When her youngest daughter goes missing she begins to question herself and the way she has been living her life. She has done very well but recent events have made her think that perhaps it is time to think of remarrying. Maryanna lost her husband in an accident leaving her to raise their four children without him. Very good book that deals with grief and how two very different women have dealt with it. A little too abrupt tying up at the end but still a very engaging sweet read.

I settled happily into this story and loved all the main characters. Other appealing Amish men, women and children fill out the palette of charming characters, including Joshua and Dan, both widowers looking to remarry. It was easy to like the friendly, caring Maryanna and also to understand the doubts and question’s that circled in Jodi. It is in Hickory Hollow that Jodi eventually, with Maryanna’s help finds some answers.Īlthough this is book 3 in a series about Hickory Hollow, it reads fine as a stand alone. The other main character is widowed Maryanna Esh seeking to raise her four children in the Amish faith in Hickory Hollow. But first she needs to locate the family of this child. Could this affect their future? Should she call the wedding off? To add those issues she needs to secure a new teaching position. She has lost faith in God and answered prayer and has reached a decision she knows fiancé Trent will disagree with. Jodi is mourning the recent death of her sister Karen. Jodi’s fiancé is heading to Japan for a year. Why has no one reported this child, who looks to be about four years old, missing? Jodi gets no answers to her questions regarding name and where has has come from as the child does not speak English. Yet investigation turns up no reports of a missing child. What she does not expect to find is the dishevelled young girl curled up by the side of the road. Jodie Winfield has come to Lancaster Pennsylvania to house sit for her cousin Scott and his wife Paige while they are away.

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