Mist-chi-mas: A Novel of Captivity

J. L. Oakley

Paperback

Regular price$19.99With free membership trial$9.9950% off your first book+ Free shipping

In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

In MIST-CHI-MAS: A NOVEL OF CAPTIVITY, everyone is bound to something. Englishwoman Jeannie Naughton never intends to run away from life, but in 1860 a woman's reputation is everything. A scandal not of her own making forces her to flee to an island in the Pacific Northwest. The island, home to Coast Salish people and Hawaiians working for the Hudson's Bay Company, is jointly occupied by British and American military forces. Jeannie settles into life at English Camp where she meets American Jonas Breed. As a youth he was captured and held as a slave-a mist-chi-mas-by the Haida. Jeannie forms a passionate, hidden liaison with Breed.Jeannie and Breed plan to run away and marry. News that Breed has been killed in a fight with a dangerous smuggler causes Jeannie to take refuge with Andrew Pierce, an acquaintance of Breed's. She marries Pierce, then moves to Seattle Twenty years later, recently widowed, Jeannie receives a note that Breed may be alive. Jeannie now embarks on a journey to find Breed, unaware she is stirring up an old and dangerous struggle of power and revenge.

Book Details

Publisher: Fairchance Press
Publish Date: Sep 24th, 2017
Pages: 524
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 1.05in - 1.53lb
EAN: 9780997323726
Categories: • Historical - General• Romance - Historical - General• Action & Adventure

About the Author

Award-winning author J.L. Oakley writes historical fiction that spans the mid-19th century to WW II with characters standing up for something in their own time and place. Her writing has been recognized with a 2013 Bellingham Mayor's Arts Award, the 2013 Chanticleer Grand Prize, the 2015 WILLA Silver Award, the 2016 Grand Prize Goethe Award for post 1750 historical fiction. She loves writing in noisy cafes and researching history. When not writing, she demonstrates 19th century folkways.

Praise for this book

A masterful work of historical fictionthat charts a deeply compelling romance set in the Pacific Northwest during thefascinating but under-reported second half of the nineteenth century.Award-wining author, Janet Oakley brings us another exceptional work from herheart, Mist-chi-mas: A Novel of Captivity. Chanticleer Book Reviews

Mist-chi-mas... drips with atmosphere like rain from the misty Olympic forests.(Oakley) tantalizes readers with hints about Jonas' and Jennie's livesthat they would prefer kept secret, their complex, doomed love affair, and the mysterious business partner who comes to the forefront afterJennie's husband is killed... Recommended.

Historical Novel Society Reviews Aug 2018

I absolutely loved this book. The dualityof historical fiction and romance genres that the authorartfully blendsinto the story that captured me completely. I truly felt like I wasliving the Pacific Northwest of the nineteenth century...

judge for IndieBRAG Medallion 2018