Bøger af Constance Gillam

Lisette's Beaulieu's private school classmates have always made the 15 year-old Creole orphan feel like a freak. But Lisette never believed them until she accidentally raised the dead in a cemetery late one night.When she discovers that her mother's family is alive and practicing Voodoo in the bayou, her world spins farther out of control.She must master her new found powers to save her best friend, Scooter, and the mysterious boy, Eric, she's come to love.

Julia, a mixed-race woman born into slavery in Louisiana, escapes brutal plantation life only to be captured by the Comanche. She holds tight to her dream of Canada and freedom as she unwillingly witnesses the acts of savagery the Indians perpetrate against the whites.Later traded to the Cheyenne, she is reluctantly drawn to a visiting Sioux warrior. The newcomer she calls Horse Man is both gentle and savage, compassionate and ruthless. In a vision, Sunkawakan Iyopeya-Julia's Horse Man-has seen white soldiers corral his people like cattle onto barren land. He visits the Cheyenne to convince them to band with him and his tribe, the Lakota Sioux, against the soldiers at Fort Laramie who would destroy the Indian way of life. While in the village, he meets beautiful but fiercely independent Julia. Both struggle against their growing attraction. He is torn between love and duty. She is torn between love and freedom. Can their love surmount the prejudices and animosity of 19th century America? Or will those forces tear them apart?

Zora Hughes travels to a South Dakota Indian Reservation after being fired from her editor-in-chief position at a high-end fashion magazine. In South Dakota, She hopes to find answers to lifelong dreams her psychiatrist calls genetic memories. On the reservation, Zora meets Captain John Iron Hawk, a tribal police officer, who aids and sometimes hinders her in her quest to find answers to her forebearer's murder. She sees the parallel between her own life and that of her long-dead ancestor, but she can't resist the lure of loving John Iron Hawk, a contemporary Sioux warrior. But someone will do anything, including murder, to stop Zora from digging up the past.

A courageous law officer fighting corruption. Can he hunt down an assassin on the reservation… or will he be permanently silenced? Little River Reservation. Police Captain John Iron Hawk serves his people with pride. With a crucial election on the horizon, the strong and silent commander refuses to let criminals undermine his community's leadership. But when his sister discovers his rival has been murdered, Iron Hawk is determined to catch the killer before he loses his job.After his sibling quickly becomes the prime suspect, Iron Hawk is outraged when the FBI pulls him off the case. Working unofficially on the case, he uncovers conspiracies that reach far beyond the homicide. Protecting his homeland from ruthless enemies could cost this police chief his life.Can Iron Hawk expose the deadly secrets before he's buried in an unmarked grave?Under Cover of Night is the third book in the thrilling Lakota romantic suspense series. If you like rich portrayals of Native American society, daring heroes, and edge-of-your-seat tension, then you'll love Constance Gillam's evocative tale.Buy Under Cover of Night to unearth the mysteries of this reservation today!

Police Captain John Iron Hawk's life is a speeding vehicle down a deserted road. A road with his tormented past looming at his back and a future summed up by the black thunder clouds building on the horizon.His relationship with his daughter is nonexistent. And he can't seem to say the words to the woman he loves to make her stay.When Zora Hughes receives a job offer from Cosmopolitan magazine, she knows she has to take it and reestablish her career on the New York fashion scene. She's got nothing left to hold her on Little River Reservation, even if John is the only man she's ever trusted or loved this completely. John's life is his job, and he has little left over to build something with her.But when a psychopathic killer turns their world upside down, they must dig deep to find the strength to outwit an adversary who will strip them of everything they hold dear...including each other.