Buried Secrets Book Review

I was excited to hear that the second book in the Harvest of Hope series was out!  I liked the first book and I was excited to read the second book in the series.  I started reading Buried Secrets (Harvest of Hope) by Barbara Cameron and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what the first book was about!!  This book was basically a stand alone book and although some of the small town and characters are the same, it really wasn't built off the previous book.  The great news for first time readers is that you will enjoy this book just as much as those who have been waiting for the second book in the series!!

Family secrets could get in the way of a second chance at love.  After her husband dies, Rose longs to be near her family—especially her twin sister, Lillian—so she packs up her young son and leaves their life in Ohio to move back to Paradise, Pennsylvania.  Luke Miller is ready to settle down in Paradise. He soon forms a partnership with Rose to help farm her land. He finds that he's enjoying the company of the quiet, modest widow and she may be just the woman he's been waiting for. But is Rose hiding a secret beneath her reserved exterior—one that  could keep her from having a future with Luke? And Rose isn't the only one concealing something. Luke has a secret of his own, and it could threaten their partnership—and their chance at love.

I loved the characters and writing in this book as much as I did the first book.  The thing that was different about this book was it was a little more like other Amish fiction titles because it was talking about some of the same topics like farming and raising families.  However, Rose and Lillian are twins and tend to know how the other is thinking and feeling which added an interesting twist.  Rose is starting her life over in her childhood home after loosing her husband.  Rose is trying to bring her family farm back to life with the help with Luke Miller, new to Paradise and making his future in this small town.  I loved watching the family settle in and the slow progress that Rose makes to rebuild her life and how important Luke is in this new life.  It was a great story but you have to pick up the book to find out what happens when Luke leaves Paradise.  It is a great story that has a lot of ups and downs but ends quickly...I probably feel this way of most books because I want another 100 pages to resolve slowly but was a great book that left you waiting for the third book in this series!!  I hope that you check out this book and enjoy it as much as I have.

**I received a copy of this book for my review but all of my opinions here are honest and my own.