Warning him happily that it was the middle of the day, Sarita took his outstretched hand and hurried to the tiny alcove. Soon they were very busy making more beautiful babies.
Thank you
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About this Series
Canoes in the Mist: Savage Betrayal – Book 1
Canoes in the Mist: Savage Revenge – Book 2
The two stories in this series are set against the backdrop of societal and economic changes wrought by the sea otter fur trade and its impact on the Indian tribes of what is now the west coast of British Columbia.
The events of Book 1, Savage Betrayal, occur just before the sea otter fur trade begins, while Book 2, Savage Revenge, takes place twenty years later, during the heyday of the sea otter fur trade.
Savage Betrayal transpires about 1770, just as the west coast was being discovered by European and American sailors and before the west coast tribes began hunting sea otter furs for trade to China. At this time, the potlatch tradition provided the main trading mechanism among the tribes.
Twenty years later, in Savage Revenge, the sea otter furs hunted by the west coast tribes have come to command a high price in China so that Chinese nobles could wear robes trimmed with the thick, warm fur. The luxuriant furs brought the west coast tribes into a world-wide trading network.
European and American sailors served as the middlemen in the sea otter fur trade. In their great sailing ships, they carried the furs across the Pacific Ocean, from the west coast to China, where the traders reaped huge profits. On the return voyage, they brought spices and other exotic goods from the Orient and Hawaii to the North American markets, and sometimes European markets.
With the new trade routes came a new form of wealth to the west coast; the tribes were now connected to a different form of commerce. The middlemen traded blankets, dishes, iron, weapons, and other forms of wealth to the tribes, who in turn used those trade goods within their already established potlatch system.
However, the vast economic changes came to challenge every aspect of tribal life and what the Indians had believed about themselves.
Canoes in the Mist: Savage Revenge is the story of Fighting Wolf’s and Sarita’s beautiful daughter, Haina.
A fiery Indian beauty, Haina would accept no man as her master, note even the virile warrior who had made her his captive. For years their families had been fierce enemies, and now Chance had found a way to exact revenge. He would hold the lovely Haina for ransom, humble her proud spirit, and take his fill of her supple young body. But Haina refused to submit to his hot kisses and burning caresses. Only exquisite tenderness and everlasting love would bring her to the point of surrender…
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Dear Reader
If you were surprised to learn that you enjoy fur trade stories, I have another surprise for you: I’ve written more fur trade stories!
Soft Gold: Captive Legacy – Book 1
Soft Gold: The Treasure - A Christmas Novella.
The Soft Gold series I wrote takes place in the early 1800s, to the south and east of the west coast tribes, in the area now known as Washington and Oregon. There, along the Columbia River and in the mountains, other Indian tribes trapped beaver and traded the beaver pelts to the two big fur trade companies which dominated the fur trade: the Northwest Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. These inland fur trading networks formed the beginning of corporate ventures in North America.
The hard physical work of trapping the beavers was done mostly by Indian, Scottish, and French trappers and their wives. Once they traded the beaver furs for other goods at the forts and trading posts, the furs were transported from the far western reaches of North America to the companies’ headquarters in the eastern U.S. From there, the pelts were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the English and European markets where the pelts were made into fashionable top hats and clothing.
Soft Gold: Captive Legacy
Heading west to the Oregon Territory and an arranged marriage, Dorie Primfield never dreamed that a virile stranger would kidnap her and claim her as his wife. Part Indian, part white, Dorie’s abductor was everything she’d ever desired in a man, yet she wasn’t about to submit to his white-hot passion without a fight…. Until she found herself torn between escaping into the wilderness or turning a captive legacy into endless love.
Soft Gold: The Treasure
Christmas, 1825. Washington Territory. In this Christmas novella, a childless Indian couple receives the greatest gift of all: a baby.
Other Books by Theresa Scott
Captive Legacy (Soft Gold: Fur Traders series)
The Treasure (Soft Gold: Fur Traders series)
Montana Angel
Northern Nights
Eagle Dancer
Viking's Bride of Desire
Savage Betrayal (Savage series)
Savage Revenge (Savage series)
Apache Conquest
Forbidden Passion
Love Rehab (Addicted to Love series)
Careless Love (Addicted to Love series)
Yesterday's Dawn (Hunters of the Ice Age series)
Dark Renegade (Hunters of the Ice Age series)
Broken Promise (Hunters of the Ice Age series)
Love's Ambush (Hunters of the Ice Age series)
Happiness, Inc. - Coming in 2014
To purchase other books by Theresa Scott, please visit the Theresa Scott Amazon Bookstore
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About the Author
Theresa Scott’s first novel sold in 1986. Thirteen of her historical romance novels were published by Leisure/Dorchester Publishing Company, of New York. Her books have sold over 600,000 copies in the markets of the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Britain. Her foreign sales have been to Germany, Holland and Taiwan.
Theresa’s writing is influenced by topics in which she is deeply interested. She loves to write about human relationships gone awry before being set to rights. The topic of dawning awareness, of suddenly recognizing epiphanies in our lives, also intrigues her. And she feels hopeful that individuals, through love, have the capacity to transform their lives for the better. To learn more about Theresa and her books, please visit her on the web at www.theresascott.com.
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