Morgan O’Connor takes a long vacation to try to sort out his commitment issues, but his trip takes a mysterious turn once he crosses into Canada. There he begins to have vivid dreams, and is followed by a grey wolf only he seems to be able to see.<br><br>On his way home, Morgan stops at a woodcarver’s shop, where he meets James Standing Elk. The two men have a strong and immediate connection. When Morgan learns James’ Ojibwe name is Grey Wolf, he’s more than a little unnerved and leaves before he can uncover the link between his visions and James.<br><br>Back home, Morgan can’t keep out thoughts of either the wolf or his feelings for James. When he returns to the woodcarver’s shop, the true nature of his attraction and spiritual connection to James is revealed, and it’s more than Morgan could ever have imagined. Can this be the reason Morgan has never been able to make a commitment to anyone? What strange forces are at work to bring Morgan and James together?

Hidden Spirit

Morgan bought a mug with an owl in a tree painted on it for his mom, and a sweatshirt with a moose for his dad. Megan was into jewelry, but he couldn’t find anything that seemed to have the quality he was looking for. He asked the clerk if there was anything more authentically First Nation available. The clerk told him there was another gift shop behind the fur traders that would have the kind of thing he was looking for. Morgan told Nate, who was still shopping for his family, where he was going and left the store.


He walked around the corner, past the fur trader’s, and came to a shop with a sign that read: The Ojibwe Wood Carver. He stopped short. To the side of the door stood a life-sized inuksuk. It was a man with both arms outstretched. Once more, Justin’s words came back to him. This one means you’ve reached your destination,he’d said when showing Morgan a similar one in miniature back at Rock Island Lodge.


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