The Outsider - Softcover

Williamson, Penelope

3.97

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ISBN 10: 1451688296 ISBN 13: 9781451688290

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2012

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He stumbled into her life one cold, bitter day, almost dead from a bullet in his side. Instinctively, Rachel Yoder reached out to help the stranger, for kindness was in her nature. What she could not know was that this simple act of mercy would forever change her life and challenge her deepest beliefs. Until then, life for Rachel Yoder had been a straight path, however brutal. She had come to Montana with her family and a scattering of other "Plain People", an Amish sect which had fled the corrupting influences that threatened to destroy their simple way of life. In this wild new territory, she had married Ben Yoder, also raised as part of the sect, yet blessed with a passion and a humor that belied his severe upbringing. It was there too that she had borne him a son, Benjo, and shared his life as a sheep farmer. The way of the Plain People was simple, harsh, and direct, their focus on God and on His bidding. They turned the other cheek in the face of violence, and lived "plain", avoiding a society they regarded as sinful. Worldly love was not a thing they allowed to dominate their lives, although Rachel had loved her husband Ben - loved him with a passion that sometimes frightened her and seemed to border on sin. So when he was killed - hanged by a vigilante posse that falsely accused him of stealing cattle from a neighboring ranch owned by a powerful and ruthless man they called the Baron, abetted by his mysterious wife, Ailsa, and his headstrong half-breed son, Quinten - she felt an emptiness in her heart that she knew would never go away. But then the outsider appeared in her life, and from that moment on, nothing would be the same. The man she had rescued called himself Cain. He was handsome, with a haunting kind of male beauty that she found impossible to resist, even knowing he was a killer, as his named suggested. As she nursed him back to health, she became aware of the overpowering attraction she felt fo

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"Denver Post" This fast-paced absorbing novel bursts with lively dialogue and with all the colorful drama an untamed land can offer. More important, though, it vibrates with full-dimensional engaging characters encompassing the complete spectrum of humanity and subtly complementing and contrasting with each other.

"Romantic Times" A larger-than-life spellbinding tale told in the tradition of the grand epic. A novel readers will long remember.

"San Francisco Chronicle" Williamson knows how to spin a lively yarn, and she's not afraid to take the time to develop substantial, multidimensional characters who keep the reader galloping through the pages.

About the Author:

Penelope Williamson is the author of numerous novels including Heart of the West, Once in a Blue Moon, Keeper of the Dream, and Wild Yearning. She lives in Mill Valley, California.

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