This is also cross-posted to romancenovels So we're going to get started :) NOTE: There will be some minor spoilers (seriously, almost nothing at all), but we've whited them out so you can decide whether or not to scroll over them to highlight and read them yourself. Although, uhh yeah it's no mystery who she chooses- which leads to more controversy- there's adventure and an overall sexy time in the woods. Both men want her as well and the technical aspect of the novel explores 'ownership' in terms of the Kanyen'kehaka (Mohawk) way versus white man law (think Pocahontas when she sings to John Smith 'the earth is a dead thing you can claim' but I digress) and as Elizabeth chooses between the two men the problem is 'do they want her as a woman or a means to an end in obtaining the land through marriage?'. At first only devoted to setting up a school for the children, with herself as teacher (what a scandal!), she's drawn into more conflict when she realizes one part of the land her father owns, Hidden Wolf Mountain, is desired by both Nathaniel Bonner and local doctor, Richard Todd.

She re-named the Nathaniel of the film Daniel/Dan'l (more likely a throwback to the actor who portayed him, Daniel Day-Lewis) and instead his son, the main hero of Into the Wilderness is named Nathaniel.Įlizabeth Middleton arrives from England to join her father in the small town Paradise in the back woods of upstate New York, 1792. More like Donati used the 1992 film as an inspiration, a spring board of sorts. But here we go: This novel is often mistakenly thought of as a 'sequel' to the 1992 movie The Last of the Mohicans but it really is not.

Spanning over 800 pages, it's definitely hard to write a summary. We both read Sara Donati's Into the Wilderness around the same time (Camille has the added treat of having read the sequel, Dawn on a Distant Shore, already for you girls) and thought it terrible, indeed, outrageous, that this book hasn't been tossed around more in Romancelandia before this through word of mouth, as it's been out since 1999! Granted this novel is shelved in fiction rather than romance, but it's undoubtedly romantic, promise. This is modeled after 'conversational/dueling reviews' on Dear Author. So today we're doing something a little different. Hey everyone, this is envyious aka Camille and dreamilywistful aka Vivian. She now writes full time from her home in the Pacific Northwest where she lives with her husband, daughter, Tuck & Bunny (the puppy boys) and three cats.Genre/Historical Period: 1700s Post-Revolutionary New England After twelve years as a tenured professor - getting up early and staying up late to write fiction- she took heart in hand and left academia. Rosina was born and raised in Chicago, but she has lived for longer periods in the Austrian alps, on the East coast (where she earned a PhD in linguistics from Princeton) and Michigan.

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