Tag Archives: Cherokees
Lori Copeland. The One Who Waits for Me. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2011.
Captain Pierce Montgomery, Second Lieutenant Samuel “Preach” Madison, and First Lieutenant Gray Eagle are three veterans traveling home to North Carolina after the Civil War. They cannot wait to get home to their family, the promise of peace, and the … Continue reading
Jeanne Webster. Strays. Fawnskin, CA: Personhood Press, 2011.
Jane is deeply unhappy. At 24, just starting out in life, she feels as though she has come to the end of the road. She lives with a smothering boyfriend in Atlanta, a city she dislikes, putting her dreams of … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Mountains, Religious/Inspirational, Webster, Jeanne
Lois Gladys Leppard. The Mandie Collection, Volume Five. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2011.
This volume of three Mandie novels picks up where the previous volume left off. Mandie is still on her European tour in Mandie and the Fiery Rescue. She’s in Ireland, where, egged on by Jonathan, she is determined to find … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Children & Young Adults, Leppard, Lois Gladys, Mountains, Mystery
Elizabeth Towles. The Long Night Moon. Lady Lake, FL: Fireside Publications, 2009.
Darcie Edglon is a stereotypical teenage girl: she thinks mostly about boys, followed closely by shopping. But her whole world turns upside-down one terrible day in the spring of 1974 when her parents are killed in a car accident outside … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Macon, Mecklenburg, Mountains, Piedmont, Romance/Relationship, Towles, Elizabeth
Sarah Martin Byrd. Guardian Spirit. Athens, OH: Lucky Press, 2011.
Survival for Millie and her two young children, Sadie and Sammy, requires thoughtful planning, strong willpower, and magic. When Millie finally musters the courage to leave her abusive husband, Brad, in Texas and to hide in the Blue Ridge Mountains … Continue reading
Bill Whitworth. Butterfly Girl. Alexander, NC: Alexander Books, 2010.
White Shoals appears to be a peaceful town in the scenic mountains of North Carolina, but appearances can be deceiving. Jason Duke has been the sheriff for less than a year, and when an anonymous caller reports a body near … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Mountains, Mystery, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Whitworth, Bill
Leanna Sain. Return to Nowhere. Kingsport, TN: Twilight Times Books, 2009.
Twenty-two years have passed since Emma Franklin walked through an iron gate to enter 1827 and to leave 2004 and her “modern-day” life behind forever. In that time, has married Gavin MacKinley, had six children, and never regretted crossing into … Continue reading
Lois Gladys Leppard. The Mandie Collection, Volume Three. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2008.
This selection of novels in the Mandie series follows the heroine chronologically. As Mandie and the Holiday Surprise opens, Mandie is back at school in Asheville, eager to return home for the Christmas holidays. Mandie’s nemesis, April Snow, attempts to … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Buncombe, Children & Young Adults, Leppard, Lois Gladys, Macon, Mountains, Mystery, Novels in Series
Lawrence Thackston. The Devil’s Courthouse. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2010.
“I’m telling ya, there’s something screwy going on in our little corner of the wild kingdom.” These words, from forest ranger Lem Astin, are a light-hearted understatement. In the spring of 1974 several grizzly murders occur in Great Smoky Mountains. … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Jackson, Mitchell, Mountains, Suspense/Thriller, Swain, Thackston, Lawrence, Transylvania
Leanna Sain. Gate to Nowhere. Kingsport, TN: Twilight Times Books, 2008.
“Before I tell you anything, Gavin, I want to assure you that I’m not crazy. I’m not an escapee from an asylum, and I’m not a witch. I’m just me. My name is Emma Jane Franklin. I’m thirty-four years old; … Continue reading
