"A mystical tale of danger, romance, and the pursuit of peace."
Reviewed by Christina Fashant
Posted September 1, 2014
Romance Historical
As a twelve year old boy, Red Hawk was known to the people
who raised him as Poor Orphan. Left as a baby with a Clan
that was not his own by the death of his parents at the
hands of a vengeful god, he has been forced to live with a
people who will never accept him or acknowledge him by his
given name. Yet, on one fateful morning he is handed a
gift
and a curse all at once.
Reluctantly chosen as champion for
his grandfather's band of the Clan, he is released from
the
mist that traps the Clan and given eighteen years to undo
the curse of his adopted people or live out the remainder
of
his life with the knowledge that he failed...like so many
before him.
Effie Rutledge has lived for seventeen years with the
memory
of a strange Indian boy who played with her in the water
and
then disappeared into the mist never to be seen again.
The
fact that his appearance corresponded with her first
hearing
of the legendary Lost Clan seemed to her as more than mere
coincidence, but in the end she dismissed the
connection...
until he returned.
Back in Montana to make one more attempt to end the curse
of
the Lost Clan, Effie and her team are beset by trouble and
Effie is forced to hire a new guide to lead them into
Blackfoot Country. Her new guide looks oddly familiar,
and,
moreover, seems to recognize her.
It isn't long until she
realizes that her guide is Red Hawk, the boy from so long
ago, and that there is so much more to the curse than she
ever believed possible...including danger from a force
that is
far from human.
This story combines a classic Native American Romance tale
with a Paranormal twist. With greed, mining practices,
chauvinism, and the general cluelessness of the "white
man",
it remains true to the core tropes that separate Native
American Romance stories from Western Romance with Native
Americans in them.
The addition of the paranormal aspect
allows this story to venture where other historical tales
rarely can. It allows the reader to suspend disbelief and
enter a fantasy world where a clan lost in time might
actually be possible.
In RED HAWK'S WOMAN, Karen Kay achieves what every great
historical writer wishes to achieve: she makes history
interesting without sacrificing (or rewriting) its
integrity. The archaeological practices presented are
vague
and accurate enough to not draw attention away from the
mesmerizing story unfolding all around it. Part of me
wishes that more time was spent on the journey to the site
and the developing relationship between the characters,
but
we can't have everything.
My verdict on this one: A mystical tale of danger,
romance,
and the pursuit of peace. A worthy addition to anyone's
booklist.
SUMMARY
Their passion is thunder and lightning. Their fate could be
a flood of sorrow. The Lost Clan, Book 3 Red Hawk’s most precious childhood memory is of a single
morning with a girl whose beauty seemed lit from within with
magic. Now, years later, she could very well hold the key to
a centuries-old curse—but when his visions lead him to her
again, no recognition lights her eyes. At age twenty-five, Effie Rutledge has missed her chance for
marriage, but the daughter of a renowned archaeologist would
rather get her hands dirty on a dig than cleaning up after
some man. She is determined to finish her father’s quest to recover
four precious artifacts that could free a lost clan from a
half life in the mists, but with her expedition reported as
jinxed, there are no guides to be had. Except one tall,
enigmatic native who draws her as naturally as water flows
to the sea. Even when memories reconnect, they struggle to trust each
other. Worse, their once-in-a-lifetime passion risks the
Thunder god’s wrath—and the future of the entire Lost Clan. This book has been previously published. Warning: Within the pages of this book is an all-consuming
passion, so deep, so sensuous, it might cause you to want to
spend the night in a loved one’s arms.
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