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 saw the first sign advertising the Agawa gift shop as he drove along the highway. His anxiety rose. What would he do if he could never love the man with whom he was to live out his life? He had no doubt he could have sex with James. He found James very attractive. But a whole lifetime without love? Without the support of a loving relationship could he commit himself to the rest of the prophecy: that together he and James would protect the clan from being subverted from its ancestral ways and being taken advantage of by the white government? Wasn’t that what Great Eagle said the task entailed?


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