Return to Grace

By Karen Harper

In the shadows of a graveyard, a shot rings out…

Hannah Esh fled the Home Valley Amish community with a broken heart, throwing herself into her worldly dreams of a singing career instead. But as much as she tries to run from her past, something keeps pulling her back. On a whim, she brings four worldly friends to the Amish graveyard near her family’s home for a midnight party on Halloween.

But when shots are fired and one of her friends is killed, Hannah is pulled back into the world of her past. The investigation into the shooting uncovers deep-buried secrets that shock the peaceful Amish village to its core. Determined to prove her value to the community she left behind, Hannah attempts to bridge two cultures, working closely with both handsome, arrogant FBI agent Linc Armstrong and her former betrothed, Seth Lantz, who is now widowed with a young daughter.

Caught between Seth and Linc, between old and new, Amish and worldly, Hannah must chose her future. Unless a killer, bent on secrecy, chooses it for her.

"Harper, a master of suspense, keeps readers guessing about crime and love until the very end." –Booklist starred review on Fall From Pride

“Danger and romance find their way into Ohio Amish country…lively and endearing.”—Publishers Weekly on Fall From Pride

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Mar 2, 2012
• ISBN: 9781408969724

Karen Harper

New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper is a former high-school and college English teacher. Winner of the 2005 Mary Higgins Clark Award for her outstanding novel, Dark Angel, Karen is the author of twelve romantic suspense novels, two historical novels and a series of historical mysteries. Karen and her husband, who divide their time between Columbus, Ohio, and Naples, Florida, love to travel both in the U.S. and abroad.

Reviews for Return to Grace

[wearylibrarian · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

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.

[rhonda1111 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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