Plain Outsider. Alison Stone
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Caught between her Amish past and Englisch future...
and in the crosshairs of danger!
Growing up Amish, Deputy Becky Spoth never fathomed she’d become the target of a relentless stalker. She left her Amish community to serve the people of her small hometown—not to become someone’s prey. Newcomer Deputy Harrison James is the only one who believes she’s in harm’s way. Now, her future is in the hands of this handsome stranger.
ALISON STONE lives with her husband of more than twenty years and their four children in Western New York. Besides writing, Alison keeps busy volunteering at her children’s schools, driving her girls to dance and watching her boys race motocross. Alison loves to hear from her readers at [email protected]. For more information, please visit her website, alisonstone.com. She’s also chatty on Twitter, @alison_stone. Find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/alisonstoneauthor.
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Plain Outsider
Alison Stone
ISBN: 978-1-474-08450-5
PLAIN OUTSIDER
© 2018 Alison Stone
Published in Great Britain 2018
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A flush of dread she couldn’t explain washed over her as she made her way through the parking garage.
She quickened her steps and glanced over her shoulder. The deck was empty, but her imagination was full of all sorts of crazy notions.
It’s just the stress.
When she reached the truck, she clicked the unlock button this time and heard a click-click. She reached for the door handle when footsteps rushed toward her. Before she had a chance to react, a solid body slammed her into the side of the truck. Pain ripped through her hip and ribs.
She opened her mouth to scream when a hand clamped over her mouth, making it impossible.
“You’re dead,” a deep voice growled.
As terror shot through her veins, the words of the bishop came slamming back into her brain, a cautionary warning she had refused to heed.
There is evil in the outside world. We must remain separate.
Becky should have listened. It was time for her to pay for her sins.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
—Psalms 28:7
Welcome back to Quail Hollow. When I start any new book series, I’m not always sure where I’ll end up. During the writing process is when I get most of my best ideas. So when Deputy Becky Spoth strolled onto the page in Plain Jeopardy to protect Grace Miller, I immediately knew I had to tell her story. Becky had left her Amish home to become a sheriff’s deputy in her hometown. It seemed like a tough path to follow, but she does it with grace and God’s guidance. I hope you enjoyed her story.
I think, like Becky, many people choose to follow a path in life that is neither easy nor popular, but they know it is the one God wants them to be on. And when doubt swamps them, they have to learn to rely on their faith to guide them. Even if the path isn’t difficult, some people struggle to know what God calls them to do. During my lifetime, I’ve prayed for guidance as I studied engineering, then became a full-time mom, then took up writing. Oftentimes I wondered if I was making the right decisions. But when I look around, I recognize my blessings and I am grateful. I also continue to pray for guidance.
As always,