Cherokee Fiction

Deep in the Smoky Mountains, the victim lies, sacrificed on a makeshift altar. FBI agent Dallas Sloan knows the scene all too well - just as he knows the killings won't stop until there are four more bodies. Genny Madoc's "sixth sense" has brought many of Cherokee Pointe's residents to her isolated log cabin, looking for help. But now it's Genny who needs help from the disturbing visions she sees. Thrown together by necessity, drawn to each other by desire, Dallas and Genny must band together, searching the darkest heart of a town's hidden secrets.

A woman ahead of her time, Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, Mary must provide for her young daughter by running a stage coach station on the Cherokee Trail. With the help of an Irish maid and a mysterious stranger, Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming.

The victims are all found face-down in the murky waters of the creek that runs through Cherokee Pointe, Tennessee. They are naked, except for the black satin ribbon tied around their necks. And each murdered woman shares a single characteristic... they are all redheads... Socialite Reve Sorrell has come to Cherokee Pointe seeking answers about her family history and her shocking connection to wrong-side-of-the-tracks Jazzy Talbot. With their stunning good looks and shining red hair, the two are mirror images of each other—twins abandoned at birth and raised in very different worlds.

Cherokee Pointe, Tennessee, has seen murder before, but nothing like what has claimed the life of Jamie Upton, heir to the Upton fortune. The crime is so vicious, so personal and filled with hatred, the authorities are certain it had to be someone he knew.... The number-one suspect is Jamie's former lover Jazzy Talbot. The girl from the wrong side of the tracks has always been Cherokee Point's favorite target for gossip and worse. Jazzy knows she didn't kill Jamie...just as she knows she's being watched, stalked like prey....

Eleven-year-old Mandie Shaw is nervous about her trip to visit her Cherokee relatives. The journey through a North Carolina mountain forest is full of dangers like stalking panthers, and she wonders if her dead father’s kinspeople will even like her once she arrives. But the trip to the Indian reservation is only the beginning of Mandie’s many adventures. When Mandie and her friends get lost in a secret cave, they discover a pile of gold left behind by a legendary Cherokee chief. Is it really cursed, as legend insists?

Wohali, which means Eagle in the Cherokee language, started out as the story of a seven-year-old Cherokee boy living in the 1600s. In the second book, he is now about to turn eight and he's going to show you what it was like to be an Indian in the 17th century. Wohali lives with his family in the Smokey Mountains in what is now North Carolina. He shows you his life and what they think about the world around them. He will tell you about their clans and the village he lives in, and why they were so successful surviving in the mountains.

Cherokee people have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years. During all this time, they have told stories to each other to explain how things came to be, to pass on lessons about life, and to describe the mountains, animals, plants, and spirits around them. The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee collects 26 stories that are great for kids and are still being told by storytellers today.

All he wants is a job as a ranch foreman. He'd tried in Montana, but ended up in a gunfight with a pair of ugly-looking brothers over a horse. Leaving one dead and the other swearing revenge, Norm figures it'd be wise to make himself scarce. He heads south, to Nebraska. Instead of work, though, he finds something he never expected--a partner. Edith is a beautiful young woman with a sordid past of her own.

Haunted by the blood and bitterness of the Civil War, Houston Ballou escaped from Tennessee on the proud stallion High Fire, followed by his brother, Ruff; his sister, Dixie; and the last four mares from the Ballou farm, one of them heavy with foal. Threatened with extreme danger from either army, they head west to start a new life. Adding to their peril are deserters that stalk the roads. These men would kill for a few coins, more so for valuable horseflesh.

Sie weiß, dass er weiß, dass sie weiß, dass er es weiß! London 1817: Als Lady Violet Grey und Lord James Audley sich vor fünf Jahren trafen, verliebten sie sich und heirateten Hals über Kopf. Nun sprechen die beiden seit vier Jahren kein Wort mehr miteinander. Aber als Violet die Nachricht erhält, dass James einen Reitunfall hatte, macht sie sich sofort auf den Weg zu ihm. Nur um ihn dann wohlauf anzutreffen, wenn man mal von dem heftigen Kater absieht. Um ihrem Ehemann eine Lektion zu erteilen, täuscht Violet vor, krank zu sein.

Ich liebe Hunde. Sie hasst sie. Besser kann es gar nicht laufen, oder? Gerüchte haben mir nie etwas ausgemacht. Wenn die Leute über mich spekulieren wollen, weil ich beruflich Hundekleidung entwerfe – sollen sie doch. Ich kenne die Wahrheit. Seit ich Teegan Lowery engagiert habe, kann ich an keine andere Frau mehr denken. Ich habe sie wegen ihrer hervorragenden PR-Fähigkeiten eingestellt, aber sie schleicht sich langsam in mein Herz, das ich seit Jahren mit einem NO VACANCY-Schild gekennzeichnet habe. Alles an Teegan schreit danach, dass sie nicht verfügbar ist.

Unser erstes Treffen brachte mein Herz zum Schlagen. Vierzehn Jahre später war unser Wiedersehen weniger Herz und mehr Kick. Es hat sich herausgestellt, dass Quinn genauso scharf darauf war, mich zu sehen wie ich sie. Und ich habe die Kopfverletzung, die das beweist. Die Leute sehen gerne, wie der frauenverachtende Idiot fällt ... derjenige, der deine Nummer nimmt, aber nie anruft? Der Typ, der mit vielen schläft, aber nie heiratet? Jeder will sehen, wie sich dieser Typ verliebt, richtig? Pfft. Klingt wie ein Drehbuch, das direkt aus einem der Kinofilme stammt, die meine Kunden drehen.

It’s going to be “the biggest hoss race in the world”! Homesteaders are set to race on horseback, in gigs and wagons, and even by train to stake their claim in the Cherokee Strip, the last bit of Oklahoma territory opened for settlement in 1893. For 15-year-old Becky Fletcher and her family, it's the Promised Land: their last chance for a farm they can live on free and clear. But no journey to the Promised Land is without trials, and the Fletchers soon run into setbacks. Each difficulty tests Becky’s inclination to further her own and her family's interests at all costs.

Men throughout history have questioned their existence. Some men have pondered the origins of life. Where they are from and the greatness of their ancestors. Were these ancestors’ good men, men of legend? We are Scotsman the men whom have guarded the lowlands of Scotland against her enemies for decades. We left England to avoid the persecution that would follow her victory.

Der perfekte Mann ist der Mann, der mir das Herz gebrochen hat? Danke, aber nein danke! Ich hätte gerne einen netten, zuverlässigen, respektablen Mann. Aber nett, zuverlässig und respektabel ist total L-A-N-G-W-E-I-L-I-G. Mir ist klar, ich stehe auf Bad Boys. Ich habe die anderen Geschmacksrichtungen versucht, aber es gibt nichts Besseres als einen Mann, der sich nimmt, was er will, ohne sich dafür zu entschuldigen. Als ob mein Liebesleben nicht schon dramatisch genug wäre, steht plötzlich Dean Bennett wieder vor mir und glaubt, er könne mich mit seinem Charme zurückgewinnen.

Thirteen-year-old Uwohali has not seen his father, Sequoyah, for many years. So when Sequoyah returns to the village, Uwohali is eager to reconnect. But Sequoyah's new obsession with making strange markings causes friends and neighbors in their tribe to wonder whether he is crazy - or, worse, practicing witchcraft. What they don't know, and what Uwohali discovers, is that Sequoyah is a genius, and his strange markings are actually an alphabet representing the sounds of the Cherokee language.

Sie brauchte ein Kindermädchen. Ich brauchte eine Hauptdarstellerin. Irgendwie wurde ich Mr. Nanny. Ich habe schon nicht mehr daran geglaubt, als Drehbuchautor in L.A. durchzustarten. Aber zu meinem Glück hat mein Agent vor ein paar Wochen einen Investor gefunden. Hurra, alle meine Probleme sind gelöst! Der Haken? Der Investor ist nur bereit, meinen Film zu finanzieren, wenn ich eine bestimmte Schauspielerin verpflichte. Und natürlich muss es dieselbe Schauspielerin sein, die ich vor ein paar Monaten über den Tisch gezogen habe. Aber dieses winzige Detail braucht sie ja nicht zu wissen, oder?

Es gibt zwei Argumente, die gegen Cristian Bianco sprechen: Er ist Polizist und er ist Polizist im 18th District … das heißt, mein Dad ist sein Boss. Aufzuwachsen als die Tochter des Kapitäns und ständig unter seiner Beobachtung zu stehen, war mehr, als ich verkraften konnte. Inzwischen bin ich ausgezogen und lebe nach meinen eigenen Regeln. Na ja, meistens. Doch in meinem Job ist etwas schiefgelaufen und mein Notfallplan funktioniert nicht wie erhofft. Weshalb ich das Date, was meine Freundinnen auf der Bachelor-Versteigerung für mich arrangiert haben, nicht annehmen werde.

Sissy’s younger brother, Chooch, isn’t a baby anymore. They just celebrated his second birthday after all. But no matter what Chooch does—even if he’s messing something up, which is basically all the time!—their parents just say he’s “helping." Sissy feels that Chooch can get away with anything! When Elisi paints a mural, Chooch helps. When Edutsi makes grape dumplings, Chooch helps. When oginalii gigs for crawdads, Chooch helps. When Sissy tries to make a clay pot, Chooch helps.

The body of a young woman is found – piece by piece. The ghastly mementos are being delivered to Detective Lucas Stonecoat and psychiatrist Dr. Meredyth Sanger, signaling the beginning of a gruesome game. But who's playing it? Why? And how far will it go next? Arthur and Lauralie are an average couple--in every way but one. In the privacy of their isolated farm, they share a taste for the macabre. Utterly devoted to each other, they'll do anything--to anyone--to keep their love alive.