Mixed Blood

A Novel

She lived between two worlds—one fading, one rising—and refused to be forgotten.
In Mixed Blood, history breathes through the voice of Hester, a Cherokee woman whose life straddles the collision of cultures on the American frontier in the 1700s. As the Cherokee Nation is forced to adapt to a patriarchal, market-driven society, Hester witnesses a world forever changed, yet fights to preserve the stories that shaped her people.

Now an elderly woman living with her son’s family, who have assimilated into white society, Hester shares her memories with her grandchildren, determined that they understand the truth of their heritage. Her story unfolds across two timelines: her quiet present and her harrowing past, where war, betrayal, and survival have etched themselves into her bones. From stolen homelands to fragile alliances, from matriarchal traditions to the encroaching grip of colonization, Hester endures.

Based on real people and historical events, Mixed Blood offers a vivid reimagining of one woman’s untold life—a mother, a survivor, and a silent witness to the birth of a new America. This is Hester’s story. And she will no longer be silent.