table of contents glossary prologue chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter 13 chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24 chapter 25 chapter 26 chapter 27 chapter 28 chapter 29 chapter 30 chapter 31 chapter 32 chapter 33 chapter 34 chapter 35 epilogue characters in an unforgivable secret hannah stolzfus protagonist , christians aldi ( sweetheart ) deborah stolzfus hannahs younger sister miriam stolzfus hannahs mother silas stolzfus hannahs father christian glick hannah 's beau samuel beachy christians best friend , also a friend of hannah peter beachy samuels younger brother , deborahs beau paul beachy samuels father timothy beachy samuels uncle in ohio carolanne samuels long-distance aldi judah hostettler bishop of paradise amish church district jonathan fisher minister chloe midwife , protagonist of chloes revelation danika yoder herb doctor , protagonist of danikas journey joanna scott jonathans older sister , protagonist of joannas struggle caleb scott joannas husband , missionary julia teen from out-of-state amish district kristine englisch girl unofficial glossary of pennsylvania dutch words ab im kopp crazy ach oh ausbund amish hymn book bloobier blueberry boppli baby bopplin babies bruder brother dat , daed dad dawdi grandfather demut humility denki thanks der herr the lord dochder daughter dokter doctor dummkopp dummy englischer a non-amish person ferhoodled mixed up , crazy fraa woman , wife gern gheschen youre welcome gott god grank sick , ill grossboppli grandbaby gross dawdi great grandfather gut good guten mayrie good morning guten nacht good night haus house hiya hi hochmut pride hullo hello ich liebe dich i love you jah yes kapp prayer covering kinskinner grandchildren kumm come lieb love liede song mamm mom mammi grandmother mei lieb my love mein liewe my dear mudder mother nee no ordnung rules of the amish community rumspringa running around years schatzi honey schweschder sister vadder father verboten forbidden vorsinger song leader wilkom welcome wunderbaar wonderful prologue it is a secret i intend to keep buried forever .