Book Description
For seven harvests, Emma Hartwell was the adopted daughter of the Elk tribe. It was to them that she entrusted her dearest treasure, a secret she can hardly bear. Now, Emma sets out to search for the piece of herself she left behind--and unexpectedly finds the love of a man who makes her whole.

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Two outcasts team up reluctantly, then fall for each other hard, in Maureen McKade's touching story of love, prejudice, and redemption in the Old West. Twenty-two-year-old Emma Hartwell is back with her family, rescued from the Lakota Sioux after seven years but treated like a pariah by the town. Ridge Madoc has quit his job as scout in the army and is ready to settle down on what little land Emma's father hasn't swindled from his family. But Emma is keeping a secret: the legacy of her Lakota marriage -- a young son, Chayton. When Emma's parents vow to ship her to relatives so she can lead a "normal" life, Emma escapes, determined to track down the Lakota with Madoc's help and find her child. McKade's readers will love this moving story of a young woman living between two cultures and her struggle to decide the best future for herself and her son. The contrasts between the white and Lakota communities are especially poignant. Ginger Curwen

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