Rachel's Secret by B. J. Hoff

Rachel Brenneman, young widow, no children, Amish in the 1850's, is startled when there is a pounding on her door at night during a terrible rainstorm. An injured Englisher, a black man and a large black dog are on her porch seeking help. So begins a story of the Amish near Riverhaven, Ohio. A compelling tale of the underground railroad and the tensions that are created when the wounded Jeremiah Gant, an outsider, is forced to spend several weeks recuperating in Rachel's home to the dismay of her mother and the bishop and one Deacon Samuel. I liked it. Sandy Penton