Beginning

"I wish there was something I could do," Cousin Verena said, her voice cracking.

"But what?" Susie whispered, wiping her eyes. "The boy I''ve always loved thinks of me as his sister . . . and always has."

Susie Mast''s Amish life in Lancaster County has been shaped by events beyond her control, with the tragic deaths of her Dat and close-in-age brother casting long shadows. Now twenty-two, Susie re...