Historical Fiction by Author Kelly Z Conrad:

Shaman

An award-winning historical romance, Shaman is the story of Matt Tyler, who left behind his privileged upbringing to serve as a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War. The story begins in 1867 on Matt’s property in Pennsylvania. A discovery one night in his barn changes Matt’s life forever. Degan, a young woman of the Seneca Nation, has escaped from a gang of vicious white men who raided her village and kidnapped her. Badly beaten and suffering a gunshot wound, she seeks shelter in a deserted barn and waits to die … until Matt finds her. He takes her in and treats her wounds.

Her initial fear of this white shaman slowly turns to trust as she recovers under Matt’s care. Though they plan that she will return to her people once she’s recovered, they cannot deny their deepening feelings for each other. But Degan refuses to enter white society. How can she live among his people when they brutalized her, shot her and left her for dead? She decides to return to her people. Matt tries to go on with his life. He begins working at a dispensary in Washington, providing free medical care to the city’s poor. But he remains unable to quiet his yearning for Degan. Can Degan overcome her fear and the cruelty of her past to accept a man from a strange culture who promises his love? And is it a promise he can keep?

The Passage

The sequel to the award-winning, historical romance novel, Shaman, The Passage picks up where Shaman ended, continuing the saga of Dr. Matt Tyler and Degan, the Seneca woman whose life he saved.

In rich detail from new settings across the globe, new characters — as well as familiar and beloved characters from Shaman — all play against the backdrop of the epic love story of Matt and Degan.

From Washington, the seat of power in America, to the wealthy neighborhoods of London, to the tropical shores of Cape Palmas in West Africa, The Passage continues the poignant and inspiring story of great love that transcends cultural differences and intolerance.