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

“I wonder what her name means,” Megan said.


Megan looked at him. “How do you know that?”


“I don’t really know. It just popped into my head. It’s happened before. I guess it’s the Ojibwe buried in our brains from when we were babies here.”


“These are our grandparents,” Megan said as she read the captions printed under their pictures. “Do you think you know what their Ojibwe names mean?”


“We know our grandfather was Roaming Bear. Robert told us that. But Namid?” he said, running a finger over the picture of his grandmother. “I haven’t a clue.”


As she turned the pages, Morgan looked at pictures of the two of them as infants, babies, toddlers. He saw himself being held by or standing with people he couldn’t remember, but yet seemed oddly familiar to him. He saw his mother holding him, standing next to Henry, their great grandfather, and a woman who must be his wife. She was holding Megan. He saw a younger Robert. He saw himself playing with another boy about his age.


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