Lena's Secret: A Bigfoot Relative

By Butch Gray

Lena's SecretNative American paranormal romanceLakota woman mystery romanceShort Story

Lena has spent her entire life protecting a secret the outside world was never supposed to discover. Then she meets a man she may finally trust with it.

Lena Hewankorn is Lakota on her mother's side, with family roots stretching deep into the mountains and traditions passed down through generations. Her family understands the forest in ways most people never could, preserving knowledge, beliefs, and mysteries the modern world would quickly dismiss as impossible.

But even Lena has questions her family refuses to answer, especially about the father she has never known.

Autistic, intensely private, and far more comfortable among trees and wildflowers than crowded rooms, Lena reluctantly attends a family anniversary celebration. There she meets Marcus Hardy, a handsome man who has already been warned that getting close to Lena may not be easy.

Lena decides to make things simple.

People have warned you about me.

Marcus surprises her with his answer.

What if I don't consider getting to know you trouble?

What begins as an unexpected conversation slowly becomes friendship, attraction, and a romance Lena never imagined allowing into her carefully protected world. Marcus doesn't want to change her. He wants to understand her.

But Lena is hiding something extraordinary.

Deep within the forest lives a massive, mysterious creature known by many as Bigfoot, and by Lena as a Chiye Tanka, or Sabe. She doesn't simply believe the creature exists.

She lives with him. She cares for him. And she shares a connection with him that Marcus could never have imagined.

When Lena finally decides to reveal her secret, Marcus is drawn into a world of ancient mysteries, guarded family truths, and questions surrounding Lena's own mysterious past.

Falling in love with Lena was unexpected.

Discovering the truth about her may change everything Marcus thought he knew about the world.

Lena's Secret is a heartfelt paranormal romance about acceptance, trust, hidden family truths, ancient mysteries, and the courage it takes to let someone see the parts of your life you have always kept hidden.

Sometimes love begins with attraction. Sometimes it begins with trust. And sometimes it begins with a secret hiding in the forest.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHMVWT17
• ISBN13: 9798171109875
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"