This Courageous Journey - (Mountain) by Misty M Beller (Paperback)

About the Book

"As the fifth daughter in a family of nine, Noelle Grant spent her life striving to be unique. Her love of telling stories helps define her goal--to be known around the country as one of the top news correspondents of her time. And what better way to uncover sensational tales than to travel through the mountain wilderness to visit her brother? The trip comes together perfectly as she journeys with family friends who will be settling in the same area. Her first inkling that things may not be as perfect as she'd imagined shows up in the form of the mountain man hired as their guide for the final leg of the journey. When Daniel Abrams agrees to guide the small group of easterners along his usual route northward to the Canadian mountains, his gut tells him he's making a terrible decision. But if he doesn't take them, who will? The crew's leader refuses to consider turning back. As they start out, Daniel can't help but notice the woman traveling under the care of her friends. Though she appears too genteel to last long in these mountains, she soon reveals a strength that draws him more than he should allow. When the dangers of this wilderness become more than the group bargained for, Noelle must choose to delay her trip northward or proceed alone with the man she's come to trust against all reason. She never dreams her decision will place her--and the man she loves--in a situation more hazardous than any story her imagination could conjure."--Back cover.

Book Synopsis

She has her future all planned out, and it most definitely does not include a handsome mountain man.

Noelle Grant's trek west across the rugged mountain wilderness to visit her brother is just the thing to make her mark on this world. She can't wait for the Eastern newspapers back home to get ahold of the tales she'll write about her exciting journey. It'll catapult her to fame as a news correspondent and prove that a woman need not live an inconsequential life.

Daniel Abrams hunts alone, traps alone, lives alone. No one to scorn his heritage or let him down. Guiding a group of Easterners across the mountains is the last thing he wants to do, but the extra money will come in handy this winter, and there's no one else available. He can't leave them stranded. Yet they're as green as all the other folks who've tried and failed to endure the rigors of the Canadian wilderness. The lovely Noelle Grant is no exception. When the trail gets steep and the snow flies, she'll likely be the first one to turn tail.

But the wild mountains hold dangers far greater than anyone could've imagined. When Noelle and Daniel are forced into a reliance on each other that goes deeper than two travelers should endure, what blooms between them just may be the very thing they both need most.