The Wilderness Novels

When Elizabeth Middleton, twenty-nine years old and unmarried, leaves her Aunt Merriweather’s comfortable English estate to join her father and brother in the remote mountain village of Paradise on the edge of the New York wilderness, she does so with a strong will and an unwavering purpose: to teach school. It is December of 1792 when she arrives in a cold climate unlike any she has ever experienced. And she meets a man different from any she has ever encountered — a white man dressed like a Native American, tall and lean and unsettling in his blunt honesty. He is Nathaniel Bonner, also know to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives.

Into the Wilderness Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		A lushly written novel…Donati, a skillful storyteller, easily weaves historical fact with romantic ambience to create a dense, complex design…Exemplary historical fiction, boasting a heroine with a real and tangible presence. Kirkus Reviews
All six novels in the series are available in a Kindle bundle.
Dawn on a Distant Shore Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		.a powerful adventure story, animating everyone–German villagers, slaves and Scottish trappers alike–in a gorgeous, vividly described American landscape. People Magazine
Lake in the Clouds Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		Epic in scope, emotionally intense, Into the Wilderness…is an enrapturing, grand adventure. Bookpage
Fire Along the Sky Amazon Kindle Barnes & Nobel Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		Fans of earlier titles will not be disappointed, as [Fire Along the Sky] contains the same combination of romance and adventure, not to mention the most intriguing mystery in the series yet. Publishers Weekly
Queen of Swords Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		Queen of Swords] is both a smoothly written, engrossing adventure about an early American family and a vivid depiction of the little-explored War of 1812, […] delves into much deeper realities, such as race and prejudice in one of America’s famously multicultural cities, the complex patterns of revenge, the price of loyalty during wartime, and the transformative power of love. Sarah Johnson \| Booklist

The Endless Forest Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		Say good-bye to Elizabeth Bonner and her brood with this graceful, sweeping conclusion to Donati’s frontier-era Wilderness series …Donati will satisfy and, in some cases, delight her longtime readers by wrapping up nearly every story line, confidently tracking a huge cast and their individual conflicts. Those new to Donati’s work would be better served starting at the beginning of the series with Into theWilderness…—but any reader will be won over, sooner or later, by Donati’s affection for her tough, complex characters. Publishers Weekly
The Saga Continues with a New Series:
The Gilded Hour Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Indie Bound Find in a Library Unabridged Audio		read more…
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Into the Wilderness

All six novels in the series are available in

a Kindle bundle.

Dawn on a Distant Shore

Lake in the Clouds

Fire Along the Sky

Queen of Swords

The Endless Forest

The Saga Continues with a New Series:

The Gilded Hour

Where the Light Enters

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