Beyond the Horizon

                                                 She's desperate to keep her job.

                                                   He's desperate for solitude.

                                                   What is God's plan in this complicated situation?

 

Beyond the Horizon  (Buy Now)

Penny Zeller

Paperback and Kindle

November 2, 2024

355 Pages

Maplebrook Publishing

Ruby Shepherdson has worked hard to secure her job as a reporter for The Horizon Herald. After a costly mistake, Ruby’s unforgiving boss gives her an ultimatum to either interview the handsome and reclusive Jake Lynton—or lose her job. But each time Ruby has attempted to obtain an interview, Mr. Lynton has refused. Why would anyone who has saved the lives of four people deny recognition? And why does she find herself drawn to the man?

Jake Lynton just wants to be left alone. Haunted by the past, he runs from both guilt and God by leaving home and somehow finding himself in Horizon, Idaho. His hopes of living as a recluse are foiled when a pesky, but beautiful reporter insists he allow her to interview him about a good deed gone awry. Despite Jake’s efforts, Ruby Shepherdson persists, soon endearing herself to him while somehow remaining endlessly annoying.

Jake’s story isn’t the only one Ruby seeks to publish. When rumors of ill dealings come to her attention, she sets forth to uncover the truth—truth someone does not want revealed. As danger emerges and an unanticipated enemy determines to keep Ruby silent, will Jake fit the pieces together in time to rescue her? Or will he lose the woman who has found a place in his heart?

Reviewers Comments:

Ruby Shepherdson wanted someday to get married and have a family, but for now, she dreamed of her writing getting discovered by a big-town newspaper editor. But atlas, that was only a dream. For now, she’d stay writing for The Horizon Herald and cantankerous Mr. O’Kane. When she received notice that a package had been delivered to the mercantile for Ruby, but not just any package, one she’d taken out a loan at the bank to purchase. Too excited to wait for Papa to have time to drive to town, she borrowed Papa’s team of horses and wagon and drove herself to town. On the return trip home, an idea hit Ruby, she reached for her pad and pencil to jot down a note, the reins slipped from her hands, the horses bolted off the road, tore through the weeds and ended up with the wagon mired down in a mud hole. She tried to ease it free but couldn’t. When a peculiar-acting stranger offered to help, she asked his name, but he refused to give it… And what good investigative reporter is going to let that go.

Beyond the Horizon by Penny Zeller is not only a delightful novel, but the writing pulls the readers into the story so they feel like they are right there in Horizon, Idaho. It’s sweet and clean, and like Ruby’s wild ride in the buckboard, it grabs the reader on page one and holds them tightly to the last page. The characters are well-developed and the story lively and unforgettable? Highly recommended.  

About the Author                                                                         

Penny Zeller is known for her heartfelt stories of faith and her passion to impact lives for Christ through fiction. While she has had a love for writing since childhood, she began her adult writing career penning articles for national and regional publications on a wide variety of topics.

Today Penny is a multi-published author of over a dozen books. She is also a homeschool mom and a group fitness instructor. Her desire is to assist and nurture women into a closer relationship with Christ.

When Penny is not dreaming up new characters, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters and camping, hiking, canoeing, reading, running, gardening, and playing volleyball.

Penny is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency and loves to hear from her readers at her website, www.pennyzeller.com, her blog, www.pennyzeller.wordpress.com, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennyzellerbooks. To sign up for her monthly newsletter with book news and other fun morsels, go to https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/262119/74964679867237940/share