Exhausted, numb with fear, and dumb from shock, Sheila gives no thought to bears, moose or men as she bushwhacks through the woods, blocking all memories of the other kayakers and whatever had dumped her into the frigid ocean waters. Her world had shrunk to the ten steps ahead of her as she struggles through the mountains in search of civilization. Her greatest fears are breaking a leg and succumbing to hypothermia.
Returning at last to Anchorage, Sheila realizes that the life she’s so recently created for herself is as empty as the one she just left behind. Setting off on a mission to find the homestead life that warms her soul she discovers love and friendships--the kind that last a lifetime.