Welcome to another sensational Tuesday!
What am I giving away this month? I’ll be doing a drawing for the mass market paperback (this is the original edition of this book) of RED HAWK’S WOMAN.
This is book #3 in THE LOST CLAN series. Though all the books are related, they are all different stories and are all a stand alone book. Originally published by Berkley in the early 2000’s, it is a solid historical book with a strong mystery connected to it, as well as a paranormal element.
But, please allow me to give you a synopsis of the book
RED HAWK’S WOMAN
Their passion is thunder and lightning. Their fate could be a flood of sorrow.
THE LOST CLAN, BOOK 3
Red Hawk’s most precious childhood memory is of a single morning with a girl whose beauty seemed lit from within with magic. Now, years later, she could very well hold the key to a centuries-old curse – but when his visions lead him to her again, no recognition lights her eyes.
At age twenty-five, Effie Rutledge has missed her chance for marriage, but the daughter of a renowned archaeologist would rather get her hands dirty on a dig than cleaning up after some man.
She is determined to finish her father’s quest to recover four precious artifacts that could free a lost clan from a half life in the mists, but with her expedition reported as jinxed, there are no guides to be had. Except one tall, enigmatic native who draws her as naturally as water flows to the sea.
Even when memories reconnect, they struggle to trust each other. Worse, their once-in-a-lifetime passion risks the Thunder god’s wrath – and the future of the entire Lost Clan.
Warning: Within the pages of this book is an all-consuming passion, so deep, so sensuous, it might cause you to want to spend the night in a loved one’s arms.
To enter into the drawing for this book, just leave a comment.
And then, on another note, I thought I’d let you know that my latest effort, entitled, SHE BELONGS IN MY WORLD, is in editing right now and I hope to have the book published and out for sale in early April.
And so I thought I’d give you an inside glance at the cover for the book. This is book #5 in The Medicine Man series. As you can see, this is a winter scene and the hero of the book is wearing a capote, an item of clothing worn by many of the Northwestern tribes in the winter.
But, what is a capote? The capote in these days of the past was a blanket made into a coat. Usually it was white and might have strips on it or other decorations. These commonly had a hood, were very warm and were preferred by the men of the tribes because of it’s white color, which blended in with the countryside and made it a little easier when they were hunting.
Nowadays, capotes are still in style in the northern regions of this country, but they are also a little fancier. But, they are still made in the style of the original, which was a blanket made into a coat. I’ll post some pictures here so you can see them as they were worn in the late 1800’s.
This is one of my favorite pictures of the time because it shows the style of the capote, the hair style worn at this time by many of the northern tribes and also shows the style of the white man’s clothing. These two young men were obviously friends. Note the beautifully beaded gun case our Blackfeet (Pikuni band) young man carries. The coat the young Blackfeet man is wearing is a capote.
This is another Blackfeet young man, although he is of the blood band of the tribe, which resides in Canada. He is holding some kind of weapon, perhaps a tomahawk or something similar to it.
