Lakota Legacy

by Madeline Baker, Kathleen Eagle, Ruth Wind

Celebrating Lakota culture, legend, and tradition, a trio of powerful romances follows three strong and courageous heroes--Wolf Dreamer, Ryder Red Hawk, and Michael Chasing Horse--who fulfill their destiny by finding the women of their dreams. Original.

Genres: Romance, Native American, Historical Romance, Historical, Anthologies

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Madeline Ruth was born on 1963 in California, where she raised. She married her high school sweetheart and they have three sons, all handsome enough to be cover models. Growing up, her favorite pastimes were going to the movies and going horseback riding on Saturday mornings at Griffith Park. Madeline has always been "horse happy." A horse was the one thing she asked for on every birthday and every Christmas. Many years later, that dream came true when she bought an Appaloosa mare named Candy—because she was so sweet. Madeline loves animals. Over the years, she's had numerous dogs, cats, fish, mice, hamsters, turtles and birds, and her horse, of course. The most exotic pet was a crocodile that belonged to one of her sons. Currently, she has a terribly spoiled Pomeranian named Teddi, six goldfish, a catfish, and a betta. When she's not writing, Madeline enjoys going to movies and the theater. Her favorite plays are The Phantom of the Opera, The Scarlet Pimpernel and her all-time fave, Beauty and the Beast. She also loves reading, going to lunch with her best friend, collecting Star Wars, The Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast memorabilia, and playing with the most beautiful, adorable, brilliant grandkids in the world.

Madeline started writing when her children were still at home, and she wrote for several years, finding time to write after her children were in bed and her husband was at work. In true cliché fashion, she wrote the books and put them under the bed, never telling anyone what she was doing, until one day she let a friend read one. Encouraged by her friend's comments, and armed with a copy of Writer's Market supplied by said friend, Madeline began sending out query letters. After six years and 31 rejections, Leisure Books bought Reckless Heart, and she's been writing ever since. After writing several Westerns, Madeline decided to try her hand at something else and wrote her first vampire romance. It was a short story titled "Masquerade" for an anthology. She loved writing that so much that she wrote her first full-length vampire romance, Embrace the Night, and thus Amanda Ashley was born. One of her dreams had been to write for Harlequin, and she accomplished that in 2003 with the publication of her Silhouette Romance novel, Dude Ranch Bride. Madeline loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her online at DarkWritr@aol.com or by mail at PO Box 1703, Whittier, CA 90609-1703.

Reviews

[Maura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set on the Colorado prairie and featuring three strong heroines and three Native American Indian alpa males. The three novella's were all pretty good. Standard set up, middle and end. Interesting for the descriptions of living a life in two different worlds.

[Jan Brown]

ok read all three
Baker, Madeline =Wolf Dreamer, h tstl 3
Eagle, Kathleen = Cowboy days and Indian Nights 2
Wind, Ruth = Seven Days 3+ Loopholes, repetive, 3Lakota Legacy

[Gary Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cool and refreshing to hear new voices from places I haven't gone before. This could have been a bit fetishistic and sometimes was but I really liked the common man aspect of the stories.

[Kissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely trio of romance stories with Lakota culture and tradition tied in. I was pleasantly pleased by how well all three authors did representing the Lakota culture without it coming off as "stereotypical Indian" or generalizing tradition practices; it felt like they took the time to research the culture and respectfully introduce the readers to it.

"Wolf Dreamer" is a lovely historical piece showing the hardships of both loss and finding one's place in unfamiliar places. The connection between Rebecca and Wolf Dreamer was fascinating to read, especially with the in-depth representation of the Lakota culture surrounding it. I would have liked to see more to Rebecca's side when she tried stepping back into civilization to have more weight to her decision that Wolf Dreamer was her new home.

"Cowboy Days and Indian Nights" was my favorite of the bunch and probably the reason why I ultimately gave this book 4 stars rather than just 3. I couldn't stop smiling every time Meredith and Ryder had their comedic teasing and flirtation with each other. Their relationship felt so natural and relatable that it was easy to fall in love with both of them. It did take me a bit of time to sort out the details of Meredith's family members and realize the age difference between Ryder and her; even after the age gap was brought up, I still had a hard time picturing the number represented. Despite this, it didn't take away from what I loved about the story.

"Seven Days" wasn't as enjoyable as the other two. While I liked the concept of Sunny and Michael getting together, the constant whiplash between "Yes, this could work" and "I can't be like my mother" became tiresome and I didn't feel as enthused about them by the end. I also felt like the romance aspect of the story (including the Lakota culture aspect - since they did end up getting tied together at the end) was drowned by the focus on all of the terrible disasters happening in a short span of time.

Overall, a lovely collection and would recommend to anyone wanting some tribal charm added to their romance reading.

[Malika-Liki · Rating 3 out of 5]

a book of 3 stories by 6 authors I follow because they often have native heroes.
well, of the 3 stories i really have grat pleasure and tender feelings with "cowboy days and indian nights by kathleen Eagle " and "seven days" by Ruth wind but I didn't appreciate at all "wolf dreamer bu madeline Baker".

I loved the characters of Kathleen Eagle : Ryder and Meredith, normal people, with uncertainty. I love them because they were ful of humor, of self derision, of charm and life experience.I also loved the description of the rodeo, of an aging bull rider and of the coocking world. I also loved the real place of the hound in the story.

For Ruth Wind's story I loved the description of a harsh nature, of the attachement to the land, of the struggles of Sunny and the loneliness of Michael and the joyful little Jessie.

For the first story, I didn't like it at all, it was so full of stereotypes, most of the time, I was reading, rolling my eyes and wishing for the end to come to be able to jump to the next story. He was the future shaman and his eyes turned golden after the vision quest because he was visited by the wolf sprit,and the bad ex fiancée, of course mean and luscious, andthe foretold dreams and it goes and goes.!!!!!!

So 2 of 3stories I enjoyed was fine without the 1st one , I would have given a 4 stars. Easy read