Sara Donati

Historical/18th Century New York/Wilderness Series

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Englishwoman Elizabeth Middleton arrives in the tiny frontier town of Paradise, N.Y., expecting to live as a spinster and intent upon teaching school for local children from all walks of life.

Rugged and inherently decent, Nathaniel Bonner is a white man who chooses to live close to the earth, among his father’s adoptive Indian family.

As Elizabeth and Nathaniel struggle to survive in harsh environs and society, the scandal stirred by their relationship threatens not only their love, but their lives.

Sara Donati creates a beautifully written and extraordinary tale in a unique and rich setting often overlooked by romance novelists in favor of the Western frontier.

She mines the beauty of the region, and celebrates the spirit and passion of men and women who understood the need to care for the land while they reaped its bounty.