To Tame a Wild Horse — New Novella — Plus Giveaway

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Howdy!  Welcome to another terrific Tuesday!  Hope y’all are doing well!

Have just released a new Young Adult, Novella #2 in the Untamed Frontier Series.  The title of the book is To Tame a Wild Horse.  It’s written under one of my pen names, Genny Cothern.

First let me tell you a little about the series and then the story of book #2.  The series is about two teenagers from completely different cultures, Good Eagle and Miss Starling.  When they first meet, he is eighteen and she is sixteen and they spark off of one another from the start.  But gradually, they become friends, though it’s a long, hard road.

 

Book #2 takes place about a year later and together they herd the horses for the Fort (where Starling’s uncle is the Factor), they hunt for the fort and they roam the prairies when they can.  They’ve become good friends.  And so, with this in mind, this is the back blurb for the book:

 

TO TAME A WILD HORSE

Montana, 1848

 

Can Friends Ever Fall In Love?

I have only been at Fort Lewis for a year, but my friendship with Good Eagle has blossomed and has brought me a kind of happiness like nothing I have ever known.  Daily I ride over the prairies and mountains with Good Eagle, and, I’ve now learned to herd horses, to hunt wild game and to aim at a target and bring it down.  But, when a grizzly threatens both Good Eagle and me, and, when Good Eagle commands me to hide from it while he faces the grizzly alone, I refuse.  Desert my best friend?  Never.

But, after we rescue some stolen horses, I begin to believe my friendship with Good Eagle might have been love from the very start.

This is not good.  Not only has Good Eagle given my Uncle Jed a promise to treat me like an almost-sister, we share nothing in common except our friendship.  Nothing.  And, when I slyly bring up the subject of love, Good Eagle reminds me of his vow to my uncle.

And yet, when we track and bring down the wild, black stallion we are seeking, Good Eagle gives me an unexpected gift.

Is falling in love really impossible, or are we merely too young to know our own hearts?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F89HQKVZ?tag=pettpist-20

This fictional story is inspired by the true adventures of Thomas Fox and Pitamakan, as written by James Willard Schultz from Thomas Fox’s handwritten legacy — and from Thomas relating the adventures of he and Pitamakan, while sitting around an evening’s cozy fire.

Pitamakan went on to become a great chief, but a quick search doesn’t pull up many results about him because Pitamakan means Running Eagle in Blackfeet and there was another Running Eagle, a girl warrior, and most accounts I’ve been able to find about Pitamakan are about the girl warrior, who, by the way had many adventures, as well, as told by her lifetime friend, Ap’ah, who was born on the same day as she.

 

Must admit I love telling these stories about friendship and honor, and about two people from completely opposing cultures who somehow manage to become friends.  And, I love learning about a history I had no knowledge of prior to doing this research.

Now, I’ll be giving away this new story to four (4) bloggers today.  So come on in and leave a comment.  And, May your week be filled with happiness and love!

 

 

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KAREN KAY aka GEN BAILEY is the multi-published author of American Indian Historical Romances. She has written for such prestigious publishers as AVON/HarperCollins, Berkley/Penguin/Putnam and Samhain Publishing. KAREN KAY’S great grandmother was Choctaw Indian and Kay is honored to be able to write about the American Indian Culture.
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23 thoughts on “To Tame a Wild Horse — New Novella — Plus Giveaway”

  2. I hope I get to read this one As you know Doug an I were neighbors/friends for many years. It took a tragedy to put me back in his arms and now 22 yrs later we are still together and he’s my best friend. I have a few girl friends but all of my close one’s have sadly passed away as you know.

    • Hi Pam!

      Gosh, thank you so much for remindingn me of this. Yes, these two are best friends and he’s determined to keep it that way. : ) She, however, as most girls can be, knows what’s what. : )

  4. This book sounds really good. My boyfriend and I were friends for 2 years before we started dating. We’ve been a couple for almost 6 years.

  5. I enjoyed the first book and I would like to enter the giveaway even if it is a day late. I honestly love the history behind the novella series. The actual history is super fascinating and the fact that there two people with the same name can be confusing. I loved the first book which really gave an insight into the real life time period the story is set in. Not to mention, the unexpected friendship that happened between two people from completely different worlds that at first would probably gone a different route but I believe that the real Thomas and Pitamakan understood that not all people are inherently bigoted. It is understandable to be weary of another, as long you managed to tread with respect, kindness and the willingness to learn about one another’s culture, customs, etc. along with with an open mind, you can really understand much much more than one possibly realizes. *I love the black and white picture of the actual individuals that inspired the series and also the movie still is innocent and so intriguing. I turned 28 this past (May 9) Friday. Time flies.*

    • Hi Ashley!

      Wow! 28. Seems a while ago for me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Even if it’s a little late. The real stories of Thomas and Pitamakan are riviting and I bet you’d really enjoy them. The first is a story called An Indian Winter or With the Indians in the Mountains by James Willard Schultz. I’ve read it now about 4 times. It’s one of those true stories that will have one on the edge of one’s seat. It’s available at amazon. Oh, my goodness! Happy Reading!

  6. Are you enjoying writing the YA series? Great inspiration from your research. It sounds wonderful. I still haven’t had a chance to read the first one on my tbr.

  7. Hi Denise!

    I am really enjoying writing these Young Adult stories. They are based on the Thomas Fox and Pitamakan books — there’s about 5-6 of them. But there are other books, too, like the story of Apuk and his twin sister and their adventures, and Chief Black Elk’s story of river cave that he experienced with his almost-sister. Hope you’ll like them when you get the chance to have a look at them. : )

  8. Hi Karen, I really love the sound of your book and I love your book cover , it sounds and looks very intriguing! I hope nothing but the Best for them. Like the saying goes, we cannot choose who our children or our family fall in love with, we just hope that they are a happy couple. Have a great day and a great rest of the week.

    • Hi Alicia!

      Thank you, Alicia, for your compliments and for coming here and leaving your joyful comment. Warms my heart. And, you’re right — we can hope they will be a happy couple.

  9. I love reading your blogs and newsletters full of Native American history! I enjoy learning new things. Thank you for sharing it all with us! Happy Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Hi Carrie!

      Thank you so much. Must admit, I really love this history. In many ways, it’s history not well known and it’s a part of our American heritage and so when I write about these things, even though it’s fiction, much of what I write comes from being inspired by the stories the people who lived them tell — truly at the time, around a cozy fire. Thank you for your delightful commetn.

  12. It is interesting that there would be two people of prominence with the same name in the same time period. It would be interesting to find out more about female warriors. I found a good article on the female war chief Running Eagle. (https://www.shakaguide.com/article/planyourtrip/legend-of-running-eagle-glacier) and a few on other women warriors. There is so much information on the female war chief Running Eagle. She was an interesting woman, even if you consider some of it a bit exaggerated. The only information on Thomas Fox and his exploits with Running Eagle referred me to books to purchase. It makes one wonder how much of his story was true or the stuff of dime novels. Thanks for the post and sending me down a research hole.

    • Hi Patricia,
      Actually, the two Running Eagle’s weren’t contemporaries. She lived in the early 1800’s — around 1810 or mabye 1820’s — sometimes around then. Pitamakan, the young warrior chief, lived in the 1840’s to the late 1800’s or early 1900. Pitamakan was a real person, as was Thomas Fox. Thomas left a written record and gave it to Schultz, asking Schultz to write the stories of his, and Pitamakan’s adventures. Now, in the book written by the female Pitamakan’s best best friend, the honest exploits of her life are well documented, the story told by Ap’ah as a very old man. No, Pitamakan, of the Thomas Fox/Pitamakan stories was a real person — one has to go outside of google — I found this on Brave’s information site — to find infomration on him, and what I found was simply he was a great chief. One other thing and it’s important: to the Indian’s of this time period, to tell a lie in a story was an offence against the Creator. Nope, they did not exaggerate or tell lies. To do so was an offense so great, it just wasn’t done except perhaps by one inclined to be criminal. The male Pitamakan became a chief at a young age and was loved for his wisdom as well as his attention to those who were less fortunate than he. Nope, they were real people. It’s a matter of record that his uncle Wesley Fox lived at this time and was a Factor at what came to be Fort Benton. Thanks for your thoughts.

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