Three Bears

by Elizabeth Anne Porter

Three Bear’s life was not unusual for a Native in that time. He had lost his wife and daughter a year earlier to one of the many diseases brought by the white man. Sleeping Fox, his son, was the one thing keeping him sane. The boy was growing into a fine young Warrior and getting smarter with each passing day. However, the man’s life was again filled with overwhelming sadness when he learned that Sleeping Fox had been stolen by the very people who had killed his family.Sally couldn’t wait for the sun to go down and the end of the day to arrive. The piles of uniforms seemed endless and there was little hope of things getting better any time soon. There was no chance of a happy life for the hard-working laundry girl. She was lonely and resolved to return to the east as soon as possible. Her uncle, the Commander of the Fort, unaware of his own bigotry, decided to help Sally by giving her a child. Not just any child. No, he had his men steal a Native boy from a nearby village. Sally was appalled by the “gift” and that her uncle could be so insensitive as to rip a child from his family without any thought of the boy’s happiness.Conflicting visions muddied the waters for the Warrior who already had issues with believing in “fate.” He was a firm believer in his abilities and in free will. The medicine woman’s advice was vague at best.As soon as Sally saw the boy, her motherly instinct caused her to understand that she would take extensive risks to return the boy to his family. Three Bears, blaming Sally, finds he can’t stand the sight of her, despite her good intentions and his son’s complete trust in the woman.Walking away from the boy would be the most difficult decision of Sally’s life.Placing trust in dreams would be the most difficult decision of Three Bear’s life.Can an angry Warrior on the verge of losing everything he holds dear, and a lonely white woman with nothing to lose, make Sleeping Fox’s life whole again?

342 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2020

Reviews

[Laura Hoesing · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointing

This is only the second time I have left a bad review the book started out so good it had the makings for a wonderful novel I was so into the book I couldn’t put it down and then the ending came it was a big let down she just it seemed like she just got tired of riding and stopped just stopped she left it in it was so disappointing after reading the whole story she just stopped and you don’t know what happened I’m so disappointed I spent good money on this book just a terrible ending don’t waste your money

[Terryan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just not a fan of this style of writing, sorry. Alternate chapters seem to just be a repeat of the previous one. One chapter is as how she perceives it while the other chapter is how we would normally read it and is a duplicate of the previous chapter. He had lost his wife and daughter and is left with his son, Sleeping Fox. his son is stolen by white soldiers and taken to a fort where he is given to a young woman. His main aim is to get his son back but complications arise. HEA ending.

[Alissa Holmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story I highly recommend this read.

This was a great book. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Really interesting take including Custer in the story. Glad to see the happy ending but would love to see more of the story. I will definitely read more.

[Dorothea L Long · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three Bears

This is a good book with a very good story line,it tells how you may find happiness where you least expect to.

[priscilla smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Did not like the abrupt ending