I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC guidelines. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I was not required to write a positive review. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell. Want to learn more? Here’s my post for First Line Friday featuring Tidewater Bride. Because of that, Tidewater Bride would be an excellent discussion book since it illustrates the good and bad of communicating with people from different cultures, as well as much of what early Colonists could have done so much better. While not perfect by any means, he exhibited many of the skills that I believe make for good, humble, intercultural communication. I’m happy to say Tidewater Bride captivated me and offered a glimpse into Pochahantas’s tragic story such as laid out in this article. I am not Native American, but I have enjoyed learning their (true) history ever since I was a child. When I learned Tidewater Bride delved into some of Pocahontas’s story, I was both fascinated and nervous to see how the author handled it. Selah begins to see Xander in a different light, a perspective that leads to attraction. And it isn’t the Disney version of the story. But as Tidewater Bride unfolds, so does the story of what happened to Mattachanna.

Selah’s view of Xander is unflattering to him at first, especially because she counted his first wife a childhood friend. Fed up with the arrogant dealings of the leadership in James Towne, he wants to be left in peace, but he cannot ignore the Powhatan’s offer of a peace child exchange to stave off more bloodshed.

Xander is a tobacco farmer who has served as the mediator between the White men and the Powhatans. When not reading and writing, she loves to garden, cook, take long walks, and travel. Though this is a fictional story and names have been changed, much of the history comes from John Rolfe and his second marriage, after Pocahontas’s death. Laura Frantz is a Christy Award winner and the ECPA bestselling author of eleven historical novels, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, and The Lacemaker.

Tidewater Bride by Laura Frantz