A teenage girl flees to a homeless shelter to escape an angry mob that wants to kill her.

Paige Abernathy is beautiful, popular, and in love with the most desirable boy in Alverna High School. But her mother disapproves of Lucas and forbids Paige to see him anymore. Things get worse when her website results in a wave of teenage suicides.

Broke and wearing castoff clothing, Paige cooks meals for the homeless until a kindly businessman gives her a job. But when the bounty on her head leads to a tragic shooting, Paige embarks on an eight-hundred-mile journey across Texas to atone for a disaster born of good intentions.

The Samaritan's Patient is a thought-provoking novel about navigating the treacherous waters of social media.