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A Decent Man

Rae Gilley, a flashy young woman with a troubled past, came to Mount Liberty, Ohio to raise her late sister’s girls; then fell in love with Joas Kendall, the Amish hired farmhand. Jealous and thrown off guard, her brother-in-law, Tom Cochran, the town’s sheriff, brutishly schemes to rid himself of competition. But a lightning strike, a burned barn, and a forgiving old Amish preacher bring him to his knees, and Rae soon follows love to Kendalville and a new kind of life among the brethren.

Pages: 265 | Language: English | Year Released: 1998 | 2026 Revised Edition

About The Author: Karen Deeds

Graduating from the University of Toledo in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Anthropology, Karen has always had a passion for writing and culture. Using historically accurate depictions of her subject matter, Karen writes fictional stories with a factual element.

Book Sneak Peek

Rae Lynne Gilley stood at the kitchen sink, her hands immersed in hot sudsy water, and slowly washed each dinner plate until it squeaked. It was the only excuse she had for staring shamelessly out the window while Joas Kendall, the hired hand, unloaded the hay wagon. He was a compact man in his mid-twenties, wearing loose-fitting black trousers and a baggy white shirt rolled at the sleeves. Occasionally he would remove his wide-brimmed hat to wipe his brow, revealing a shock of dark hair and deep brown eyes. But mostly he worked at a steady pace, until sweat soaked the spaces between his suspenders, causing his shirt to stick to his muscular frame in a way that made her knees grow weak. “You’re behaving like a schoolgirl,” she said to herself, as she finally looked away long enough to rinse and stack the last piece. After all he wasn’t the most