The Outsider
A Victorian Horror Story

This is my first book set in my Shaker Village of Harmony Hill and based on my research of the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in a neighboring county. This story is set in 1812 and besides my Shaker heroine, Gabrielle, also tells the story of a frontier doctor who goes to war with a Kentucky Militi......more

I'm not exactly sure what it was, but this book left me feeling very uneasy. Maybe it was the portrayal of the Shaker community and their reliance on 'Mother Ann' rather than on Christ. Maybe it was the way that Brice and Gabrielle's relationship was formed. (Side note: in my opinion, what was descr......more

A beautiful historical novel, set in the 1800's in a Shaker community located near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The main character is a young Shaker woman who is completely happy living with her Shaker sisters and brethren, until an outsider intrudes on their lives and her thoughts. The Shaker culture and......more

Quickly looking at The Outside’s, book cover, one might think this is a sweet Amish story, where people are wearing a little different kind of dress. The Shakers are not even close to the Amish religion—in any stretch of the imagination. I’d never heard about Shakers before reading this. The author,......more

Before reading The Outsider the only thing I knew about the Shakers was their popular Shaker furniture. Since reading this book I have learned a lot more. In a few words the Shakers were a strange bunch. They did not believe in marriage and thought it was a sin to “commit matrimony.” So they remaine......more