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Feather in the Wind
BLACK WIND
He gazed out over a land as vast and empty as the sky, praying for the strength to guide his people, and he saw her face. She came to him in a vision, a woman as mysterious as the new moon over the prairie, as tender as springtime in the Paha Sapa. And he knew his life was changed forever.
SUSANNAH
She saw his face in a faded picture, and his eyes, restless as the wind, seemed to call to her. It was said he'd been hanged nearly a century ago for kidnapping a white woman, yet his story seemed unfinished. To the writer in her he was an inspiration, but to the lonely woman within he was a dream come true who would lure her across the years to fulfill a love beyond time.
He gazed out over a land as vast and empty as the sky, praying for the strength to guide his people, and he saw her face. She came to him in a vision, a woman as mysterious as the new moon over the prairie, as tender as springtime in the Paha Sapa. And he knew his life was changed forever.
SUSANNAH
She saw his face in a faded picture, and his eyes, restless as the wind, seemed to call to her. It was said he'd been hanged nearly a century ago for kidnapping a white woman, yet his story seemed unfinished. To the writer in her he was an inspiration, but to the lonely woman within he was a dream come true who would lure her across the years to fulfill a love beyond time.
395 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1997
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About the author
Madeline Baker
88 books288 followersMadeline Ruth was born on 1963 in California, where she raised. She married her high school sweetheart and they have three sons, all handsome enough to be cover models. Growing up, her favorite pastimes were going to the movies and going horseback riding on Saturday mornings at Griffith Park. Madeline has always been "horse happy." A horse was the one thing she asked for on every birthday and every Christmas. Many years later, that dream came true when she bought an Appaloosa mare named Candy—because she was so sweet. Madeline loves animals. Over the years, she's had numerous dogs, cats, fish, mice, hamsters, turtles and birds, and her horse, of course. The most exotic pet was a crocodile that belonged to one of her sons. Currently, she has a terribly spoiled Pomeranian named Teddi, six goldfish, a catfish, and a betta. When she's not writing, Madeline enjoys going to movies and the theater. Her favorite plays are The Phantom of the Opera, The Scarlet Pimpernel and her all-time fave, Beauty and the Beast. She also loves reading, going to lunch with her best friend, collecting Star Wars, The Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast memorabilia, and playing with the most beautiful, adorable, brilliant grandkids in the world.
Madeline started writing when her children were still at home, and she wrote for several years, finding time to write after her children were in bed and her husband was at work. In true cliché fashion, she wrote the books and put them under the bed, never telling anyone what she was doing, until one day she let a friend read one. Encouraged by her friend's comments, and armed with a copy of Writer's Market supplied by said friend, Madeline began sending out query letters. After six years and 31 rejections, Leisure Books bought Reckless Heart, and she's been writing ever since. After writing several Westerns, Madeline decided to try her hand at something else and wrote her first vampire romance. It was a short story titled "Masquerade" for an anthology. She loved writing that so much that she wrote her first full-length vampire romance, Embrace the Night, and thus Amanda Ashley was born. One of her dreams had been to write for Harlequin, and she accomplished that in 2003 with the publication of her Silhouette Romance novel, Dude Ranch Bride. Madeline loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her online at DarkWritr@aol.com or by mail at PO Box 1703, Whittier, CA 90609-1703.
Madeline started writing when her children were still at home, and she wrote for several years, finding time to write after her children were in bed and her husband was at work. In true cliché fashion, she wrote the books and put them under the bed, never telling anyone what she was doing, until one day she let a friend read one. Encouraged by her friend's comments, and armed with a copy of Writer's Market supplied by said friend, Madeline began sending out query letters. After six years and 31 rejections, Leisure Books bought Reckless Heart, and she's been writing ever since. After writing several Westerns, Madeline decided to try her hand at something else and wrote her first vampire romance. It was a short story titled "Masquerade" for an anthology. She loved writing that so much that she wrote her first full-length vampire romance, Embrace the Night, and thus Amanda Ashley was born. One of her dreams had been to write for Harlequin, and she accomplished that in 2003 with the publication of her Silhouette Romance novel, Dude Ranch Bride. Madeline loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her online at DarkWritr@aol.com or by mail at PO Box 1703, Whittier, CA 90609-1703.
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January 5, 2014
3.75 stars
I've had a weakness for Indians since I saw Last of the Mohicans. This is the first Native American love story I've read. Setting aside the uber cheesy cover/inside art, I really liked it. Added bonus was, it's a time travel. There are eye rolling moments, but all in all I enjoyed it.
I've had a weakness for Indians since I saw Last of the Mohicans. This is the first Native American love story I've read. Setting aside the uber cheesy cover/inside art, I really liked it. Added bonus was, it's a time travel. There are eye rolling moments, but all in all I enjoyed it.
August 31, 2020
Madeline Baker writes wonderful Native American love stories. I am well on my way to reading all of her books. I'm on a big Indian binge, obsessed with learning more about their culture. As I am not American it wasn't something I learned much about in school or otherwise so I am enjoying reading about their ways in stories.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. I was really looking forward to the time travel aspect. I haven't seen that before in her works or in other novels. I was incredibly interested to see a modern woman's take on the Old West and Indian culture.
Sadly, my issue with the Feather In The Wind lies with it's lead character. I just couldn't connect with Susannah. As a writer, especially a historical one... I thought she would be more knowledgeable about the past as she had researching it before she landed there and I thought she would have a thirst for sucking up everything while she was in the past. I thought she would want to experience it. I understand it was a massive shock to suddenly find yourself hundreds of years in the past but still, as a historical romance writer... I would have preferred her to suddenly want to know everything about what she was seeing, experiencing. But she didn't. Instead she just whinged about everything. I get missing the easier necessities of the future, I would too but I felt like everyone had to compromise for her to survive while she didn't really have to do anything. They all made things in the past easier for her and in the end making it harder for them. So that was frustrating. When she captured by his people after being called a witch and Black Wind is restrained... instead of trying to save herself, she just writes him off as not coming to save her. The guy was held back by 3 guys and tied up. How about trying to get yourself out of the mess your in? Later in the book Black Wind is beaten and detained, she wants to ask him to save her but how can he when he's in worse shape, locked up like an animal and has no rights while she pretty much can walk around freely, the soldiers talk to her and she has Hester looking out for her. She doesn't try to stick up for him when he kills a guy in her defense? I just... Susannah was too weak for me. She never spoke up when I was practically screaming and shaking my Kindle for her too.
The thing that bothered me about Susannah was she didn't seem to act how a modern woman would act if she found herself in the past. She reminded me too much of Madeline Baker's other female heroines... those from the 1800's. The ones raised in the city with a rich daddy and assumed all Indian's were savages until seeing with her eyes all weren't. While I was glad to see Susannah didn't freak out for over half the book when she realised she had time traveled. I hate when that happens, when they can't accept where they are or assume they are hallucinating for whatever reasons about being stuck in the past... I was glad that didn't happen with Susannah. But I was still shocked that the man she had seen in a painting and photograph, the man whose feather transported her to the past, who was obviously her connection to the past and probably her ticket home... she didn't help him when she saw him being treated inhumanly. She just went to fancy parties and took walks with a solider... all the while perving on the hot Indian guy while he was held prisoner and abused?? Why didn't she ever try to help him escape? That really bothered me. That she didn't really try to help him. Or ask them to be lenient with him. When shes caught talking to him, Black Wind has to kidnap her to take him with her so she doesn't get in trouble. Why would you want to stay at the Fort after being caught doing the wrong thing in their eyes and for the way they treated people who were different than them?
As the book went on I felt like Susannah just got worse for me. I swear she made life for Black Wind a million times harder than it had to be. I couldn't handle her complaining, crying in one sentence then the next pretty much calling herself a strong, independent woman who don't need no man. Ugh. Nope. I didn't like how when she went to his village, she didn't try to adapt to their ways until it was too late in the book. I also didn't really like at the end when he has the option to go back home, she doesn't offer to go with him if that's what he wants. She says she'd let him go to make him happy? After everything they had been through for their love, I couldn't believe she would give him up so easily, quickly.
I did like Black Wind. He was a great male lead. Steadfast. Honest. Loyal. Brave. Sweet. I adored him. My favourite part of the book was him and Susannah ending up back in her future and Black Wind had to be the one who adapt this time. I was glad he chose to stay for his wife and child but it bothered me he wanted to go back? I understood he was a warrior but his wife is pregnant with his child. She would have stayed in the past for him why couldn't he stay in the future for her? Also what did he have to go back to? War? A life on a reservation? He knew he couldn't change history. I just couldn't imagine what life he would go back to so I was beyond glad he had a purpose to make a difference for his people in the future.
I didn't understand why his name had to change too? Why couldn't he just be called Tate?
I loved Hester & Abe. What good, kind people. If they had gone back to the past I would hope they'd be their neighbours.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. I was really looking forward to the time travel aspect. I haven't seen that before in her works or in other novels. I was incredibly interested to see a modern woman's take on the Old West and Indian culture.
Sadly, my issue with the Feather In The Wind lies with it's lead character. I just couldn't connect with Susannah. As a writer, especially a historical one... I thought she would be more knowledgeable about the past as she had researching it before she landed there and I thought she would have a thirst for sucking up everything while she was in the past. I thought she would want to experience it. I understand it was a massive shock to suddenly find yourself hundreds of years in the past but still, as a historical romance writer... I would have preferred her to suddenly want to know everything about what she was seeing, experiencing. But she didn't. Instead she just whinged about everything. I get missing the easier necessities of the future, I would too but I felt like everyone had to compromise for her to survive while she didn't really have to do anything. They all made things in the past easier for her and in the end making it harder for them. So that was frustrating. When she captured by his people after being called a witch and Black Wind is restrained... instead of trying to save herself, she just writes him off as not coming to save her. The guy was held back by 3 guys and tied up. How about trying to get yourself out of the mess your in? Later in the book Black Wind is beaten and detained, she wants to ask him to save her but how can he when he's in worse shape, locked up like an animal and has no rights while she pretty much can walk around freely, the soldiers talk to her and she has Hester looking out for her. She doesn't try to stick up for him when he kills a guy in her defense? I just... Susannah was too weak for me. She never spoke up when I was practically screaming and shaking my Kindle for her too.
The thing that bothered me about Susannah was she didn't seem to act how a modern woman would act if she found herself in the past. She reminded me too much of Madeline Baker's other female heroines... those from the 1800's. The ones raised in the city with a rich daddy and assumed all Indian's were savages until seeing with her eyes all weren't. While I was glad to see Susannah didn't freak out for over half the book when she realised she had time traveled. I hate when that happens, when they can't accept where they are or assume they are hallucinating for whatever reasons about being stuck in the past... I was glad that didn't happen with Susannah. But I was still shocked that the man she had seen in a painting and photograph, the man whose feather transported her to the past, who was obviously her connection to the past and probably her ticket home... she didn't help him when she saw him being treated inhumanly. She just went to fancy parties and took walks with a solider... all the while perving on the hot Indian guy while he was held prisoner and abused?? Why didn't she ever try to help him escape? That really bothered me. That she didn't really try to help him. Or ask them to be lenient with him. When shes caught talking to him, Black Wind has to kidnap her to take him with her so she doesn't get in trouble. Why would you want to stay at the Fort after being caught doing the wrong thing in their eyes and for the way they treated people who were different than them?
As the book went on I felt like Susannah just got worse for me. I swear she made life for Black Wind a million times harder than it had to be. I couldn't handle her complaining, crying in one sentence then the next pretty much calling herself a strong, independent woman who don't need no man. Ugh. Nope. I didn't like how when she went to his village, she didn't try to adapt to their ways until it was too late in the book. I also didn't really like at the end when he has the option to go back home, she doesn't offer to go with him if that's what he wants. She says she'd let him go to make him happy? After everything they had been through for their love, I couldn't believe she would give him up so easily, quickly.
I did like Black Wind. He was a great male lead. Steadfast. Honest. Loyal. Brave. Sweet. I adored him. My favourite part of the book was him and Susannah ending up back in her future and Black Wind had to be the one who adapt this time. I was glad he chose to stay for his wife and child but it bothered me he wanted to go back? I understood he was a warrior but his wife is pregnant with his child. She would have stayed in the past for him why couldn't he stay in the future for her? Also what did he have to go back to? War? A life on a reservation? He knew he couldn't change history. I just couldn't imagine what life he would go back to so I was beyond glad he had a purpose to make a difference for his people in the future.
I didn't understand why his name had to change too? Why couldn't he just be called Tate?
I loved Hester & Abe. What good, kind people. If they had gone back to the past I would hope they'd be their neighbours.
May 10, 2024
Too patriarchal for me.
I enjoyed the idea greatly, but there were too many tropes, and too many instances of patriarchal mindset within the FMC.
She was strong only in the sense she endured. Anything for the MMC.
It wasn’t believable how quickly she would overcome situations of extreme emotional suffering, simply because he touched her.
How she forgave others their cruelty, because now they ‘forgave and trusted’ her.
She was willing to sacrifice everything for him, in a way that was not strong or romantic.
He failed to truly protect or care for her emotional well being. She suffered for too long, visible for all ( but one kiss, and she would be magically and instantly healed, gag!).
Further, when he was in a similar situation, he didn’t give her the same consideration or devotion, and neither commented on the fact that he was now experiencing what she had gone through. His a much shorter amount of time than hers.
The author didn’t give the FMC enough time to justify her feelings and choices. They didn’t give her enough emotional complexity or imperfections ( beyond being teary and cliché oblivious too often).
The story could have been amazing. Spend less time telling us how much she wanted, needed him, and more time showing us why.
Make him earn her devotion with realistic actions, and give her realistic responses.
Dump the cliché, embarrassing, and insulting tropes, where he does something wrong, she’s justifiably furious, but as soon as he holds and kisses her, she instantly forgives him!
No apology, no acts of contrition, no promises of change or explanations for why not.
I became furious and exasperated reading it.
Serious edit!! Better proof reading. I would love it.
As is, I don’t think this author is for me, despite my love for her plots and world building.
I enjoyed the idea greatly, but there were too many tropes, and too many instances of patriarchal mindset within the FMC.
She was strong only in the sense she endured. Anything for the MMC.
It wasn’t believable how quickly she would overcome situations of extreme emotional suffering, simply because he touched her.
How she forgave others their cruelty, because now they ‘forgave and trusted’ her.
She was willing to sacrifice everything for him, in a way that was not strong or romantic.
He failed to truly protect or care for her emotional well being. She suffered for too long, visible for all ( but one kiss, and she would be magically and instantly healed, gag!).
Further, when he was in a similar situation, he didn’t give her the same consideration or devotion, and neither commented on the fact that he was now experiencing what she had gone through. His a much shorter amount of time than hers.
The author didn’t give the FMC enough time to justify her feelings and choices. They didn’t give her enough emotional complexity or imperfections ( beyond being teary and cliché oblivious too often).
The story could have been amazing. Spend less time telling us how much she wanted, needed him, and more time showing us why.
Make him earn her devotion with realistic actions, and give her realistic responses.
Dump the cliché, embarrassing, and insulting tropes, where he does something wrong, she’s justifiably furious, but as soon as he holds and kisses her, she instantly forgives him!
No apology, no acts of contrition, no promises of change or explanations for why not.
I became furious and exasperated reading it.
Serious edit!! Better proof reading. I would love it.
As is, I don’t think this author is for me, despite my love for her plots and world building.
August 6, 2018
N/A romance are one of my guilty pleasures and they are ever so delicious when the author is a good one. While Rosanne Bittner is my fave, Madeline Baker is very, very close behind and went on a Madeline Baker N/A romance spree lately and this is one of them. It's one I hadn't read back in the day so that was a nice discovery.
I enjoyed this book and it had a lot in it. Black Wind makes for a delicious hero. He knows his people time is coming to an end but there isn't anything he can do to stop it.
Susannah is from present time. She is an author but can't come up with her next story. She sees an old picture of a young Native American man and is drawn to it. Eventually she finds herself in the past where she meets the man in the picture and thus begins a love story that transcends the years.
This was the first one I read in my most recent reading spree and I knew I had to keep going with her books
I enjoyed this book and it had a lot in it. Black Wind makes for a delicious hero. He knows his people time is coming to an end but there isn't anything he can do to stop it.
Susannah is from present time. She is an author but can't come up with her next story. She sees an old picture of a young Native American man and is drawn to it. Eventually she finds herself in the past where she meets the man in the picture and thus begins a love story that transcends the years.
This was the first one I read in my most recent reading spree and I knew I had to keep going with her books
July 22, 2024
Rating: 3.3 / 5
A nice enough romance, but the time travel element is more like a thing of "convenience" rather than being too relevant to the story. Now, in terms of time travel historical romances, surprisingly enough I haven't read too many good ones, and this one falls just under the category of "okay".
Basically, the heroine, Susannah, falls into place WAY too easily in history, to the point that the time travel element felt irrelevant.
Also, I'm not sure how, but the story felt rather slow-paced as well, in which by page 200 or so, all of the major problems were already solved, but that still left another near 200 pages left to go, which I knew would be full of superfluous problems--ergo, I couldn't take it much seriously until the last part when she and Black Hawk travelled back to the future, and yet...by that point there likewise just wasn't as much of a point left to the story.
Conclusion: so-so.
A nice enough romance, but the time travel element is more like a thing of "convenience" rather than being too relevant to the story. Now, in terms of time travel historical romances, surprisingly enough I haven't read too many good ones, and this one falls just under the category of "okay".
Basically, the heroine, Susannah, falls into place WAY too easily in history, to the point that the time travel element felt irrelevant.
Also, I'm not sure how, but the story felt rather slow-paced as well, in which by page 200 or so, all of the major problems were already solved, but that still left another near 200 pages left to go, which I knew would be full of superfluous problems--ergo, I couldn't take it much seriously until the last part when she and Black Hawk travelled back to the future, and yet...by that point there likewise just wasn't as much of a point left to the story.
Conclusion: so-so.
March 1, 2014
This was the first romance novel I ever read, and it singlehandedly launched my love of writing, and will always hold a special place in my heart.
August 24, 2019
Caveat, this book was not written for readers like myself. I stopped reading romance novels around the age of 12. They just bore me to tears with their stereotypes and predictability.
But I had recently seen "Stolen Women:Captured Hearts" and wanted some reasonably intelligent escapism in the same genre.
This one came up in my search. The reviews weren't too bad, and it was free....
I liked it at first, but after the fourth or so sex scene the same old, same old started to grate on my nerves.
As did the heroine: Honeychild, you're the newcomer into a tightly woven community. YOU make all the efforts! You learn the language. You do NOT sulk and hide in a lodge all day. You participate as much as you can in their daily life.
I still wanted to know how it would end, so I finished it.
All in all, it wasn't bad. But I have zero desire to read anything else by this author. Or another "native american romance" by any other writer, for that matter.
But I had recently seen "Stolen Women:Captured Hearts" and wanted some reasonably intelligent escapism in the same genre.
This one came up in my search. The reviews weren't too bad, and it was free....
I liked it at first, but after the fourth or so sex scene the same old, same old started to grate on my nerves.
As did the heroine: Honeychild, you're the newcomer into a tightly woven community. YOU make all the efforts! You learn the language. You do NOT sulk and hide in a lodge all day. You participate as much as you can in their daily life.
I still wanted to know how it would end, so I finished it.
All in all, it wasn't bad. But I have zero desire to read anything else by this author. Or another "native american romance" by any other writer, for that matter.
February 27, 2019
I absolutely loved it. This is the first book I've read since 2016 that's made me cry real, emotional tears. It made my heart break a little but put it back together again. I loved the ending. Black Wind got a very fitting ending and so did Susannah. This was a book I purchased on a whim so I could get free shipping and oh dear, I'm so glad I picked this one. I think I found another favorite author. Some of the pop culture references are dated as it was written in the 90s (one year before I was born actually) but you don't need to understand them to read the book. There's only like 2 pop culture references. I just really loved this book you guys, especially the ending. I recommend strongly for everyone who loves to read romance.
April 9, 2018
Feather in the Wind by Madeline Baker
This was an excellent story. It was one so authentic about the Lakota culture and the people. It was full of mystery and suspense, including love between two people of different cultures and time travel was integrated in such a way that it all seemed so realistic. I disliked the way that the arrogant army, in those days, in the 1860's or so, treated the Native American people. But, other than that, I loved the story.
This was an excellent story. It was one so authentic about the Lakota culture and the people. It was full of mystery and suspense, including love between two people of different cultures and time travel was integrated in such a way that it all seemed so realistic. I disliked the way that the arrogant army, in those days, in the 1860's or so, treated the Native American people. But, other than that, I loved the story.
July 6, 2020
Disappointed. I picked this book because I love Native American history, and the concept of time travel. But this was a bit cheesy and not very well written. The main character Susannah does not seem to react like a normal person, which really annoyed me at times, making the story hard to believe (apart from the time travel aspect!). The book diverted me, and I was glad to finally see a happy ending.
February 19, 2018
Feather in the Wind
Another great story by the best writer I know of the Indian history. I just can't get enough of your stories. And into the next one, I have so many now that I will be in for a long time of reading them all as soon as finish one I'm on for the next one. I thank you again and again. Ada G.
Another great story by the best writer I know of the Indian history. I just can't get enough of your stories. And into the next one, I have so many now that I will be in for a long time of reading them all as soon as finish one I'm on for the next one. I thank you again and again. Ada G.
July 8, 2019
Every white woman’s Native dream. The cover image doesn’t do Tate Sapa justice, and there are cultural discrepancies in the story. Still, this is a fantasy and Madeline Baker is a darn good writer! She masterfully transports readers to other times, places, and situations. It’s hard to come down from the high of this rapturous romance.
July 19, 2019
Loved this book
Another wonderful love story and great time travel story as well. It was interesting to read of the difficulties the heroine had adjusting to the past as it would be for anyone from our current time. Glad both the heroine and the hero could work out the time they would live in.
Another wonderful love story and great time travel story as well. It was interesting to read of the difficulties the heroine had adjusting to the past as it would be for anyone from our current time. Glad both the heroine and the hero could work out the time they would live in.
August 31, 2021
Historical Romance and Time Travel.
Susannah was a writer and while at a Powwow she met a man that gave her a feather and it changed her Life. Black Wind was a Lakota Warrior, when Susannah met him, he was held captive at a Military Fort, and not treated well at all. They were destined to meet.
I Love Native American history, Great book with an unexpected ending.
Susannah was a writer and while at a Powwow she met a man that gave her a feather and it changed her Life. Black Wind was a Lakota Warrior, when Susannah met him, he was held captive at a Military Fort, and not treated well at all. They were destined to meet.
I Love Native American history, Great book with an unexpected ending.
September 9, 2021
Really Beautiful Story
I really loved the story and how the lose end got tied up. It was well paced and I enjoyed the beginning all the way to the epilogue. I wouldn't have changed a thing.
I really loved the story and how the lose end got tied up. It was well paced and I enjoyed the beginning all the way to the epilogue. I wouldn't have changed a thing.
July 13, 2017
Very good read. I love Indian romance and especially anything Madeline Baker writes
February 27, 2018
Feather In The Wind
I loved this story. I look forward to reading more of her books. I recommend everyone to read this book. Kattie
I loved this story. I look forward to reading more of her books. I recommend everyone to read this book. Kattie
April 24, 2018
5 Stars Deserved
Another captivating read from one of my favorite authors. I assure you, you won't be disappointed. I sooo loved the time travel element back to the past.
Another captivating read from one of my favorite authors. I assure you, you won't be disappointed. I sooo loved the time travel element back to the past.
May 2, 2019
I loved this book. I love Indian romance novels plus time travel. It had plenty of action etc to keep you reading. Will probably read again as I always do with books I love.
July 29, 2019
This was a good historical romance novel that was very cheesy if that's not your cup of tea you probably wont like it. I however like my books extra cheesy.
July 6, 2020
Beautiful time travel story! Loved every single minute! Read in one sitting!
September 22, 2021
I enjoyed this book.
December 9, 2021
This book was the second romance book I've ever read and it has a major impact of my life. I read it when I was around 13 years old. Beautiful book and I love it.
January 27, 2022
It was an okay book but I thought the stories all look the same like the other time travel books of this writer
July 3, 2023
4,5 Stars
October 15, 2012
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Okay. I know this isn't a new-off-the-shelf book. It's the same age as me. Although i consider myself to be in better condition. Nevertheless, I loved it and I want to review it. I received this book through ReadIt SwapIt, a UK based website that allows you to swap books with other users. Really cool. Check it out :)
Back to the book!
Madeline Baker could have been born in the 1800s. With 1800s Native Americans. This book was full of beautiful descriptions that could only have come from intense research.
Susannah was a brilliant heroine. She wasn't a damsel in distress that cried all the time, she actually got on with her life and tried to make the best of it even though she was transported into a time over 200 years before she was born. Towards the end, Susannah became a bit annoying. She was just flinging everything at Black Wind, all kinds of information and trying to make him stay, it was a little OTT. But Madeline Baker redeemed her character with the 'Dances With Wolves' jokes and puns. Very funny!
Black Wind is exactly the kind of man I'm going to marry. (Please note: I'm fifteen and have never had a boyfriend, nor have I ever had a crush on someone in my league. Meaning that all the men i like are married. So marrying someone like Black Wind, a native american warrior chief from 1800 is totally going to happen.)
He cared for Susannah and was wonderfully protective.
The love(making) scenes were not overly descriptive, but still Adult with a captial A.
Feather in the Wind is just a fantastic romance read. It made me feel good after I finished it. :) So happy that I got this!
Star :P
Okay. I know this isn't a new-off-the-shelf book. It's the same age as me. Although i consider myself to be in better condition. Nevertheless, I loved it and I want to review it. I received this book through ReadIt SwapIt, a UK based website that allows you to swap books with other users. Really cool. Check it out :)
Back to the book!
Madeline Baker could have been born in the 1800s. With 1800s Native Americans. This book was full of beautiful descriptions that could only have come from intense research.
Susannah was a brilliant heroine. She wasn't a damsel in distress that cried all the time, she actually got on with her life and tried to make the best of it even though she was transported into a time over 200 years before she was born. Towards the end, Susannah became a bit annoying. She was just flinging everything at Black Wind, all kinds of information and trying to make him stay, it was a little OTT. But Madeline Baker redeemed her character with the 'Dances With Wolves' jokes and puns. Very funny!
Black Wind is exactly the kind of man I'm going to marry. (Please note: I'm fifteen and have never had a boyfriend, nor have I ever had a crush on someone in my league. Meaning that all the men i like are married. So marrying someone like Black Wind, a native american warrior chief from 1800 is totally going to happen.)
He cared for Susannah and was wonderfully protective.
The love(making) scenes were not overly descriptive, but still Adult with a captial A.
Feather in the Wind is just a fantastic romance read. It made me feel good after I finished it. :) So happy that I got this!
Star :P
December 13, 2014
I read this book years and years ago and I'd forgotten most of it so it was like reading it for the first time.
I love time travelers, Native American stories and Madeline Baker. She has a real gift. I've read several of her books and there hasn't been a dud yet. The story was vividly exciting. I fell in love with Black Wind and could relate to Susannah in a lot of ways but I found toward the end that I was really bumming for Black Wind. I didn't know if he would be as resilient as she was.
I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give anything away.
I think the reason I like Madeline Baker so much is because she writes about stuff that I know. She writes about the Black Hills and South Dakota and Pine Ridge, Bear Butte, Devil's Tower which is actually in Wyoming... I lived in South Dakota for most of my life until my own prince whisked me away to Kansas. I know the places she writes about in her books. I've been to them. She writes with such accuracy that I sometimes think she lives there, too. (Maybe she does?) She's got a great grip on the Lakota language which is very difficult to learn and speak and she's great with the translations being very close to the same sentenece so you don't have to try to figure out what was just said.
I loved this book when I first read it all those years ago and I loved it today.
Oh and one last thing. I know lots of people who read these romances for the steamy sex. That doesn't happen in this book. Yeah there are love scenes and plenty of them but they're done with class and finesse. You never forget that the Black Wind and Susannah are really in love. I like that in a romance.
I love time travelers, Native American stories and Madeline Baker. She has a real gift. I've read several of her books and there hasn't been a dud yet. The story was vividly exciting. I fell in love with Black Wind and could relate to Susannah in a lot of ways but I found toward the end that I was really bumming for Black Wind. I didn't know if he would be as resilient as she was.
I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give anything away.
I think the reason I like Madeline Baker so much is because she writes about stuff that I know. She writes about the Black Hills and South Dakota and Pine Ridge, Bear Butte, Devil's Tower which is actually in Wyoming... I lived in South Dakota for most of my life until my own prince whisked me away to Kansas. I know the places she writes about in her books. I've been to them. She writes with such accuracy that I sometimes think she lives there, too. (Maybe she does?) She's got a great grip on the Lakota language which is very difficult to learn and speak and she's great with the translations being very close to the same sentenece so you don't have to try to figure out what was just said.
I loved this book when I first read it all those years ago and I loved it today.
Oh and one last thing. I know lots of people who read these romances for the steamy sex. That doesn't happen in this book. Yeah there are love scenes and plenty of them but they're done with class and finesse. You never forget that the Black Wind and Susannah are really in love. I like that in a romance.
December 12, 2014
This one of Madeline Baker's Time Travel novels, featuring a Native American hero, which I absolutely love! A cool twist in that the heroine who travels back in time is actually a romance novelist, but the story is well-told, taken in the time when the Native American way of life was drawing to it's sad end...I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to anyone who likes Historical Romance, Time Travel, or Native American stories. It's another keeper for me.
August 11, 2016
I liked the book. It brought the present, the past and the future together in an interesting and creative way. It tried to address the wrongs of the past by the "whites" to the "Indians", the attempts of the present to correct the past and the possibilities of the future. The writer has creatively educated the reader about history and culture and still delivered a good historical romance novel. it flowed well and delivered a feel good ending with a twist.
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