Wolf Shadow (Signet Historical Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Madeline Baker (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet Historical Romance | Publication Date: July 1, 2003

Kidnapped by Indians ten years ago at the age of seven, Teressa Bryant has no memory of her parents or her life in San Francisco. Known as Winter Rain by the Lakota, she is on the verge of marrying a Lakota warrior when a handsome stranger rides into the village.

Half-breed Chance McCloud, known as Wolf Shadow among the Lakota, has been hired by Teressa's parents to rescue their daughter from the Indians. The attraction between Chance and Teressa can't be denied and soon he's torn between his need for the reward offered by Teressa's parents, and his need for Teressa.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Baker's thirty-seventh book will delight her legions of readers. After the stage she is riding in with her wealthy parents is attacked by Lakota warriors, seven-year-old Teressa Bryant is adopted by a Lakota couple and becomes Winter Rain, eventually forgetting her white family. Ten years later, Chance McCloud, the son of a white rancher and a Lakota mother, is desperately in need of money to keep his late father's ranch from foreclosure, so he accepts the Bryants' generous pay to recover their daughter. Chance, also known as Wolf Shadow, has always refused to fall in love because of his need to avenge his mother's murder, but when he meets Winter Rain, he remembers his mother's wishes for him to be happy. The two brave a torturous trail to be together, surviving capture by the Crow after a deadly attack, imprisonment, and Teressa's return to San Francisco society. Baker's depiction of Native Americans is respectful, and her Old West setting rings true. Diana Tixier Herald
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"Baker is justly renowned for her portrayals of American Indians."
-- Publishers Weekly (Publisher's Weekly ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Signet (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451209168
• ISBN-13: 978-0451209160
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,610,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine Indian romance, July 2, 2003

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This review is from: Wolf Shadow (Signet Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

In Buffalo Springs, Chance McCloud is playing cards when Edward Bryant approaches him with an offer of $500 for twenty minutes of his time. Edward asks Chance to find his daughter stolen by the Sioux a decade ago. Chance tells the man that he is wasting his money, as his daughter is Indian. Edward's wife Rosalia appears pleading for Chance's help even as her husband increases the pot to $15,000. After seeing Rosalia, Chance is confident he knows where to find Teresa.

Chance visits the tribe that raised him as a half-breed to inform Blue Rain that her birth name is Teresa and her biological parents want her to come home. Blue Rain expects to wed a tribesman though she is attracted to Chance known among the tribe as Wolf Shadow, but tells him she is happy with her life. However, a Crow raid kills her future spouse and her Indian parents. She still does not want to leave so Chance takes her white parents to the tribe to see her even as he finds himself falling in love with her.

Known for her Indian romances, award winning Madeline Baker provides her readers with an exciting and insightful tale. The lead protagonists are a charming pair and the support cast adds depth to the novel. Though difficult choices are resolved rather easily through the death of the key players, fans will appreciate this warm Indian romance.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Missing Book description, May 20, 2005

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Psboston7 "~ And so it Goes ~" (Upland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wolf Shadow (Hardcover)

Kidnapped by Sioux Indians as a child, Teressa Bryant was raised a beloved member of their tribe. Ten years have erased the memory of her capture-and her birth parents. Now called Blue Rain, she is on the verge of accepting the marriage proposal of a warrior-until a handsome stranger appears, searching for the girl with the deep blue eyes...

Half-Sioux and half-white, Chance McCloud is known to his mother's people as Wolf Shadow. Hired by Blue Rain's birth parents to bring her home, Chance soon finds himself torn between his obligation and the enchanting woman who has roused his untamed longing...

It doesn't take long for searing passion to throw Blue Rain's history-and future-into question. But if she agrees to return to the life she once knew, can she leave behind the man who has claimed her, body and soul?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Too Simplistic Too Be Real, January 28, 2009

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This review is from: Wolf Shadow (Signet Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm alwyays looking for historical Native American romances to read because I tend to favor them and there are few out there that do them justice. I chose this book because I basically the premise. The idea of a white girl getting captured at a young age by Indians and growing up among them was very interesting. What I found hard to believe as I continued reading was how easy Wolf Shadow found her. It was just too much of a coincedence that she happened to be living in the village where he grew up. When they were both captured by the Crow, she didn't seem too distraught when she thought her family was killed and for that matter neither did he about his. There just wasn't any depth to this book. She just put pieces together that seemed to flow into one another but they didn't have too much feeling to them. If you're looking for a good Native American historical read Comanche Moon by Catherine Anderson.