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?