Cover Art by Mary Z. Wolf
©2005

Paperback (twinned with Book 2)
ISBN 978-0-7599-4792-4 (with Fires of War and Winter)
eBook
ISBN 978-0-7599-4265-3

It's l920, and although Swift McKinley, an American Indian raised in a white family on a Wisconsin dairy farm, is accustomed to his non-white status, he no longer can remain silent about his lifelong love for his blonde neighbor. To his great joy, Aurie Petersen not only reciprocates his feelings, she insists they will marry, despite her father's bitter opposition. Swift is further astounded when he inherits an arid farm in North Dakota, and his foster siblings turn on him. Devastated by loss and rejection, the sensitive youth decides it will be best for Aurie if he leaves without telling her.

Aurie, however, is both psychic and determined. She has seen their future in the dark eyes of her beloved, and they will be together, even if she has to follow him on horseback all the way to North Dakota!

Choosing its moment, Fate intervenes, separating the young lovers and setting them on different paths to maturity and the family Aurie knows they are destined to create.

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Reviews:

"5 Stars - Foredestined Summer is a beautiful love story... The plot is well-written and flows smoothly. The characters are well-developed... Fans of romance will not want to miss this one.
~ Debra Gaynor for www.ReviewYourBook.com 

"C.J. Winters creates quite a few twists and turns in Foredestined Summer...  [Swift and Aurie] are drawn together with tremendous human depth of character and strength...  I enjoyed watching the growth in Aurie's character...  A quick paced story with enough intrigue to make you want to keep reading but not enough to make you white knuckled - rather along the lines of an old Agatha Christie kind of puzzler.  C.J. Winters gets your mind working on this one."
~ Reviewed by Lori Graham for Once Upon A Romance

"FOREDESTINED SUMMER is a truly unique story of love, growth and maturity of a young couple struggling to be together in the 1920's despite racism and adversity. If you're looking for something new and a bit different without the needless pages and pages of background history weighting you down, C. J. Winter's FOREDESTINED SUMMER is just what you're looking for. Highly recommended."
4-1/2 Flames--Rare Find
~ Reviewed by Sandee McCann for The Word Museum