The Unforgiven Author:Patricia J. MacDonald Maggie Fraser has spent 12 agonizing years in prison for a crime she didn't commit. After a scandalous trial, she had tried to kill herself and failed. But now this is all behind her. She is still young and attractive and she is free...free to start a new life, alone and unknown. Thrilled by the job offer she recieved from the editor of the loca... more »l newspaper on the New England island of Heron's Neck, Maggie eagerly looks forward to a new beginning. But when she arrives at the newspaper, she is met with open hostility by Grace and Evy, the two women who work there. Only Jess Herlie, who is in charge while the editor is out of town, warmly welcomes her. Despite the resentment of her co-workers, Maggie quickly proves her ability as a competent reporter. And soon, Maggie and the ruggedly handsome Jess are drawn into a passionate love affair. But when Maggie learns that the much younger Evy is in love with Jess, Maggie is torn between continuing her relationship with Jess & not hurting Evy. Then, without warning, Maggie is plunged into a world of terror. First, someone puts deadly fragments of glass in a pie that Maggie baked for a local fair. Then, she finds her puppy hideously electrocuted in her bathtub...and Jess, the man she has come to love, mysteriously disappears without a trace. Horrified, Maggie realizes she is being stalked and tormented by a deranged killer who is determined to teach her that there is no sanctuary and no escape for The Unforgiven.« less