It is set in modern times in Kentucky in a Swartzentruber Old Order Amish community. It is a Hallmark Movies & Mystery Original. The Swartzentruber Amish are the most isolating Amish group.
Grace Conner (Jes Macallan) is an army nurse home from Afghanistan and deciding whether to re-enlist for another tour. Her grandmother, Elizabeth (Kelly McGillis), and sister Becky (Hil Horvath) live next to a Swartzentruber Amish farm. Grace left home after high school about 10 years earlier. In the meantime, Becky and her parents were killed in an auto accident, so Becky lives with Elizabeth.
Levi Troyer (Sean Faris), is a Swartzentruber Amish unmarried young adult. He comes home to find his stepfather, Abraham Miller, murdered on the floor, and his pregnant mother, Claire (Pamela Daly), wounded in the next room. He rushes to the Connor home, and Grace comes back to tend to the mother. Claire's two small children, Albert (Isaacs Kimbrough) and Sarah (Isabel Young), are sent to live temporarily with Claire's sister, Rose Fisher (Mary Tanner Bailey). Rose has been banned because she married a non-Swartzertruber Amish man, so Clair and Rose have not spoken in 10 years.
Sheriff Newsome (Robert Peters) and Deputy Small (Cory Scott Allen) come to initiate an investigation. It appears the murderer wanted money. A small-time drug dealer just released from prison, Owen Peterson (Neil Mulac), becomes a prime suspect.
The story progresses, and we watch a relationship develop between Levi and Grace. Levi is unusual because he loves to read and wants to expand his world. He also gets a forbidden cellphone in case of emergencies. Becky Connor is also acting strangely and often doesn't answer her cellphone. Antique items disappear from the shed on the Conner property.
The various mysteries unfold through the film. Bishop Weaver (Tom Luce) sends Rose away and tries to prevent Grace from interacting with Daniel and Claire. He also tries to get Levi to marry his daughter, Zillah (Emily Basso), who sees Levi as a prime catch.
In the end, the mysteries are all solved, and a romantic relationship develops as it should.
Frankly, this movie is a slander of the Swartzentruber Amish. No Amish bishop is as powerful as Bishop Weaver; a bishop is the leader of a team of ordained men. He does not make decisions on his own, much less order young men who to marry. It's not clear to me that reading books is a shunning offense even among the Swartzentrubers. Yes, the Swartzentrubers don't have reflective tape on their buggies, but they do use lanterns. Local non-Amish would know this and would not speed down Amish roads as Grace did.
On the other hand, the Swartzentrubers are not known for the very tidy farmyards and houses portrayed in this film, nor are they snappy dressers as some more "liberal" Amish. Levi, at most, could have a poor grade 8 education; his ability to relate to Grace defies belief.
Grace Conner (Jes Macallan) is an army nurse home from Afghanistan and deciding whether to re-enlist for another tour. Her grandmother, Elizabeth (Kelly McGillis), and sister Becky (Hil Horvath) live next to a Swartzentruber Amish farm. Grace left home after high school about 10 years earlier. In the meantime, Becky and her parents were killed in an auto accident, so Becky lives with Elizabeth.
Levi Troyer (Sean Faris), is a Swartzentruber Amish unmarried young adult. He comes home to find his stepfather, Abraham Miller, murdered on the floor, and his pregnant mother, Claire (Pamela Daly), wounded in the next room. He rushes to the Connor home, and Grace comes back to tend to the mother. Claire's two small children, Albert (Isaacs Kimbrough) and Sarah (Isabel Young), are sent to live temporarily with Claire's sister, Rose Fisher (Mary Tanner Bailey). Rose has been banned because she married a non-Swartzertruber Amish man, so Clair and Rose have not spoken in 10 years.
Sheriff Newsome (Robert Peters) and Deputy Small (Cory Scott Allen) come to initiate an investigation. It appears the murderer wanted money. A small-time drug dealer just released from prison, Owen Peterson (Neil Mulac), becomes a prime suspect.
The story progresses, and we watch a relationship develop between Levi and Grace. Levi is unusual because he loves to read and wants to expand his world. He also gets a forbidden cellphone in case of emergencies. Becky Connor is also acting strangely and often doesn't answer her cellphone. Antique items disappear from the shed on the Conner property.
The various mysteries unfold through the film. Bishop Weaver (Tom Luce) sends Rose away and tries to prevent Grace from interacting with Daniel and Claire. He also tries to get Levi to marry his daughter, Zillah (Emily Basso), who sees Levi as a prime catch.
In the end, the mysteries are all solved, and a romantic relationship develops as it should.
Frankly, this movie is a slander of the Swartzentruber Amish. No Amish bishop is as powerful as Bishop Weaver; a bishop is the leader of a team of ordained men. He does not make decisions on his own, much less order young men who to marry. It's not clear to me that reading books is a shunning offense even among the Swartzentrubers. Yes, the Swartzentrubers don't have reflective tape on their buggies, but they do use lanterns. Local non-Amish would know this and would not speed down Amish roads as Grace did.
On the other hand, the Swartzentrubers are not known for the very tidy farmyards and houses portrayed in this film, nor are they snappy dressers as some more "liberal" Amish. Levi, at most, could have a poor grade 8 education; his ability to relate to Grace defies belief.