With their dark skin, black hair and lifestyle and traditions they reminded me of Gypsies. And must learn to accept and live like the people who she was supposed to hate. A young princess discovering who she truly is. For me, the strongest point is the plot line. Book three of this series has a pending publication date of 2014. She has received high praise, 2014 EPIC award winner, for highlighting the struggles of traditional Native American values and practices in a contemporary modern world, while meshing suspense with the supernatural, in the first two books of her American Indian series, Medicine Man, currently available at Wild Child Publishing ( ). Her writing career began when she meshed her love of the written word with her passion for her Native American heritage. She honed her writing skills first as an editor then teaching workshops on the craft of winning synopsis and query letters. Howen was born a storyteller, much to the amusement of her grandfather and the chagrin of her parents. A traditional naturalist, she stays busy working with wild life and cat rehab and rescue centers.

Howen lives in Texas with a dozen cats, two squirrels, one raccoon, one dog, and her daughter.

This is the first book in the fantasy series Tales of the Zingari.Ī former military brat, then military spouse, S.R. What sacrifices will they have to make along the way, and will Javert ever discover the true meaning of the Wizard's Heart before his people and the love of his life are lost? Tricked by demons, and followed by the queen's soldiers, they must find the fabled Wizard's Heart in the frozen Winter Valley.

In order to prevent magic, and the Zingari, from being wiped from the land, Sorann must become Javert's wife and leave everything behind that she once held dear. When Sorann's failed healer's magic test brings them together, they discover the prophecy governing the land is false. Javert is a member of the wandering tribe called the Zingari and their future king. Sorann is the queen's daughter and training to be an empathic healer. Only then can the heart be found and the evil of the world kept in its bounds.' –The Prophecy of the Land When he comes, his one true wife must carry within her a child of the old one who would be king.

The Wizard's Heart by S.R. Howen