Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Homeward Winds the River by Barbara Ferry Johnson

Title: Homeward Winds the River
Author: Barbara Ferry Johnson
Publication Year: 1980
Publisher: Avon Books
Cover Model: Ellen Michaels
Cover Illustration: Elaine Gignilliat

I am featured as the Cover Model for this historical romance novel, Homeward Winds The River by Barbara Ferry Johnson, which was published by Avon Books in 1980.

This is the second book in the Leah trilogy that I posed for.

The story follows Leah as she flees New Orleans and her aristocratic Creole lover, Baptiste Fontaine, traveling upriver on a paddle-wheeler with James Andrews, the lawyer who saved her from the gallows.

As she seeks safety in a divided nation, she must rebuild her life amidst intense social turmoil. The enduring memory of her past love constantly threatens her fragile new happiness, forcing her to find the inner strength to forge her own destiny.