The Lone Wolves

Book excerpt: Set in vividly illustrated venues of our natural world, The Lone Wolves is a story about wanderings of the heart and soul by nature photographer Samantha Connor, and of Natasha, a relocated wolf in Yellowstone National Park, with whom Samantha has much in common. Struggling with her love and devotion to her deceased husband, who she believes was her one true love, Samantha is lonesome and so bound to her past that she feels she cannot free her heart to surrender to a new love, Joe Edison, a wildlife biologist whose ambition is to work with the Yellowstone wolves. Joe remains vigilant in his pursuit to woo Samantha, even when things get complicated. Unprovoked acts of greed and deceit by mystery cohorts against a wildlife animal shelter, where Samantha shares a home, evolve to include Samantha and Joe and become tests for their developing relationship, almost beyond its limits. There are also lessons to learn in loyalty and trust within the bonds of camaraderie, especially when you become the prey. In the dead of winter in Yellowstone's pristine backcountry, comes Samantha's ultimate challenge: a potentially tragic repeat of history all under the curious, and watchful eyes of Natasha.