Cherokee Warriors: The Lover

by Genell Dellin

Book Overview

Desperate to save her small farm, Susanna Copeland decides to drive a herd of cattle to Kansas--but no crew will work for a woman. Looking for a man who'll pretend he's her husband, she bails Eagle Jack Sixkiller out of jail...and gets more than she bargained for. Jack enjoys beautiful women, and he especially enjoys teasing his "wife," kissing her in front of the men, inventing new verses of "Oh, Susanna", and inisting they share a tent. After...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060001461
• ISBN13: 9780060001469
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Funny and romantic.

A very good book. Funny and romantic -- at times HILLARIOUS. The love scenes could have been a little more explicit for my taste but the book is so entertaining that I didn't really mind all that much. The kissing scenes are delicious. The last two pages are wonderful. There IS one intense scene on the cattle drive where you can just feel the water current slam that steer right into you. Eagle Jack Sixkiller is so-o-o easy to fall in love with.

Cherokee Warriors: The Lover

Eagle Jack Sixkiller wakes up to find himself in the Salado, Texas jail, after a brawl the night before that got his horse stolen by theives, when a pretty woman, widow Mrs. Susanna Copeland, shows up to bail the first man out of jail to pretend to be her husband and stay away from liquor long enough to trail her cattle to Abilene, Kansas. Of the five men in the jail, Eagle Jack is not only stone cold sober, but willing to work for a woman as long as he can track the theives that stole his horse.It was a great store, in spite of the fact that Susanna wanted to fight Eagle Jack at every decision that was made at home and on the trail. It was very entertaining!

cattle driven story line

In 1870 Texas, widow Susanna Copeland interviews inmates of the local jail because she needs to hire a man to pose as her husband so her "spouse" can hire males for a cattle drive as no one will work for a woman. Everyone scorns her except Eagle Jack Sixkiller who resides in jail because two thugs beat him up while stealing his racing horse. Desperate to move her nine hundred-member herd to Kansas to keep her ranch, Susanna hires Eagle Jack.He will take her herd to Kansas, but not with her along, as Susanna demands. He fails to persuade her that women don't belong on the trail. Eagle Jack informs his boss that if the decision involves life and death he makes it. On the trail, Eagle Jack teaches an eager to learn Susanna how to lead as a trail boss, work a herd and scout ahead. As they travel together as a pretend couple, they fall in love, but it appears neither will take the key next step needed to make their arrangement permanent.CHEROKEE WARRIORS: THE LOVER is an entertaining tale that provides readers with a vivid description of what happens on a late nineteenth century cattle drive, which will thrill fans of western novels as much as those who relish a strong romance. The support cast delightfully brings out either the traits of the lead protagonists, the trail, or both. Though the obstinacy of the heroine becomes weary, the audience will appreciate riding along with Genell Dellin on this exciting cattle driven story line.Harriet Klausner