An Amish Outsider is an Amish book that contains romance, suspense and a bit of action. I really enjoyed it and found myself having a hard time putting it down.

Michael Forster returns to the Amish community he left as a young man. Now he returns with his daughter, Allie, and is a suspect in his wife's murder. He knows suspicion follows him but he needs to take care of his daughter and start over. He goes to the home of his aunt who runs a greenhouse. With the help of his family and the community, he begins to realize that the people he left, still care about him and are people he can trust.

Catherine Brandt is the school teacher in their Amish community. She welcomes Allie into school and the two develop a special bond. As Cathy and Michael work together to draw Allie out and help her adjust to their community, attraction and trust grows between them. When one of the greenhouses is vandalized, Michael knows he has brought trouble with him. Yet the community bands together and repairs the damage.

Cathy begins to have strange things happen to her and has to involve the police. Soon, suspicion is cast upon her from the community due to her friendship with Michael and Allie. Yet Cathy would not change anything she has done. Michael cares for Cathy but can he involve her in the mess he is in and can the police chief find the person who murdered Michael's wife so that he can move on?

The book answers those questions and does so in a way that keeps the reader engaged. I received an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.

I love how this author shows the relationships in the Amish families, especially when dealing with different generations. This story deals with the emotions between families when a member leaves the Amish and then comes back years later. I really loved how the children react to each other and care for each other