Nearing the Christmas holiday in Home Valley,
Ohio, Lydia Brand aids her neighbor, Josh Yoder with his
menagerie of animals, used in the traditional re-enactment
scene of the birth of our Christ. Both are of the Home
Valley Amish community and feel a romantic closeness even
though Lydia is supposedly being courted by Gideon Reich
who works in her father's Amish furniture store. Lydia
loves the camels, much to her mother's disappointment.
Lydia also works during the week as receptionist in the
furniture store; her parents are trying to keep her close to
home.
During a snow storm Lydia stumbles upon Victoria
Keller's dead body; a sister of their neighbor, Senator
Elizabeth "Bess" Stark, her son Connor and his family.
Clutched in her hand is a note "to the girl brand baby...Your
mother is alive". Knowing she is adopted, this begins
Lydia's search for the truth of her true parentage and
death of the couple she believes were her real parents.
Aided by a female "Englisch" friend of Josh's who is a
journalist, one death is compounded by another. As
mysterious incidents begin to happen at her home as well as
at Josh's, Lydia's life is in jeopardy as her inquires all
get far too close to the truth.
The story line in UPON A WINTER'S NIGHT is so interesting I could
barely put it down from as I was anxiously needing to see what
happened next. Karen Harper has an amazing ability to
weave a story full of suspense and keeping the reader on
edge until the end, guessing at what is actuality. The
reader is guaranteed a thrilling ride from page one through to
the very last page.
UPON A WINTER'S NIGHT is complete, including an
innocent romance between two terrific characters, unable to
deny their love. It is an extremely insightful look and
lesson into the ways of the Amish and their customs. I
thoroughly loved this story and know everyone reading it
will as well.
A cold night's silent majesty hides a BITTER
secret…
Though she is deeply loved by her parents,
the fact that Lydia Brand is adopted has always made her
different from her close-knit Amish community. But as
Christmas approaches and she begins to search for answers
about her biological parents, more questions
surface.
Soon it seems that the deaths of two women
in her small town may not be coincidences, after all. And
her pursuit of the truth has left her only with hints of a
dark secret—and threats from an unseen
adversary.
While she does her best to stave off
advances from her parents' preferred suitor, Lydia discovers
that her heart truly belongs to the man who's been there all
along: her friend Josh Yoder. It's only with his help that
Lydia can ensure that the stillness of a winter's night
means peace…and not danger.
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