I harbor a secret crush on Adam Beach of SMOKE SIGNALS fame. And sheâ€™ll do whatever it takes to survive and find her way back to the people she loves.Ĭlick here to read the first Chapter Excerpt for CAPTIVE SPIRITĭo you think there are enough Native American characters in books and films? Too much, not enough? Do you have a fav Native American actor? P.S.

Now Aiyanaâ€™s on a quest to return to the very place she once dreamed of escaping. When Aiyanaâ€™s father arranges her marriage to a man she hardly knows, she takes the advice of a tribal elder: Run! In fleeing, she falls into the hands of Spanish raiders and finds herself being taken over the mountains against her will. Only Honovi knows and shares her forbidden wish, though Aiyana doesnâ€™t realize her friend has a secret wish of his ownâ€¦

Instead of marriage, she daydreams of traveling beyond the mountains that surround her small village. Instead of keeping house, she longs to compete on the Ball Court with her best friend Honovi and the other boys. Iâ€™d love to know what you think.Īiyana isnâ€™t like the other girls of the White Ant Clan. Iâ€™m very pleased to be able to share a first chapter excerpt and a cool book trailer on Caridadâ€™s blog today. Itâ€™s very much a modern-day love story set in the Sonoran Desert at the dawn of the sixteenth century among people known as the Hohokam Indians. These are also the type of books that I love to write.ĬAPTIVE SPIRIT is my historical romance debut from Carina Press.

I adore books with Native American characters, legends, epic themes, rugged settings and, of course, a love story. Definitely add me to the ranks of Team Jacob! And unless youâ€™ve been hiding underneath a rock, youâ€™ve probably heard of the very talented and supremely hawt, Taylor Lautner (aka Jacob Black), who claims some Native American ancestry (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi) through his mother. I believe that we can thank Stephenie Meyer and the jaw-droppingly successful TWLIGHT SAGA franchise for the growing popularity of Native Americans in mainstream books and film. I’m on a jet plane on my way to Orlando for the RWA National Conference, so I have one of my friends and fellow Carina Press authors dropping by to help me out on this Wicked Wednesday! Give a big hand to Liz Fichera who is here to chat with us about her new release, CAPTIVE SPIRIT.

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