Novalee wanders roughly through a forest without recollection of her human life. Bruised and bleeding, she doesn't know how to continue until a mystical walking tree offers her a choice: become a spirit guardian. She accepts, and her young adult body becomes unblemished as a golden wolf. As she embraces her new identity, Novalee must uncover nature's camouflages and face the new limits of being a guardian-because not every spirit sees eye to eye. Who can she help in return? Novalee Price struggles to protect the ones she loves. When light and darkness collide, a bubbly friend loses their sparkle, a feisty friend shows a soft side, and the most reasonable friend becomes unreasonable. She stays true to her roots-only changing for the better-even as obstacles separate her from everyone and a portion of herself. Life presses on. She honors the spirit guardian who gave her a new start in her young adult life. Every new story is a retelling. She finds herself practically frozen. In love, maybe? Only time will tell. ⎯ Highest rank: #185 in paranormal