A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this epic saga of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author ofSam.

Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardianan enigmatic and volatile manspends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. Isolated and afraid, Marguerite befriends her guardians servant and the two develop an intense attraction. But when their relationship is discovered, they are brutally punished and abandoned on a small island with no hope for rescue.

Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith shed never before needed.

Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine,Isola is the