COLTON SHOWDOWN is part of the miniseries The Colton's of Eden Falls. This story is the culmination of a case that has involved law agencies from Cleveland to Philadelphia. Hard to believe there is any woman more vulnerable and innocent than a young Amish woman whose life has been rather cocooned in a traditional quiet unassuming manner. Ferrarella brings great depth to the characters in this story. She respects her readers and doesn't go for the easy fix. The story moves at a surprisingly fast pace and it's easy to grasp the relationships established in the preceding books.

Simple pleasures, simple needs and simple challenges basically the tenets of the life Hannah has known all her life and the expectations are that her future will be at home in her small Amish village Paradise Ridge. Paradise ridge is nestled right next to thriving ranches one in particular run and owned by the Colton family.

The Colton's have lived in complete compatibility with the people of Paradise respectfully honoring the separation and differences. All this is changing -- in one fell swoop there is a great danger to the young women in Paradise and other Amish communities. Someone is kidnapping them and now several are turning up dead. What happened to these young women since their disappearance?

The Colton siblings FBI Special Agent Emma and Detective Tate have been working on a joint task force to find these missing girls. They have pretty substantial reasons to believe these girls are being sold for high prices to men with depraved sexual appetites. These untouched innocents commanded a high price tag and someone is making a bundle -- someone with no conscience or morality.

Now the case has transcended into something very personal. One of the latest kidnapping victims is Hannah Troyer advertised as "Jade." Hannah's brother Caleb is engaged to Emma. This is to be her last case before marrying Caleb and moving to Paradise where he lives with his children. A decidedly big step for Emma in many ways including living the Amish life but all plans sre put on hold. Finding Hannah takes precedence over everything.

The plan is for Tate to go undercover and work a deal to buy one of these girls. He is immediately captivated by the image he has seen of the one they called "Jade." It seems the plan is working as expected or at least hoped for when Tate realizing his cover is blown now has only one goal and that is to save Hannah. And that means running.

Tate and Hannah will have to continue running and switching places to crash until they get the all clear. That means keeping Hannah practically glued to his side. Problem is the more time he spends with this wonderful smart gorgeous woman the more he has to fight his own attraction to her. Tate is discovering that for a very jaded man he is finding great joy looking at the world through Hannah's eyes. She has him almost hoping for things that he has given up long ago. But reality is they are from two very different worlds and after the case is closed Hannah will go home leaving a very changed Tate behind.

Great culmination of an investigative series that delved into a really dark and dangerous underworld. For the Colton's their lives had changed with the deaths of their adored parents on 9/11. They are a very eclectic group of adopted siblings with an amazing relationship. Every story about the Colton's reminds us how unconventional families make it work with love and respect.