"The Believer" by Ann H. Gabhart

"The Believer" by Ann H. Gabhart - 394 pages

Elizabeth has no where to turn.  After her parents die, she finds herself responsible for her younger brother and sister, with a man she can't stand trying to force her to marry him.  She runs to the Shaker community that will take orphans.  As they try to conform to the Shaker rules and beliefs, Elizabeth finds herself drawn to a young Believer named Ethan.  Ethan has never questioned his beliefs, but once he meets Elizabeth that all changes.  Will Elizabeth and Ethan follow the Shaker rules or leave the community to be together?

"The Outsider" by Ann H. Gabhart

"The Outsider" by Ann H. Gabhart - 345 pages

Gabrielle's and her mother have joined the Shaker community at Harmony Hill.  She completely embraced the devotional life that the Shakers encourage.  What she is finding a hard time accepting is love for an outsider, a doctor, who was brought in to tend to a wounded man.  As she falls deeper into the forbidden love of this man of the world, she must make a choice.  Can she experience true happiness in the confines of the simple and chaste Shaker community, or will she leave her Shaker brothers and sisters for life in the world.

"A Simple Murder" by Eleanor Kuhns

"A Simple Murder" by Eleanor Kuhns - 322 pages

This book set in the  1790's and is about a man named Rees who left his son in the care of his sister and brother-in-law while he traveled for his work.  After returning to his home, Rees finds his son David, has left to join the Shakers in their settlement.  He follows and soon finds a murder mystery that he is asked to solve.  Along the way he finds other murders that all tie in with the one he is working on.  Follow Rees as he solves the murders and rebuilds his relationship with his son.