savage journey

There is no way out for 12- year old Nicholas Belline. Caught stealing on the shores of Montreal, the orphan is forced into a debt of servitude for his crimes, and is sent down the mighty St. Lawrence River with a troop of the hardest and deadliest men known in the New World. They are French-Canadian Voyageurs of the wilds.

On the very same night, a White Medicine Woman gives birth to twins in the midst of a storm-laden Lenni Lenape village. Katari of the Minsi, borne to Jenna and Running Wolf, is soon to be a force of nature herself. Spirited, intelligent, and intent on experiencing life to the fullest, she embarks upon the journey of a lifetime into an unknown multi-cultural city on the burgeoning East Coast of the New World.

Their paths are destined to intertwine. When a terrible accident befalls Katari on the eve of a historic English invasion, Nicholas is the man who saves her. What happens next is a series of dazzling events that fulfill Katari's every hope for a life of adventure...and love.

But Nicholas Belline is a man with a hard, cold past, full of secrets and regrets. Katari's beauty and wit pull at his heart, but can she melt the fierce walls that have protected him since childhood?

Read how their journey continues... and deepens into something life-changing and truly miraculous in the pristine and magical land know to the Native peoples as the Dark Forest.

"The second book in the series even outshines the original - highly recommend! I am totally in love with the characters, and did not want to see this book to end!" ~Bobby Donnelly Haas

Note from the Author: To date, Nicholas Belline hold the place of my favorite male lead of all time. If you can fall in love with someone who is born in your mind, and lives on paper....well, I'm guilty. I cannot wait to hear what my readers think. Always, always, send me your thoughts! ~ Jessica Leigh