Series:
Amish Country Justice (Book 20)
A witness in hiding.
An enemy with a vendetta.
After discovering her best friend's dead body, Miriam
Troyer knows two things: the killer is the same man who murdered her
husband…and he wants her dead. With the culprit in pursuit, Miriam goes on the
run with her baby and seeks refuge in the Amish community she left behind.
However, after an attack leaves Miriam with no memory, Caleb Schultz, a man
from her past, must step in to protect her and her daughter. But the criminal
is determined to silence Miriam for good and will stop at nothing to get his revenge.
Fast-paced story that grabbed my attention in the first
pages and kept me hooked to the end. We first met Miriam in
Amish Witness to Murder, as Beth's sister, who had left the Amish community, briefly reappeared
and then disappeared again. The book opens as she witnesses a second murder by
the man who killed her Englisher husband. She flees the scene with her baby,
heading for the only place she feels safe - her old hometown. The murderer is
hot on her heels, and she barely survives the hit-and-run attack that leaves
her with no memory.
Caleb witnesses the attack and saves her and her baby.
He's stunned when he recognizes Miriam as the troublemaking girl from his
youth. He steps up to protect them despite his wariness over her past. Something
about her keeps him determined to stay near.
The suspense is intense from start to finish. The man and
his companions who pursue her are determined and ruthless. The escalating
attacks kept me glued to the pages as they evaded gunfire and attempted
kidnapping. The final confrontation was a nail-biter with a heart-pounding conclusion.
I enjoyed watching the relationship develop between
Miriam and Caleb. Caleb is wary of her due to her past actions and her current
status as an Englisher. He has no intention of leaving the Amish community, so
a relationship with her is impossible. Miriam has changed since becoming a
mother and tries to overcome her past actions. They grow closer, but their
lives remain on different tracks. I ached for Caleb, who fell hard for Miriam.
Miriam must take a hard look at her life and what she wants for her future. I
liked how she was honest with Caleb about her feelings and that she took her
time to be sure of what she wanted. The epilogue was fantastic.
I enjoyed seeing characters from earlier books,
especially Steve and Miriam's sister, Beth.
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