Walk into the Flame

This was a very good book. One of my favorites. It captivates the reader from the very beginning. The characters are wonderful and very realistic. It also gives you insight on the hardships the Apaches had to live through. It helps you understand their way of life and why they fought to keep it. Plus the love story is so wonderful. Swift Buck and Silent Wind are meant to be together. They are true soulmates. A very good book and highly recommended. Praise for the author. It would be great to have another book about Swift Buck and Silent Wind. The story is wonderful. It gives you hope!!!!!!

I wanted to cry when this story ended. It was everything and so much more than what was promised in Cougar's Woman, the first book in this series. I was captured by Swift Buck and Rachel in Cougar's Woman, to put it simply Swift Buck stole that book away from the hero, and I've waited four years to finally read Rachel and Swift Buck's story. I wondered if the same feeling, the feeling of deep emotional love, would be captured the way it was in Cougar's Woman, the love that Swift Buck had for Rachel, that was conveyed so strongly, that we were teased with. It did. Outstanding is the only way I can describe Walk Into the Flame. I connected with these two characters so deeply that they were on the fringes of my mind when I wasn't able to read the book, when I was dying to get back to it. Rachel and Swift Buck are two characters that were so alive for me I couldn't stand the thought of reading the end of their story, of leaving them behind. They're the kind of characters I wish I could read about in ever book I read. The perfect example of soulmates. They stole a piece of my heart in Cougar's Woman and took the rest in Walk Into the Flame. Even when faced with what looked to be betrayal, Swift Buck still had complete faith in Rachel, even when he had no reason to, and even though others accused him of being blinded by love. He wasn't wrong. He followed his heart and it lead him to a dazzling love he risked everything for. Now that's romance! Walk Into the Flame is a diamond without flaws. You're heart will be touched as never before by this eternal love story that holds a place in my heart as one of the best books I've ever read.

The New Mexico Mescalero Indians raised Rachel as one of their own after her father abandoned her. However, unable to ignore her white heritage and fearing her love for Swift Buck, Silent Wind left the tribe to live in the white world. She not only deserted the people who nurtured her, but also destroyed the love of Swift Buck.For five years an abashed Rachel watches the harassment and murder of her former tribe even on their reservation. She returns to her tribe with a deep desire to help in the fight against the hell that the whites have imposed on her people. Angry at her for leaving and at the whites for killing his fellow Apaches including his wife, White Buck abducts Rachel. He plans to use her as a pawn enabling him to flee the infernal jail the soldiers call a reservation, but did not count on their former love rekindling even brighter than before.Though the romance is a subplot, WALK INTO THE FLAME reads more like a deep historical fiction than a love story. The tale provides a dark often-gritty look at the nineteenth century mistreatment of Indians by Federal agents and soldiers, and other Americans. Ronda Thompson provides plenty of action with strong charcaters, but readers seeking an Indian romance need to look elsewhere. However, those in the audience who appreciate deep realism that condemns anyone taking away the inalienable basic rights of an individual (to include the male lead making a hostage out of the female protagonist), a people, and a way of life will want to read WALK INTO THE FLAME.Harriet Klausner