Dakota Dream (57 page)

Jacob grinned, his mouth lopsided, and said, "It is a good name. It means this child is
a
baby nincompoop."

Then he burst out laughing, joining his wife in hysterics as Hazel looked on, her eyebrows alternately rising and falling.

"Highly irregular, extremely indelicate," she muttered as she wrapped the baby in a quilt. "Nothing about this has been the least bit proper."

Lifting the infant from his mother's tummy, Hazel leaned over and placed him at her bosom. Tiny fingers groped for Dominique's breast, instinctively seeking the life-sustaining fluid within.

Hazel gasped, and tears sprang into the corners of her eyes as she observed mother and child. "Oh, my Lord, would you look at that."

Dominique studied her son, smoothing his damp hair, branding his scent into her memory,
then
looked back up at Hazel. "He's beautiful, isn't he?"

"Oh, my dear, he's much more than that. He's white. With that red hair and pale skin, no one will ever guess his father was a Sioux Indian. This is truly a day in which to give thanks."

Dominique exchanged a loving glance with her husband, both of them harboring a secret smile, then said to Hazel, "His skin may not be red, but always remember this: That white flesh is there only to protect the heart of a great Lakota warrior.''

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Dear Reader;

Dakota Dream is the first book I ever published. Naturally, it’s very close to my heart.
 
I got the idea for this novel while visiting North Dakota where my husband was born and raised. I was lucky enough to tour Custer’s beautiful home at Ft. Lincoln State Park, read the books Libby wrote about her life with Custer, and learn a lot about the Lakota/Sioux Indian Tribe. Custer’s wife and the male relatives who died with him at Little Big Horn are actual characters. Everyone else is a figment of my imagination. I can’t tell you how much it meant to hold this book in published form in my hands for the first time. I hope reading it has given you at least a fraction of the pleasure.

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