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UNDER A PRAIRIE MOON


ROMANTIC TIMES said: Madeline Baker writes of a ghost, a curse, and a second chance with such power and passion, readers cannot help but be mesmerized.

A FEATHER IN THE WIND


May 2, 2007 Ellen Degeneres read a love scene from FEATHER IN THE WIND on her tv show.

ROMANTIC TIMES said: Madeline Baker writes of a ghost, a curse, and a second chance with such power and passion, readers cannot help but be mesmerized.

THE ANGEL AND THE OUTLAW


THE ANGEL AND THE OUTLAW
ROMANTIC TIMES said, Madeline Baker’s newest paranormal romance is about a man who has been on the wrong path so long that he doesn’t know the right one when he stumbles upon it. It takes the courage, faith and love of a good woman to finally uncover the wonderful person beneath. Readers will rave about Madeline Baker’s extraordinary storytelling talents.

AFFAIRE DE COEUR said, Baker brought the Wild West to life in this blazing story of love and danger. There is always a touch of sadness and desperation, and the ending is nerve wracking and explosive.

THE SPIRIT PATH


THE SPIRIT PATH
Two time winner of the Paperback Trader’s Romance Readers Award for Best Indian historical

EXCERPT ~As Shadow Hawk lay there, his eyes closed against the pain, the Spirit Woman's image appeared before him. He had not been able to see her face clearly, only the glow of sun-gold skin and a riot of curly hair as black as the wings of his spirit bird. And even as he watched, the shadow of the black hawk he'd seen in his vision seemed to merge with the woman, and he heard a voice in the back of his mind, the voice of the shadow hawk...

She is waiting for you. The words were on more than the merest whisper, yet they rang loud and clear in his mind. You cannot fulfill your destiny without her.

Who was she? Why did her image intrude on his prayers and dreams? What power did she have over him, that he could not forget her; what magic did she possess that made him think of her day and night? What did she want of him?


A WHISPER IN THE WIND, winner of Affaire de Coeur’s Golden Unicorn Award for Best Time Travel


Excerpt......

Michael kissed her slowly, his lips warm, patiently demanding. His hands slid over her flesh, his touch like a soft flame that heated her blood and made her heart sing. And she was touching him in return, all shyness swept away in the magic of the moment. She gloried in his hard-muscled flesh, and in the harsh rasp of his breathing as her untutored hands brought him pleasure. He was beautiful, she thought, the most beautiful creature she had ever seen.

"Nemehotatse," Michael murmured, his breath warm and seductive against her ear.

"Nemehotatse," Elayna repeated. "What does it mean?"

"I'd have taught it to you long ago if you hadn't been so stubborn," Michael replied with a roguish grin. "It means I love you."

TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE
by
Madeline Baker


Under a Prairie Moon
USA Today Bestseller
“He is the most frightening, handsome man I have ever seen”

Although these words had been written in another time, in another woman's diary, Kathy Conley thought they described Dalton Crowkiller perfectly. He was the kind of man a woman would sin for, die for, if she could only keep him in her arms.

But the dangerous half-breed belonged to the untamed West, and he'd been claimed by another woman long ago. Time itself would keep him and Kathy apart...until he was given one last chance to change the course of his life. Together, they found there was no past, no future, only the wonder of the present, the raw, aching desire between them, and a fierce love that could be satisfied, but never quenched.



Feather in the Wind
Black Wind
He gazed out over a land as vast and empty as the sky, praying for the strength to guide his people, and he saw her face. She came to him in a vision, a woman as mysterious as the new moon over the prairie, as tender as springtime in the Paha Sapa. And he knew his life was changed forever.

Susannah
She saw his face in a faded picture, and his eyes, restless as the wind, seemed to call to her. It was said he’d been hanged nearly a century ago for kidnapping a white woman, yet his story seemed unfinished. To the writer in her, he was an inspiration, but to the lonely woman within he was a dream come true who would lure her across the years to fulfill a love beyond time.


The Angel and the Outlaw ~ 1996
An outlaw, a horse thief, a man killer, J.T. Cutter wasn’t surprised when he was strung up for his crimes. What amazed him was the heavenly being who granted him one year to change his wicked ways. Yet when he returned to his old life, he hoped to cram a whole lot of hell-raising into those 12 months no matter what the future held.

But even as J.T. headed back down the trail to damnation, a sharp-tongued beauty was making other plans for him. With the body of a temptress and the heart of a saint, Brandy was the only woman who could save J.T. And no matter what it too, she’d prove to him that the road to redemption could lead to rapturous bliss.


The Spirit Path ~ 1993
The Medicine Man
Strong and wise beyond his years, Shadow Hawk was the spiritual leader of his people, but he had seen a troubling vision that even he could not understand.

The Spirit Woman
Beautiful and infinitely desirable, she seemed to beckon Hawk away from the Lakota, drawing him to an unknown place where passion and peril prevailed.

The Path of Love
Together despite all odds, Maggie and Hawk discovered a shared destiny that would conquer time itself and unite them body and soul.


March 1991
The Black Hills, 1876
It was a land where a man could ride for days without seeing anything but fragrant pines, an occasional deer, or a lone eagle soaring in the limitless blue sky…a land where the Indian still roamed wild and free…an land that drew together two lovers to embrace a passionate destiny neither could have foreseen.

The Cheyenne
Accustomed to the ways of the white man, he returned to his tribe in search of a vision quest, to share with his people the glory and heartache of the last golden days before the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and to find the beautiful woman who haunted his dreams.

Elayna
Sheltered and innocent, she shared every civilized woman’s fear of the Indian, until she was kidnapped by the darkly handsome Cheyenne. Slowly, her disdain changed to desire beneath his hard, bronzed body, until she would make any sacrifice to keep him by her side forever.

REVIEWS

THE TALISMAN said:
"A Whisper in the"Wind is a poignant love story of not only a man's love for a woman, but his people, his heritage, and a long-time bond between a young man and his grandfather. It is the kind of book that you can laugh with, cry with and fall in love with. A must read for anyone who believes in fate, karma and never-ending love.

When you hear the name Madeline Baker you automatically think "Indian Romances". The two seem to go hand in hand. She's delighted fans with her straight Indian historicals for years. But for many of us "die hard" Madeline Baker fans, it is both of her time-travels that have and hold a special place in our hearts. We are given the best of the best, with accurate Indian depictions, history with sexy Indian warriors that are uniquely Madeline Baker, coupled with a trip through time that binds your heart to the characters and their plight. Do we want more Madeline Baker time travels and fantasies? YES!

Romantic Times said:
A Whisper in the Wind is fresh, powerful and exciting, a time-travel novel taut with raw primal tension and rich in Indian history and tradition. To top this off, Ms. Baker has included not one, but four endings (a la John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman . Such a tale could only be penned by Leisure's Leading Lady of Indian Romance, Madeline Baker.
Maria Ferrer

Excerpts

What I'm working on now
COMING SOON
THE RECKLESS SERIES
Book Five
Short Story
Book Three
Book Two
AMANDA'S VAMPIRE ROMANCES
Sequel to After Sundown
Sequel to Shades of Gray
Alien/Vampire
HISTORICAL ROMANCES
Historical Time Travel
Time Travel
The first book I wrote
Time Travel Books ~
Under a Prairie Moon
A Whisper in the Wind
The Spirit Path
The Angel and the Outlaw
A Feather in the Wind
THE NIGHT SERIES
Books 1 and 2 in the Night Series
Books 3 and 4 in the Night Series
SHORT STORIES
Historical Romance
Paranormal Romance
Paranormal Romance
Paranormal romance
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