The Schwartz family is happy to be spending Christmas on their new farm in Hart County. But when Susanna Schwartz hears gunshots that causes her buggy to overturn, and then her little sister falls through a wooden bridge into the icy creek, it becomes clear from these dangerous โaccidentsโ that someone wants them gone.
Neil Vance has been heartbroken ever since his parents lost their family farm. He knows itโs not the Schwartz familyโs fault, but he canโt help but be resentful. Until he meets Susanna. She is kind-hearted and bold, and Neil canโt stop thinking about her pretty green eyes.
Neil thinks the accidents are just that, but Susannaโs father is convinced the Vance family is responsible. Susanna refuses to believe Neil would do anything to harm her. Sheโs fallen in love with him and knows he is a good man. But her family is ready to pack up and move, and time is running out to uncover the truth before someone gets hurtโฆor worse.
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Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her townโs bike trail.