Danger in Amish Country: Fall from Grace / Dangerous Homecoming / Return to Willow Trace
Fall from Grace by Marta Perry – When one of her students witnesses a crime, Sara Esch gets too close to the truth and widower Caleb King must risk it all for the woman who's taught him to love again.– Dangerous Homecoming by Diane Burke – Katie Lapp needs her childhood friend Joshua Miller more than ever when someone threatens her late husband's farm. Can Joshua protect her…even if it endangers his heart? – Return to Willow Creek by Kit Wilkinson – A series of accidents has startled their Plain community…and leads Lydia Stoltz to Joseph Yoder, the man who once broke her heart. At every turn, it seems their shared past holds the key to their future.
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LOVE AND DANGER COLLIDE IN THREE NEW AMISH NOVELLAS
FALL FROM GRACE by Marta Perry
When one of her students witnesses a crime, Sara Esch gets too close to the truth, and widower Caleb King must risk it all for the woman who’s taught him to love again.
DANGEROUS HOMECOMING by Diane Burke
Katie Lapp needs her childhood friend Joshua Miller more than ever when someone threatens her late husband’s farm. Can Joshua protect her…even if it endangers his heart?
RETURN TO WILLOW TRACE by Kit Wilkinson
A series of accidents has startled their Plain community…and leads Lydia Stoltz to Joseph Yoder, the man who once broke her heart. At every turn, it seems their shared past holds the key to their future.
Praise for Marta Perry
“Set within the Amish community, with a strong, sympathetic heroine at the center of a suspenseful plot, Perry’s story hooks you immediately.”
—RT Book Reviews on Home by Dark
“Perry’s strong writing, along with loads of suspense, will keep you turning the pages.”
—RT Book Reviews on Danger in Plain Sight
Praise for Diane Burke
“A fascinating story of hidden identities and forbidden love, creating a page-turning mystery.”
—RT Book Reviews on Double Identity
“Burke’s solid mystery has characters who are easy to empathize with.”
—RT Book Reviews on Midnight Caller
Praise for Kit Wilkinson
“This excellent story builds an intriguing mystery around a developing romance in the fascinating world of competitive steeplechase.”
—RT Book Reviews on Sabotage
“Plenty of action, a heartwarming love story and a good mystery make this a compelling read.”
—RT Book Reviews on Protector’s Honor
MARTA PERRY
A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania, where she still lives, and her own Pennsylvania Dutch roots led Marta Perry to write about the Plain People and their rich heritage in her current fiction series for Berkley Books and Harlequin HQN. Marta recently celebrated the publication of her fifty-first novel, with another eight books scheduled to be released over the next two years. The two-time RITA® Award finalist has more than six million copies of her books in print.
Marta is a member of RWA, ACFW, Novelists, Inc., and Pennwriters. When she’s not writing, she and her husband enjoy traveling, gardening and spending time with their six beautiful grandchildren.
DIANE BURKE,
an award-winning author, took first place in the inspirational category for a Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense and has been a finalist for an ACFW Carol Award and a Laurel Wreath.
Diane lives on the east coast of Florida and, because of the glorious weather, beach and surf, feels as if she is on a permanent vacation. She has three sons, five grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren, who keep her on her toes and fill her life with love.
Her author page is www.amazon.com/author/dianeburke. She loves to hear from her readers and can be reached at [email protected].
KIT WILKINSON
is a former Ph.D. student who once wrote discussions on the medieval feminine voice. She now prefers weaving stories of romance and redemption. Her first inspirational manuscript won a prestigious RWA Golden Heart Award and her second has been nominated for an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award. You can visit with Kit at www.kitwilkinson.com or write to her at [email protected].
Table of Contents
FALL FROM GRACE by Marta Perry
DANGEROUS HOMECOMING by Diane Burke
RETURN TO WILLOW TRACE by Kit Wilkinson
Fall From Grace
Marta Perry
This story is dedicated to my husband, as always.
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
—Isaiah 40:31
Contents
ONE
Sara Esch smiled as her young scholars burst out into the autumn sunshine at the end of another school day. Even the best of Amish students couldn’t help showing a bit of enthusiasm when freedom arrived at three o’clock each weekday afternoon, especially on Friday.
All except one, it seemed. Seven-year-old Rachel King hung back, her small face solemn, as if reluctant to leave her desk.
Sara tried not to let concern show in her expression as she approached the motherless child. Rachel had been in Sara’s one-room school for less than a month, since she and her father arrived in Beaver Creek, coming to Pennsylvania from Indiana. That meant Sara didn’t know Rachel as well as she did most of the kinner in her school.
Sara knelt next to the child and spoke softly, knowing her words would be masked by the chatter of the two eighth-grade girls whose turn it was to wash the chalkboards.
“Was ist letz, Rachel?” She asked the question in dialect. She always spoke Englisch in school, but the familiar tongue of home and family might put the child at ease. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Rachel’s round blue eyes grew rounder still, as if she was surprised that her teacher had noticed. “Nothing is wrong, Teacher Sara.”
