The Tea Planter's wife is a mysterious sweet, loving story.  It starts out with Gwen coming to Ceylon to be with her husband.

You go allow with Gwen with her struggles and learning curves of being a mother and wife to her twins and what is going on with Ceylon culture.

When one of her children is colored she does not know if it was her husband or someone else's child. She fights with herself when she gives her daughter to a village. That is when she gives birth to her twins. She has a household servant named Naveena. 

Gwen had to deal with not only decision to what she made but also her sister in law. She dealt with that and her raising her son. You are lean so much history and culture of Ceylon at that time as well.  You meet  Tamil and Sinhalese worker that were part of Tea Plantation.

This book is a sweet book. Though it starts with a death. It almost has the acting of Amish community. Those it is not Amish related. It a community that lets outsides in or to become part of the community after awhile. Though Andrea must choose if she want to be part of it or not. While she is there see needs to work and her son must start going to their school. What will Andrea do? Will she choose their life in Amana or will she leave with her son? 

Dirk Knefler takes her son under his wing. Is the simple life what she wants for her and her son? You would need to keep up comforts and freedom from the outside world. There a twist and turns though out the book. Will they end up leaving or messing her and her son in the wrong? What will happen between Andrea and Dirk? When someone shows up end expectantly will it rip up Andrea and Lukas life up.

This book is is really a good book. I would never of thought it was a book about lies and secrets. There are several different kinds of secrets. It also has some surpising twists and it reminds of Jesus last Feast.

Casewell father says some things that come true. Though something is going that odd. Their need to be a miracle for the people in Wise. Perla and Casewell decide to help the community though the summer. Will they do it? Will the community come together or fall apart. You never know you may even find love in as well. There a several thing that need to be forgiving.

Tessie does something that goes against her father and mother. Though they try and live as single until her father can give their love a chance. They go about it for it seem to work. Then a tragic happens to her husband. Though thing go even more strangely/ Everyone thinks she did something that is a sin. She does not feel the need to repent and she also knows she could get shunned.