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To Find You Again
Scorned by society and her family after being rescued from the Lakota Sioux, Emma Hartwell convinces former army scout Ridge Madoc to help her find the tribe and her half-breed son by any means necessary, a partnership that leads to forbidden passion. Original.
328 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Maureen McKade
21 books34 followersMaureen McKade has been making up stories since the moment she learned to read, write and string sentences together. Her first book, "Winter Hearts", published in 1997 was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's (RWA) Golden Heart contest, then a finalist in RWA's RITA for best first book. Since then, she's written thirteen more books and a short story for an anthology.
She taught middle school science for three years then held a variety of jobs--bookstore clerk, administrative assistant, customer service manager, department manager, and pharmacy technician--until she settling on writing. (Or, more aptly, until writing settled on her.)
Maureen and her husband, a retired Air Force officer, now live on 40 nature-filled acres in southwestern North Dakota with their two French Brittany Spaniels and three cats. Her eclectic list of leisure pursuits include long walks with hubby and their two dogs, reading, wildlife watching, golfing, bird hunting, and puttering around in the kitchen.
She taught middle school science for three years then held a variety of jobs--bookstore clerk, administrative assistant, customer service manager, department manager, and pharmacy technician--until she settling on writing. (Or, more aptly, until writing settled on her.)
Maureen and her husband, a retired Air Force officer, now live on 40 nature-filled acres in southwestern North Dakota with their two French Brittany Spaniels and three cats. Her eclectic list of leisure pursuits include long walks with hubby and their two dogs, reading, wildlife watching, golfing, bird hunting, and puttering around in the kitchen.
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July 1, 2008
Excellent western set just after the Civil War ended. Some scenes were heart wrenching and several tears were shed reading this novel. This book had me on an emotional roller coaster ride: a lot of anger, sadness, joy, and more anger. The udder stupidity of people (AKA Human Beings) treating other people (AKA Human Beings) like dirt because of their culture and skin color(s). Ugh
There are Indian slaughters in this book and the rounding up of Indians to "herd" them to reservations. The abhorrent way so call "church goers" treated their own "people" who survived ordeals just had me all fired up.
I enjoyed the characters, Emma and Ridge, very good hearted and well developed. The book was well written and starts right out with a BANG. Nice story. Rated PG13
This book opens potential doors for secondary characters to get their own stories...
There are Indian slaughters in this book and the rounding up of Indians to "herd" them to reservations. The abhorrent way so call "church goers" treated their own "people" who survived ordeals just had me all fired up.
I enjoyed the characters, Emma and Ridge, very good hearted and well developed. The book was well written and starts right out with a BANG. Nice story. Rated PG13
This book opens potential doors for secondary characters to get their own stories...
March 26, 2008
I really, really liked this book!
Emma Hartwell was kidnapped by a band of the Lakota Souix and returned to her family after 7 years to be shunned by the community her parents live in. SHe decides after having some dreams that she must find her Souix Band of Indians to reconnect with her adopted family and her son that she left behind after being "rescued" by the US Army.
Ridge Madoc, a former Army scout is hired to return Emma to her white family. Ridge is alos ostracized by people because of being a Half-breed.
The interaction of the characters in Ms McKade's book is fantastic and the dialogue and story keep you into what is going on in the storyline. Learning to trust is a very important part of any relationship. The way Ridge wins Emma's trust and then the love that blooms between them is quite understandable. Just a really good read. I wish the book had never ended. The way that she has woven this story and the way she accurately depics the ending ways of the American Indian is so vivid and real. I would give this book more stars if I could.
Emma Hartwell was kidnapped by a band of the Lakota Souix and returned to her family after 7 years to be shunned by the community her parents live in. SHe decides after having some dreams that she must find her Souix Band of Indians to reconnect with her adopted family and her son that she left behind after being "rescued" by the US Army.
Ridge Madoc, a former Army scout is hired to return Emma to her white family. Ridge is alos ostracized by people because of being a Half-breed.
The interaction of the characters in Ms McKade's book is fantastic and the dialogue and story keep you into what is going on in the storyline. Learning to trust is a very important part of any relationship. The way Ridge wins Emma's trust and then the love that blooms between them is quite understandable. Just a really good read. I wish the book had never ended. The way that she has woven this story and the way she accurately depics the ending ways of the American Indian is so vivid and real. I would give this book more stars if I could.
February 27, 2016
Writing is really good. I like McKade's style.
But this is the typical kind of mother looking for child story that I just don't have the stomach for. All that "I am his mother" arguments really annoyed me. Sorry, mother heroines are just not my cup of tea.
But this is the typical kind of mother looking for child story that I just don't have the stomach for. All that "I am his mother" arguments really annoyed me. Sorry, mother heroines are just not my cup of tea.
September 13, 2014
To Find You Again
By: Maureen McKade
5/5 stars
Please note: This is a historical romance and at the time racism was towards Native Americans was unfortunately the norm, which was manifested blatantly and openly via words and actions.
Emma Hartwell has been rescued from living with a band of the Lakota Sioux for the last seven years; during a massacre by Army soldiers. But instead of feeling relieved, she is heartbroken. She has kept the secrets of the life she led while with the Indians. She had been married to a great warrior and had given birth to a son, before she became a widow a couple of years before. She doesn’t yet know the fate of her son, whether he or any of the people in her band survived. Now, being back at her parents’ home, she has become an outcast and is being shunned by the town folk who look down on her because she lived with the Indians, was most likely had been ‘tarnished by them’ and is now being called a “squaw woman.” Even her parents treat her differently, with plans to send her away to an aunt’s house to avoid gossip and to give her a chance at starting over. When she learns of this, she steals away in the night to find what remains of her adoptive tribe and to reclaim her son Chayton, if he is still alive.
Ridge Madoc is an ex-Army scout who is returning back to his childhood home to settle down and take over the ranch that used to be his father’s. However, there isn’t much to come back to since his step-dad sold most of it a little at a time for a little bit of nothing to John Hartwell, a neighboring rancher with a very large spread. John has no use for Ridge and even refused him a job on his ranch, but when Emma goes missing, he knows that Ridge’s skills as a tracker and scout can bring his daughter back. So he hires Ridge to go get his daughter and bring her home. For a chance to earn a large sum of money and some of his land back, he accepts the job. But it isn’t as easy of a job as he first assumed, because Emma has learned things about how to track and how to hide her own while living with the Indians.
After catching up with her, she refuses to go back until she finds her tribe, then she will go home willingly and pay him double. They share good times, trials, sex, and begin to develop feelings for one another. Once they reach the Indian camp, Ridge is mad about the secret she kept from him, but they spend time there and Emma is left with the gut wrenching decision of keeping Chayton with her and subjecting him to a lifetime of abusive bigotry and hatred or leave him with her adoptive Sioux parents and tear her own heart out in doing so.
When they return home, they miss each other immensely, but Emma won’t pursue anything with Ridge because then he will become an outcast by association. But love isn’t always a conscious decision to be made and can cross many boundaries. This is a MUST READ for any historical romance reader, and it does contain some steamy scenes that are just so right!
By: Maureen McKade
5/5 stars
Please note: This is a historical romance and at the time racism was towards Native Americans was unfortunately the norm, which was manifested blatantly and openly via words and actions.
Emma Hartwell has been rescued from living with a band of the Lakota Sioux for the last seven years; during a massacre by Army soldiers. But instead of feeling relieved, she is heartbroken. She has kept the secrets of the life she led while with the Indians. She had been married to a great warrior and had given birth to a son, before she became a widow a couple of years before. She doesn’t yet know the fate of her son, whether he or any of the people in her band survived. Now, being back at her parents’ home, she has become an outcast and is being shunned by the town folk who look down on her because she lived with the Indians, was most likely had been ‘tarnished by them’ and is now being called a “squaw woman.” Even her parents treat her differently, with plans to send her away to an aunt’s house to avoid gossip and to give her a chance at starting over. When she learns of this, she steals away in the night to find what remains of her adoptive tribe and to reclaim her son Chayton, if he is still alive.
Ridge Madoc is an ex-Army scout who is returning back to his childhood home to settle down and take over the ranch that used to be his father’s. However, there isn’t much to come back to since his step-dad sold most of it a little at a time for a little bit of nothing to John Hartwell, a neighboring rancher with a very large spread. John has no use for Ridge and even refused him a job on his ranch, but when Emma goes missing, he knows that Ridge’s skills as a tracker and scout can bring his daughter back. So he hires Ridge to go get his daughter and bring her home. For a chance to earn a large sum of money and some of his land back, he accepts the job. But it isn’t as easy of a job as he first assumed, because Emma has learned things about how to track and how to hide her own while living with the Indians.
After catching up with her, she refuses to go back until she finds her tribe, then she will go home willingly and pay him double. They share good times, trials, sex, and begin to develop feelings for one another. Once they reach the Indian camp, Ridge is mad about the secret she kept from him, but they spend time there and Emma is left with the gut wrenching decision of keeping Chayton with her and subjecting him to a lifetime of abusive bigotry and hatred or leave him with her adoptive Sioux parents and tear her own heart out in doing so.
When they return home, they miss each other immensely, but Emma won’t pursue anything with Ridge because then he will become an outcast by association. But love isn’t always a conscious decision to be made and can cross many boundaries. This is a MUST READ for any historical romance reader, and it does contain some steamy scenes that are just so right!
August 31, 2014
15-year-old Emma fell into a raging river and was rescued by an Indian, taken to live in their village. Seven years later she is "rescued" by the army and taken back home to her family. Her family have a hard time dealing with what she went through. The townspeople think she should have killed herself before living with the savages. Not being able to handle how she is being treated by her family, she begins a journey back to the tribe to retrieve something very important that she left behind. A tracker, Ridge, is hired by her family to find her. When he does, she talks him into accompanying her to find her son.
This is a well written western romance. It was nice to see how the family dealt with the ordeal. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
This is a well written western romance. It was nice to see how the family dealt with the ordeal. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
March 2, 2015
Finding diamonds in the rough.
A woman shunned for her time living with the Lakota & an illiterate man barely tolerated because of white trash parents+step dad & the job of his brash youth. Both were underestimated & undervalued. Together they find acceptance, tackle insurmountable problems and get results.
I love the characters, enjoyed their playfulness, felt the rage & morning. It was interesting contrast two cultures perspective on difference.
Looking for more adventures with this author.
A woman shunned for her time living with the Lakota & an illiterate man barely tolerated because of white trash parents+step dad & the job of his brash youth. Both were underestimated & undervalued. Together they find acceptance, tackle insurmountable problems and get results.
I love the characters, enjoyed their playfulness, felt the rage & morning. It was interesting contrast two cultures perspective on difference.
Looking for more adventures with this author.
February 7, 2023
Lovely story
I really enjoyed this story. Our heroine returns from a period living with the Lakota who saved her from drowning. After her 'rescue' she finds life hard and is desperate to return to the Native American family she lived with for reasons she won't share with her family. Great story
I really enjoyed this story. Our heroine returns from a period living with the Lakota who saved her from drowning. After her 'rescue' she finds life hard and is desperate to return to the Native American family she lived with for reasons she won't share with her family. Great story
December 16, 2023
1st book I've read by this author. It didn't disappoint! I love the Civil War Era time period. It was a struggle for people and it led a lot of them to branch out West in search of a new beginning. The book also brings out the ugliness and resentment of Native Americans by the White People. This story will pull at your heart strings and has a great ending. Enjoy!
May 31, 2022
more like 3.5
While I did enjoy it a lot I also skimmed quite a bit of it
It could have had a more satisfying closure and more believable confrontation with her parents
rather than just tying it up in one page....
While I did enjoy it a lot I also skimmed quite a bit of it
It could have had a more satisfying closure and more believable confrontation with her parents
rather than just tying it up in one page....
June 13, 2019
The author, Maureen McKade, did a masterful job with a very difficult subject – how a white woman returns to living in a white settlement after living with an Indian tribe for 7 years. I was reluctant to read this book because of the subject matter – but am very happy that I stayed with it.
Emma Hartwell, rescued by US troops attacking a Lakota village, was almost killed before the soldier noticed her blue eyes. After a long recovery, she was returned to her family. However, white settlers did not know how to respond to a recovered neighbor and only looked at her with revulsion or pity.
Eventually, her parents decided to send her away to live with an aunt in St. Paul, so she could start over. Emma realizes that her real error was staying alive instead of killing herself. The night before she was to be shipped off to her aunt, Emma begins the long trek back to the Lakota – to find her young son.
Although Emma’s father, John, has no use for Ridge Madoc, a retired scout for the US Army, he hires him to bring Emma back. Emma has not mentioned her son; no one understands why she is going back to the Indians.
Ridge learns quickly that Emma has more grit and savvy than he expected; she’s excellent at hiding her trail. When he finds her, Emma does not make it easy for him to take her back. This is a complex story with no right or wrong side; it shows how complicated the issues are when people from different cultures try to create a life together with such rampant prejudice.
Ridge is a treasure and probably the only man in the story who could see past Emma’s experiences to see her as the exceptional person she is. Emma is an admirable individual who is called upon to make tremendous sacrifices in the name of love.
Emma Hartwell, rescued by US troops attacking a Lakota village, was almost killed before the soldier noticed her blue eyes. After a long recovery, she was returned to her family. However, white settlers did not know how to respond to a recovered neighbor and only looked at her with revulsion or pity.
Eventually, her parents decided to send her away to live with an aunt in St. Paul, so she could start over. Emma realizes that her real error was staying alive instead of killing herself. The night before she was to be shipped off to her aunt, Emma begins the long trek back to the Lakota – to find her young son.
Although Emma’s father, John, has no use for Ridge Madoc, a retired scout for the US Army, he hires him to bring Emma back. Emma has not mentioned her son; no one understands why she is going back to the Indians.
Ridge learns quickly that Emma has more grit and savvy than he expected; she’s excellent at hiding her trail. When he finds her, Emma does not make it easy for him to take her back. This is a complex story with no right or wrong side; it shows how complicated the issues are when people from different cultures try to create a life together with such rampant prejudice.
Ridge is a treasure and probably the only man in the story who could see past Emma’s experiences to see her as the exceptional person she is. Emma is an admirable individual who is called upon to make tremendous sacrifices in the name of love.
January 9, 2013
this book tackles prejudices and dyslexia and handles the topics well.
The book is set after the Civil War whenthe country turns to the West and the displacement of the Indians really begins. Emma Hartwell fell into a river and was rescued by the Lakota Indians. They take her in as one of theirs. She marries a brave and has a child. The calvary comes in and massacres the village and she is wounded. Recognized as a white, she is taken home where the townspeople and her family don't know how to react to her.
She wants to find her child and starts off to find him. Her father hires Ridge Madoc, former army scout/bounty hunter, to bring her back.
This is their story.
The book is set after the Civil War whenthe country turns to the West and the displacement of the Indians really begins. Emma Hartwell fell into a river and was rescued by the Lakota Indians. They take her in as one of theirs. She marries a brave and has a child. The calvary comes in and massacres the village and she is wounded. Recognized as a white, she is taken home where the townspeople and her family don't know how to react to her.
She wants to find her child and starts off to find him. Her father hires Ridge Madoc, former army scout/bounty hunter, to bring her back.
This is their story.
May 28, 2015
Maureen McKade reates a believeable setting populated with characters you like. Emma, Ridge, Colt, the Indian family, the family of origin all work well in the plot and and are well drawn. The love story is set in the West following the Civil War., one of my favorite time periods.
April 19, 2011
Great read! Will definately be trying more Maureen McCade books!
June 26, 2013
Not one of my favorite westerns. It was OK, but I couldn't really connect with the characters, and I found myself simply not caring what happened to any of them.
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