Enjoy!
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The inspiration
for Sanctified, book three in the Matawapit Family Series, came
from book one, Blessed, starring younger brother Emery and Emery’s
former lover Darryl Keejik. Raven
Kabatay (heroine for Sanctified) is mentioned briefly at the beginning
of the novel during a scene where Darryl’s at the diner having coffee with
Raven’s brother Clayton. I loved the
Kabatay family and wanted to explore their experience with the Indian
Residential School and how it impacted the siblings and mother. What is motivating them to abhor the
Matawapit family, why do they loathe the Catholic church on their reserve, why
are they determined to see the community practise only traditional ways.
Jude (Emery’s
older brother) also makes an appearance in Blessed during one
scene. I liked Jude. And I wanted to explore the shades of grey in
the religion Jude participates in: how
does a Catholic handle divorce.
I also wanted to
use Sanctified to further explore the “feud” between the Kabatays and
the Matawapits. What would happen if two
people from the opposing families fell in love, which of course is Jude and
Raven?
There is one more
book in the series, Renewed. I’m
on my second round of self-edits, and my fingers are crossed I’ll have this
book out by the end 2019.
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| Cover for Sanctified. Artwork by Martine Jardin. |
Logline: In the midst of a battle for leadership at
their Oijbway community, two enemies of opposing families fall in love…
Blurb: After suffering a humiliating divorce,
infuriated Catholic, Jude Matawapit, bolts to his family’s Ojibway community to
begin a new job—but finds himself thrown into a battle for chief as his
brother-in-law’s campaign manager. The
radical Kabatay clan, with their extreme ideas about traditional Ojibway life,
will stop at nothing to claim the leadership position, and rid the reserve of
Western culture and its religion once and for all, which not only threatens the
non-traditional people of the community, but Jude’s chance at a brand-new life
he’s creating for his children.
Recording addict,
Raven Kabatay, will do anything to win the respect and trust of her older
siblings and mother after falling deep into drug addiction that brought shame
and anger to her family. Not only does
she have the opportunity to redeem herself by becoming her brother’s campaign
manager for chief, if he wins, she’ll have the reserve’s backing to purchase
the gold-mine diner where she works—finally making something of herself. But falling in love with the family’s sworn
enemy–the deacon’s eldest son, Jude–will not only betray the Kabatay clan but
everything Raven believes in and has worked so hard for.
About the
Author: An Ojibway from Northwestern
Ontario, Maggie resides in the country with her husband and their fur babies,
two beautiful Alaskan Malamutes. When
she’s not writing, she can be found pulling weeds in the flower beds, mowing
the huge lawn, walking the Mals deep in the bush, teeing up a ball at the golf
course, fishing in the boat for walleye, or sitting on the deck at her sister’s
house, making more wonderful memories with the people she loves most.
Find Maggie:
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Maggie-Blackbird/e/B07KQP1FFG
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