Outsider
by Diana Palmer

Former black ops CIA operative Colby Lane, now retired from
his wild years as a mercenary, has found his new calling as
assistant chief of security for the mammoth Ritter Oil
Corporation. But the past is never far behind. He's soon
enmeshed in plans to trap a notorious drug trafficker, and
it seems that his ex-wife, Sarina Carrington—whom he so
cruelly left after one day of marriage—may be more
involved than she's letting on. Not only that, but Sarina
has a six-year-old dark-eyed daughter whose father is
mysteriously absent—or is he?

Originally published July 2006 in hardcover.

Diana Palmer's Bio

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer, AKA Susan Spaeth Kyle, was born in Cuthbert, Georgia, the eldest daughter of William and Eloise Spaeth. She and her younger sister, Dannis, were raised in Chamblee, where Susan graduated from Chamblee High School in 1964. The family moved to Cornelia, Georgia, in 1965. Susan married James Kyle in 1972. They have a son, Blayne, who is married to the former Christina Clayton. They are both graduates of Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. They live in Tennessee and have a daughter, Selena Marie Kyle, born in February, 2009. In 1991, Susan returned to college and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, in 1995. She continues to work on her master's degree in history as time permits. Her first novel as Diana Palmer was published in 1979. She has over 115 novels in print. She has written historical novels as well as contemporary romance, and has produced science fiction, with her novel THE MORCAI BATTALION appearing in hardcover in 2007. Susan's hobbies are gardening, knitting, crocheting, astronomy, archaeology, and animals. She has dogs, cats, birds and lizards.