Her Fear by Shelley Shepard Gray - Review of the fifth book in The Amish of Hart County series

BACK  OF  THE  BOOK  BLURB

In New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray's latest novel in the suspenseful AMISH OF HART COUNTY series, an EMT falls for a woman with ties to an Amish community where people are dying similar, suspicious deaths.

Sadie Detweiler never imagined she'd move to Kentucky, yet here she is a pregnant, unmarried Amish girl banished by unforgiving parents to live with kin she barely knows. The men are gruff and her cousins re secretive. Worst of all, elderly matriarch Verba becomes mysteriously ill shortly after Sadie moves in. When EMT Noah Freeman arrives, Sadie immediately notices he's unlike any other Amish man she's met. Noah is warm and confident, and has an easy way with practically everyone in the community, both Amish and English. Though Sadie is drawn to him, she has little hope he will reciprocate her feelings once he learns she's with child.

Noah can't understand how a girl as sweet and lovely as Sadie ended up sleeping on a cot in Verba Stauffer's kitchen. He also senses Sadie is terrified of something. Concerned, he checks up on her. Eventually they strike up a friendship and soon their attraction is undeniable. When Verba later dies at the hospital and her death is followed by two others, Noah's boss wants him to dig around the Amish community for clues. He agrees--for Sadie's sake--because only the truth will keep Sadie safe and by his side.

MY  REVIEW

This is a heartbreaking story about Sadie, to have to live in fear, will she be able to move past it? Maybe being 'made' to move is a blessing, but then is it really?  You find yourself wondering when you see what is going on in her new home. The author does a wonderful job of keeping you locked in this story.