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Hide In Plain Sight (The Three Sisters Inn #1)
by
Marta Perry (Goodreads Author)
She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn.
But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn't want the secrets the old hous...more
But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn't want the secrets the old hous...more
Mass Market Paperback, 250 pages
Published
August 7th 2007
by Steeple Hill
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May 30, 2011
Leann
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Still being new to Christian fiction, this is the first Love Inspired Suspense novel that I've read. The author, Marta Perry, does a good job of creating a sense of suspense, but the characters are a bit one-dimensional.
Also, I wasn't a fan of the theme running throughout the novel: it's contrary to a life well-lived for God to be ambitious about your career. Cal, the love interest, is a former-attorney-turned-carpenter. Andrea, the main character, is an up-and-coming financial guru who's job g...more
Also, I wasn't a fan of the theme running throughout the novel: it's contrary to a life well-lived for God to be ambitious about your career. Cal, the love interest, is a former-attorney-turned-carpenter. Andrea, the main character, is an up-and-coming financial guru who's job g...more
Who is trying to sabotage the opening of the Bed & Breakfast, Three Sisters Inn, in the quaint Amish community? Who doesn't love a good mystery? One of the sisters, Rachel, was the vicitm of a hit and run. Sister, Andrea, while enroute to the hospital to see about Rachel had a car accicent. Or was it an accident? I am currently reading this novel and the suspensful plot will keep the reader turning the pages. There's mystery, romance budding on the horizon, and the setting is in the quaint A...more
Down loaded this to my Kindle on a whim.
I enjoyed the book. I probably wouldn't have picked it up if it had been properly filed in a religious category. And while I get that religion plays a center role in the Amish Country side, the energy spent in this book having the characters commune with God and Finding their way back to Him could have been better spent on character development.
This book also wasn't terribly long. Simply expanding the book with character development wouldn't have hurt eit...more
I enjoyed the book. I probably wouldn't have picked it up if it had been properly filed in a religious category. And while I get that religion plays a center role in the Amish Country side, the energy spent in this book having the characters commune with God and Finding their way back to Him could have been better spent on character development.
This book also wasn't terribly long. Simply expanding the book with character development wouldn't have hurt eit...more
This is my second dip into Harlequin's Love Inspired line, and this book was miles better than A Very Special Delivery in pretty much every single way: story, characters, plot, writing. I do take exception to the title, though; nobody was really hiding, and the one reference to the title was récherché and not at all related to any of the story's themes.
The religious faith aspect of this book was much more subtlely done, to my delight. The setting is the heart of Lancaster County, PA (Amish coun...more
The religious faith aspect of this book was much more subtlely done, to my delight. The setting is the heart of Lancaster County, PA (Amish coun...more
Plot: Unfortunately, this book wasn't long enough for both a mystery/suspense plot and thorough fleshing out of characters, so one venue had to be chosen and utilized. Marta Perry chose the plot.
I must admit that, from the beginning (and finding out that it was a LoveInspired book), I wasn't expecting much. Of course, since it was recommended to me, I was expecting it to be readable. The end result was rather surprising.
The plot was a typical sabotage-and-prowler type. It's Nancy Drew-esque and...more
I must admit that, from the beginning (and finding out that it was a LoveInspired book), I wasn't expecting much. Of course, since it was recommended to me, I was expecting it to be readable. The end result was rather surprising.
The plot was a typical sabotage-and-prowler type. It's Nancy Drew-esque and...more
Another book I got free on my Kindle and finished reading is Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry. This book too is a Christian romance set in Amish country.
When Andrea's sister is injured Andrea returns to her early childhood home where her Grandmother and sister are in the process of opening an Inn.
Andrea, a business woman, intends to stay just long enough to see her sister recover, but soon finds herself and her family the victims of a serious of pranks and untimely accidents. Believing her G...more
When Andrea's sister is injured Andrea returns to her early childhood home where her Grandmother and sister are in the process of opening an Inn.
Andrea, a business woman, intends to stay just long enough to see her sister recover, but soon finds herself and her family the victims of a serious of pranks and untimely accidents. Believing her G...more
In her rush to be by her sister's side after a hit and run accident Andrea herself becomes involved in a car accident. While she is not seriously injured, like her sister Rachel had been, this leaves her stuck at Grams without a way to return home. It also throws her into the arms of Cal, her Grams handyman and tenant. Solid, dependable Andrea finds herself face to face with the challenge of making her grandmother and sister make the responsible decision -- give up the idea of a B&B, sell th...more
I decided to review these together since it is a series. However, I believe it would be okay to read them separately or out of order. I believe you can understand more of the back story if you read them in order, but I think they could easily be read on their own also and still be enjoyable.
Back in high school, I remember a librarian taking me around the library trying to help me find books I was interested in. I really hated reading when I was younger. I just couldn’t seem to find anything I li...more
Back in high school, I remember a librarian taking me around the library trying to help me find books I was interested in. I really hated reading when I was younger. I just couldn’t seem to find anything I li...more
Someone out there is so afraid for the Bed and Breakfast Inn to open their doors that person will kill to get their point over. Andrea has no choice after her sister Rachel was in a hit and run accident to be at her sister side. But on her way to her sister Andrea is in a car accident herself that brings a man to her side to help her out the hole her car landed in. Cal turns out to be her Grams helper for the soon to be B and B Inn. In the mean time Andrea can’t wrap her mind around dropping her...more
What a steaming pile of donkey dung this book was. I chose this book because it was free on Kindle, and I was looking for some light entertainment, a "palate cleanser," if you will, in between serious novels. This was more like drinking sour milk on a dare.
So the main character comes to Amish country, Pennsylvania, because her sister has been in a car accident. But as soon as she meets the Main Hunk, she has some sort of freaking lust-inspired, career-ending, life-changing epiphany and, even tho...more
So the main character comes to Amish country, Pennsylvania, because her sister has been in a car accident. But as soon as she meets the Main Hunk, she has some sort of freaking lust-inspired, career-ending, life-changing epiphany and, even tho...more
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This is one of Harlequin's freebies celebrating their many years in the business. I've actually read it before in another e-book format, but I downloaded it again as a Kindle for a re-read —I needed a light break from the longer, heavier classics I'm reading, like War and Peace and Ivanhoe, or have just read, like Villette, and usually, just re-reading a short no-brainer is enough to clear my head.
It's pretty standard Harlequin fare, with a bit of the faith theme thrown in and a fair bit of myst...more
It's pretty standard Harlequin fare, with a bit of the faith theme thrown in and a fair bit of myst...more
This is a delightful book about a woman, Andrea, who has returned to the Amish country when her sister has an accident. Her concern over her sister's injuries and her grandmother's worries that their family house which her sister and grandmother were planning on converting into a bed and breakfast has her putting her career aside for the sake of her family. But there are unexplained events that take place, from guest reservations being canceled to a truck trying to run them over,which are starti...more
Marta Perry drives readers straight into a ditch with the opening of Hide in Plain Sight, and yes, the ditch is in Amish country, though the protagonist is clearly traveling from somewhere else. In fact, Andrea Hampton is rushing to her sister’s hospital bedside, and there’s something about cars and buggies and accidents that tugs at the heartstrings long before it’s made clear. There’s something about the rugged stranger who comes to Andrea's aid as well, though neither of them seems overly imp...more
This is the first novel in The Three Sister’s Inn series, and I must say it’s an absolute gem. It’s another story of mystery and intrigue surrounding the Amish countryside as Andrea attempts to piece together the acts of violence and figure out who is stalking the house before it’s too late. Although this novel doesn’t deal specifically with the Amish like Perry’s Amish Suspense Series does, it’s still set in Amish country where there is a more laid back, cozy atmosphere among the residents. Thu...more
I was pleasantly surprised. I'm used to reading murder mysteries and rough humor but this feel good book was a nice change of pace. I was looking for some more books to download on my Kindle and this one was free so I took a chance with no real high expectations. I was absolutely wrong! This book was great.
This book takes place in Amish Pennsylvania. You have Andrea Hampton the financial expert from the big city looking to get her promotion at the company she works for. She is called home becaus...more
This book takes place in Amish Pennsylvania. You have Andrea Hampton the financial expert from the big city looking to get her promotion at the company she works for. She is called home becaus...more
I have to admit that I would not have read this if not for my Kindle. I went searching on Amazon for free books, and this was one of the modern novels available (there aren't many!). The description caught my eye because it mentioned the Amish culture, and I was expecting perhaps a bit more of that in the story. Instead our heroine's family has lived on the border of Amish culture for generations, so that she and her family are familiar with some of the Amish quirks and have a couple of friends...more
This book was an okay read. I actually picked it up because, at the time, it was free for my Kindle, and also because it is set in Amish country. I enjoy reading good Amish fiction.
Hide In Plain Sight was more of a simple mystery than anything else, in my opinion. While it is marketed on the cover as a "Love Inspired Mystery" and "Romance" book, I did not find a whole lot of love and romance going on. Sure, there were two characters who found each other attractive, but lots of books have charact...more
Hide In Plain Sight was more of a simple mystery than anything else, in my opinion. While it is marketed on the cover as a "Love Inspired Mystery" and "Romance" book, I did not find a whole lot of love and romance going on. Sure, there were two characters who found each other attractive, but lots of books have charact...more
Although "Hide in Plain Sight" is written in the Amish country it is not about the Amish which I found a bit disappointing; but I found the book very entertaining.
Andrea Hampton must take leave from her big city job to help her sister and grandmother open a Bed and Breakfast Inn after her sister Rachel is involved in a serious accident. A series of accidents occur and the Bed and Breakfast Inn comes under attack from an unknown danger. Andrea does not know who to trust.
"Hide in Plain Sight" is s...more
Andrea Hampton must take leave from her big city job to help her sister and grandmother open a Bed and Breakfast Inn after her sister Rachel is involved in a serious accident. A series of accidents occur and the Bed and Breakfast Inn comes under attack from an unknown danger. Andrea does not know who to trust.
"Hide in Plain Sight" is s...more
You will really enjoy this if you enjoy Christian fiction.
Andrea meets Cal while she takes a break from her corporate job to visit her Grandmother and sister (Rachel) when Rachel has had an accident. She is opposed to her grandma's and sister's crazy idea to turn her grandma's mansion into a Bed and Breakfast. But when sinister stuff starts happening she finds herself staying around to help sort things out. Her priorities change the longer she is around Cal, too. Although they seem so different...more
Andrea meets Cal while she takes a break from her corporate job to visit her Grandmother and sister (Rachel) when Rachel has had an accident. She is opposed to her grandma's and sister's crazy idea to turn her grandma's mansion into a Bed and Breakfast. But when sinister stuff starts happening she finds herself staying around to help sort things out. Her priorities change the longer she is around Cal, too. Although they seem so different...more
Hide in Plain Sight is the first book in The Three Sisters Inn series by Marta Perry. I read this for the Amish Fiction group on Goodreads for the book of the month. I got it free from the Amazon Kindle site. It was a short, quick read. This is the first book I have read by this author and on my Kindle. I love the Kindle and will be adding more books to it to read that way. I never really thought I would like it but I did! The book was a love story, but I liked the suspense and trying to find ou...more
When considering this review, please remember that I am not part of the real target audience of this book. I am not a fan of the romance genre, although I have no objection to a good love story. I also do not believe in god, although I can respect and sometimes even envy others their belief.
I primarly downloaded the book because I'm from Pennsylvania and was curious about how the author treated the Amish. I've read other books involving Amish and Mennonite where I found the treatment of the Penn...more
I primarly downloaded the book because I'm from Pennsylvania and was curious about how the author treated the Amish. I've read other books involving Amish and Mennonite where I found the treatment of the Penn...more
I don't usually read Christian Fiction, but the reviews on Amazon.com were decent and so I gave it a shot. I was pleasantly surprised. The book starts off with a bang and throws you straight into a mystery. Andrea is likable enough and Cal is as well.
For mystery readers, you kind of know off the bat who the villain is, but the author does a good job of confusing you and throwing wrenches in your assumptions.
The ending was unexpected and satisfying and makes you want to learn more about the rest...more
For mystery readers, you kind of know off the bat who the villain is, but the author does a good job of confusing you and throwing wrenches in your assumptions.
The ending was unexpected and satisfying and makes you want to learn more about the rest...more
This is a cute story about a girl, Andrea, who is faced with the challenge to give up her career in order to be with her family. She struggles between the thought of helping her grandmother and sister and her powerful job in the city. Meanwhile she meets a nice guy named Cal who has a secret. Andrea is disturbed by some facts that have been happening in her community and tries to solve the mystery with the help of Cal. The two don't get along at first, but they become friends. Like I said, it's...more
Andrea is rushing to her childhood home after her sister has been hit by a hit and run driver in Amish country Pennsylvania, trying to avoid an Amish buggy she crashes her car into a ditch Calvin Burke, a handsome carpenter and her Grandmother's tenet comes to her rescue. Andrea's grandmother and sister are trying to turn the old family home into a Bed and Breakfast, but accident after accident is making their job difficult. Andrea agree's to stay and help but then the accidents start to threate...more
"She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need so when Andrea Hampton's sister was injured, she traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn't want the secrets the old house harbored to come to light. Could she trust anyone? and what about the handsome carpenter would seemed so genuine? It was an ongoing battl...more
She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn't want the secrets the old house harbored to come to light. Trusting anyone -- even the handsome carpenter who seemed so genuine -- was a battle for Andrea, but her life de...more
I wouldn't say that Hide in Plain Sight is exceptionally well-written, original, or riveting, but I loved it all the same. I found it to be interesting, entertaining, and heart-warming enough that it was perfect for a casual read.
I think I enjoyed this book in large part because of the religious and family unity aspects of the story. The notion of a family and a community banding together to help each other in the midst of trials gave the story a feel-good aspect that I found to be refreshing.
Th...more
I think I enjoyed this book in large part because of the religious and family unity aspects of the story. The notion of a family and a community banding together to help each other in the midst of trials gave the story a feel-good aspect that I found to be refreshing.
Th...more
This is a love based suspense story set in the Amish country. It describes how Andrea has to take up the responsibility of getting the “Three Sisters Inn” up and running; since her sister Rachel has met with an accident and Grams cannot do it alone.
Andrea is a character that I started to like almost immediately. The contemplation she has between her job and commitments towards her family is something that we can all completely relate too. Her relation with Grams, Rachel, Cal and Uncle Nick is in...more
Andrea is a character that I started to like almost immediately. The contemplation she has between her job and commitments towards her family is something that we can all completely relate too. Her relation with Grams, Rachel, Cal and Uncle Nick is in...more
I really liked the main character & the 1st chapter grabbed me right away. There is some religous aspects to the book but not too much. It is basically about a girl who goes to help her sister & grandmother with a Bed & Breakfast that they are just opening. Her sister got hurt & now they need an extra set of hands to get the business off the ground. She meets a nice guy that rents out a workshop on the same property as the inn from the grandmother. A lot of twists & turns &...more
Dec 13, 2010
Jackie
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People who enjoy an old-fashion mysteries
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on-kindle
It's a sweet simply story about a small Amish based town in Pennsylvania. Andrea, a business woman, was rushing home to tend to her sister who was in a terrible accident. She finds out that her grandmother and sister decided to turn their estate into a bed and breakfast. When Andrea arrives there are mysterious occurrences that as they continue can't be counted as accidents or coincidences. As Andrea discovers more about the reasoning for opening a bed and breakfast the worse the "accidents" bec...more
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Marta Perry is a Pennsylvania-based author of over 35 novels, many of them inspirational romances. She uses her rural Pennsylvania life and her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage in writing her books, especially in her Pleasant Valley Amish series for Berkley Books and her new Amish-set suspense series for HQN Books.
Marta and her husband live in a centuries-old farmhouse in a quiet central Pennsylvania v...more
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