title: Out of the Midst of Fire
author: Gricius, Dorothy F.
description: John Bradley was content living in a small town in the heart of the Rocky Mountains As a deputy of Pinedale Colorado he gave out tickets fl irted with the local women and contemplated how somebody could actually use the two story outhouse that he passed everyday going to work That changed the night his sister arrived on his doorstep with Alicia Reagan in tow John had known Alicia for the better part of three years but the fear that lurked in her eyes was something new Convincing Alicia that he could help was not the hardest thing John would encounter that summer When one of John s coworkers stumbled across a secret he d hidden for much of his life he suddenly felt like the world was unraveling around him In addition to following leads about an arsonist John was left wondering if it was time for him to cut his ties to Pinedale and start over again somewhere else