The Outsider - Hardcover

Penelope Williamson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568652186 ISBN 13: 9781568652184

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Synopsis

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. 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. Yet despite all the warnings, despite the efforts of her brothers and of Noah Weaver - himself a widower who once had courted her - Rachel invited the outsider into her life, hiring him to work the ranch with her. In her heart, she thought she might change him, but she had not reckoned on the irresistible lure of the gun that he kept ever at the ready. Nor had she reckoned that it was his willingness to use it and his skill at killing that would someday prove her salvation.

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Review:

"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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• ISBN 10: 1568652186
• ISBN 13: 9781568652184
• Binding: Hardcover