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Tayhoe
His white man’s name was Jimmy Tayhoe, and the lanky Apache Navajo grew up bold with an outspoken voice for his people. Once a leader in the American Indian Movement, Tayhoe had a one-track Beware of the white race. Now he has come home to the reservation where casinos and hotels have risen up from the very ground that contains his ancestor’s bones. There is even talk of storing the white man’s nuclear waste. Everyone has moved on, and he has remained the same. Kara Lindstrom, a soil and water analyst from Minnesota, is on her way to the Southwestern Reservation to study the Indians’ sustainable living. Determined to put behind her the ugly end of her wedding engagement, she seeks new perspectives in the serenity of the vast desert. Then a wrong turn leaves her lost and alone in the dark. Everything in Tayhoe’s life turns upside down when a white woman bursts into his world. Yet slowly they reach a common ground, and Tayhoe offers to be Kara’s guide. The practical arrangement deepens into a connection that leaves them both profoundly changed and shattered by circumstances that could tear them apart. When Tribal President Leonard Blessing suspects voter tampering regarding a proposed nuclear dump site, he assigns Tayhoe to investigate. Tayhoe learns quickly what happens when rich corporations mix with Indian poverty. Soon he is arrested for the kidnapping of the Secretary of the Interior’s young son, and it’s Kara who sets off alone to find the boy. But someone else is searching also, someone who doesn’t want the boy to speak the truth.
349 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 19, 2019
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July 21, 2019
Absolutely Amazing
Judith Schiller has just become one of my favourite authors. This book is so well researched and well written. The story is completely engrossing and captures your attention right from the first page. The details about The Painted Desert, Navajo and Apache traditions as well as sustainable farming practices are amazing. The story is about love and redemption, greed and corruption, family and community. Judith has taken these different elements and woven them together to create an unforgettable tale. I highly recommend this book and am looking forward to reading more by this author.
Judith Schiller has just become one of my favourite authors. This book is so well researched and well written. The story is completely engrossing and captures your attention right from the first page. The details about The Painted Desert, Navajo and Apache traditions as well as sustainable farming practices are amazing. The story is about love and redemption, greed and corruption, family and community. Judith has taken these different elements and woven them together to create an unforgettable tale. I highly recommend this book and am looking forward to reading more by this author.
November 23, 2019
I'm not a real fan of modern romance but this one had me captivated. I tried everything to get out of doing things just so I could keep reading the story. I even had my kindle in the kitchen reading and cooking at the same time. Interesting story line involving Native Americans and how they manage day to day. Their land and how big companies are exploiting them. Love / hate relations between whites and Native Americans. Smoking, drunkenness, drugs, suicide and criminal activity all play a part. I had tears in my eyes when the two main characters were nearly killed, especially for the hero. A good read and will definitely read again.
May 8, 2019
A book that I will read again
This story was refresh different. I looked for more from this author, but could only find one other title. I would recommend this book to others who enjoy the native American genre.
This story was refresh different. I looked for more from this author, but could only find one other title. I would recommend this book to others who enjoy the native American genre.
July 20, 2023
wow this book is among my top 10 for sure. i loved everything, the characters are just wonderful, complex, beautiful souled pesons, the description of the and, plant, desert, brds, the magic and the vivid richness of the desert and it's complexity.
Wow I cried hard and I clunched my fists , the emotion and the fear for Jimmy and Kara. i alos loved how important and well constructed were the "secondary characters" All important / Molly, Joe, Leonard, Bonnie, John, Kevin And Danny. A wonderful story by an immensely talented author.
Wow I cried hard and I clunched my fists , the emotion and the fear for Jimmy and Kara. i alos loved how important and well constructed were the "secondary characters" All important / Molly, Joe, Leonard, Bonnie, John, Kevin And Danny. A wonderful story by an immensely talented author.
August 23, 2021
This just became one of my FAVORITE books ever
Read this in 24 hours and absolutely love it. Tayhoe has everything I want in a story - two people from different worlds, a conflict that’s bigger than both of them, danger, a wonderful supporting cast that I hope will get their own books soon (Danny, for one), and beautiful writing all set in the Navajo reservation. Schiller took my heart there and more.
Read this in 24 hours and absolutely love it. Tayhoe has everything I want in a story - two people from different worlds, a conflict that’s bigger than both of them, danger, a wonderful supporting cast that I hope will get their own books soon (Danny, for one), and beautiful writing all set in the Navajo reservation. Schiller took my heart there and more.
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