her brother.  

She travels to the town of Sanctuary.  Sanctuary is the town where Rueben King is mayor. 

There seems to be shadows everywhere Wynter looks.  It seems that the truth may never "show up."

This is quite a read!  The ending, the I.didn't.see.that.coming! and the suspense make for zone fantastic read!

But don't take my word for it....go read it for yourself! 

• Series: Finding Sanctuary (Book 1)
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers 
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764211579
• ISBN-13: 978-0764211577

SHATTERED AMISH IDENTITY by Mary Alford

 

 Book Description:  When Amish school teacher Hannah York is attacked, she defends herself with skills she never knew she had. CIA agent Titus Miller arrives, claiming that she’s actually fellow agent Lara Redmond—and that she’s in danger from a powerful enemy. Despite suffering from amnesia, Hannah is certain she’s only ever lived a quiet Amish life. But why does Titus seem so familiar, and could it be true that he loved her once? When Hannah’s family is abducted, she and Titus must work together to find them. Can Hannah trust him to help unlock the truth of her past…and keep her safe?

My Thoughts: One of my favorite suspense authors has done it again!  

This is an interesting "take" on Amish life.  A non Amish young lady is an Amish school teacher with amensia. 

When someone seeks to take her out Hannah York doesn't understand why.  Then enters Titus who comes to help save her from the enemy.  Titus is sure that Hannah is suffering from amnesia and is a girl that he once loved and knew but Hannah can't remember. 

There is a lot of action and some suspense. The mystery is the biggest thing going on in the story.

If you love an excellent mystery with all the feels then you'll love this fascinating story.

*All opinions are my own*