Little, Brown and Company
Featuring: Nate Cannon; Lucinda Carter
336 pages ISBN: 0316206121 EAN: 9780316206129 Kindle: B00BAXFAS8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Beautiful but unwell Lucinda Carter is escaping from her
life as a "Lady of the Night" in Fort Worth, Texas. Lucinda
takes coaches, a train, and a boat to become a teacher in
the Middle Bayou, which is all part of her lover's plan to
find the treasure of the pirate, Captain Lafitte. Nate
Cannon is a green Texas policeman hailing from Oklahoma. He
and two rugged Texas rangers are traveling the length of
Texas on the hunt for the indiscriminate killer, William
McGill, on a trail that leads them to the Middle Bayou as
well.
THE OUTCASTS is a novel by Kathleen Kent. THE OUTCASTS is
set in Texas during the time of the Old West. I learned
more about Texas geography from this book than I have living
in Texas on and off for the last twelve years. I did not
even know that Texas had a bayou.
Based on the summary on THE OUTCASTS' jacket I expected a
romance, that expectation was fueled by the fact that the
book switches between Lucinda and Nate for every chapter
until their paths converge. So for me, it is disconcerting
and jarring to read about Nate's wife and child. Which may
seem hypocritical because Lucinda has a lover, but in the
beginning he is nameless and seems to be more of a pipe
dream and not of any real substance.
I love Kathleen Kent's use of euphemisms and the way she
slowly unfolds the details of Lucinda's and Nate's stories
in THE OUTCASTS. Some details are shockingly jaw-dropping.
Kathleen Kent really brings home the traumatic effect that
the Civil War had on everyone, in places and ways that I had
not before comprehended.
THE OUTCASTS is a tale full of love, murder, treasure, and
discovery. I could not put it down.
A taut, thrilling adventure story about buried
treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new
life for herself in the old west.
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.
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