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Publishers WeeklyPerry's (Mistletoe Prayers) Amish romantic suspense series starter goes from a promising beginning to a disappointingly lackluster denouement. Fast-track lawyer Jessica Langdon goes to Pennsylvania Dutch country to defend an Amish teenager accused of murdering a young local "English" (not Amish) woman. Hot-tempered Trey Morgan, a local businessman who well understands the Amish and thinks the boy guilty, is Jessica's nemesis, ally, and personal puzzle all at once. As she attempts to save her client, Jessica learns about Amish ways and faces sabotage and danger from an unknown source. The attraction between Trey and Jessica is slow to start and builds to a sweet, chaste passion, fueled by Trey's overbearing attempts to be Jessica's protector.
About the Author
I realized I wanted to be a writer at age eight, when I read my first Nancy Drew novel, The Secret of the Old Clock. Most little girl reach the end of that book wanting to be Nancy. I wanted to be the person who created the story! The dream lay hidden for years while I became a teacher, married, had children...all the usual things. But eventually it re-surfaced, and I began to write, beginning with short children's stories for Sunday school take-home papers. It seemed a long time until that first acceptance, but eventually I began to sell. After some three hundred published short stories, I finally found the courage to work on the novel I'd always wanted to write. Sixty-some published novels later, I still feel the same excitement every time I begin a new book--a mix of not believing I can do it combined with an overwhelming urge to see the story on the page. A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania and my own Pennsylvania Dutch roots eventually led me to the books I'm writing now about the Amish. The Pleasant Valley Amish series from Berkley Books are longer, more complex emotional stories with Amish main characters, while my forthcoming HQN suspense novels are more adventure-filled books set in Pennsylvania Dutch country. I'm also writing a Love Inspired series about the Amish, The Brides of Lost Creek. When I'm not writing, I'm busy with church activities, traveling, and spending time with my three children and six beautiful grandchildren.
