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Kukum by Michel Jean
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratings«C'est un de ces soirs où je trayais les vaches dans la lumière du soleil couchant que je l'ai vu pour la première fois. Un canot est apparu, descendant en silence la rivière. Un homme torse nu, à la peau cuivrée, ramait sans se presser, se laissant pousser par le courant. Il paraissait à peine plus âgé que moi. Nos regards se sont croisés. Il n'a pas souri. Et je n'ai pas eu peur... -
![In Search of Satisfaction by J. California Cooper]()
In Search of Satisfaction by J. California Cooper
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but through four collections of short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper has proven that hers is a wholly original talent --one that embraces readers in an ever-widening circle from one book to the next... -
![Augusta by Carolyn Brown]()
Augusta by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAugusta "Gussie" Dulan is the only Dulan sister to make it all the way to California on the wagon train for brides. Each of her four sisters has taken off along the trail to marry up with a man they fell in love with and now Gussie is hoping to find a man to love here at the end of the trail...Categorized as:
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![Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony]()
Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn unexpected journey of the heart.The war is over and Sarah Mayfield has put the sorrows of her life in Virginia behind her. On the strength of three letters she has traveled by railroad, riverboat and stagecoach to meet her new life out west... -
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![The Weaver's Legacy by Olive Collins]()
The Weaver's Legacy by Olive Collins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1865: Goldie O’Neill was nine years of age when she trekked across the unclaimed American West with her family to form their own Irish catholic Colony. Their new community had dreams of self-governance and prosperity far removed from the anti-Irish sentiment and prejudice of the ruling classes. They soon learned about the extremes of the American West and the ongoing Indian war...Categorized as:
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![The Letter by Michelle Vernal]()
The Letter by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWORDS HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL, REUNITE AND TO HURT... Isabel opened her bag and pulled the letter out, glancing at the address one last time before she slid it through the slot, hearing it land with a plunk. It was gone. She’d done it, and now she’d have to wait to see what happened next... -
![From Wine to Water by Carolyn Brown]()
From Wine to Water by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Tyrell Fannin and his cousins Isaac and Micah Burnet want is to get out of a Texas jail and go home to Mississippi. Delia Lavalle didn't need three outlaws to escort her and her sisters to Louisiana but she doesn't really have a choice. The outlaws aren't happy about escorting nuns, but figure they might bring them luck, because not even Santa Anna would harm a holy woman... -
![Gypsy by Carolyn Brown]()
Gypsy by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGypsy Rose Dulan just knew there was a secret hidden in the stars. She just didn't expect to fall sleep while searching for that secret. And she sure didn't expect to be awakened by a rude, overbearing, short Irishman by the name of Tavish O'Leary...Categorized as:
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![Willow by Carolyn Brown]()
Willow by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWillow Gail Dulan didn't like Rafe Pierce when he read her father's will. She sure didn't like him when he tried to talk Hank Gibson out of letting her and her four newly-found sisters travel to California with the wagon train of mail-order brides. Rafe was totally against the idea of Jake Dulan's daughters going with the train... -
![Embrace the Wild Land by Rosanne Bittner]()
Embrace the Wild Land by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe American Civil War plunges Zeke and Abbie Monroe into violence and separation, danger and torn loyalties. Their first-born son, Wolf’s Blood, takes part in the Sun Dance, a tortuous ritual that initiates him into life with the Cheyenne. Then war forces Zeke to leave his family to join his white brother, Danny, in the conflict... -
![River of Love by Rosanne Bittner]()
River of Love by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbigail Monroe had been pierced by an arrow as a young girl...and pierced even more deeply by the love of a half-breed Cheyenne brave named Lone Eagle. But now Abigail and Lone Eagle could lose everything--and each other. Trouble was coming across the Plains to challenge them and test their love. No longer could they hide in a paradise of their own making... -
![Eagle's Song by Rosanne Bittner]()
Eagle's Song by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEAGLE'S SONG is the final book in the Savage Destiny series, taking readers into the lives of Zeke and Abbie's children and grandchildren. This very moving story depicts the emotional end of an era for a once wild and free People, America's Native Americans; and the sometimes traumatic changes in the American West as civilization moves in to tame a lawless land... -
![Meet the New Dawn by Rosanne Bittner]()
Meet the New Dawn by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this totally unforgettable sixth book in the Savage Destiny series, a relentless wave of frontier progress forces itself into the lives of Zeke and Abbie Monroe, threatening their many years of abiding love and forcing a separation unlike any other they have experienced... -
![Ride The Free Wind by Rosanne Bittner]()
Ride The Free Wind by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbandoning everything she had ever known, Abigail Trent left her family and chose her fate--to ride with Zeke Monroe, half-Cheyenne scout, into the unexplored west. Together they faced peril, until Zeke found his mother's people and became Lone Eagle, turning his back on the white man's world. To stay with him, Abigail must become Cheyenne too--even if it means death and warfare... -
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![The Road Home by Jim Harrison]()
The Road Home by Jim Harrison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContinuing the story of Dalva and her peculiar and remarkable family, The Road Home encompasses the voices of Dalva's grandfather, John Northridge; Naomi, the widow of his favourite son; Paul, the first Northridge son; and Nelse, Dalva's son...Categorized as:
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![God Ain't Through Yet by Mary Monroe]()
God Ain't Through Yet by Mary Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEven though her life has its ups and downs, Annette Goode Davis feels lucky. Most of all, she's grateful that her husband, Pee Wee, took her back after he discovered she was having an affair. The trouble is, Annette isn't sure his heart is really in it. Her best friend Rhoda is quick to point out that Annette got herself into this mess, so she has to be patient with Pee Wee... -
![From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom]()
From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book recreates the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield, the grueling journeys across an untamed wilderness, and the soul-stirring Lewis and Clark Expedition...Categorized as:
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![The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins]()
The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIreland, 1959: Young Christy Hurley is a Pavee gypsy, traveling with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth. The peripatetic life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes...Categorized as:
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![Savage Horizons by Rosanne Bittner, F. Rosanne Bittner]()
Savage Horizons by Rosanne Bittner, F. Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUNTAMED PASSIONS AND WARRIOR'S BLOOD Before the white man walked the land, it belonged to the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Chippewa. But as trappers and pioneers pushed West, the days of innocence ended--and the nights of blood began. Left behind as a legacy of passion and shame was the White Indian called Blue Hawk by his Cheyenne people.. -
![In the Shadow of the Mountains by Rosanne Bittner]()
In the Shadow of the Mountains by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBold, headstrong, and passionate, the indomitable Kirklands struggled to survive in a treacherous, hostile land. From penniless settlers to wealthy mine owners to Denver's regal first family, together—and separately—they pursued their dazzling dreams of love and glory... -
![Wildest Dreams by Rosanne Bittner]()
Wildest Dreams by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLettie MacBride knew that joining a wagon train heading West was her chance to begin anew, far from the devastating memories of the night that had changed her forever. She didn't believe she could escape the pain of innocence lost or feel desire for any man...until she meets Luke Fontaine. Haunted by his own secrets, Luke could never blame Lettie for what had happened in the past... -
![Tame the Wild Wind by Rosanne Bittner]()
Tame the Wild Wind by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHalf-breed Gabe Beaumont had had to choose between the Sioux tribe of his mother and the white family of his father, and his choice had cost him everything. Settlers had murdered his Indian wife and child, and now revenge was all he lived for... -
![Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill]()
Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA multigenerational saga that depicts the lives of two families of Teton Sioux from the late 1700s to the 1830s, before the arrival of the white man... -
![The Traveller's Daughter by Michelle Vernal]()
The Traveller's Daughter by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsROSA’S PAST IS HER PANDORA’S BOX, AND THE LID IS ABOUT TO BE LIFTED … ‘If you lie down with dogs you’ll rise with fleas’ – Irish Proverb Rosa Sorenson’s conversation was often peppered with sayings from her homeland. It was these conversational clangers that gave her daughter Kitty the only clue as to a childhood her mother refused to speak of...Categorized as:
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![People of the Nightland by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
People of the Nightland by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt has been a thousand years since Wolf Dreamer lead his people up through the dark hole in the ice to a rich, untouched continent bursting with game. But the world has changed. Most of the magnificent animals are gone, and the last of the great glaciers is melting, forming a huge freshwater lake in the middle of the world. Over the centuries the People of the Wolf have split into two clans... -
![Anna's Crossing by Suzanne Woods Fisher]()
Anna's Crossing by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Anna Konig first meets Bairn, the Scottish ship carpenter of the "Charming Nancy," their encounter is anything but pleasant. Anna is on the ship only to ensure the safe arrival of her loved ones to the New World. Hardened by years of living at sea, Bairn resents toting these naive farmers--dubbed "Peculiars" by deckhands--across the ocean...Categorized as:
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![The Meadow by James Galvin]()
The Meadow by James Galvin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn American Library Association Notable BookIn discrete disclosures joined with the intricacy of a spider's web, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border. Galvin describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who do not possess but are themselves possessed by this terrain...Categorized as:
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![Dalva by Jim Harrison]()
Dalva by Jim Harrison
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom her home on the California coast, Dalva hears the broad silence of the Nebraska prairie where she was born and longs for the son she gave up for adoption years before. Beautiful, fearless, tormented, at forty-five she has lived a life of lovers and adventures...Categorized as:
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![All the Children Are Home by Patry Francis]()
All the Children Are Home by Patry Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA sweeping saga in the vein of Ask Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling triumph and wrenching heartbreak—from the author of The Orphans at Race Point...Categorized as:
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![Savage Mists by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Mists by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith dreams of peace for his people, Iron Cloud begins his quest for vengeance against the government agents who have abused them, by first abducting white woman Damita... -
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Savage Passions by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiving among the virgin forests of frontier Michigan, Yvonne secretly admires the cheiftain of a peaceful Ottawa tribe. A warrior with great mystical powers and many secrets, Silver Arrow tempts her heart. But white men and Indians alike threaten to keep them apart forever. Yvonne and Silver Arrow will need more than mere magic... -
![Flight Of The Hawk: The River by W. Michael Gear]()
Flight Of The Hawk: The River by W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the vein of his best-selling Coyote Summer, Gear now takes us to the 1812 Missouri Fur Trade. An intimate of the Burr conspiracy, the condemned and hounded John Tylor signs on as boatman with Manuel Lisa's expedition. But the river is now contested as the British, Spanish, and other fur companies prepare to break Lisa's hold... -
![Outbound Train by Renea Winchester]()
Outbound Train by Renea Winchester
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1976, memories from a night near the railroad tracks sixteen years earlier haunt Barbara Parker. She wrestles with past demons every night, then wakes to the train’s five-thirty whistle. Exhausted and dreading the day, she keeps her hands busy working in Bryson City’s textile plant, known as the “blue jean plant,” all the while worrying about her teenage daughter, Carole Anne... -
![Savage Thunder by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Thunder by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor 10 years, he dreamed of the lovely girl with the crown of pink rosebuds in her flowing hair. She had mystically drawn him to her, and no woman since could compare. But when their canoes met one night in midstream, he discovered a full-blown passion that he had never imagined in the budding maiden... -
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![Savage Fires by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Fires by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrippled in a train accident and abandoned by her fiancee, lawyer Josephine Taylor Stanton believes no one will love her in a wheelchair, until a proud, handsome Ottawa chief shows up in her office looking for someone to help his people... -
![Savage Secrets by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Secrets by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSearching the wilds of the Wyoming Territory for her outlaw brother, Rebecca Veach is captured by the one man who fulfilled her heart's desires. But could she give herself to Blazing Eagle without telling him about her shameful quest? He wants her from the moment he sees her, but haunted by painful memories, Blazing Eagle pulls away... -
![Savage Moon by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Moon by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Savage Moon, bestselling author Cassie Edwards brings readers another passionate historical romance set on the American frontier. Misshi Bradley knew two lives. As a settler girl, she'd seen her family die, one by one, on the grueling trail west. Stolen by renegade Indians, she'd grown to womanhood with an Indian family... -
![Savage Love by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Love by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonster bones. They were the stuff of Indian legend, which warned that they must not be disturbed. But lovely, golden-haired Dayanara and her father were on a mission for the Smithsonian Institute to track down the mysterious bones and uncover them, despite the danger... -
![Thunder on the Plains by Rosanne Bittner]()
Thunder on the Plains by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SOUND OF TWO HEARTS BEATING, JOINED BY A LOVE MADE STRONGER BY STRUGGLE, CAN BE AS LOUD AS ... THUNDER ON THE PLAINS Lovely young heiress Sunny Landers was utterly devoted to her father's great dream --- a transcontinental railroad that would run from Chicago across the Great Plains to the Pacific... -
![Walks Alone by Sandi Rog]()
Walks Alone by Sandi Rog
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Cheyenne warrior bent on vengeance. A pioneer woman bent on fulfilling a dream. Until their paths collide. After fleeing her abusive uncle, Anna is determined to reach the city of her dreams. But White Eagle and his fierce warriors take her prisoner. Anna attempts a harrowing escape, but her savage captor is determined to have her at all costs and forces her to be his wife...Categorized as:
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![The Secret Years: An emotional drama of love and survival by Judith Lennox]()
The Secret Years: An emotional drama of love and survival by Judith Lennox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA moving story about life in the East Anglian Fens after the First World War, evoking the emotions of the men who came through their ordeals and the women who survived the trauma of separation.During the golden summer of 1914, four young people played in the gardens of Drakesden Abbey... -
![A Whisper To The Living by Ruth Hamilton]()
A Whisper To The Living by Ruth Hamilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnie Byrne was born during one of the worst winters Lancashire ever remembered. When the doctor finally got through the nine-foot drifts of snow, mother and daughter were in a pretty bad way, but both the new-born Annie and her exhausted mother - a spinner in the cotton mill - were fighters, tough and determined not to let the world knock them down...Categorized as:
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![Savage Spring by Constance O'Banyon]()
Savage Spring by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSEASON OF LIFE Framed for a murder and on the run, Alexandria disguised herself as a young boy--and convinced Taggert James to take her along with him to Philadelphia. But as a young woman, she couldn't dent the desire that Tag ignited in her blood. A mere glance from his violet eyes could make her melt in his arms, a mere touch of his lips drew her to his bed... -
![Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForbidden by her strict father to associate with handsome Navajo chief Shadow, whom she secretly loves, Maria is unable to resist her feelings when Shadow abducts her... -
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![Mystic Dreamers by Rosanne Bittner]()
Mystic Dreamers by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor over a decade, Rosanne Bittner has enchanted her readers with tales of adventure and romance in the times before the White Man settled the West. Now, in the tradition of Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W... -
![Savage Summer by Constance O'Banyon]()
Savage Summer by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlthough both born half white and half Blackfoot, cousins Sky Dancer and Danielle were raised in opposite worlds. During a summer swap to learn more about their other heritages, both girls must also learn that finding love means finding a balance in conflicting worlds... -
![Mail Order Bride: An Indian Bride by Leah Laurens]()
Mail Order Bride: An Indian Bride by Leah Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFitting in is never easy... especially when you’re an Indian mail order bride.Bíawacheeitchish—Bia to her friends—has just left the only home she's ever known.Her brothers want her to marry Askook, an Indian man from an enemy tribe whom she does not love.Bia is supposed to be the prize that will bring peace to their tribes.She knows Askook is dangerous but her brothers won't listen... -
![Full Circle by Rosanne Bittner]()
Full Circle by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the moment she arrives at the North Dakota Sioux reservation, an idealistic young missionary teacher clashes--both professionally and passionately--with Black Hawk, a fierce member of the Sioux determined to preserve his people's traditions. Original...Categorized as:
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![Listen to my Heartbeat: A College Romance Novel by Prajnaa, Prajna G.S.]()
Listen to my Heartbeat: A College Romance Novel by Prajnaa, Prajna G.S.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA story of five friends...Aryan, youngest son of a billionaire, a perfect blend of stunning looks, a sharp brain and immense wealth who draws the attention of everyone in his college despite his cold and arrogant temperament.Trisha, a hard working girl from a far humbler background whose entire world revolves around her mother.Rohan, descendant of a royal bloodline who sees a ghost from his past...Categorized as:
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