Beverly Lewis' latest

I have almost sworn off any more Amish stories but who can refuse Beverly Lewis? I have been reading her works for close to twenty years so won't stop now and she never disappoints even with a topic that is currently way overwritten. Oddly enough, the same day my review copy came in the mail, my mother was meeting her in a bookstore to purchase the same book.

Since age eleven, Jennifer Burns has been enamored with the Amish people She has subscribed to their newspaper, exchanged letters with an Amish girl she befriended, visited Lancaster County Pennsylvania each summer, and read everything she could find about their ways. Jennifer even felt she had been born in the wrong era and that she never quite fit in with her siblings and parent's way of life. When Jennifer sells everything she owns in order to move to Lancaster and become Amish, all are shocked but Rebbecca and Samuel Lapp provide a place for her to stay even though it isn't customary to do so. What she didn't do before leaving her old life was tell her family what her plans were.

When Jennifer arrives in Hickory Hollow, Rebecca is immediately taken with her. However, others in the Amish community aren't so quick to win over and trust an Englischer. Jennifer isn't discouraged though and is determined to be part of the faith. Her journey takes her in directions she didn't quite expect.

Even though written as part of a series, this book easily stands alone and Ms. Lewis fills the reader in on events that happend in previous installments. Even though another Amish fiction, the slant that Ms. Lewis takes on a person being raised in the Englisch world wanting to become Amish is enjoyable. To be honest, I've never read anything by Beverly Lewis that I didn't thoroughly enjoy and "The Secret Keeper" is no exception. Thank you for another enjoyable read, Ms. Lewis!

I did receive this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I was in no way obligated to leave a positive review.