Review: Return To Grace by Karen Harper 4* 08/04/2023

This is a book about the Amish community in Ohio and their customs. Hannah is the main character, and the story is about Hannah leaving her home three years prior to seeking a singing career and because of a fight with her father who is the Bishop of the Amish. She returned with her gothic friends on Halloween to the Amish graveyard for a party. They weren't there that long before shots rang out and one of her friends was shot and died. No one knew which way the shot came from. Hannah and two of her other friends got injured.
While she was calling 911 her old boyfriend Seth, heard the commotion coming from the graveyard nearby. He decided to check things out. There was someone who shot at the teenagers. When the Bishop heard that one of the ones injured was their daughter and once, they arrived at the hospital her mother stayed by Hannah's side. After being treated her parents took her home. The sheriff and FBI were waiting to talk to her.
As the story goes on dead bodies were being found at the graveyard and no one knew her they were. So now they have two investigations going on. This was a good story once you read it all. ( )

This isn't a bad story but some of the things Ms. Harper wrote about doesn't seem to jibe with what I have come to know about the Amish. She mentions exchanging rings at an Amish wedding and I know of no Amish that exchange wedding rings. That and a few other things that didn't seem to be a part of Amish life mad me wonder if the author is really familiar with the Amish way of life.

Hannah returns to her Amish community with her goth friends who decide to party in the Amish cemetery. Suddenly, shots ring out. Hannah and another girl are wounded and a young man dies. Now one one has to figure out what secrets the cemetery holds. ( )

Return to Grace by Karen Harper
5 STARS
I was really into this story. I believe this was second book in this series. Now I want to go back and read the first book.
Hannah Esh has left her amish home a few years back after a fight with her father the Bishop and after her long term boyfriend who told her he got someone else pregnant and was going to marry her.
Hannah was back with friends on halloween they all are goth and are at a amish cemetary after they had broke in a closed corn maze. A couple of her friends where dancing around the cemetary and drinking and it just happened it was on Seth's wife grave. Hannah was upset and homesick when all of a sudden shots where fired at them. Kevin was dead and tiffany shot and then she realized she was shot.
While she was on her cell to 911 Seth heard screaming and loud music as he was going home from hunting and even recongized Hannah voice talking.
Seth quickly found Hannah and wrapped her wrist to stop the bleeding and then stopped Tiffany's bleeding with preasure bandage.
The Bishop and his wife did not live far from the cemetary and when they found out Hannah was wounded her mom got in the ambulence with her. Hannah thought she could die after seeing her parents and Seth.
While Hannah was in the hospital her mom stayed with her. They were going to take her home with them.
The sheriff and FBI were waiting to talk to her about the night.
Hannah was so a shamed about the trouble she brought home to her family.
FBI agent Link was interested in Hannah. So was Seth he never stopped loving her and felt guilty in his part why she left to go out into the world.
This was full of drama finding dead bodies and people where disappearing.
Hannah was trying to solve who killed her friend. Seth was trying to find out what was happening and trying to protect Hannah.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review from Netgalley.
02/28/2012 PUB Harlequin HarlequinMira ( )