NEW NOVEL FINISHED!!

August 3, 2015

By Olivene Godfrey

This past weekend was eventful for Barry, Tam and myself.  Following lots of work, my new novel, "Princess Mooneyes" was published.  I expect my blog readers to order a copy right away.  And, I would also like for you to tell others about it.  The novel can be ordered at Amazon, Kindle.

Princess Mooneyes is a romance novel and is set in the 1980's.  The story centers around a woman character, Dina Yardley, the only child of a Cherokee Indian woman and a wealthy, Southern Anglo Saxon newspaper publisher, a descendant of British nobility.

The novel is set in a small city located in the Georgia mountain country that was once a part of the Cherokee nation.  Interwoven in the story are incidents that give an insight into the newspaper and photography professions of the time, the history and culture of the Cherokee Indians and the Southern mountain people.

Reared in her father's culture, Dina privately embraces many of the philosophies of traditional Indians.  She's a member of the editorial staff of the family owned newspaper but her first love is photography.  Her Indian heritage is evident in the hue of her skin, her black hair and the cast of her features.  From her father, she inherited brilliant blue eyes.

The romantic conflict focuses on Dina's ambivalent feelings for a charismatic, internationally known journalist, Tracy Warner.  When the novel begins, Tracy is a quintessential bachelor, an intelligent man who truly likes women but who finds his real fulfillment in his work with little room in his life for an intimate relationship.

Dina believes that Tracy threatens her legacy when her father, Clay, hires him as the paper's managing editor.  Dina has been pampered by her widowed father and her aunt, Cara, and is a bit spoiled and willful.  In reality, Dina is a shy, insecure person

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When Dina meets Tracy, sparks fly.  As the story progresses, Dina and Tracy come close emotionally and back away, tormenting themselves and each other.  Almost without realizing it, they learn and grow and fall in love.

With Tracy, Dina discovers the risks, the pain and the rapture that comes with love.  And then her pride is shattered and she retreats to her mountain haven where she has found peace in the past.

While Dina prepares to return to the city, a tornado strikes the mountain lake area.  Seriously injured, Dina's secret is revealed to her family and to Tracy....

See you next time.  Comments welcome.  (As told to Tam.)