"An exciting western romance"
In the late 1870s at a Texas way station, Chief Ten Crow
leads a band of Comanches on a raid that results in the
death of Marissa Williams' traveling companion Louise
Bennett.. When Ten Crow notices Marissa he recognizes her
as the woman in his visions. With everyone else left dead,
the Comanche ride off with Marissa as a captive. Ten Crow believes Marissa is an augur of peace and gives
her to his adoptive son Wind Ryder, an action that angers
his biological son Bear Claw who has always jealously
detested his "brother". Marissa is shocked further to
realize her "intended" is a white man but even more
emotionally devastating she falls in love with him. He
reluctantly reciprocates. When the chief dies, Wind Ryder
no longer feels at home with the Comanche as his only
tether is gone. He leaves with Marissa, but their
adventures are just beginning, as he has one foot in either
world. LONE WARRIOR is an exciting western romance starring two
strong protagonists and a deep supporting cast that
includes an enticing secondary love subplot. The story
line is fast-paced coming out of the chute and never slows
down until the plot crosses the finish line. Yet the
relationship between Marissa and Wind Ryder seems contrived
as she falls in real love (as opposed to the capture-
prisoner Stockholm Syndrome) too fast with all that
activity that happened to her in such a short time. Still
sub-genre fans will delight in Bobbi Smith's non-stop
action-jammed historical romance. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted July 6, 2002
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