title: Lamb to the Slaughter (Serenity's Plain Secrets) (Volume 1)
author:  Karen Ann Hopkins 
description: You can visit Karen Ann Hopkins at her website: www.karenannhopkins.com. Karen Ann Hopkins resides in northern Kentucky with her family on a farm that boasts a menagerie of horses, goats, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats. Karen's main job is home schooling the kids, but she finds time to give riding lessons, coach a youth equestrian drill team, and of course, write. She was inspired to create her first book, Temptation, by the Amish community she lived in. The experiential knowledge she gained through her interactions with her neighbors drove her to create the story of the star-crossed lovers, Rose and Noah. Karen grew up about a mile from Lake Ontario in upstate New York. She was bitten by the horse bug at the age of five, and after diligently taking riding lessons for several years, was rewarded with her first horse at the age of eleven. The feisty horse's name was Lady, a Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred cross, who became Karen's steadfast companion. Through the years, the constant force in her life was horses. Eventually, she found her place as a riding instructor herself. Before accepting her fate in the barnyard, she worked a short stint as a paralegal, traveled abroad, and guided tourists on horseback riding tours in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Karen is currently working on her Amish mystery series, Serenity's Plain Secrets, along with the YA paranormal/fantasy series, The Wings of War. Karen is also excited to announce the Temptation series has been optioned for TV by Pilgrim Studios and is available on Audible. Karen's Books YA Temptation Series TEMPTATION (book 1) BELONGING (book 2) FOREVER (book 3) DECPETION (book 4) Adult Mystery, Serenitys Plain Secrets LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER (book 1) WHISPERS FROM THE DEAD (book 2) SECRETS IN THE GRAVE (book 3) HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT (book 4) PAPER ROSES (book 5) YA Paranormal/Dystopian, Wings of War EMBERS (book 1) GAIA (book 2) TEMPEST (book 3) ETERNITY (book 4)
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  © 2019 Karen Ann Hopkins
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-097-85017-4 (paperback)
  
  
  ISBN 13: 978-0-578-51252-5 (ebook)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Books by Karen Ann Hopkins
  
  
  Serenity’s Plain Secrets
  
  
  in reading order
  
  
  LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
  
  
  WHISPERS FROM THE DEAD
  
  
  SECRETS IN THE GRAVE
  
  
  HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
  
  
  PAPER ROSES
  
  
  EVIL IN MY TOWN
  
  
  FORBIDDEN WAYS (a romantic companion novel)
  
  
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  Wings of War
  
  
  in reading order
  
  
  EMBERS
  
  
  GAIA
  
  
  TEMPEST
  
  
  ETERNITY
  
  
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  The Temptation Novels
  
  
  in reading order
  
  
  TEMPTATION
  
  
  BELONGING
  
  
  FOREVER
  
  
  DECEPTION
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For you, Mom. Thanks for being my biggest fan, and the person I can turn to
  with my problems and my accomplishments. I love you!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Acknowledgments  
    
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  Many thanks go out to Grace Bell Morris for putting her heart and soul into
  the edits, and to Heather Miller for her focused proofreading skills. A huge
  shout out to Jenny Zemanek of Seedlings