Katy Lee - Amish Country Undercover

Secrets, sabotage and small-town danger.

Someone wants an Amish woman dead.

Taking the reins of her father’s Amish horse-trading business, Grace Miller’s prepared for backlash over breaking community norms—but not for sabotage. Now someone’s willing to do anything it takes to make sure she fails, and it’s undercover FBI agent Jack Kaufman’s mission to stop them. But can Jack face his own Amish past long enough to shield Grace from a killer?

KATY LEEwrites suspenseful romances that thrill and inspire. She believes every story should stir and satisfy the reader—from the edge of their seat. A native New Englander, Katy loves to knit warm, wooly things. She enjoys traveling the side roads and exploring the locals’ hideaways. A homeschooling mom of three competitive swimmers, Katy often writes from the stands while cheering them on. Visit Katy at katyleebooks.com.

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Amish Country Undercover

Katy Lee

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ISBN: 978-0-008-90643-6

AMISH COUNTRY UNDERCOVER

© 2020 Katherine Lee

Published in Great Britain 2020

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Grace had a gentle way with the horses that Jack found sweet.

But not enough to walk away.

“I’ll round the other horse up,” he said. “Before he’s long gone.”

“Please do find him.” Grace worried her lower lip. “I don’t want another animal in these people’s hands. I won’t let it happen. And I need to get the others back from them.”

“How do you plan to do that? Do you know who his boss is?”

“No, but I’ll be ready when he comes back.” She took slow steps out of the woods and hobbled on her own toward her house.

Jack moved in a hurry to take her arm again. “You don’t get it. He has to kill you or be killed. His boss will require it. You’re not safe until I know who he’s working for.”

“How will you find out?”

“I don’t know yet, but at least I know one thing beyond a reasonable doubt.”

“What’s that?

“Innocent or not, the danger has only begun for you. And it’s nothing you can be ready for.”

Dear Reader,

I enjoy traveling to new places and meeting new people, especially when those people live such different lifestyles than I am used to. Writing about the Amish people meant taking a trip to an Amish community. I spent a whole day meeting some of the kindest and gentlest people I’ve ever met. One neat thing I enjoyed learning about them is they also love to read. I felt closer to them instantly.

I am glad to introduce you to Jack and Grace in the pages of Amish Country Undercover . I hope their story of redemption and second chances warms your heart, but I also hope the excitement and suspense keep those pages turning lightning quick. Grace’s love for horses endeared her to me, and I hope you love that trait about her, too.

I love to hear from readers, and you can reach me through email at KatyLee@KatyLeeBooks.com or through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. My website is KatyLeeBooks.com.

Happy reading!

Katy Lee

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

—Hebrews 12:1

To the families who love those who can no longer remember.

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Booklist

Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

Introduction

Dear Reader

Bible Verse

Dedication

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

SIXTEEN

SEVENTEEN

EIGHTEEN

EPILOGUE

Extract

About the Publisher

The hay crunched beneath a heavy foot, snapping Grace Miller to high alert. Earlier that night, she had thrown the straw across her barn floor as an alert system to tell her when the thief arrived. Now her makeshift alarm had sounded. She tensed, ready to catch him in the act this time.

Twice now, Grace had lost her father’s newly purchased horses. The thought of having to explain a third to the church elders and lose her daed ’s job gave her the strength she needed to confront the thief now—even if no Amish woman would ever think of doing such a hazardous and ferhoodled thing.

From her hiding place in the far back stall, Grace quietly shifted from her sitting position onto her bare feet. She gripped her long blue skirt and matching apron in her fists and readied herself to spring up into action. She had a horse thief to catch.

Or most likely Leroy Mast.

Leroy had been pestering her to continue their courting, which had been put on hold six months ago when her mother passed away. But now Grace’s daed ’s illness had propelled her into his role as the horse trader in the Amish community of Rogues Ridge, Kentucky. And if the bishop found out how far along Benjamin Miller’s Alzheimer’s had progressed, she would also be forced into another role in her community—most likely as a maidal woman in need of a husband. Just what Leroy wanted.