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Follow on Google News | Buried Treasure, A Manhunt, And A Woman Determined To Make A New Life For HerselfNew York Times Best Selling Author Kathleen Kent's THE OUTCASTS, Now In Paperback!
By: Author Kathleen Kent It’s the 19th century on the Gulf Coast, a time of opportunity and lawlessness. After escaping the Texas brothel where she’d been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her lover, who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing rumors of a pirate’s buried treasure. Meanwhile Nate Cannon, a young Texas policeman with a pure heart and a strong sense of justice, is on the hunt for a ruthless killer named McGill who has claimed the lives of men, women, and even children across the frontier. Who—if anyone—will survive when their paths finally cross? As Lucinda and Nate’s stories converge, guns are drawn, debts are paid, and Kathleen Kent delivers an unforgettable portrait of a woman who will stop at nothing to make a new life for herself. "The fates of a newly minted lawman, a former prostitute, and the promise of buried gold collide in Kent's (THE TRAITOR'S WIFE) gripping third novel…. That Lucinda and Nate's paths will cross is inevitable, but Kent ditches predictable romance for a tense, unsparing look at the price we’ll pay to get what we think we want." -Publishers Weekly "Kent, a talented storyteller whose first novel—THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER, about the Salem witch trials—was a New York Times bestseller, manages to upend expectations through rich characterizations, historic verisimilitude and a close study of East Texas geography...There are echoes of another Texas-identified author, Cormac McCarthy, in Kent’s bloody novel, especially in scenes where the lawmen debate the nature of justice. But time and again, largely because of the humanizing attention to women and minority characters traditionally given short shrift in historical fiction, Kent manages a fresh take on a tale that could have been just another redundant entry in the Lonesome Dove sweepstakes." "Kent paints vivid pictures of the wide-open spaces of Texas, the growing small towns and the more contemporary cities of Austin, Galveston and Dallas. Hotels, brothels, businesses and bars line the streets of these cities, and Kent visits every one. The reader gets to travel by horse, boat, carriage and train. Kent's extensive research is showcased in her detailed history and descriptions of the South in the late 19th century When Lucinda's and Nate's paths finally cross, there is sorrow and hope. But who’s right and who's wrong? Who can come out of this story and have a happily ever after? Who's the real villain and who's the real victim? Kent's mastery of historical fiction will leave it up to you." —The Star Telegram (http://www.star- "THE OUTCASTS is well-written, tightly plotted and full of ingenious twists….Like the rotgut poured at some dusty Old West saloon, this tale has a wicked kick to it." —The Dallas Morning News (http://images.burrellesluce.com/ "Kent…judging from her fantastic depictions of 19th century Texas, could have been [Larry] McMurtry’s sister." —The Iowa Gazette (http://thegazette.com/ "[Kent] has the ability to make the characters bigger than life, real, sympathetic, credible. One of the best books I have ever read! Definitely one that I will read again and again." —Historical Novel Review (http://historicalnovelreview.blogspot.com/ "The story is a well-plotted Wild West adventure, told in alternating halves between two equally intriguing protagonists… "Kent shines not only as a storyteller but as a landscape artist, never better than when describing the sense of a place." —Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/ Check out THE OUTCASTS video trailer on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/ End
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