Only Honovi knows and shares her forbidden wish, though Aiyana doesn’t realize her friend has a secret wish of his own… 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. I’d love to know what you think.Īiyana isn’t like the other girls of the White Ant Clan. I’m very pleased to be able to share a first chapter excerpt and a cool book trailer on Caridad’s blog today. It’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 you’ve been hiding underneath a rock, you’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. Ages 14 up.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. Riley is the perpetual damsel in distress, repeatedly finding herself in sexually vulnerable positions, waiting for Sam to save the day.
Beyond the initial mountain scene, Sam also fights a boy who takes advantage of Riley at a party and protects her from a menacing biker gang.
Fichera reprises the theme of cross-cultural romance as misunderstandings ensue and Sam and Riley fall for each other, but the story is let down by overdone situations where Sam comes to Riley's rescue. To thank Sam, Riley promises to help him break up her brother Ryan's relationship with a Native girl, Fred, who Sam is in love with (Ryan and Fred will be familiar to readers of Fichera's Hooked). During a leadership weekend trip in the wilderness, Riley falls onto a mountain ledge Sam tries to help her, and they spend the night together nearly naked for warmth until they are rescued. Fifteen-year-old Riley Berenger is a smart girl who loves to wear pink Sam Tracy is equally smart, but he hides his intellectual side from his Native American friends.
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