Jeremiah Gant, a wounded riverboat captain, bursts into the rural Amish setting of Riverhaven to seek a safe place to recuperate, but neither he nor Rachel Brenneman, a young widow, are prepared for a forbidden love that threatens the community's way of life.

In Where Grace Abides, the compelling second book in the series, Hoff offers her readers an even closer look at the Amish community of Riverhaven and the people who live and love and work there. Secrets, treachery, and persecution are only a few of the challenges that test Rachel's faith and her love for the forbidden "outsider," while Gant's own hopes and dreams are dealt a life-changing blow, rendering the vow he made to Rachel seemingly impossible...