Fire and Rain

Priscilla came to the Dakota territories to helpher missionary father "civilize" the Indians. But theMinnesota-bred beauty was enchanted by the ways of theLakota Sioux ... and by a proud warrior calledWhirlwind Rider, who awakened a magnificent passionwithin her — wondrous, forbidden ... as elementalas the fire and the rain.

In a century-old steamer trunk, journalistCecily Metcalf discovers the diary of a remarkable youngwoman whose words reach out across time — touchingCecily's heart, leading her back to her handsome, enigmaticfirst love, Kiah Red Thunder .. inspiring them both intheir glorious, dangerous quest to reclaim alost and powerful passion.

Award-winning author Kathleen Eagle captures the struggle and heartbreak of the Sioux nation of South Dakota in two parallel love stories set 100 years apart. Priscilla, the daughter of a missionary, becomes enchanted with Whirlwind Rider, a proud warrior. A century later, Cecily, a journalist, discovers Priscilla's diary. Original.

Since the publication of Once Upon a Wedding in hardcover, I've received lots of letters filled with wonderful wedding anecdotes from new brides and mothers ofthe bride. Most of them want to know just how much of my own daughter's wedding found its way into this book.

Here's the scoop: The devil is in the details. Yes, I said, "Don't spend a lot on a wedding. Put the money toward a house." Yes, I'm cheap. Yes, I'm addicted to E-Bay, and yes, I'm way too hands-on, love to do the craft projects myself — which doesn't save a penny, but what a sense of satisfaction it gave me. And, yes, my dear friends and in-laws saved the wedding with their late-night stitching in time. Oh, and yes, I did hitch a ride to the church on the bakery truck.

Kathleen Eagle and her husband of thirty-two years make their home in Minnesota. Write to her c/o

Midwest Fiction Writers, P.O. Box 24107,
Minneapolis, MN 55424.