People of the Sun (Historical Western Romance)

When Caroline Manchester’s family packed their things to move west after Lee’s surrender, they were leaving Richmond to start a new life and a new dream. That dream ended in tragedy for Caroline’s parents and her two brothers and it began a nightmare for her, until Tavaci entered into her life.


Tavaci had lost his parents as well and was taken in by the great chief of the Tabeguache, Ouray and his wife Chipeta. Hoping to keep peace with the whites, Ouray sent Tavaci and 12 warriors to recover the captive women and property from the wagon train that had been attacked by a renegade band, but Tavaci had no idea that his life would be forever changed when he met Caroline.


People of the Sun is a saga of love, but it is more than that, it is the story of the Tabeguache and Uncompahgre people and how the great chief Ouray passed along his wisdom and peaceful ways to those who surrounded him. It is a story of hope and joy mixed with tragedy and the courage and strength of the Ute people of the valleys and mountains near the great mountain that stood guard over their home.