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Romantasy Irishman and Native Girl Supernatural White Horse

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Who Are the Fated Lovers?


Spicy Loving Passionate Slow-burn

The Lovers

After years of entering each others thoughts while separated by thousands of miles, Irish immigrant, James, and Little Dove, of the Tohono O’odham Nation, finally meet each other and fall in love.

Their passionate love story unfolds as they embark with her powerful supernatural white horse on a dangerous journey that tests their love and courage while the lovers scorch the pages of this intense romance adventure. 

The Villain

Their happiness is threatened by Lady Athena Templeton, a plantation owner with malicious intentions. Deep inside Little Dove dwells a fierce night creature her ancestors implanted. Yet that powerful being may not be strong enough to defeat the evil demon inside Lady Athena.

The Friends 

Among the couple’s allies are Eagle Eyes, a wise-cracking Chiricahua Apache, and Comba, a freed African slave who walked 1,000 miles searching for Little Dove. It took her thirty years to find her.

Readers say...

   “It's a good story with lots of action, romance, and detail. The Apache girls are rightly depicted as beautiful, tough and smart.”  —Joe Saenz, historian, Co-director, Chiricahua Apache National Foundation

   “The book is so real it’s hard to believe it’s just fiction. I couldn’t put it down.” —Peggy Deaven

   “Athena is the hateful villain—obsessive, complicated, willful, erotic, hypersexual, a deceitful sociopath, perversely sympathetic, awful and wonderful.” —Suzanne Cornick
 
  “
A passionate, fun story about a young O'odham woman and her destined love. The authors have a beautiful way of shaping words into imagery where you picture what they describe and feel you are in the story.” —Jose 'Husi' Cázares, MA, MS, CCC-SLP, O'odham teacher, author
 
  “Fun to read. Little Dove is a strong, likeable woman who is practical and otherworldly through her connection to the magnificent white stallion. I love the Apache warrior, Eagle Eyes. He is fearless and loyal, with a streak of subtle humor.”
—Suzanne Cornick

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