Hester Takes Charge

"Hester, [a] ... Native American who was rescued as an infant by an Amish couple, now lives in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She shares a house with Bappie King, another Amish woman, living their independent lives in the fast-growing mid-18th-century city ... And then one day, Noah comes back: Noah, the first child born to Hans and Kate Zug, the Amish couple who had welcomed Hester during their childless years ... When Noah invites Hester to join him on a visit to their childhood home, Hester can no longer ignore her buried anger at her adopted father or her bitterness toward Annie, his second wife. Nor can Hester deny the tempting thrill of spending time with the steady but sensitive Noah, who since childhood showed special care for Hester"--Amazon.com.