As Her Name Is So Is Redbird: Nurse Hal Among the Amish

If spring is a season of rebirth and love, Hallie Lapp's farm, at first glance, seems the place to be. What she didn't see coming after the birth of her daughter, Redbird, was an abandoned baby dropped off in her buggy as part of the Safe Haven law. She couldn't imagine a runaway girl, Annie Hosteller, showing up on her door step, either. Once Nurse Hal is forced to meet the scary men from the Hosteller compound, life isn't the same for the Amish community for months to come. In the middle of the night, Joseph Hosteller sends his sons to search for Annie and her baby. They beat up Amish farmers, cut off their beads and their wives' hair. More violence is threatened if Joseph Hosteller's daughter and her baby aren't returned to him. Bishop Bontrager warms everyone to stay home and protect themselves from home invasions in the middle of the night. Nurse Hal fears what will happen when the Hostellers find out Joseph's daughter and her baby is living with them. What harm will come to Nurse Hal and her family when the Hostellers invade their home?

Fay Risner lives with her husband on a central Iowa acreage along with their chickens, rabbits, goats and cats. A retired Certified Nurse Aide, she now divides her time between writing books, working in her flower beds, the garden and going fishing with her husband in their boat. Fay writes books in various genre and languages - historical mystery series, western series, Amish series set in southern Iowa and books for Caregivers about Alzheimer’s. She uses 12 font print in her books and 14 font print in her novellas to make them easy to read and reader friendly. Now her books are in Large Print. Her books have a mid western Iowa and small town flavor. She pulls the readers into her stories, making it hard for them to put a book down until the reader sees how the story ends. Readers say the characters are fun to get to know and often humorous enough to cause the readers to laugh out loud. The books leave the readers wanting a sequel or a series so they can read about the characters again. Enjoy Fay Risner’s books and please leave a review to make others familiar with her work.