Take a three-thousand mile journey with Amanda Pearson as she
leaves the disgrace of a broken engagement and enters the work of a
Quaker mission in the western wilds. The trip is fraught with
danger, and Amanda is near death before reaching her destination.
Among those she meets are an Indian woman who becomes her first
convert and a half-Indian trapper who seems to be her biggest
critic. But love follows her into the wilderness and will determine
the course of her future. You are sure to enjoy this historical
romance adventure from New York Times bestselling author
Wanda E. Brunstetter.
From the Back Cover
A Quaker Woman Dares the Unknown to be a Missionary
Jilted by her fiancé, Amanda Pearson gives up on romance and turns
to her Quaker faith for reassurance. She becomes determined to
follow the Rev. and Mrs. Spalding into the western wilderness to
minister to the Nez Perce Indians.
But a three-thousand-mile journey in 1837 is fraught with danger
for anyone, and soon Amanda finds herself recovering from near
death in a trapper’s cabin. His Indian wife becomes Amanda’s first
convert—and friend. But the trapper and his intriguing half-Indian
friend want nothing to do with Christians.
Buck McFadden has received nothing but pain from white men who
claim the Christ as their lord. He wants only to be left to his
solitary life, but he can’t seem to walk away from Amanda
Amanda fears she’ll never reach the mission in the Lapwai Valley.
This journey has become life-changing for her—and all those she
meets—and the choices she must make are almost unbearable.