Snake Dancer

by Vicki Blair

At first glance, Leslie (Les) Lewis looks like any other seventeen-year-old high school senior in Kentucky, but she’s not—she’s different. Part of the difference stems from her holiness upbringing and the twenty-plus venomous snakes living in her basement; however, her religion and the snakes are not what differentiate her the most. That would be her secret sin.Four years ago, something happened to Les that changed her from being an outgoing, carefree, dress-wearing, thirteen-year-old to being the guarded, mature, jeans-wearing tomboy she is today. Tormented day and night by this secret, she lives in fear of her sin being exposed. So far, she’s been successful in keeping everything under wraps until she meets and falls for the new good-looking young gym teacher—Coach Zuzeca (Z). Coach Z is a member of the Lakota Sioux Indian tribe and has his own secrets. When Les and Z get together in this forbidden romance, their cultures, religions, and secrets collide. The outcome is a slithering mess.

324 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2019

About the author

Vicki feels her lifetime of smalltown living makes her an expert on writing about this type of lifestyle in her Gravy, Grits, and Graves novel. She attributes her multiple years of experience as a professional in human resources as an added resource for helping her in character development as well. She and her husband, Buddy, live in London, KY. She has three children and two dogs.

Reviews

[Tammy Messer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read all of her books and loved each one! Waiting for the next one.

[Kim Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this age of infinite variety available to readers, you don't often run across something unique. "Snake Dancer" delivers just such an experience in the character of Leslie Lewis, a young woman from a family of Holiness snake handlers in Kentucky. Author Vicki Blair brings to life a vibrant culture, one that is nothing like what outsiders (and readers) might assume it to be.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Snake Dancer is a delightful jaunt off the beaten path and into life adventures of spunky seventeen year old Leslie Lewis as she navigates her senior year in rural Kentucky. If you’re tired of reading Hollywood settings and mainstream characters, take a peak into the lives of Vicki Blair’s authentic characters in her engaging novel.