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Native American Warrior #3
Red Bird's Song
Taken captive by a Shawnee war party wasn't how Charity Edmonson hoped to escape an unwanted marriage. Nor did Shawnee warrior Wicomechee expect to find the treasure promised by his grandfather's vision in the unpredictable red-headed girl. George III's English Red-Coats, unprincipled colonial militia, prejudice and jealousy are not the only enemies Charity and Wicomechee will face before they can hope for a peaceful life. The greatest obstacle to happiness is in their own hearts. As they struggle through bleak mountains and cold weather, facing wild nature and wilder men, Wicomechee and Charity must learn to trust each other.
334 pages, Paperback
First published August 12, 2010
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About the author
Beth Trissel
31 books443 followersMarried to my high school sweetheart, I live on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with my human family and furbabies. An avid gardener, I grow herbs and heirloom flowers and use them in my stories. The rich history of Virginia, the Native Americans (especially the Shawnee), and the Scots-Irish are at the heart of my inspiration. My English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish ancestors were among the earliest settlers in America. I write historical romance set in the colonial frontier, the American Revolution, Georgian England, and 20th century America. I like a good ghost story, so some of my historical romances have paranormal and ghosts in them. In addition to historical romance and Native American/Western romance, I write time travel romance (some are Scottish time travels), Young Adult wolf shapeshifter paranormal sci-fi fantasy romance, New Adult fantasy paranormal time slip romance back and forth to the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War 1… I also have nonfiction about gardening, herbs, and country life.
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June 5, 2011
I liked it. This was actually more of a 3.5 star read for me, but I rounded it up because the characters are so wonderful and engaging, and the romance between the characters was very sweet. The writing was excellent, and I could tell that the author did a great deal of research into the time period, and into the Shawnee history and traditions. It was an interesting story. I think anybody who enjoyed Catherine Anderson's "Comanche Moon" will really enjoy this book.
It is long, but the story moved along enough that I never felt bored.
It does not have as much steam as I normally like,
For the most part it was a great read.
It is long, but the story moved along enough that I never felt bored.
It does not have as much steam as I normally like,
For the most part it was a great read.
March 12, 2017
I've been getting into Native American fiction lately and got this book based on the good reviews. While I enjoyed the story, the main character, Charity, really started to get on my nerves as it progressed. She spends the majority of the novel either back talking, running away from and/or tripping over something, and yet almost every guy lusts after her. It became repetitive to the point of being annoying and almost comical. Still, this was a quick read with an interesting plot that kept my attention, and I enjoyed the author's endnote describing her connection to and inspiration for the story.
September 28, 2017
Red Bird's Song
This story deserved five stars. It was exceptionally good. It portrayed the Native American culture in a true way. Also, so very typical of those times, the hostility and prejudices were rampant. The characters in the story were cast extremely well and the plot was so that the book was very hard to put aside. I had to keep reading to find out what would happen next. I really loved reading Red Bird''s song from an excellent author. I will definitely read more of this author's books.
This story deserved five stars. It was exceptionally good. It portrayed the Native American culture in a true way. Also, so very typical of those times, the hostility and prejudices were rampant. The characters in the story were cast extremely well and the plot was so that the book was very hard to put aside. I had to keep reading to find out what would happen next. I really loved reading Red Bird''s song from an excellent author. I will definitely read more of this author's books.
September 6, 2017
Difficult. Real rating 2.5 stars.
I powered through this purely due to Meechee's likability. Charity upset me so many times. I was similarly displeased with the ending, or rather, the incredibly high improbability of it. Likewise am I vexed that about 90% of my list of (colonial) romance book sins appear in this book. Is a woman not appealing if she is not naive? Is naivete so endearing? Are non white men only attractive if they are half white? Are half white men always considered the best/most handsome hunters and warriors? This book carries the same problems as Dances With Wolves, The Last Samurai, and many many more. It is not as if this has never been noted and yet the very same package of problems remains popular with authors. There's no excuse. The saddest thing is that this was one of the better ones -- I DNF'd 5 nam/ww books before this one. I'm just incredibly disappointed.
I powered through this purely due to Meechee's likability. Charity upset me so many times. I was similarly displeased with the ending, or rather, the incredibly high improbability of it. Likewise am I vexed that about 90% of my list of (colonial) romance book sins appear in this book. Is a woman not appealing if she is not naive? Is naivete so endearing? Are non white men only attractive if they are half white? Are half white men always considered the best/most handsome hunters and warriors? This book carries the same problems as Dances With Wolves, The Last Samurai, and many many more. It is not as if this has never been noted and yet the very same package of problems remains popular with authors. There's no excuse. The saddest thing is that this was one of the better ones -- I DNF'd 5 nam/ww books before this one. I'm just incredibly disappointed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 14, 2018
5 stars
5stars for this book even though it was good not a reread,I enjoy reading about the life of the Indian as hard as it is they are great survival.Charity and meene story was just that a love story even through ups and downs they still find hope.
5stars for this book even though it was good not a reread,I enjoy reading about the life of the Indian as hard as it is they are great survival.Charity and meene story was just that a love story even through ups and downs they still find hope.
March 12, 2017
Awesome!!!
What a great story full of amazing characters and I can almost see the scenery by the incredible writings. Can't wait to read more
What a great story full of amazing characters and I can almost see the scenery by the incredible writings. Can't wait to read more
May 15, 2017
Tedious
Very repetitive. I thought this would be interesting but after a few chapters the author kept repeating the same thing over and over. I found charity extremely annoying
Very repetitive. I thought this would be interesting but after a few chapters the author kept repeating the same thing over and over. I found charity extremely annoying
January 2, 2024
A really strong first chapter reeled me in and I lost myself happily in the author’s lyrical descriptions of the scenery. I could also forgive the fact that the story suffers from adjective-overload…
BUT, Odin almighty, is the heroine stupid!
I’m currently listening to the audiobook and the narrator actually does a really good job, but that only goes so far.
I want to drop empty headed Charity Edmonson in a real captivity-situation on the frontier in 1763 and just watch how many seconds she would survive behaving like she does in the book.
Not that I would expect gritty realism from a romance novel… just that things are somewhat believable.
BUT, Odin almighty, is the heroine stupid!
I’m currently listening to the audiobook and the narrator actually does a really good job, but that only goes so far.
I want to drop empty headed Charity Edmonson in a real captivity-situation on the frontier in 1763 and just watch how many seconds she would survive behaving like she does in the book.
Not that I would expect gritty realism from a romance novel… just that things are somewhat believable.
June 7, 2017
True love
Mechee and Charity met during a raid and were bound together from then on out. The pure love and adoration Wicomechee felt for her was so strong it kept from the pages into my heart, making my heart surge with emotion. I felt so connected to this couple that I hated for the story to end. Michele proved his undying love over and over again to his fiery red head.
Mechee and Charity met during a raid and were bound together from then on out. The pure love and adoration Wicomechee felt for her was so strong it kept from the pages into my heart, making my heart surge with emotion. I felt so connected to this couple that I hated for the story to end. Michele proved his undying love over and over again to his fiery red head.
February 23, 2017
Typical romance.
Quick read, no surprises, pg rated.
Good for a sleepy time story.
If you are really needing a book to read, this is better then nothing.
Quick read, no surprises, pg rated.
Good for a sleepy time story.
If you are really needing a book to read, this is better then nothing.
February 10, 2018
Native American romance
Very good read. Nice look at history of the Shawnee. Hard to put down, and easy to follow. Excellent romance.
Very good read. Nice look at history of the Shawnee. Hard to put down, and easy to follow. Excellent romance.
March 6, 2017
OK novel about the interaction of English settlers in the Virginia Shenandoah valley and the Shawnee who were displaced to the west. Learned about both settlers and Shawnee having feet in both cultures and going back and forth to survive.
March 3, 2017
Very good read!
The cover drew me in, the story kept me. I love the two main characters and their adventures. I would recommend this book to others, and have!
The cover drew me in, the story kept me. I love the two main characters and their adventures. I would recommend this book to others, and have!
October 13, 2011
Charity Edmonson is furious that her mother is insisting she marry someone she considers dull and boring. She would marry for love, but in Revolutionary America such is rarely the custom. However, this beautiful woman's life is about to dramatically change when a Shawnee war party attacks Charity's village, murdering her father and brother. Charity doesn't have much time to mourn her losses, as a Shawnee native named Wicomechee, or Meechee as she comes to call him, falls in love with Charity's beauty and spunky nature immediately.
Another native, Chaka, would have Charity for a wife, but his methods are cruel because he believes he can possess her by force and brutality. He is in for some very strong rebuffs in some very undignified scenes that increases the reader's empathy and support for Charity and Meechee's future together. Charity is not an easy catch however, and her humor and rebellious nature are amusing and anxiety-producing depending on the scene. She's one very modern woman!
But the romance is slow to spark, although the physical attraction between the two is immediate, for Charity observes over time the merciless nature of these warriors whose anger is fueled by the death and injustice they have repeatedly endured at the hands of the white men. So scalping and brutal attacks are a reality that strikes Charity as bestial and beyond the pale. For now, Charity is helping her friend, Emily, who was also kidnapped and is pregnant. Even that part of the plot is complex, when Emily meets a former lover, Colin, who escaped from a perilous situation to become a Shawnee warrior.
The story escalates when George III's red coats catch up with the natives, and all are forced to face their prejudice and hatred. Beth Trissel knows how to craft a simple but engaging story that produces mixed emotions and thoughts in the reader, with a surprising ending that the reader never suspects is coming. Very nicely done, Beth Trissel!
Another native, Chaka, would have Charity for a wife, but his methods are cruel because he believes he can possess her by force and brutality. He is in for some very strong rebuffs in some very undignified scenes that increases the reader's empathy and support for Charity and Meechee's future together. Charity is not an easy catch however, and her humor and rebellious nature are amusing and anxiety-producing depending on the scene. She's one very modern woman!
But the romance is slow to spark, although the physical attraction between the two is immediate, for Charity observes over time the merciless nature of these warriors whose anger is fueled by the death and injustice they have repeatedly endured at the hands of the white men. So scalping and brutal attacks are a reality that strikes Charity as bestial and beyond the pale. For now, Charity is helping her friend, Emily, who was also kidnapped and is pregnant. Even that part of the plot is complex, when Emily meets a former lover, Colin, who escaped from a perilous situation to become a Shawnee warrior.
The story escalates when George III's red coats catch up with the natives, and all are forced to face their prejudice and hatred. Beth Trissel knows how to craft a simple but engaging story that produces mixed emotions and thoughts in the reader, with a surprising ending that the reader never suspects is coming. Very nicely done, Beth Trissel!
August 14, 2011
Charity Edmondson flees the prospect of an unwanted marriage to a childhood friend only to become the captive of a Shawnee warrior. Once her life becomes entwined with that of the handsome and passionate Wicomechee, her destiny becomes one with the proud Shawnee. Her family and friends have suffered great losses at the hands of the Shawnee warrior tribe, and Charity has a great fear of her Indian captor and his clan. However, his patience, honor, and surprising gentleness soon show Charity that there is more than one side to the conflicts between the Shawnee and the settlers and their army. Wicomechee claims Charity for his wife, and she soon carries his child. They face many perils on the journey to the lodge of Wicomechee's grandfather, and their enemies are numerous and varied in their harmful intent. The man Charity once feared becomes the man whom she cannot live without, and the two of them forge an undeniable love and unbreakable bond. When the truth of Wicomechee's true heritage is revealed, many lives are changed and the future becomes uncertain. Will the bravest of warriors leave the life he has always known to protect the woman he loves more than his own life? With "Red Bird's Song", Beth Trissel has painted an unforgettable portrait of a daring and defiant love brought to life in the wild and vivid era of Colonial America. Highly recommended for lovers of American history and romance lovers alike!
September 11, 2010
Charity Edmondson is a young, beauty with long redhair. Wicomechee is a handsome Shawnee warrior. Wicomechee finds Charity at the river near her homestead and he realizes she is the "treasure" his grandfather, Eye of the Wolf , told him he would find there. He takes her with him, as her family has either been killed or has run off,...but not until a very merry chase has ensued.Charity's cousin Emma also is taken along but she is most willing due to the arrival of her lost love Colin, long thought dead.Charity's Shawnee name is Red Bird, hence the name of the story. The love story is filled with danger and battles to which Charity has never seen. Charity was very sheltered in her life, so much comes as a great surprise to her. This is another truly wonderful book by Beth Trissel. I highly recommend this to everyone!
October 10, 2011
Score 1000 for Beth Trissel! This is undoubtedly the best novel she’s yet written! No wonder it’s an award winner. Told from the Native American point of view, it’s more than reminiscent of Last of the Mohicans, from the descriptive language to the storyline itself. Just as most of the white men in the story aren’t truly bad, there are no “bad Indians” either; most are ambivalent in their emotions and intentions according to the situations in which they find themselves. The truly wicked ones, in it only for themselves, find justice quick enough. This is a lovely story, a romance rich in authentic history, taken from the author’s own research and background, and it shows. Once before, I asked Beth for a sequel to a story; this time, I’m demanding it. Give us the rest of Red Bird and Mechee, Beth…there’s a lot more to their story and you’ve got it in you to tell it!
October 28, 2013
I have always been fascinated by these types of stories...I don't know why. Its sort of like having a prince come and swept you off your feet, but the prince is really your enemy and someone you should fear. This one in the line of such books as Into the Wilderness and others is good. I did find the main character of Charity somewhat annoying at the beginning, but I guess she grew on me. However I kind of want a continuation of this one, like what is it like for Wicomechee back on his father's land, and do they ever return to Shawnee territory.
December 6, 2013
4.5 Stars!
I am really into historical romance right now and this book was right up my alley. I loved the budding relationship between Mechee and Charity. For two people so opposite they really complemented each other. The history in the story pulls you in from the beginning and keeps you turning the pages. This story had action, humor and most of all romance. I would really recommend this book if your looking for all of the above. I was hoping there was a book two to this story because I feel the story is not finished and I would love to hear what happens to these characters. Including Colin and Emma. He was definitely one for my favorites! So please Beth write a book two!
I am really into historical romance right now and this book was right up my alley. I loved the budding relationship between Mechee and Charity. For two people so opposite they really complemented each other. The history in the story pulls you in from the beginning and keeps you turning the pages. This story had action, humor and most of all romance. I would really recommend this book if your looking for all of the above. I was hoping there was a book two to this story because I feel the story is not finished and I would love to hear what happens to these characters. Including Colin and Emma. He was definitely one for my favorites! So please Beth write a book two!
November 6, 2013
This Beth Tressel book is a good one.
I love her writing and will read more of them.
I love indian stories since my great great grandmother was Annie Ash an indian full blooded. just cannot find out what tribe she was with.
My indian heritage keeps me reading any Indian books I can find.
I loved this book and am giving it 5 stars.
I love her writing and will read more of them.
I love indian stories since my great great grandmother was Annie Ash an indian full blooded. just cannot find out what tribe she was with.
My indian heritage keeps me reading any Indian books I can find.
I loved this book and am giving it 5 stars.
August 10, 2016
One of my favorite Trissel books. It is hard to find NA romance that is well done. These sort of books are often ruined by stereotypes and just unbelievable dialogue, but Trissel has a way of telling the story without making me roll my eyes. This one had some humorous banter between the H/H and the hero was one I could respect. I enjoyed this one.
May 30, 2011
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the way Beth's characters interacted. I got a great sense of how they lived and felt like I was actually there. I also liked after the story Beth told history of her family which was very interesting. I look forward to more books from this author.
May 19, 2012
Beth Trissel is one of my favorite writers and she did a fantastic job with this story! Couldn't put it down!
October 20, 2013
DNF and refund
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