White Buffalo (New Beginnings) Series

Book 1: Passionate Alliance

Jed Brown, also known as Grey Wolf teams up with a Cheyenne Chief named Giant Bear in order to track the Shadow Killers after both their families are brutally murdered. With his final breath, Jed's son tells his father the killers are after a woman in Dakota. Who she is nobody seems to know, whether North or South Dakota is a mystery! Once in the Dakota Territory, the two men meet a woman destined to help them; unknown to all is that she is the ultimate target.

Melissa Ray will do almost anything to keep the job she loves even if it means giving up all hopes of love, a husband, or children; the betrayal of one she trusts... followed by the massacre of almost everyone at her ranch, plus a long-forgotten event from her past resurfacing will test her resolve. She must struggle to keep herself from crossing a line that will destroy all the years of hard work she has accomplished.

In the attempt to rescue Melissa's crippled father from the desperado's of her past, she falls in love with Jed Brown the tortured drifter searching for justice. Are their trials over yet or will the love they share be tested over and over again... can it survive? Between outlaws and the furious brother of Giant Bear's wife, their love will be driven to the very limits… maybe even beyond!

Melissa and Giant Bear's wife both disappear mysteriously on their wedding day when a scheme of revenge against the woman who shot his brothers ensnares them all. With the two men killed in the process, who will save the women now.

Book 2: Raven and the Golden Eagle

Chief Giant Bear, blood brother to Jed Brown, had successfully lived all these years by his vow to find a way to live in peace with the white man. Now he finds himself in a quandary as a vision gone awry causes a chain reaction that will not stop snowballing; even Golden Dove his beautiful blonde wife turns against him. In desperation, he tries to save his people by forcing his beloved granddaughter into marriage with a reluctant captive Englishman.

Raven known to the people as their 'Protector', must stop not only her grandfather from forcing her into a loveless marriage but also the massacre of her people if she refuses to marry the Englishman. In her quest, she unearths a plot to take over the land as greed and hatred for her grandfather's peaceful ways threatens their way of life.

Devon, known as Lord Rochester the second son of the Earl of Rochester in England, had travelled thousands of miles in order to live for one year on a barren piece of land in the middle of the savage Montana wilderness. His grandfathers will stipulate he couldn't sell it otherwise. Disillusioned by court life and hating what the English nobility had become, he views this new change as an opportunity to get away from the life he hated; in the back of his mind was the possibility of starting a new life, even though his purpose in coming here is to sell it. Everything changes when his wagon train is wiped out by a Cheyenne war party and he is drawn unwillingly into a struggle between the peaceful bear tribe of the Cheyenne and an unknown source. The only way to save these people is to sacrifice his freedom and marry the granddaughter of the chief, but should he!

Mell and Jed must race from North Dakota to Western Montana to reach Giant Bear with a warning from the Cheyenne's sacred white buffalo before it is too late to save them all.

Book 3: Dream Dancer & the Celtic Witch

Earl Edward Summerset, the three quarter Cheyenne grandson of Chief Giant Bear; known to his people as Dream Dancer, finally finishes his schooling and becomes Doctor Summerset. He learns as he reaches manhood at the court of Queen Victoria the intricacies, power, and betrayal that the English nobility is capable of exhibiting! As his power grows within him, he must learn to become just like the people that would use him… cold and secretive.

Edward becomes drawn unexpectedly into a battle to save a reluctant Welsh heiress from the evil clutches of her cousin. Will he succeed in helping her or will he find himself in more danger than he thought possible as a power lying dormant since the beginning of time comes to life; sensing a way to be released, it tries to gain control of Dream Dancer through the Celtic Witch. Thwarted by another power it must find another way.

Crystin, the Lady of Llannor Castle… goddaughter, as well as a distant relation to Queen Victoria, wakes up with no memories and only the assurance of the Queen herself to go by. Betrothed against her will to the mysterious black-haired Earl of Summerset, whom she just learned was a savage from another country; she fights an inner struggle with herself to remember who she is. Starring at the stranger in the mirror, she touches her pure white hair then shudders in revulsion. The Celtic woman was sure it was not supposed to be this colour, but what could have happened to her to cause this! Putting her hand on her distended belly, she feels an unexpected maternal feeling. How she became pregnant was just as much a mystery to her as her pure white hair. She was sure she had never met Edward before so how could she be six months pregnant by him. Struggling to understand, she clutches the Celtic dragon medallion she was never without, but even it gave her no answers… only more questions!

Friday, November 8, 2013

Changes to Raven and the Golden Eagle as well as my review!

Chief Giant Bear desperately tries to save his people by forcing his beloved granddaughter Raven into marriage with a reluctant captive Englishman.
Raven known to her people as their ‘Protector’ must find a way to stop not only her grandfather from forcing her into the loveless marriage, but also find a way to stop the massacre of her people if she refuses to marry the Englishman.
A plot to take over the land quickly becomes apparent as greed threatens their way of life.
Mell and Jed must race from North Dakota to Western Montana to reach Giant Bear with a warning from the Cheyenne’s sacred white buffalo before it is too late to save them all.

New page #2 for Raven and the Golden Eagle, love the sketch my publishers did for this book!!

Raven and the Golden Eagle Review
Soft Cover: ISBN-978-1448941612
EBook: ISBN-144894161X
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong Characters, Smart Story-telling May 20 2013
By M.N. Prather - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Raven and Golden Eagle
by: Lauretta Beaver

In Passionate Alliance, Loretta Beaver introduced readers to her cast of characters in her sweeping historical romance. In Raven and Golden Eagle, readers will pick right back up with Chief Giant Bear, and Jed and Mell Brown, and their latest adventures. Although the story takes place several years in the future, readers will be relieved that the characters, a little older, are still the same individuals that they came to know and love in the first book. That same sense of strong characters, well-drawn and realistically painted prevails in Beaver's second book. Readers will appreciate that same old sense of familiarity, which will easily bring them back into the world and lives they enjoyed exploring previously. Raven and Golden Eagle is ever bit the smart, sexy, and intriguing Western Romance that the author's first book was.

However, many times an author will stumble in their second book. Either they will not go far enough and produce a book that is too similar to their first or they will go so far in creating something new that the work feels hollow, empty. Beaver has done neither. In fact, in Raven and Golden Eagle, it is not only the characters who show a maturity and growth that they lacked in the first book, so too does Beaver. Beaver's prose is more controlled, terse and clean, lending an easier and more enjoyable reading experience with her second effort. Make no mistake, Raven and Golden Eagle, still has all of the intrigue, romance and adventure that fans loved about the first book, but by growing as an author, Beaver will not only keep her old fans, but also gain many new ones.

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Posted by Lauretta Beaver at 5:58 PM

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