From an international award winner comes Passion’s Price book 3 in Passion Series:Dawn's free-spirited lifestyle was like a breath of fresh air to the people in London. She was a girl so beautiful, so stubborn and so determined to get what she believed was rightful hers that she survived her stay in London on her own terms.
The Great Spirit has blessed Golden Dawn with a gift of visions as great as those of her mother, New Moon. A vision sends Dawn to England to protect her childhood friend, Raven Cloud. Will she be strong enough to stand between Raven and the danger threatening him? Can she convince her beloved Raven their paths are destined to be joined forever when he denies his own passion to keep her safe?
Excerpt
“I do not try to destroy everything you have worked for. I only want you to remember who you are," she said firmly and hoped he didn't notice the crack in her voice.
He took two long steps and was suddenly a breath away from her. She backed against the wall. He loomed over her, his broad shoulders all but blocking the meager light.
“Tell me who I am, Dawn? Do you want to tell me I am a half-breed savage as you are, Little Sister?"
She heard the self-hate in his words. Anger and hurt ricocheted about in her mind and body like a thing gone wild. With an angry screech she lashed out and struck him across the face. The impact stung her hand, and she wanted to feel it again and again as she felt her dream of once holding this man's heart lift like an early morning fog.
"I’m not a savage, and I’m not your sister!"
Professional Reviews
5 Star: Reviewed by Faridah Nassozi for Readers' Favorite
Golden Dawn left her home, a Cherokee village called Chota, and travelled to England to look for her childhood friend and the love of her life, Raven, whom she had last seen 10 years ago. The Great Spirit had warned her that Raven was in danger and she knew it was her obligation to save him, if it was the last thing she did. When she reached London, however, to her disappointment Raven was already engaged to a woman who was not ready to give him up without a fight. Raven's fiancée was, however, not the only one standing in the way of Golden Dawn’s happy ever after. Raven was consumed by a desperate need to find his biological father and make him pay for abandoning his mother. This filled him with anger that was so deep it was reaching self-destruction. Dawn firmly believed that she and Raven belonged together and was determined to save him from himself and
from others who wanted to harm him.
In Passion’s Price, Mary Adair used a combination of a masterfully created plot and a selection of vibrant characters to write an amazing story that will give any fan of the historical romance genre a thrilling reading experience. The combination of characters - a beautiful Cherokee girl living in London but determined not to give up her native ways, a man with a consuming anger who was engaged to a devious woman while his heart belonged to the Cherokee girl, and two very loving and equally mischievous grandmothers and others - produced a definite page-turner. Dawn's free-spirited lifestyle was like a breath of fresh air to the people in London. She was a girl so beautiful, so
fresh air to the people in London. She was a girl so beautiful, so stubborn and so determined to get what she believed was rightful hers that she survived her stay in London on her own terms. I loved reading Passion’s Price and cannot wait to read Mary Adair's next book, Passion’s Promise.
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
"the third book in a Native American series by Mary Adair"
Golden Dawn has a special gift, given her by the Great Spirit of her people, the Cherokee. She has powerful visions, not unlike those experienced by her mother, New Moon. These visions have always guided Dawn on the right path, and helped her to help those closest to her. When one of these visions tells her that her dearest childhood friend, Raven Cloud is in grave danger, she knows she must do all she can to protect him. Off she goes to England to find him and keep this danger from harming him.
Raven has spent the past several years of his life trying to forget his heritage. He is a half-breed savage who doesn't fit into the White man's world, or the red man's world. His hatred for the unknown man who sired him has stalked his whole life, forcing his exile from the Indian town where he grew up, Chota Town, and the family who raised him. His anger is a curse, causing him to head to England to try and find the man who fathered him, then left his mother. When Dawn arrives, telling him she is there to protect him, his memories of the young girl she was do not gel with the woman he has become, distracting him from his self-imposed mission.
Someone is trying to harm him, and the reputation as a sound businessman he has tried to build. Many of his merchandise warehouses had been burned to the ground, costing the business lots if money. He knows someone is trying to jeopardize all Raven has built for himself in England. It concerns him that Dawn had a vision and wants to help him. She is a warrior woman, who will stop at nothing to protect the man she has claimed for her own.
Dawn's sole purpose is to find and eliminate the threat to Raven, before it can claim his life. She has loved him her whole life and knows he is the only man for her. But he scoffs at her attempts to help him and remind him of whom he really is. He is drawn to her as well, but refuses to accept her Cherokee ways and does not wish to draw her into the danger surrounding him, or his quest for vengeance. Dawn knows they are meant to be together, her visions have told her so, but how can she make Raven accept that as well? And how can she protect him when he is trying so hard to avoid her? Dawn finds her biggest job of all is to convince Raven to acknowledge his heritage, before they can be together for always.
This was a compelling read, from the pen of Mary Adair. Golden Dawn is quite the warrior, willing to go to great lengths to protect her man. Nothing can stop her from reaching her goals. Raven is consumed by his hatred of the man who fathered him and scorns his native heritage. Only dawn has the power to break through to him, all the more reason for him to try to keep his distance.The fact that these two are perfect for each other is obvious to the reader, even though Raven himself refuses to admit it.
There is a good deal of suspense in this novel, and the mystery underlying everything is engrossing. One will make numerous guesses as to who is the guilty party, changing their mind repeatedly, until the surprise of who exactly it is. Also of note, is Raven's quest for his father. One will be stunned to find out who it is, though in the end, the reader will be surprised at not figuring it out sooner. A touch of the mystical is evident as well, in Dawn's powers of foresight and her ability to sometimes bring on a vision at a moment's notice.
This is a good story,...kept the interest until the end. Ms. Adair shows promise as a writer and this reviewer would be interested to see how future books pan out for the author.
c. Kelley A. Hartsell, September 2002. All rights reserved.
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Amazon Best Selling Author:Caroline Clemmons
Passion's Price is the stand-alone sequel to Passion's Vision. In Chota Town in the Carolinas, Golden Dawn Fitz-Gerald has inherited her Cherokee mother's gift for visions and her Irish father's blonde hair and blue eyes. When Dawn learns her childhood friend Raven Cloud is in danger, she sets sail for England to protect the man she loves and has seen in a vision as her life's partner. Raven's life includes a successful career as head of the London office for Fitz-Gerald Shipping---and a fiancée. The path Dawn and Raven follow to discover the source of the mysterious accidents plaguing Fitz-Gerald Shipping threatens to destroy them both. Love triumphs and the two fulfill the promise of passion Dawn's vision foretold. Passion's Price is Mary Adair's second novel and reflects the same painstaking research of Ms. Adair's first novel, as well as her ability to breathe life into an interesting array of characters. Passion's Price is filled with adventure, romance, humor, and pathos sure to please readers and hold their interest from the first paragraph to the last.
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Reviews for "Passion's Price Book 3 in Passion Series"
I am very much into the Native American Spiritulism and their visionary abilities. Your story caught my eye and then reading your excerpt has made me want to go out and buy your book. I'd love to curl up on the sofa and get lost in Passion's Price.
Reviewed by rethabile mbeka
5/6/2009
I am completely blown away. this story is owesome. i just love it!
This is a sentimental and epic story about a young man, injured in the Viewnam War, who returns to Dallas, Texas, in 1964, and begins rebuilding his life. Set against the rock and roll era of the early 1960’s, when casual sex and recreational drugs w
I wrote this novel several years ago, I self published and never had it to sell. I have decided to rewrite it and hope to get it published within a few months for people to be able to buy. I had a few copies and gave them to a few family members and
