Beverly Lewis's explosive novel, The Covenant, is the first book in the Abram's Daughters Series.

It unveils the layers of deeply rooted Amish tradition as seen through the eyes of Leah and Sadie Ebersol, two courting-age sisters.

The Amish community of Gobbler's Knob holds everything Leah has ever desired until she is drawn into an incomprehensible pact with her older sister. Leah finds her dreams spinning out of control lured by the outside world, even as she clings desperately her clinging to God's promises.

Years of secrecy bind the tiny community of Gobbler's Knob together more than the present inhabitants know, and the Plain folk who farm the land rarely interact with the fancy locals. So when Sadie is beguiled by a dark-haired English boy, it is Sadie's younger sister, Leah, who suffers from her sister's shameful loss of innocence. And what of Leah's sweetheart, Jonas Mast, sent to Ohio under the Bishop's command?

The Covenant begins a powerful Lancaster portrait of the power of family and the miracle of hope.