Beloved Woman: A Historical Novel

By Sheri Peppers

Book Overview

He was her rock. But when Bryanna's aristocratic father is brutally attacked by the Iroquois, dying in her arms, she vows to him he will be avenged. Beloved Woman is the epic journey of a privileged young Englishwoman who accompanies her merchant father to the new world.

Thrust into the primal brutal world of the American Indian, Bryanna is transformed into a warrior amid the clashing cultures of the Cherokee, Creek, and Iroquois in the year 1705.

Bryanna and her father arrived in North Carolina from London to trade for furs with the Cherokee Indians in the Allegheny Mountains. A campsite attack changes her world. Her only reason for living is to deliver her father's murderer to justice. Nothing will stop her, especially the Cherokee Chief named Black Bear and his warriors who brings her wounded unconscious body to their town.

During dark sleepless nights and empty days, desperate thoughts of finding a way to capture her father's killer consume her. She learns of the war women, called Beloved Woman, in the town of Toxaway. If she became Beloved Woman, her chances of finding her father's killer would be much greater. This couldn't be more perfect for her. She will learn the ways of the Cherokee in the great Allegheny Mountains even if it kills her.

?Beloved Woman captures the heart, bringing to light bravery, love, and passion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532079036
• ISBN13: 9781532079030
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"