The Outsiders — Michelle Black

When events occur that force London attorney Ray Telor to take a vacation, he heads to a faraway village he'd never heard of before. Aesil is peaceful, lovely, and a world lost in time. Ray is instantly charmed, but there's a reason so few know of it.He's assigned to stay with the village outcast and healer, shy and beautiful Gale, who everyone in the village shuns. Ray cannot understand why until he discovers Gale could heal someone with his hands, but every time he does, death follows.Enamored with the kind healer, Ray grows closer to Gale, but trouble brews when two children go missing and then two men. Ray finds himself on an unlikely adventure to uncover the secrets of the village of Aesil, the lands hidden beyond it, and becomes thrown into the conflict between its extraordinary inhabitants and a man-eating demon.