Amazon Corrine Ardoin Black Rose Writing Corrine Ardoin Category:  Literary Fiction Publisher: Black Rose Writing ISBN-10:  1685132491 Type: Fiction Pages: 303 Copyright: August 10, 2023 ISBN-13: 9781685132491 Book Four in my Pine Valley Series continues the story about the quirky residents of a fictitious rural community somewhere in California. Dreamer On The Mountain is about the native peoples of Pine Valley returning from their hiding place in the mountains. After the Pine Valley Massacre of 1855, the natives of Pine Valley fled into the mountains. With talk of returning, came the stories of what life could be like without hatred, prejudice, and racism. Not only the natives of the valley, but the townspeople, too, carry such a dream. However, if any are to make this dream a reality, all must work together to make it happen. It is May 1967 and Jim Hart has died. Sylvia Sumner’s father was murdered and she leaves town. The newspaper office shuts down and Tucker Stewart’s own father dies. Faced with the tumultuous change these series of events present, comes the opportunity to dream anew. With some persistent nudging by friends and family, Tucker learns the hard way it's time to cooperate with everyone in realizing all their dreams. Nevertheless, the past casts a shadow across their lives, creating a passionate tale of betrayal and loss that will, ultimately, lead them home.   Excerpt Tucker Howard may not have seen his wife burning their love notes, but he felt it coming from her eyes that would not dare look at him the last year of her life. When, by chance, they had, he saw there his guilt, written upon the blue dawn azure of the summer sky for all to see. Too late, it was, for him and his wife to repair the damage done. The chariots would not bring their bright message to him anymore. That awareness was held in his thoughts for nearly twenty-five years, until he lay in his bed at the Spring Hill Residence & Infirmary, hands and head uncontrollably shaking and wobbling. He managed to swallow the pills he had saved. So ended his life, leaving his two sons, Howard and Tucker James, to pull the family name out of the tragic place where it had fallen, and carry on. -Chapter 21, page 159

Dreamer On The Mountain
A richly-detailed story about generations of people reclaiming their home and heritage after a terrible tragedy. A wealth of characters draws you into the story and keeps you reading until the last page. -Sheila Myers, professor and author of The Truth Of Who You Are

Dreamer On The Mountain
Dreamer On The Mountain is populated with characters whose ancestors lived, fought, loved, and killed each other for generations. -Karin E. Zirk, Ph.D., mythologist and author of Falling From The Moon

Dreamer On The Mountain
Ardoin uses language as medicine, wrapping her characters in the stories of their ancestors, unlocking the strength and resilience found in reclaiming one's history. -Diana Greenwood, psychotherapist