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This story can inspire those for various cultures, ages, and backgrounds with its gripping plot lines and unique characters.

Rachel is a character that I sympathized with immediately. As a widow with child, I could not help but feel a pang of empathy for this soon-to-be mother. While she may seem like a quiet, young Amish woman on the outside, inside she has the heart of a lioness. She willingly sacrifices herself not only for those sh More...

I do not like scary stories and I do not usually read them. Although I had already read the first book in this series, I had no idea of what I was getting involved in with this book. I soon learned that Leanna Ellis had created characters so believable that the story would become very frightening to me. The series lives up to its name of Plain Fear.

Who would have thought to put vampires and people of the Amish faith together in a story? This book, the second in this series of three, begins with More...

I received this through the goodreads first reads giveaway. I was grateful to have won this book. This was a great book. It was a little slow in the beginning, as well as it lefted me wondering a few things. This is the 2nd novel to the Plain Fear series. You don't have to read the first one (Plain Fear Forsaken), but I would advise that you do. I didn't, and I wished I did. I was wondering about a few things in this book that actually happened in the first. I do plan on reading the first one wh More...

In Plain Fear: Forsaken, the first book of the Plain Fear series, Rachel's husband, Josef, was killed by vampires. Now, in Plain Fear: Forbidden, she's several months pregnant and just trying to move on with her life while she waits for her little one to be born.

When an old friend from her younger years shows up one day, she's at first leery to see him. He's supposed to be dead. But he convinces her that he is very much alive, just different and that if she comes with him, she can see her Josef More...

I am not a particular fan of vampire stories--although I do likeCharlaine Harris's books, but I really enjoyed this one and the previous one, Plain Fear: Forsaken. Leanna Ellis is a wonderful writer. I love the classical poetry that she inserts into these stories. I am looking forward to reading the third book in this series, which, I believe, is scheduled for release in August, 2013. More...

Leanna Ellis writes a riveting, emotionally intense, story that will keep you turning the pages. Unexpectedly complex—especially the contrast between the simplicity of faith versus the heartbreak of betrayal; good versus evil. FORBIDDEN is thought provoking and very well written. It’s tragic and yet faith affirming but at NO point is it boring!

FORBBIDEN an absorbing story of damnation and redemption. A crisis in faith, if you will, on many levels. This is a, ‘what would happen if’, story set a More...

Rachel is about to give birth but is still reeling from her husband's untimely death, which she blames herself for. She spends her time on her Amish farm, waiting to give birth, when a stranger appears and tells her he can take her away and has a way he can save her husband. Desperate, Rachel goes with him but soon realizes that Akiva is a vampire who wants to use her baby for an unfortunate vampire ritual...

I'd been wanting to read this book a long time. What an interesting and promising concep More...

I am really enjoying this series. It is not your A-typical Amish book and that is what I love about it. It has a real "BITE" and with all of the same ol' Amish books out there I love something different and this is right up my alley! If you are looking for something different in Amish fiction give this series a try. I guarantee you will not be disappointed!!!!

Amish and vampires? Basically a romance. If you are a romance fan you might like it. Simple, uninvolved plot- what I call a fluffy book since you really don't learn much, you just sit back to be entertained. I prefer books with a bit more substance. I guess it takes advantage of the current craze with vampires.

Okay, I really wasn't sure about reading this one. Amish vampires? Come on. First half, I wondered if I even wanted to finish. I read anyways. My goodness! It was a good read. i want to go get the first book in the series and hope there is a third in the future.

I won this book in a giveaway from goodreads.Interesting. Very unexpected

This is, hands down, the most entertaining Amish vampire novel I have ever read.

I didn't enjoy this book as much as Plain Fear: Forsaken. This book was much darker, more violent, and scarier.