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The Outsider

The Outsider - Penelope Williamson Rachel Yoder is a member of an group of an Amish type sect called The Plain People. Recently widowed, she and her son Benjo continue to work the farm and raise the sheep in late 19C Montana. Left for dead, gunman Johnny Cain stumbles onto her farm and Rachel nurses him back to health and allows him to stay on and help her on her farm, despite the strong disapproval of her family and other members of the sect. What follows next is the usual for most romance books, Rachel and Johnny can't deny their attractions despite their differences, circumstances pull them apart, a baddie cattle rancher threatens The Plain People and their livelihood, a girl gone bad with a heart of gold hoping to win the love of the town doctor who drinks too much, all leading to a bit too pat of an ending. I've read three of Williamson's books now, and while not bad there's really nothing there to have me running out to read more. A little too predictable, and the loves scenes go a bit off the top at times. Three stars.