Lure: Jesse & Hawk

Winner of a National Indie Excellence Award, finalist for UK Wishing Shelf awards, nominated for an Eric Hoffer Award, Crowned Heart review, InD'Tale Magazine.

"When life and death collide with nature, magic can and does happen. Readers get a front row seat to experience the pain and loss that quilts its way through every unforgettable character. The Native American ties with nature and spirit is beautifully portrayed. Multiple layers of mystique and suspense. An absolutely beautiful tragedy. The twists and turns will keep pages flipping wildly."—Viola Robbins, InD'tale Magazine, April 2022

Reluctant lovers scarred by guilt—

A feisty heroine mourning a loss and a grieving hero hiding from his past.

The fragile bones of a missing Indigenous girl 

A corrupt cowboy sheriff and a pair of no-good locals

Lost on the Chippewa reservation.

Wolves. Cougars. Bears. — Injured. Stalked. Abducted.

Can Hawk save Jesse's life with his Native American ways?

Or will she save his soul?



Hawk is a wounded doctor bent on losing himself on the Chippewa reservation in Minnesota.

Jesse's a vegan nature photographer trying to find herself on that same wild land.

When Hawk shoots the deer that Jesse's photographing, passions flare. Then Jesse hears that Hawk's friend is dying and sets off alone on horseback to warn him. He deserves the chance to say goodbye she never had.

But danger lurks everywhere near the small Midwestern town of Lure River.

Jesse's just discovered the twenty-year-old bones of a missing Indigenous girl in her shed and drawn the unwanted attention of two local men.

Can Hawk find Jesse before they find her?

Ruby Little Bear's tragic tale weaves through the narrative, reminding us that one moment can change everything.

Romantic Suspense—Small Town Grit