Raoul Lafontaine is a half-Ojibwa, half-French-Canadian drifter who is more Indian than white. Also known as Lone Wolf, he has recently left the Ojibwa village in search of a fair-haired woman both he and his grandfather have seen in visions. She is important to him—but how? He will never allow himself to care for another—not after losing the wife he loved so much.
But Raoul could not have planned for the sizzling emotions that surface when he comes near Susannah, nor the love he feels for her children. When he realizes that Susannah returns his feelings, he knows he must leave—for how can he stay close by knowing she can never be his? William will return to his homestead, and they’ll once again be a family. One in which Raoul has no place. Or does he?
Will Fate relent and grant the love between Susannah and Raoul in this DANCE WITH DESTINY?
EXCERPT:
Susannah Myers pummeled her
husband's shoulders as her lips pressed together in a tight, angry line. “Running
off to war and leaving me alone to care for our four little ones is not right.
I can’t do this on my own. How will we ever survive? We are only good if we can
face our hardships together.”
William took hold of her hands and
stilled them. He kissed her callused fingers and then grazed her lips. She stopped
fighting him and laid her head on her husband’s broad shoulder, letting her hot
tears fall.
"It'll only be for a few
months, Susannah. Summer’s coming on, so it won’t be so hard for you to get by.
There are plenty of chickens for food and eggs, I’ve stocked the smoke house
with deer, and Jacob can start on the planting, so you’ll have potatoes and
fresh vegetables. I have no choice as to whether I stay or go. I have to
volunteer. Every able-bodied man in southern Ohio is being asked to do his
part. Daniel was out here just the other day to make sure I'd sign up."
Susannah
straightened up and took a deep breath. She moved away from him, trying to distance
herself from the feeling of abandonment. To get used to the feeling of
abandonment. "We have four children, William, and the oldest of them is only
nine years old. Is volunteering for service worth it when, by leaving, you’re
putting the lives of your children in jeopardy?”Be sure and leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway of the free ebook, DANCE WITH DESTINY.
