Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on books of The Medicine Man Series from author Karen Kay, a collection of historical romance novels set in the Old West and filled with heroes and heroines who will capture readers' hearts.
"Karen Kay's passion for Native American lore shines through." ~Publishers Weekly
"Exciting historical romance." ~Midwest Book Review
She Paints My Soul
The Medicine Man, Book 34.6 stars, 200+ ratings on Goodreads
4.5 stars, 360 ratings on Amazon
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Can her love heal the medicine man's heart?
In spite of her fear of Indians, Sharon Wells travels from her home in St. Louis to Indian Territory in the northwest, along with her fiancé and her friend Amelia, who is determined to return to Blackfoot Country. An orphan, Sharon yearns to be married and have a family of her own. She’s loyal to her fiancé, even when he carelessly puts her life in danger.
Strikes Fast, of the Crow People, was once on the path to becoming a medicine man, but he has lost his way. When nearly all his family were killed in a Blackfoot raid, he went on the warpath to avenge the ghosts of his murdered family. But he has carried revenge too far, and the blood of innocents has left him feeling no longer human, without empathy or sympathy. But the beautiful white woman, Sharon, ignites a spark in him. When she’s captured in an Indian raid and her fiancé does nothing, Strikes Fast hopes his heroic deed of rescuing her might return him to the good graces of the Creator, from whom all medicine men receive their powers.
Strikes Fast’s handsome masculinity calls out to Sharon, as her beauty and her kindness calls to him. Trapped together in a blizzard, surrounded by danger, and despite the many reasons they shouldn’t be together, their growing love is undeniable. Can they find a way to heal one another and create the family each of them is longing for?
She Brings Beauty To Me
The Medicine Man, Book 44.4 stars, 170 ratings on Goodreads
4.4 stars, 300+ ratings on Amazon
From $0.99 (Free via Kindle Unlimited)
A woman deserted. A troubled warrior. A passion denied.
1855. When eighteen-year-old Czanna Fehér is forced to flee her home in Hungary, she journeys with her younger siblings and her father's manservant to Montana in search of her cousin. Mourning for her recently deceased parents, she sings a prayer to the grand, Montana mountains. From the first moment Stands Strong hears Czanna singing, he is transfixed.
When the family's hired guide steals their money and runs, her father's servant pursues the man, leaving Czanna desolate and in charge. She and and her siblings cannot survive in this land without help, so when Stands Strong comes to her aid, she realizes she must trust this man.
Lakota born but raised by the Blackfeet, Stands Strong descends from a long line of medicine men. But this legacy seems to have skipped over him, and he has instead become an expert scout. When Czanna attempts to hire Stands Strong as their guide, offering him the "evil gold rock" as payment, he suggests marriage to him instead. Can two people from incompatible cultures come together? Or are their star-guided paths meant only to briefly cross?
She Belongs In My World
The Medicine Man, Book 54.6 stars, 61 ratings on Goodreads
4.4 stars, 110 ratings on Amazon
From $0.99 (Free via Kindle Unlimited)
Beauty, Treachery, and an Untamed Wild Love
Liliann Varga had been too young the first time she met and fell head-over-heels in love with the Blackfeet Medicine Man, First Rider, the man who saved her father’s life. Besides, he was newly married to a woman of his own tribe. But years later, when Liliann’s husband has committed a terrible aggression against her, First Rider once enters her life.
First Rider has come to heal Liliann, not to seduce her. But his reaction to the grown-up Liliann, the little girl who used to be his shadow, is entirely masculine and sensual. He nearly lost his mind after his first wife was captured and killed by an enemy tribe. Could Liliann be his second chance at love?
Enacting a “scout’s revenge” against Liliann's cruel husband would leave the man alive but broken, and it would also set Liliann free. But just as their love deepens, a report emerges: First Rider's wife is still alive. To discover the truth or lies of the rumor, they embark on a dangerous journey through the Backbone-of-the-World Mountains. Can they survive the treacherous journey and find a world where they both belong?
About the Author
Karen Kay is author of historical fiction focused on romance and adventure in the Old West. She has been praised by reviewers and fans alike for bringing insights into the everyday life of the American Indian culture of the past. Karen's great grandmother was Choctaw Indian, and she is adopted Blackfeet. “With the power of romance, I hope to bring about an awareness of the American Indian’s concept of honor, and what it meant to them to live as free men and free women," says Karen. "There are some things that should never be forgotten.”
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