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Wilderness Series

This series immerses readers in the untamed beauty of the American wilderness at the close of the 18th century. Follow the journeys of courageous women who leave behind the comforts of Europe to forge new lives amidst a land of savage splendor. These stories intricately weave themes of love, survival, and cultural encounters, including the fate of the Mohawk Nation. It's a passionate and profound portrait of an emerging America, rich with historical detail and compelling characters.

The Endless Forest
Dawn on a Distant Shore
Queen of Swords
Fire Along the Sky
Into the Wilderness
Lake in the Clouds

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  1. 1

    Into the Wilderness

    • 896 pages
    • 32 hours of reading
    4.1(794)Add rating

    Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donati’s epic novel sweeps us into another time and place…and into a breathtaking story of love and survival in a land of savage beauty. It is December of 1792. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English estate to join her family in a remote New York mountain village. It is a place unlike any she has ever experienced. And she meets a man unlike any she has ever encountered—a white man dressed like a Native American: Nathaniel Bonner, known to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives. Determined to provide schooling for all the children of the village, Elizabeth soon finds herself locked in conflict with the local slave owners as well as with her own family. Interweaving the fate of the Mohawk Nation with the destiny of two lovers, Sara Donati’s compelling novel creates a complex, profound, passionate portait of an emerging America.

    Into the Wilderness
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    Lake in the Clouds

    • 624 pages
    • 22 hours of reading
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    The third novel in the Wilderness series finds the Bonner family back home in the North American frontier.

    Lake in the Clouds
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    Fire Along the Sky

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    In 1812, Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner mark the return of Nathaniel's daughter Hannah, while her half-brother Daniel joins the militia and his twin, Lily, falls in love with a dark and dangerous stranger, in a continuation of the saga of the Bonner family in early America

    Fire Along the Sky
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    Queen of Swords

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    The fifth book in Sara Donati's excellent series is a departure from the main characters of Nathaniel and Elizabeth, focusing instead on Hannah Bonner, Luke Bonner, and his wife Jennet and their trials after the abduction of Jennet at the end of Book 4. Picking up with the party finding Jennet, we are thrown into the world of New Orleans as the group attempts to discover the whereabouts of the infant son of Luke and Jennet. The British are plotting to take the city but that is only one small part of the separate world the Bonners face far from home and the ones they love

    Queen of Swords
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    The Endless Forest

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    A rich, passionate, multilayered portrayal of family strength and endurance from bestselling author Sara Donati In the spring of 1824, in the remote village of Paradise on the New York frontier, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner celebrate a glorious reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy, and Martha Kirby, the Bonners’ ward, from Manhattan. In the peace that follows a devastating flood, childhood friends Martha and Daniel, Lily’s twin brother, suddenly begin to see each other in a new light. But their growing bond is threatened when Martha’s estranged mother arrives back in Paradise. Jemima Southern is a dangerous schemer who has destroyed more than one family, and her anger touches everyone, as do her secrets. Has Jemima come to claim her daughter—or does she have other, darker motives? Whatever transpires, Martha, Daniel, and all the Bonners must stand united against the threats to both heart and home.

    The Endless Forest