For as long as she can remember, Gabrielle Hope has had the gift
of knowing--visions that warn of things to come. When she and her
mother joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the
community embraced her gift. But Gabrielle fears this gift, for the
visions are often ones of sorrow and tragedy. When one of these
visions comes to pass, a local doctor must be brought in to save
the life of a young man, setting into motion a chain of events that
will challenge Gabrielle's loyalty to the Shakers. As she falls
deeper into a forbidden love for this man of the world, Gabrielle
must make a choice. Can she experience true happiness in this
simple and chaste community? Or will she abandon her brothers and
sisters for a life of the unknown?
Soulful and filled with romance, The Outsider lets readers
live within a bygone time among a unique and peculiar people. This
tender and thought-provoking story will leave readers wanting more
from this writer.
She thought she was content--until a love from the outside world
turned hers upside down.
Gabrielle Hope and her mother joined the Harmony Hill Shaker
community in 1807. The community promised stability and devotion
that Gabrielle wholeheartedly embraced. But when a local doctor
must be brought into Harmony Hill from the outside, he sets into
motion a chain of events that will challenge Gabrielle's loyalty to
the Shakers.
As she falls deeper into a forbidden love for this man of the
world, Gabrielle must make a choice. Can she experience true
happiness in this simple and chaste community? Or will she abandon
her brothers and sisters for a life of the unknown?
Soulful and filled with romance, The Outsider lets you live
within a bygone time among a unique and peculiar people. This
tender and thought-provoking story will stay with you long after
you finish the final chapter.
Living just thirty miles from a restored Shaker village in
Kentucky, Ann H. Gabhart has walked the same paths that her
characters might have walked in generations past. Her thorough
research provides a convincing and colorful backdrop for The
Outsider. Gabhart is also the author of Orchard of Hope
and Summer of Joy.
Ann H. Gabhart is the author of The Scent of Lilacs, Orchard of Hope, and Summer of Joy. She lives with her husband a mile from where she was born in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.