BELOVED OUTCAST
by Victoria Thompson
Pageant/Random House 1989
FORBIDDEN
Molly Wade had loved Ben Cantrell since the moment he'd defender her honor in the schoolroom. Since she'd become a woman, her feelings for the handsome young rancher had grown deeper--and more urgent.
But Something stood between them--a violent heritage that made him an outcast in Hoskinsville, Texas.Now the ghost of that heritage had returned to turn Ben Cantrell from a recluse into a wanted man. Molly was the only witness who could prove Ben's innocence,but if she spoke out, she would share his shame.
Could they make peace with the past--without destroying their lives?