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To write this mountain novel, Ciarra Montanna has drawn on her experience of 35 years of life at the edge of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, and 15 summers as a fire lookout. |
When fashionable 17-year-old Sevana Selwyn travels from her Toronto boarding school to spend a summer in the mountains of British Columbia, she sees it only as a stopover on her way to pursue her art career on the plains of Alberta.
But despite an antagonistic brother who resents sharing his cabin with her, and a primitive, isolated lifestyle she is unprepared for, she finds herself profoundly affected by the beauty of that wild river valley and the friendship of a rugged shepherd, who is facing his own conflict of a forbidden love affair.
Sevana struggles to hold onto the new dreams she finds in the mountains, but the reality of winter on the flatlands and the flamboyant artist who is determined to win her heart threaten to steal those dreams away. Through loss, hope, and self-discovery, Sevana learns the true answer to the destiny she is seeking in this lyrical, coming-of-age novel.
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 If you liked the classic,"Heidi", you will like this contemporary mountain romance set in the Canadian wilderness, with beautiful artist, Sevana, rugged shepherd and fiddlemaker, Joel Wilder, and his flock of wool-bearing sheep. But along with beautiful scenery in flower-filled meadows, Sevana must put up with her hermit of a brother, logger Fenn Selwyn, and the attentions of the entire crew from the isolated logging camp who go to elaborate lengths to win her attention. Randall Radnor, the game warden, also wants her attention - for a different reason: he thinks her brother may be involved in a poaching scheme. And when Sevana goes to Lethbridge for art training, her instructor and mentor and popular man-about-town, Willy Calihan, decides she is the perfect girl for him. But Sevana has memories of the summer that keep her from falling for her charms, at least at first. But when Joel announces that his former love, Chantal Rycroft, is back in his life, she doesn't have any reason to resist Willy's persuasion. Despite the encouragement of David Linford, her pastor in Lethbridge, Sevana doesn't see any hope in holding out for dreams that can't come true, even though when she looks at her life in Lethbridge, all she can hear is Joel's violin playing his song of the mountains. But maybe some dreams are lost only to be found. By facing the hard realities of life, Sevana learns about the true meaning of her destiny and the truth hidden behind the exterior of life. Soon to be available online through Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, iBookstore, Sony,and other distributors! |