Feather in the Wind (Leisure Historical Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Madeline Baker (Author)

Book Description

Series: Leisure Historical Romance | Publication Date: November 2004

Praying for the strength to guide his people, Native American leader Black Wind sees the image of a strange white woman, twentieth-century writer Susannah, who is transported back in time to help his cause. Original.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 395 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843941979
• ISBN-13: 978-0843941975
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #58 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Time Travel

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic, mysterious, chilling, sensual, tragic, triumphant, November 17, 2003

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This review is from: Feather in the Wind (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is all of those things and more.

Madeline Baker succeeds in making your own romantic fantacies come to life in this book. Her leading lady, Susannah, is such a real woman of the late 90's that you can almost pretend the story is about you. She has the same habits, likes and dislikes, hobbies, and tastes as you or any of your friends. She loves to read romance novels and dreams of meeting a "Mr. Right" like those in the stories. (Sound familiar?)

Susannah attends a powwow in Orange county, CA. There, she meets an old indian who gives her an eagle prayer feather. He insists that she take it without paying for it, saying that it is meant to be hers, and that if she prays with it her dreams will come true.

Susannah wakes up in an army camp in South Dakota, in the year 1870. There, she sees him for the first time. Tata Sapa (Black Wind) is a prisoner serving 3 years hard labor for stealing a cow to feed his people. He recognizes Susannah right away as the woman he had seen in a vision 6 years earlier. Susannah recognizes him as the indian who was in an old photograph she had purchased back in her own time period. Each night she sneaks to his cell, where they gaze at one another in amazement. Sparks fly and she helps him escape. This is only the beginning of the story. Now, the real adventure begins.

Susannah and Black Wind travel around South Dakota. They make friends with an elderly white couple, rejoin Black Wind's Lakota tribe for a short time (Susannah isn't welcomed with open arms), marry in their own private ceremony, live privately near a waterfall, attempt to make peace between the Lakota and the "blue coats", and face imprisonment by the army together.
Will they escape prison and hanging? You'll have to read the book to find out.

These are just a few highlights of this amazing story. There is so much more. The book is 395 pages, and never once gets boring.

The love scenes are very tame, but so romantic. Susannah, being a woman of the 90's, is not a doe- eyed virgin. She teaches Black Wind how to kiss like white people do. Black Wind is an eager student.

The book involves many likable characters who make you smile, and plenty of "bad guys" to keep the story exciting.
Great read. You won't want to put it down. You won't want it to end.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pick this book up and I dare you to put it down!, May 10, 1997

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This review is from: Feather in the Wind (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Prepare to be drawn into a forbidden yet passionate romance
that transcends imagination, time and ethnic boundaries.

The destiny of both the lovely, white skinned Susanah
(a 90's author with the "heart of a warrior") and the regal
Black Wind (a magnificent Lakota warrior from 100 years in Susanna's past) become entwined in the mists of an old man's vision, a powerful prayer feather and a timeless love that reaches across 100 years of legend and dreams to help one of the last
great warriors keep a promise to his people. <BR

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Older Western, August 26, 2009

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This review is from: Feather in the Wind (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is classic Madeline Baker. Easily read, sweet moments, though no real "fire" between the couple's and a predictable plot. Overall it's a just a "nice" read.