Allison Standish has never been to Laurel Ridge, Pennsylvania. She also never met the grandmother who left Blackburn House to Allison in her will. She's surprised to find the lovely Victorian in excellent condition, even though it has been renovated to accommodate several shops and offices. Upon visiting her grandmother's lawyer, Allison learns there are strings attached to her inheritance. She has to manage Blackburn House and turn a profit for one year to fully inherit the property. She's not sure she wants to leave her job as an interior designer in Philadelphia for this small community in Amish country, where the Amish and Englisch live and work together seamlessly.

The first tenant of Blackburn House that Allison meets is Nick Whiting. He and his dad run a cabinet shop, with a storefront on the first floor and a workshop in the carriage house out back. Allison also learns that her grandmother was in partnership with an Amish lady who runs a quilt shop in the house. Allison knows nothing about quilts, much less running or managing a business. All her tenants are very skeptical of Allison and how long she will last in Laurel Ridge. But someone else seems to be trying to scare her away too.

A series of mysterious happenings occur at Blackburn House, along with the death of one of her tenants, and this gives Allison cause to suspect her grandmother's death may not have been accidental. She and Nick team up to investigate the mysteries, but in the process both struggle to keep their partnership from becoming a relationship. There is a strong attraction between them. Can they find who or what is behind what is going on at Blackburn House? Will her tenants stay so that she can make a profit and fully inherit the house? Does she really want to stay in Laurel Ridge?

Marta Perry brings us some delightful characters to fall in love with in her new inspirational suspense series. You'll love Allison from the opening pages as she goes to Laurel Ridge and explores her inheritance. Allison and Nick are strong but stubborn characters, surrounded by wonderful supporting characters, some of which Ms. Perry leaves the door open to tell their stories in future books. WHERE SECRETS SLEEP is a story about overcoming past hurts in your life, about betrayal and protecting your heart. It's a story about how life fits together with odd shaped and colored pieces, just like a quilt. I can't wait for more books in this series!

Book Summary

In Amish country, not everything is as simple as it appears

After a terrible betrayal, Allison Standish flees Philadelphia for the small Amish village of Laurel Ridge to claim an unexpected inheritance. Allison intends to sell the mansion housing various shops on Main Street—until she meets Nick Whiting, a single father and tenant of Blackburn House, who challenges everything she believes about her estranged grandmother and the Amish community.

Strange stipulations in her grandmother's will soon bring distant relatives and seething townsfolk to Allison's door. As anonymous threats escalate, Nick grows protective of Allison, and she finds herself falling for the handsome carpenter- But then she discovers her grandmother's death may not have been accidental, and someone wants Allison gone. Permanently.

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