Sara Donati

A rich, passionate, multilayered portrayal of family strength and endurance from bestselling author Sara Donati.In the spring of 1824, in the remote village of Paradise on the New York frontier, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner celebrate a glorious reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy, and Martha Kirby, the Bonners ward, from Manhattan. In the peace that follows a devastating flood, childhood friends Martha and Daniel, Lilys twin brother, suddenly begin to see each other in a new light. But their growing bond is threatened when Marthas estranged mother arrives back in Paradise. Jemima Southern is a dangerous schemer who has destroyed more than one family, and her anger touches everyone, as do her secrets. Has Jemima come to claim her daughteror does she have other, darker motives? Whatever transpires, Martha, Daniel, and all the Bonners must stand united against the threats to both heart and home.

La pequeña comunidad de Paradise se repone de las consecuencias de la difteria que ha devastado la población. Elizabeth y Nathaniel Bonner han perdido a su hijo Robbie, pero siguen adelante con sus esperanzas puestas en los gemelos Lily y Daniel y sobre todo en su hijastra Hannah, cuyo talento para la medicina no hace mas que crecer. Asi, tras pasar la noche atendiendo un parto, Elizabeth y Hannah se topan con Selah Voyager, una esclava fugitiva que encuentra cobijo en casa de los Bonner. Sin embargo, la imprevista llegada de Liam Kirby, antiguo habitante de Paradise y primer amor de Hannah, llenara de turbacion el corazon de la joven. Tentado por la recompensa ofrecida por entregar a la fugitiva, Liam ha seguido hasta alli el rastro de Selah, lo que pondra a prueba el proposito de Hannah de ayudar a la esclava. Despues del gran exito obtenido con los anteriores episodios de la saga de los Bonner En tierras lejanas y A la luz del amanecer, Sara Donati continua su aventura epica con otra novela fascinante, llena de vividos detalles.

Elizabeth Middleton, una mujer de espíritu independiente e ideas avanzadas, arriba en 1792 a los flamantes Estados Unidos de Norteamérica para reunirse con su padre, que ejerce de juez en la localidad de Paradise, al norte del estado de Nueva York. A sus veintinueve años, la joven no se siente atraida por la idea del matrimonio, y su principal deseo es dedicarse a la enseñanza. Sin embargo, pronto comprueba que aquellos frios parajes, tan diferentes de su Inglaterra natal, ponen a prueba la resistencia fisica y psiquica de la persona mas curtida. Habitado por blancos, negros, indigenas y mestizos, aquel es un mundo que se rige por unos codigos sociales de inusitada aspereza, que justifican cualquier acto violento con tal de obtener un pedazo de tierra. Asi, mientras Elizabeth se va adaptando a una realidad tan extraña como hostil, conoce a Nathaniel Bonner, un blanco educado segun las costumbres de los indios mohawk. Esta relacion, que su padre desaprueba con vehemencia, sumada a sus planes de construir una escuela para niños y niñas de todas las razas, choca con los prejuicios raciales de los colonos, por lo cual Elizabeth tendra que salvar numerosos obstaculos antes de ver realizadas sus ilusiones.

Elizabeth Middleton, una mujer de espíritu independiente e ideas avanzadas, arriba en 1792 a los flamantes Estados Unidos de Norteamérica para reunirse con su padre, que ejerce de juez en la localidad de Paradise, al norte del estado de Nueva York. A sus veintinueve años, la joven no se siente atraida por la idea del matrimonio, y su principal deseo es dedicarse a la enseñanza. Sin embargo, pronto comprueba que aquellos frios parajes, tan diferentes de su Inglaterra natal, ponen a prueba la resistencia fisica y psiquica de la persona mas curtida. Habitado por blancos, negros, indigenas y mestizos, aquel es un mundo que se rige por unos codigos sociales de inusitada aspereza, que justifican cualquier acto violento con tal de obtener un pedazo de tierra. Asi, mientras Elizabeth se va adaptando a una realidad tan extraña como hostil, conoce a Nathaniel Bonner, un blanco educado segun las costumbres de los indios mohawk. Esta relacion, que su padre desaprueba con vehemencia, sumada a sus planes de construir una escuela para niños y niñas de todas las razas, choca con los prejuicios raciales de los colonos, por lo cual Elizabeth tendra que salvar numerosos obstaculos antes de ver realizadas sus ilusiones.

With epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donatis bestselling saga of an Early American familys struggle for survival in the Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable woman and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation threatened by the flames of war. The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her familys mountain cabin in Paradise. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. For their daughter has come home without her husband and without her sonand with a story of loss and tragedy that she cant bear to tell. Yet as Hannah resumes her duties as a gifted healer among the sick and needy, she finds that she is also slowly healing herself. Little does she realize that she is about to be called away to face her greatest challenge ever. As autumn approaches, news of the latest conflict with Britain finds the young men of Paradiseincluding eighteen-year-old Daniel Bonnereager to take up arms. Against their better judgment, Nathaniel and Elizabeth must let him go, just as they must let his twin sister Lily, a stubborn beauty, pursue her independence in Montreal. But on the eve of the War of 1812, an unexpected guest arrives from Scotland: It is the Bonners distant cousin, the newly widowed Jennet Scott of Carryckcastle. Far from home, Lily and Jennet will each learn the price of pursuing their dreams and the possibility of true love. But its Hannah herself who must risk everything once morethis time to save Daniel, whos been taken prisoner by the British. As the distant thunder of war threatens Paradise, Hannah may learn to liveand maybe loveagain in one final act of courage, duty, and sacrifice. A gifted writer, a master storyteller, and a first-rate historian, Sara Donati has written a powerful, poignant, and movingly romantic novel that chronicles the lives and adventures of a family as compelling and unforgettable as any in American fiction.

La apacible vida que llevan Elizabeth y Nathaniel Bonner en los confines boscosos de Nueva Inglaterra, donde han nacido sus hermanos gemelos, se ve interrumpida abruptamente por unas graves noticias procedentes de Canada. Nathaniel tiene que partir de inmediato hacia Montreal con el fin de defender a su padre, sin sospechar el enorme peligro que entraña su viaje.

The third novel in the Wilderness series finds the Bonner family back home in the North American frontier. A sparkling, absorbing historical novel, set in America at a time when the growing population in the towns clashed with the frontiersmen, the adventurers and the original settlers, in their attempts to regulate society, as they saw it. The Bonner family easily straddle both worlds. But Hannah, the oldest daughter, a gifted healer, training in medical studies in New York, finds herself in real difficulties when she nurses and saves a runaway slave. Her actions lead her and the family into new danger as the bounty hunters are led by her childhood friend and first love, and the runaway slave's escape is facilitated by one of her foster brothers. Sara Donati captures brilliantly the vigorous spirit of those willing to leave their homelands for new adventures and the conflicts between their different cultures, all set in the magnificent sweep of the teeming cities and the wild countryside.

La apacible vida familiar que llevan Elizabeth y Nathaniel Bonner protagonistas de En tierras lejanas, primera novela de esta saga en los confines boscosos de Nueva Inglaterra, donde han nacido sus hermosos gemelos, se ve interrumpida abruptamente por unas graves noticias provenientes de Canada. Nathaniel tiene que partir de inmediato hacia Montreal con el fin de defender a su padre, sin sospechar el enorme peligro que entraña su viaje.Los acontecimientos se precipitan y Elizabeth tambien se ve obligada a ponerse en marcha hacia el norte, en un desesperado intento de salvar a su marido. Con los dos pequeños a cuestas, en compañia de su hija adoptiva, Hannah, y de dos fieles amigos, Elizabeth no solo debera superar los ingentes desafios que la naturaleza pone en su camino, sino que necesitara de todo su valor e inventiva para liberar a Nathaniel. Sin embargo, el destino les depara una aventura aun mayor al otro lado del oceano, algo que nunca habian imaginado.

With epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donatis bestselling saga of an Early American familys struggle for survival in the Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable woman and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation threatened by the flames of war. The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her familys mountain cabin in Paradise. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. For their daughter has come home without her husband and without her sonand with a story of loss and tragedy that she cant bear to tell. Yet as Hannah resumes her duties as a gifted healer among the sick and needy, she finds that she is also slowly healing herself. Little does she realize that she is about to be called away to face her greatest challenge ever. As autumn approaches, news of the latest conflict with Britain finds the young men of Paradiseincluding eighteen-year-old Daniel Bonnereager to take up arms. Against their better judgment, Nathaniel and Elizabeth must let him go, just as they must let his twin sister Lily, a stubborn beauty, pursue her independence in Montreal. But on the eve of the War of 1812, an unexpected guest arrives from Scotland: It is the Bonners distant cousin, the newly widowed Jennet Scott of Carryckcastle. Far from home, Lily and Jennet will each learn the price of pursuing their dreams and the possibility of true love. (...)

Elizabeth Middleton, una mujer de espíritu independiente e ideas avanzadas, arriba en 1792 a los flamantes Estados Unidos de Norteamérica para reunirse con su padre, que ejerce de juez en la localidad de Paradise, al norte del estado de Nueva York. A sus 29 años, la joven no se siente atraida por la idea del matrimonio, y su principal deseo es didecarse a la enseñanza.

A pocas millas de la ciudad de Nueva York, la pequeña comunidad de Paradise se repone lentamente de las consecuencias de la difteria que ha devastado la población el verano anterior. Elizabeth y Nathaniel Bonner han perdido a su hijo Robbie, de dos años, pero siguen adelante con sus esperanzas puestas en los gemelos Lily y Daniel y sobre todo en su hijastra Hannah, cuyo talento para la medicina no hace mas que crecer y aianzarse entre sus paisanos.Asi, tras pasar la noche atendiendo un parto, Elizabeth y Hannag se topan por azar con Selah Voyager, una esclava fugitiva que, gravemente enferma, encuetra cobijo en su casa de los Bonner. Sin embargo, la imprevista llegada de Liam Kirby, antiguo habitante de Paradise y primer amor de Hannah, llenara de turbacion el corazon de la joven. Tentado por la recompensa ofrecida por entregar a la fugitiva, Liam ha segido hasta alli el rastro de Selah, lo que pondra a prueba el firme proposito de Hannah de ayudar a la esclava.Despues del exito obtenido con los anteriores episodios de la saga de los Bonner -En tierras lejanas y A la luz del amanecer-, Sara Donati continua su aventura epica con otra novela fascinate.

The international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters presents a remarkable epic about two female doctors in nineteenth-century New York. The year is 1883, and in New York City, Anna Savard and her cousin Sophieboth graduates of the Womans Medical Schooltreat the citys most vulnerable, even if doing so puts everything theyve strived for in jeopardy... Annas work has placed her in the path of four children who have lost everything, just as she herself once had. Faced with their helplessness, Anna must make an unexpected choice between holding on to the pain of her past and letting love into her life. For Sophie, an obstetrician and the orphaned daughter of free people of color, helping a desperate young mother forces her to grapple with the oath she took as a doctorand thrusts her and Anna into the orbit of anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, a dangerous man who considers himself the enemy of everything indecent and of anyone who dares to defy him. With its vivid depictions of old New York and its enormously appealing characters, The Gilded Hour is a captivating novel by an author at the height of her powers.

With epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donatis bestselling saga of an Early American familys struggle for survival in the Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable woman and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation threatened by the flames of war.The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her familys mountain cabin in Paradise. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. For their daughter has come home without her husband and without her sonand with a story of loss and tragedy that she cant bear to tell. Yet as Hannah resumes her duties as a gifted healer among the sick and needy, she finds that she is also slowly healing herself. Little does she realize that she is about to be called away to face her greatest challenge ever.As autumn approaches, news of the latest conflict with Britain finds the young men of Paradiseincluding eighteen-year-old Daniel Bonnereager to take up arms. Against their better judgment, Nathaniel and Elizabeth must let him go, just as they must let his twin sister Lily, a stubborn beauty, pursue her independence in Montreal. But on the eve of the War of 1812, an unexpected guest arrives from Scotland: It is the Bonners distant cousin, the newly widowed Jennet Scott of Carryckcastle. Far from home, Lily and Jennet will each learn the price of pursuing their dreams and the possibility of true love.But its Hannah herself who must risk everything once morethis time to save Daniel, whos been taken prisoner by the British. As the distant thunder of war threatens Paradise, Hannah may learn to liveand maybe loveagain in one final act of courage, duty, and sacrifice.A gifted writer, a master storyteller, and a first-rate historian, Sara Donati has written a powerful, poignant, and movingly romantic novel that chronicles the lives and adventures of a family as compelling and unforgettable as any in American fiction.

It is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Lukes wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennets rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution theyd hoped for. In the spring she had given birth to Lukes son, and in the summer Jennet had found herself compelled to surrender the infant to a stranger in the hope of keeping him safe.To claim the child, Hannah, Luke, and Jennet must journey first to Pensacola. There they learn a great deal about the family that has the baby. The Poiterins are a very rich, very powerful Creole family, totally without scruple. The matriarch of the family has left Pensacola for New Orleans and taken the child she now claims as her great-grandson with her.New Orleans is a city on the brink of war, a city where prejudice thrives and where Hannah, half Mohawk, must tread softly. Careful plans are made as the Bonners set out to find and reclaim young Nathaniel Bonner. Plans that go terribly awry, isolating them from each other in a dangerous city at the worst of times.Sure that all is lost, and sick unto death, Hannah finds herself in the care of a family and a friend from her past, Dr. Paul de Guise Savard dit Saint-dUzet. It is Dr. Savard and his wife who save Hannahs life, but Dr. Savards half brother who offers her real hope. Jean-Benoit Savard, the great-grandson of French settlers, slaves, and Choctaw and Seminole Indians, is the one man who knows the city well enough to engineer the miracle that will reunite the Bonners and send them home to Lake in the Clouds. With Ben Savards guidance, allies are drawn from every segment of New Orleanss population and from Andrew Jacksons army, now pouring into the city in preparation for what will be the last major battle of the War of 1812.

Sara Donatis debut novel, Into the Wilderness, was hailed as "epic in scope, emotionally intense...an enrapturing, grand adventure" (BookPage) and "a captivating saga...definitely the romance of the year when it comes to transcending genre boundaries"(Booklist). Author Diana Gabaldon called it "one of those rare stories that let you breathe the air of another time, and leave your footprints on the snow of a wild, strange place." Now, in her second novel, this award-winning master storyteller once again blends fact and fiction, and re-creates her beloved characters from Into the Wilderness in an eloquent, enthralling tale of romance and adventure.Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner have settled into their life together at the edge of the New-York wilderness in the winter of 1794 when Elizabeth gives birth to healthy twins. But soon the events in Canada draw Nathaniel far away from his new family. Word has reached them that Nathaniels father has been arrested by crown officials in British Canada. Nathaniel reluctantly leaves Hidden Wolf Mountain to set out for the distant city, determined to see his father freed. Instead Nathaniel is imprisoned and finds himself in imminent danger of being hanged as an American spy.In a desperate bid to save her husband, Elizabeth bundles her infants and sets out on the long trek to Montreal. Accompanied by her stepdaughter, Hannah, their wise friend Curiosity Freeman, and Runs-from-Bears, a Mohawk warrior and lifelong friend of Nathaniels, Elizabeth journeys through the snowy wilderness and across treacherous waterways. But she soon discovers that freeing Nathaniel will take every ounce of her courage and inventiveness. It is a struggle that threatens her with the loss of what she loves most: her children.Torn apart, the Bonners must embark on yet another perilous voyage...this time all the way across the ocean to the heart of Scotland, where a wealthy earl claims kinship with Nathaniels father, Hawkeye. In his heart, the Mahican tribe of Hawkeyes youth is the truest kin he will ever know, just as Nathaniel will always remain loyal to the Mohawk nation. But with this journey a whole new world opens up to Nathaniel and Elizabeth--and a destiny they could never have imagined awaits them....A sweeping epic of romance and adventure, Dawn on a Distant Shore establishes Sara Donati as one of todays most gifted storytellers. With well-drawn characters and an evocative love story that is intricately woven into the rich history of our nations past, this extraordinary novel will enthrall readers like few others--and sweep them away to a whole other time and place.A sweeping epic of romance and adventure, Dawn on a Distant Shore establishes Sara Donati as one of todays most gifted storytellers. With well-drawn characters and an evocative love story that is intricately woven into the history of our nations past, this extraordinary novel will enthrall readers like few others--and sweep them away to a whole other time and place. --

From the international bestselling author of The Gilded Hour comes Sara Donatis enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century New York Obstetrician Dr. Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. With the help of Dr. Anna Savard, her dearest friend, cousin, and fellow physician she plans to continue her work aiding the disadvantaged women society would rather forget. As Sophie sets out to construct a new life for herself, Annas husband, Detective-Sergeant Jack Mezzanotte calls on them both to consult on two new cases: the wife of a prominent banker has disappeared into thin air, and the corpse of a young woman is found with baffling wounds that suggest a killer is on the loose. In New York it seems that the advancement of women has brought out the worst in some men. Unable to ignore the plight of New Yorks less fortunate, these intrepid cousins draw on all resources to protect their patients.

A rich, passionate, multilayered portrayal of family strength and endurance from bestselling author Sara Donati In the spring of 1824, in the remote village of Paradise on the New York frontier, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner celebrate a glorious reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy, and Martha Kirby, the Bonners ward, from Manhattan. In the peace that follows a devastating flood, childhood friends Martha and Daniel, Lilys twin brother, suddenly begin to see each other in a new light. But their growing bond is threatened when Marthas estranged mother arrives back in Paradise. Jemima Southern is a dangerous schemer who has destroyed more than one family, and her anger touches everyone, as do her secrets. Has Jemima come to claim her daughteror does she have other, darker motives? Whatever transpires, Martha, Daniel, and all the Bonners must stand united against the threats to both heart and home.

A young midwife travels west to the New Mexico Territory to care for women in need and faces dangers more harrowing than the ones shes fleeing in this epic tale of survival, redemption, and love from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of the Wilderness series. 1857: In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne accepts a nursing position with a doctor in the New Mexico Territory. She knows the journey from New York to Santa Fe will not be easy, but nothing could have prepared her for the wilderness she encounters, stunning in both beauty and brutality. To endure, she must learn to rely on her fellow travelersand one enigmatic man in particular. As she and Eli Ibarra tackle challenge after challenge together, she feels her heart opening to this rugged landand the man willing to risk so much for her.The trip west is only the beginning of Carries challenges, though. In Santa Fe, Carrie is beloved by new mothers for her talent and compassion. But when she realizes that her employer and his wife are keeping secrets from her, she must uncover the truth to protect their young daughter. To save the little girl shes come to cherish, Carrie will have to confront the demons in her own pasta feat that will take all of her bravery and the help of the man shes come to love and depend on above all others.The Sweet Blue Distance is the unforgettable story of one womans courage to heal herself, her family, and the women and children entrusted to her care.

In her extraordinary novels Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore, award-winning writer Sara Donati deftly captured the vast, untamed wilderness of late-eighteenth-century New York and the trials and triumphs of the Bonner family. Now Donati takes on a new and often overlooked chapter in our nations past--and in the life of the spirited Bonners--as their oldest daughter, the brave and beautiful Hannah, comes of age with a challenge that will change her forever. Masterfully told, this passionate story is a moving tribute to a resilient, adventurous family and a people poised at the brink of a new century.It is the spring of 1802, and the village of Paradise is still reeling from the typhoid epidemic of the previous summer. Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner have lost their two-year-old son, Hannahs half brother Robbie, but they struggle on as always: the men in the forests, the twins Lily and Daniel in Elizabeths school, and Hannah as a doctor in training, apprenticed to Richard Todd. Hannah is descended from healers on both sides--one Scots grandmother and one Mohawk--and her reputation as a skilled healer in her own right is growing. After a long night spent attending to a birth, Elizabeth and Hannah encounter an escaped slave hiding on the mountain. She calls herself Selah Voyager, and she is looking for Curiosity Freeman--a former slave herself, one of the villages wisest women and Elizabeths closest friend. The Bonners take Selah, desperately ill, to Lake in the Clouds to care for her, and with that simple act they are drawn into the secret life that Curiosity and Galileo Freeman and their grown children have been leading for almost ten years. The Bonners will do what they must to protect the Freemans, just as Hannah will protect her patient, who presents more than one kind of challenge. For a bounty hunter is afoot--Hannahs childhood friend and first love, Liam Kirby.While Elizabeth and Nathaniel undertake a treacherous journey through the endless forests to bring Selah to safety in the north, Hannah embarks on a very different journey to New-York City, with two goals: to learn the secrets of vaccination against smallpox, a disease that threatens Paradise, and to find out what she can about Liams immediate past and what caused him to change so drastically from the boy she once loved. The obstacles she faces as a woman and a Mohawk make her confront questions long avoided about her place in the world. Those questions follow her back to Paradise, where she finds that the medical miracle she brings with her will not cure prejudice or superstition, nor can it solve the problem of slavery. No sooner have the Bonners begun to rebound from their losses--old and new--than they find themselves confronted by more than one old enemy in a battle that will test the strength of their love for one another. Hannah faces the decision she has always dreaded: will she make a life for herself in a white world, or among her mothers people?