Title: Her Fear (The
Amish of Hart County #5)
Author: Shelley Shepard Gray
Pages: 288
Year: 2018
Publisher: Avon Inspire
My rating is 5 out of 5 stars.
Sadie Detweiler approaches the man who has been courting her
and tells him she is expecting his baby.
He denies that he is the father and wants her to get an abortion or else
she will damage his reputation among the Amish community of which he wants to
be leader of. Sadie can’t believe his
suggestion. She tells her parents of the
pregnancy, hoping they will talk to his parents and a marriage will be agreed
upon. Instead, she finds herself
disowned by her father, put on a bus to an uncle in Kentucky whom she has never
met and alone with first-time motherhood looming in the future. Sadie arrives at the home and tries her best
to stay invisible. She can sense
something is going on in the household as the tension is almost unbearable
sometimes. She is scared and alone until
she meets Noah.
Noah Freeman is an Amish EMT-in-training. He has been on the job for almost a year and
hopes to be put on the staff full-time soon.
He loves his job and his co-workers have found him to be compassionate
and competent, as well as being able to speak to the many Amish in their own
language. He and his partners are called
to Sadie’s house when someone falls violently ill unexpectedly. Noah can sense something going on in the
house and Sadie’s fear. He also notices
how pretty she is. Noah can’t stop
thinking about her and wondering if she is in danger, so he makes an excuse to
check up on her. He wants to get to know
her better and thinks she feels the same, but her male relatives don’t want him
around and let him know that in no uncertain terms.
This author’s writing style is one in which it makes it easy
to get involved in the story from the beginning. There is no lengthy and dry history, but
instead engaging characters and story line.
The plot is one that doesn’t glamorize the Amish people, their beliefs
or their lifestyle, but instead shows them to be people who make mistakes, poor
choices and act ungodly at times. The
added subplot about moonshine was also a good addition to the story. I like how the author includes facts at the
end of her stories, telling about real people and places regarding the fictional
story. Amish stories are not one of my
favorite genres, but this series has been enjoyable and entertaining to
read. A sixth book will be released in
November 2018, and I will be one of the first to get my copy.