

Hannah’s parents and sister hide secrets, too, undergirding Gray’s strong moral concern with the needless suffering that arises from unexplained mysteries.

Isaac, the Hiltys’ new neighbor, is attracted to Hannah and draws out her secret, divulging his own past trauma in exchange.

Although she is scared and traumatized, Hannah realizes she must overcome the predicament and slowly begins to warm to her new locale. Hannah tells no one outside her family about the stalking and becomes known as the Recluse, as she rarely ventures out of the house. Hoping to keep the stalker away from Hannah, her family flees Ohio for an Amish community in Kentucky. Gray (Hopeful) begins a new contemporary series with innocent young Hannah Hilty being stalked by an aggressive man.
