Into the untamed West came the mountain men. For a slim slice of time, frontier adventurers weren’t intent on conquering nature. They didn’t want to shove a vastly different culture and religion onto Native Americans. White, Black, French, mixed-blood people, women, eccentrics, and the wealthy – all were welcome as long as they had audacity, free spirits, and courage. This six-book series is about characters in that exceptional time.
Each book in The Rendezvous Series is available in a two-book e-book.
Get swept up in this gripping western saga of survival, love, and self-discovery, where every twist and turn reveals the untamed spirit of the authentic American frontier.
Volume One: So Wild a Dream & Beauty for Ashes: In So Wild a Dream, we meet spirited, young Sam Morgan, driven by an insatiable thirst for adventure. As he navigates uncharted territories, crosses the treacherous Rocky Mountains, and immerses himself in the ways of Native American tribes, his journey becomes a captivating tale of exploration and self-discovery.
In Beautfy for Ashes, Sam sets out on a harrowing seven-hundred-mile odyssey from the Sweetwater River in Wyoming to the Missouri River, and becomes a true mountain man. With his loyal coyote pup by his side and a band of fellow trappers—including the French-Canadian Gideon Dubois, the resilient mulatto Jim Beckwourth, and the Pawnee warrior Third Wing—Sam seeks more than fur trapping. His heart is set on finding the love of his life. Experiencing epic battles, buffalo hunts, and tribal rituals, Sam’s quest becomes a heart-stopping gamble to win over his love’s affection.
Volume Two: Dancing with the Golden Bear & Heaven is a Long Way Off: In Dancing with the Golden Bear, the enigmatic Jedediah Smith puts together a brigade of trappers for an expedition into the unknown territory of Mexican California. Sam Morgan joyfully joins up. With his Crow Indian wife, Meadowlark, and his coyote pup at his side, Sam sees the expedition as a chance for adventure—and wealth. But the magnificent Buenaventura River proves to be a myth. Struggling through the Mojave Desert, their lives are at the behest of a strange band of naked Indians. Like ghosts, they change course to the San Gabriel Mission, a sanctuary they must reach.
In Heaven is a Long Way Off, it’s 1827, and Sam—along with a trapping brigade commanded by Captain Smith—faces the most daunting task of his life. Expelled from Mexican California, he must trek to the Wind Rivers for the sake of his Crow wife and their infant daughter, Esperanza. Upon return to California, Sam discovers Esperanza was taken captive in an Indian raid. In a desperate mission to rescue her, Sam braves a rampaging river, a long trek home, and a harrowing journey of wild elements and discovery.
Volume Three: A Long and Winding Road & Dreams Beneath Your Feet: A decade has passed since Sam Morgan left home and joined the rough-and-tumble life as a mountain man in the Far West. Now a trapper, fighter, husband, father, and survivor, Sam has endured everything life has thrown at him. A venture into California ends in tragedy, and a distraught Sam is determined to find a new mission in life. As a search for two captive Mexican girls takes him deep into Navajo, Ute, and Blackfeet Indian territory, death follows close on Sam’s heels.
Finally, in Dreams Beneath Your Feet, it’s 1840, and the world has changed. Deciding to return to California with his daughter, Esperanza, Sam is starting a new life. Indian friends and relatives join in the journey west, hoping to trade a herd of Appaloosa’s. On the Oregon Trail, they come upon a ruthless gang, terrifying Indian villages. Through sheer heroics, they are dispatched. At last, Sam sees the Pacific and calls northern California home, the place he and his mixed-race family can plant roots and thrive.
Gently used hardback and paperback copies of So Wild a Dream, Beauty for Ashes, Dancing with the Golden Bear, Heaven is a Long Way Off, A Long and Winding Road, and Dreams Beneath Your Feet are all available.
