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. 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.
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