Sonia De Leon
ASIN: B00ML947LQ
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 423
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: 2014 Authors' Cave Book of the YearAfter suffering a debilitating loss, a woman discovers that the only way to heal is by losing herself in turn.Desperate to forget her sadness, Leia takes an impulsive journey to a remote village in one of the most beautiful, yet most perilous, places on earth—the Amazon rainforest. Danger and beauty coexist in this verdant paradise where a simple leaf can serve as medicine or poison, and the life-giving river either provides food or harbors menacing creatures.Just before arriving to the village, she’s attacked by a wild Indian, the kind who do not hesitate to kill outsiders upon sight. When the village medicine man, Tanun, tends to her wounds, Leia finds a strange affinity with the handsome man, and the pair forge an unlikely bond.When Leia is among those chosen to go on a quest deemed vital to the survival of the natives, she ...