When the Heart Cries {Review}

This is another great Amish story by Cindy Woodsmall.  I think she has become my favorite Amish author.  She does such a great job writing her stories that I never want to put them down!  When the Heart Cries is about Hannah Lapp.  She comes from a strict Old Order Amish family, but she has found love outside her family's communtiy with her neighbor's grandson Paul.  Before return to college for his final year, Paul proposes and Hannah agrees to marry him, knowing full well that her family will not be happy.  On her way home, however, tragedy strikes when Hannah is attacked and raped.  Hannah's dad convinces her it is best to keep the attack quiet, and while her siblings know something happened to Hannah, they don't know all the details.  While Hannah recovers, her sister has to bear more of the workload of the household chores and resents Hannah, spreading rumors about her.  Not long after her attack, Hannah's brother and future sister-in-law are in an accident and Hannah's brother places the blame on her.  With her world seeming to fall apart, Hannah's only hope seems to be to hold on long enough for Paul to graduate and then they can marry.  But then even worse things happen and she even faces losing Paul. 

I highly recommend this book.  It is the first in the Sisters of the Quilt series and I can't wait to get my hands on the second one to continue to story!

I received this book for free for review from Waterbrook Multnomah.