Alice B. reviewed on 8/15/2019 + 3563 more book reviews

Bestselling author BJ Hoff promises to delight her many faithful readers with her compelling new series, The Riverhaven Years. With the first book, Rachel's Secret, Hoff introduces a new community of unforgettable characters and adds the elements readers have come to expect from her novels: a tender love story, the faith journeys of people we grow to know and love, and enough suspense to keep the pages turning quickly.

When the wounded Irish American riverboat captain, Jeremiah Gant, bursts into the rural Amish setting of Riverhaven, he brings chaos and conflict to the community--especially for young widow, Rachel Brenneman. The unwelcome outsider; is a conductor on the Underground railroad and needs a safe place to recuperate from life threatening wounds ; before continuing his secret role as an Underground Railroad conductor. Asa, a free black man brings Captain Gant to To Rachel's home.He saw a light in the window and a quilt outside believing her to be his Underground railroad contact.She is not.The candle is for her widowed mom to see and the quilt is just there. There is another Amish family involved in the underground railroad, which Rachel and her mom Susan find out. They promise not to tell the bishop which is against their Amish beliefs, but their conscious tells them the Amish family are doing the Lord's work so both Rachel and Susan agree to keep quiet. Neither Gant nor Rachel is prepared for the forbidden love that threatens to endanger a man's mission, a woman's heart, and a way of life for an entire people. Rating10++++++

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