She sees every kill before the bodies are found. Now something in the dark can see her.
A Cherokee-rooted urban fantasy romance written to captivate without explicit content.
Hunt Monsters with SamSome Legends Were Never Just Stories
Six years ago, on a dark stretch of Highway 78, seventeen-year-old Sam Sanders watched her parents die through the eyes of the creature that killed them. No one believed her. Most days, she doesn’t believe herself.
Now Sam is a homicide detective in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She lives with her grandfather, the retired sheriff, and does everything she can to stay sane. Then the bodies start turning up: a woman, a sixteen-year-old runner, a man near Lake Tenkiller. Each one is missing the same organ. And each time, Sam sees the kill before anyone finds it.
The visions are back.
Sheriff Andrew Clearwater has spent six years keeping his distance from Sam, for reasons he’s forbidden to explain. He knows exactly what is hunting their county, because his family has fought it for generations. The Cherokee call it U’tlun’ta: Spearfinger. It looks human, until you see the blade of black obsidian where a finger should be, and its hunger has never been satisfied.
To stop the killing, Sam will have to step into the minds of monsters. She’ll learn why her visions never stopped, why the man she has loved since she was four keeps pushing her away, and why an ancient legend may have been waiting for her all along.
Dahnawa Danatlihi. They run to the place of war.The Cherokee name for the Protectors
Step Into the Legend
I’m known for stories where faith, family, and danger share the same table. In Legend of the Protectors, that table sits in Tahlequah, where the legends Sam’s grandfather told her as a girl turn out to be field reports. You’ll come for the hunt. You’ll stay for a Cherokee family that trains, prays, teases, and fights side by side, and for a sheriff who has waited years to say what he feels.
Available on Amazon and free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
Contains violent deaths, crime-scene detail, the loss of parents, and frank conversations about past choices, written without explicit scenes.
This Book Gives Back
The U’tlun’ta are legend. The battles Sam and Andrew carry are not. They wear badges, they walk into the worst days of other people’s lives, and they fight a war inside their own minds that no one else can see. When you read Legend of the Protectors, a portion of every purchase goes to two organizations standing with the officers who protect our communities and with Native families caring for their mental health.
Blue H.E.L.P.
Law Enforcement Mental Health
Reducing the stigma around mental health in law enforcement, advocating for officers living with PTSD, and standing with the families of officers lost to suicide.
Visit Blue H.E.L.P.One Sky Center
American Indian & Alaska Native Health
A national resource center for American Indian and Alaska Native health, education, and research, dedicated to quality care across Indian Country.
Visit One Sky CenterIf you’re struggling, you don’t have to carry it alone. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, free and confidential.
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What Readers Are Saying
From the very first page, I found myself completely absorbed in the narrative, on the edge of my seat, unable to put the book down. The suspense and intensity kept me hooked…
— Abi C.
“Don’t miss out on this heart-stopping story that resonated with me on so many levels!”Amazon review
The Song Behind the Story
Silent Plea
When the last page turns, the story doesn’t end… the music begins. “Silent Plea” is Sam’s song—years of standing in the same room as the man she loves while he looks right past her, and a heart that refuses to let go: I will love you through the ages.
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The Legend Weaver
Not ready to leave Tahlequah? The Legend Weaver takes you deeper into the world of the Protectors—Cherokee legends and the words behind them, pages from Aiyana Clearwater’s journal, the stories behind Andrew’s songs, and the first look at Legend of the U’tlun’ta.
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Next in the Protectors Trilogy
Legend of the U’tlun’ta
Book Two · Coming Soon
Sam has only begun to learn what she is. Far from Oklahoma, a young woman who has spent months chasing whispers is about to find exactly who she has been looking for, and the Protectors are about to discover that their circle reaches far beyond one small town. Some wars are won with a blade. Others are won by choosing who to trust.
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