The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborns mother took the childs life. When Ellie Hathaway a disillusioned big city attorney comes to Paradise Pennsylvania to defend Katie two cultures collide - and for the first time in her high profile career Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep into the world of those who live plain Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. As she unravels a tangled murder case Ellie also looks deep within - to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past comes back into her life.