Sanctuary
Authors: David Lewis
SANCTUARY
Sanctuary
Copyright © 2001
David & Beverly Lewis
Cover design by Andrea Gjeldum
This story is a work of fiction. All characters and events are the product of the authors’ imagination. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978-0-7642-0404-3
The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:
Lewis, Beverly
Sanctuary / by Beverly & David Lewis.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7642-2511-1 (hardback)
ISBN 0-7642-2510-3 (pbk.)
1. Runaway wives—Fiction. 2. Impostors and imposture—Fiction.
3. Pennsylvania Dutch—Fiction. 4. Lancaster County (Pa.)—Fiction.
5. Female friendship—Fiction. I. Lewis, David (David Gerald). II. Title.
PS3562.E9383 S26 2001
813’.54—dc21
2001001259
Table of Contents
S
EASONS OF
G
RACE
The Secret
•
The Missing
A
BRAM
’S D
AUGHTERS
The Covenant
•
The Betrayal
•
The Sacrifice
The Prodigal
•
The Revelation
A
NNIE
’S P
EOPLE
The Preacher’s Daughter
•
The Englisher
•
The Brethren
T
HE
C
OURTSHIP OF
N
ELLIE
F
ISHER
The Parting
•
The Forbidden
•
The Longing
T
HE
H
ERITAGE OF
L
ANCASTER
C
OUNTY
The Shunning
•
The Confession
•
The Reckoning
The Postcard
•
The Crossroad
The Redemption of Sarah Cain
October Song
•
Sanctuary
*
•
The Sunroom
The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook
www.beverlylewis.com
By David Lewis
Coming Home
•
Saving Alice
*with David Lewis
About the Authors
BEVERLY LEWIS was born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country. She fondly recalls her growing-up years, and due to a keen interest in her mother’s Plain family heritage, many of Beverly’s books are set in Lancaster County.
A former schoolteacher, Bev is a member of The National League of American Pen Women—the Pikes Peak branch—and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her bestselling books are among the C. S. Lewis Noteworthy List Books.
DAVID LEWIS grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He met and married Bev in Colorado, where together they make their home in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, enjoying their three grown children and two grandchildren.