Heartbeat of the Future: An Amish Romance with Murder Mystery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798195981037)

She survived the shunning. Now she must survive the man who shunned her.

When an earthquake rips through the valley, Hannah Miller runs toward the one place she swore never to return, her Amish community. She left two years ago, shunned and silent, after witnessing the bishop commit a terrible crime. She confessed to a theft she didn't commit to protect her younger sister. Now the ground is breaking apart, and Ruth is trapped on a school bus teetering over a washed-out bridge.

Hannah has nothing left but her deaf dog, Bo, and a secret that could destroy her if she speaks it.

Bishop Josiah Hochstetler has ruled the community with fear for decades. When Hannah stumbles upon a dead body in the creek, with her own ribbon clutched in the victim's hand, she realizes the bishop is framing her for murder. Again.

Her only ally is the bishop's own son, Eli. He came home six months ago after his mother's death, bitter and searching for answers. He does not trust Hannah. He does not trust anyone. But Bo growls at the guilty and whines for the innocent, and the dog has never been wrong.

As aftershocks rock the valley and floodwaters rise, Hannah must decide: stay hidden and let the bishop win, or speak the truth and risk everything, her sister, her freedom, and the future she thought she had lost forever.