#Choctaw Romance Fiction

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She Brings Beauty To Me by Karen Kay

A woman deserted. A troubled warrior. A passion denied. Title: She Brings Beauty To Me Series: The Medicine Man Series Book 4 Author: Karen Kay Genre: Historical Native American Romance A woman deserted. A troubled warrior. A passion denied. 1855. When eighteen-year-old Czanna Fehér is forced to flee her home in Hungary, she journeys with her younger siblings and her father’s manservant to…

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Book Review The Traitor Beside Her Mary Anna Evans #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalMystery #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @maryannaevans @cathiedunn

FEATURED AUTHOR: MARY ANNA EVANS It is my pleasure to introduce Mary Anna Evans as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour that is being held between August 2nd — October 4th, 2023. Mary Anna Evans is the author of the Historical Mystery novel, The Traitor Beside Her (The Justine Byrne Historical Mysteries), released by Sourcebooks on June 6, 2023 (346 pages). Below are highlights of The Traitor Beside Her,  Mary Anna Evans' author bio, and my review of her novel.  Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-tour-traitor-beside-her.html HIGHLIGHTS: THE TRAITOR BESIDE HER       The Traitor Beside Her (The Justine Byrne Historical Mysteries) By Mary Anna Evans Audiobook narrated by Kimberly M. Wetherell Blurb: "Evans's characters are vividly drawn, elevating this story and its revelations about women's little-celebrated contributions to the war effort."— Washington Post "An exciting read with historical tidbits, a hint of danger, and a touch of romance."— Kirkus Reviews The Traitor Beside Her is an intricately plotted WWII espionage novel weaving together mystery, action, friendship, and a hint of romance perfect for fans of The Rose Code and Code Name Helene. Justine Byrne can't trust the people working beside her. Arlington Hall, a former women's college in Virginia has been taken over by the United States Army where hundreds of men and women work to decode countless pieces of communication coming from the Axis powers. Justine works among them, handling the most sensitive secrets of World War II—but she isn't there to decipher German codes—she's there to find a traitor. Justine keeps her guard up and her ears open, confiding only in her best friend, Georgette, a fluent speaker of Choctaw who is training to work as a code talker. Justine tries to befriend each suspect, believing that the key to finding the spy lies not in cryptography but in understanding how code breakers tick. When young women begin to go missing at Arlington Hall, her deadline for unraveling the web of secrets becomes urgent and one thing remains clear: a single secret in enemy hands could end thousands of lives. "A fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author for The Physicists' Daughter Buy Links: Universal Link: https://books2read.com/u/4XwxG1 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traitor-Beside-Her-Novel/dp/1464215588 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGYPLMTH Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/Traitor-Beside-Her-Novel/dp/1464215588 Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/Traitor-Beside-Her-Novel-ebook/dp/B0BGYPLMTH Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-traitor-beside-her-mary-anna-evans/1143344440 Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-traitor-beside-her/mary-anna-evans/9781464215582 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-traitor-beside-her Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-traitor-beside-her-mary-anna-evans/18743820 Audio Buy Links: Audiobooks.com: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/672506/ Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Traitor-Beside-Her-Audiobook/B0BVDLCL7J AUTHOR BIO: MARY ANNA EVANS Mary Anna Evans is an award-winning author, a writing professor, and she holds degrees in physics and engineering, a background that, as it turns out, is ideal for writing her Justine Byrne series, which began with The Physicists’ Daughter and continues with her new book, The Traitor Beside Her. She describes Justine as “a little bit Rosie-the-Riveter and a little bit Bletchley Park codebreaker.” Mary Anna’s crime fiction has earned recognition that includes two Oklahoma Book Awards, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards Gold Medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Award, and she co-edited the Edgar-nominated Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie. Social Media Links: Website: https://www.maryannaevans.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/maryannaevans Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryAnnaEvansAuthor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-anna-evans-a7642810/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannaevans/ Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mary-anna-evans Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mary-Anna-Evans/author/B001JP9ZY2 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12395.Mary_Anna_Evans BOOK REVIEW: THE TRAITOR BESIDE HER   The USA's secret program of cryptoanalysis in Virginia toward the end of WWII is explored in The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans. A physicist's daughter, Justine Byrne plays a dangerous game of espionage. On the surface, she has been recruited to decode communication from various Axis powers as Allied forces advance on the front lines toward Germany.  However, her primary objective is to find the traitor among the brilliant decoders at Arlington Hall who are deciphering German codes that could steer the course of the war. She cannot trust anyone as she investigates who could be the potential spy. One woman on site has already been killed and others have gone missing. The suspense builds as she hones on potential suspects, risking her life. Mary Anna Evans has written a unique, smoothly-written novel with elements of suspense, romance, and friendship. The story offers the unique perspective of a young, somewhat naive woman thrust into the midst of espionage with minimal training. The story is told primarily from Justine's perspective, but other points of view are used to move the story forward. Justine can only confide in Georgette, her best friend and fluent speaker of Choctaw, who is suddenly brought into the mission. Nora is another intriguing, eccentric character who can see the colors of the music she composes and plays. One of the most fascinating aspects of the novel is to learn about the secret decoding processes that could impact the war as much as the military forces on the battlefield. Each suspect has an interesting backstory that could explain why he or she chooses to betray his/her country. However, the pacing sometimes slows down when the story delves into romance and everyday conversations of women living at Arlington Hall. Readers who enjoy learning more about covert operations that supported the behind-the-scenes war effort of Allies during WWII should enjoy reading The Traitor Beside Her, told from the perspective of a precocious, young woman thrown into the jaws of espionage.     Instagram Handle: @thecoffeepotbookclub Read the full article

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Can someone please help me find an indigenous romance novel to read??? One where BOTH love interest are indigenous people.

When I look on online, I keeping finding (disgusting) buzzwords like "Savage" and "tame" and it is gross because the majority of "indigenous" romance novels I'm finding are historical fiction that always include a white settler����💀 ALSO the imagery of the historical romance couple is CRINGE as you can see below

WARNING: There are terms such as Sl@ve and S@v@ge below on these covers, and there is a lot of racial fetishization of indigenous men :(

The title is called “Cheyenne Captive”, This feels like the author is fetishizing Indigenous men by seeing them as their “captor” WTF?!?!

The term “half-breed” is absolutely disgusting! And yet once again, I can only find interracial “indigenous’ romance novels as you can see with the latter.

 This one has some nerve. Lakota princess? LAKOTA PRINCESS!?! That’s a white lady! And for those who say there are blonde indigenous ppl, yeah. The book summary say that this is a girl from England >_> “ Driven from her home in England by hostile political forces, Estrela was little more than a girl....” BLAH BLAH BLAH, I got bored from it. 

I think this Karen Kay author have some sort of gross fetish because she has 3+ books with white women with “S@v@ge” indigenous men  💀 

The kicker is that Karen Kay is claiming she is of Indigenous descent because as an adult she found out her great-great Grandmother was a member of the Choctaw tribe. And she writes these romance novels to learn more about about her culture.

Ma’am... WHAT?!?! All of her novels centers on white women being either slaves/captives, brides, and damsels to stereotyped indigenous men. Why would someone want to create content like this??? and i’m not lying, please check her portfolio of works. All of her books are like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Kay

ANOTHER “Princess”, reminds me of all those white girls who swear up and down that their great great great great grandmother is a Cherokee “princess” 

White Bear’s woman also happens to be a white woman, Why am I not surprised? -_- This is also example of harmful racial fetishization towards Indigenous men! Read the summary of this book: “After killing her lecherous stepfather in self-defense, Hannah Gibbons fled to the New World where another cruel fate awaited her as slave to the fierce Seneca Indians. Terrified, her first thought was escape. . .until she met her new master”  🤢 🤢

I almost found a novel where the main love interest are BOTH indigenous, BUT apparently we’re supposed to root for the white girl and knowing clichés, she’s going to win.  🙄

And before I leave, here:

Don’t forget that indigenous women are also racially fetishized. (apparently that lady on the cover is a Sioux native, I couldn’t tell at first until reading the summary).

Please leave me novel suggestions that I can read where the two love interests are both Indigenous people. I know that there are actual Indigenous writers out there but unfortunately, people with racial fetishes are over saturating the space. I even tried looking for novels taking place during the Incan empire and there were novels that focused on the Incan princesses and her conquistador “lovers” excuse me, that’s not their lover, that’s their r@apist.   🤢

AND if you are a young writer and feel self-conscious about your work, I know you can do better than this junk!!

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Book Review The Traitor Beside Her Mary Anna Evans #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalMystery #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @maryannaevans @cathiedunn

FEATURED AUTHOR: MARY ANNA EVANS It is my pleasure to introduce Mary Anna Evans as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour that is being held between August 2nd — October 4th, 2023. Mary Anna Evans is the author of the Historical Mystery novel, The Traitor Beside Her (The Justine Byrne Historical Mysteries), released by Sourcebooks on June 6, 2023 (346 pages). Below are highlights of The Traitor Beside Her,  Mary Anna Evans' author bio, and my review of her novel.  Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-tour-traitor-beside-her.html HIGHLIGHTS: THE TRAITOR BESIDE HER       The Traitor Beside Her (The Justine Byrne Historical Mysteries) By Mary Anna Evans Audiobook narrated by Kimberly M. Wetherell Blurb: "Evans's characters are vividly drawn, elevating this story and its revelations about women's little-celebrated contributions to the war effort."— Washington Post "An exciting read with historical tidbits, a hint of danger, and a touch of romance."— Kirkus Reviews The Traitor Beside Her is an intricately plotted WWII espionage novel weaving together mystery, action, friendship, and a hint of romance perfect for fans of The Rose Code and Code Name Helene. Justine Byrne can't trust the people working beside her. Arlington Hall, a former women's college in Virginia has been taken over by the United States Army where hundreds of men and women work to decode countless pieces of communication coming from the Axis powers. Justine works among them, handling the most sensitive secrets of World War II—but she isn't there to decipher German codes—she's there to find a traitor. Justine keeps her guard up and her ears open, confiding only in her best friend, Georgette, a fluent speaker of Choctaw who is training to work as a code talker. Justine tries to befriend each suspect, believing that the key to finding the spy lies not in cryptography but in understanding how code breakers tick. When young women begin to go missing at Arlington Hall, her deadline for unraveling the web of secrets becomes urgent and one thing remains clear: a single secret in enemy hands could end thousands of lives. "A fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author for The Physicists' Daughter Buy Links: Universal Link: https://books2read.com/u/4XwxG1 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traitor-Beside-Her-Novel/dp/1464215588 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGYPLMTH Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/Traitor-Beside-Her-Novel/dp/1464215588 Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/Traitor-Beside-Her-Novel-ebook/dp/B0BGYPLMTH Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-traitor-beside-her-mary-anna-evans/1143344440 Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-traitor-beside-her/mary-anna-evans/9781464215582 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-traitor-beside-her Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-traitor-beside-her-mary-anna-evans/18743820 Audio Buy Links: Audiobooks.com: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/672506/ Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Traitor-Beside-Her-Audiobook/B0BVDLCL7J AUTHOR BIO: MARY ANNA EVANS Mary Anna Evans is an award-winning author, a writing professor, and she holds degrees in physics and engineering, a background that, as it turns out, is ideal for writing her Justine Byrne series, which began with The Physicists’ Daughter and continues with her new book, The Traitor Beside Her. She describes Justine as “a little bit Rosie-the-Riveter and a little bit Bletchley Park codebreaker.” Mary Anna’s crime fiction has earned recognition that includes two Oklahoma Book Awards, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards Gold Medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Award, and she co-edited the Edgar-nominated Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie. Social Media Links: Website: https://www.maryannaevans.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/maryannaevans Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryAnnaEvansAuthor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-anna-evans-a7642810/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannaevans/ Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mary-anna-evans Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mary-Anna-Evans/author/B001JP9ZY2 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12395.Mary_Anna_Evans BOOK REVIEW: THE TRAITOR BESIDE HER   The USA's secret program of cryptoanalysis in Virginia toward the end of WWII is explored in The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans. A physicist's daughter, Justine Byrne plays a dangerous game of espionage. On the surface, she has been recruited to decode communication from various Axis powers as Allied forces advance on the front lines toward Germany.  However, her primary objective is to find the traitor among the brilliant decoders at Arlington Hall who are deciphering German codes that could steer the course of the war. She cannot trust anyone as she investigates who could be the potential spy. One woman on site has already been killed and others have gone missing. The suspense builds as she hones on potential suspects, risking her life. Mary Anna Evans has written a unique, smoothly-written novel with elements of suspense, romance, and friendship. The story offers the unique perspective of a young, somewhat naive woman thrust into the midst of espionage with minimal training. The story is told primarily from Justine's perspective, but other points of view are used to move the story forward. Justine can only confide in Georgette, her best friend and fluent speaker of Choctaw, who is suddenly brought into the mission. Nora is another intriguing, eccentric character who can see the colors of the music she composes and plays. One of the most fascinating aspects of the novel is to learn about the secret decoding processes that could impact the war as much as the military forces on the battlefield. Each suspect has an interesting backstory that could explain why he or she chooses to betray his/her country. However, the pacing sometimes slows down when the story delves into romance and everyday conversations of women living at Arlington Hall. Readers who enjoy learning more about covert operations that supported the behind-the-scenes war effort of Allies during WWII should enjoy reading The Traitor Beside Her, told from the perspective of a precocious, young woman thrown into the jaws of espionage.     Instagram Handle: @thecoffeepotbookclub Read the full article