My Savage Moon
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The pains were so intense for Lisa and she could not believe they were a part of her body. Suddenly she knew this was her baby trying to come from her. Through out the pains, she prayed she would stay alive long enough to bring the baby from her. Many times she screamed out in agony when the pains ripped at her body, but somehow she managed to get through each pain. Once when the pain were so great, she imagined Morningstar was seated by the deerskin holding her hand, but when she reached out for her, she saw that she was gone. Another pain so horrible that Lisa felt it would never end came upon her. With this pain she could feel the baby as it slipped from her small body. When Lisa realizes that the pains were now gone, she felt the baby squirming below her. So weak from her labor, Lisa slowly pulled herself up and looked to where the baby lay. She was awe struck that the baby was here on the deerskin with her. Picking the baby up with the cord still attached, Lisa brought the baby up and laid it on her stomach. Lisa did not know what to do about the umbilical cord, but she reasoned with herself that she must cut it to free her baby from her. Taking the sharp knife she used for cutting the fish, she cut the cord and once this was done, it now freed the baby so that she could hold him in her arms. When she saw how much he looked like his father, she began to cry and when she cried her son cried also. Bringing him up to her breast, she showed him how to drink from the milk she knew all babies were fed. As her son took his first breaths and food, Lisa looked at him and said, "Welcome to the world Jacob Moon, I am your Momma".
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About the Book
This is a historical romance set in the American frontier. This story tells of the abduction of twelve-year-old Lisa Brant and her struggle to find her way home. After spending a year inside the encampment, Lisa befriends the young brave, Grey Moon. She and Grey Moon fall in love, but because they both are so young they are forbidden to be together, but their love is so strong they find ways to be with one another. This story tells of the struggles the little girl had to endure, and even though she did not have her mother to guide her through her childhood, she had to grow up learning these things from the elderly squaw, Morningstar mother of the chief. Thirteen years old Lisa Brant tells Grey Moon she is with child. Lisa tries to find her way back home again, but before she reaches home, her child is born and she had to deliver the baby alone. Lisa returns to the tribe to be with Grey Moon. When Jacob grows into a fine young man, Lisa sees that he struggles with his identity and she sends him away from the tribe in search of her parent's, knowing if he returned he would return knowing where he truly belonged. When Jacob goes in search of his grandparent's, he meets Jolene, a widowed mother of two and he falls in love with her, but his struggle to find his true identity makes him hold inside of him how he truly loves Jolene.
About the Author
H.J. Sterle, began writing her first novel in 1995 after years of stories bouncing around in her head. As a single parent she raised five children, when the last of her children moved away from home she started putting these stories down on paper. Finishing her first story she set it aside until her youngest daughter presented her with her first computer with which she used it to copy these stories on. She met her co-author H. Brantz online and they became best friends, he encouraged and financially backed her to continue writing. From this encouragement comes her first book. Her thanks will always be to her co-author for all his encouragement, for without him this book could never be.