The Amish Innkeeper's Secret

were such a deep brown they almost looked black. His hair—what she could see of it—was black as a crow’s wing and cut short as a newly shorn sheep. His face was thin, as if he had recently lost weight. Her guess was borne out by the extra notches she noticed beside the silver buckle in the tooled leather belt he wore to hold up his loose jeans. He had on boots, but not the kind she was used to seeing. The pointed toes didn’t look comfortable, but they were clearly well-worn. He didn’t say anything. He just waited for her to finish her assessment.

“Thank you for stopping to care for my animals. I am Rebecca Beachy, but everyone calls me Becca.”

He touched the brim of his hat. “Pleased to meet you. My name is Tully Lange—”

She saw a flash of indecision in his eyes before his gaze fell away from hers. He turned back to the calf. “I can splint this leg until your veterinarian can get out here.”

His quick change of topic had her wondering what else he had meant to say but didn’t.

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Copyright © 2020 by Patricia Macdonald

ISBN-13: 9780369704351

The Amish Innkeeper’s Secret

First published as The Inn at Hope Springs in 2010. This edition published in 2020.

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