MERGING LIVES is a thought-provoking powerhouse novel that considers reincarnation a dynamic force of nature. Seeing a gifted young African mystic captured and sold into slavery in the 1760's, we experience her passion and pain. But what has she to do with a restless modern day Seattle housewife in love with the Caribbean islands? In Canada 400 years earlier, a Huron Indian maiden finds herself strangely attracted to a reclusive French fur trapper. Can the spirit of all three women somehow be one and the same? Is it possible that the process of giving and receiving love knows no boundaries, regardless of time, place or circumstance? We feel the undeniable energy flow that binds some souls together while ripping others apart. Threads of a higher purpose to life slowly unravel. They reveal a rich tapestry of intertwined personalities struggling, clashing, thriving and surviving in distinctly different times, cultures and geographic locations. Why would we come around again and again? As we become absorbed in MERGING LIVES, the page-turning story reveals a plausible response to that illusive question.