About the Book

In case you were wondering, it’s pronounced “uh-nath-uh-muh.” It describes a loathsome thing, something detested, cursed, devoted to evil, deserving of divine punishment and condemned to eternal destruction.

Not very cheery, is it?

Nothing could be less like Hannah Schwartz, a sweet young Amish woman who is torn between her love for her family and faith and her attraction to an Englisch (non-Amish) sheriff’s deputy. Should she turn her back on all she holds dear? Or cast aside the man she loves?

That decision is taken out of her hands when she returns from a clandestine meeting with Reece only to find her parents have been cruelly murdered.

What happens next?

That would be telling. You’ll have to read the book to find out.

Anathema is as intricate as an Amish quilt and award-winning author Colleen Coble has stitched the plot’s many pieces together with a sure hand. More than a murder mystery, it’s a look at bitterness, forgiveness, and the long-lasting effects of each.

It’s also a really good read. And that’s one thing that is definitely not an “anathema.”