She was Elle Grave, a captive white girl, alone, frightened and no better than a slave. She is now Bear, daughter of One Who Knows, the mate of Bright Feather, and a powerful woman of the Real People of the Maple Forest. She is eighteen years old. Wrapped within the historical facts of the Cherokee Nation in the early 19th century, Bear experiences the worst of hatred and the best of love. Striving to reconcile the two worlds that she knows - her white one that she can never escape and the red one that she has chosen to embrace - Bear discovers that a life well lived involves difficult choices that transform you, making you not red, not white, but more closely pink. As she travels her life journey, which involves her head, her heart, and most importantly, her soul, she finds out that she was always a powerful woman even before she knew it.