The Cherokee Trilogy Series by Deborah Smith

Jeopard Surprise was Robert-Redford gorgeous, a golden-haired outlaw whose enigmatic presence enthralled Tess Gallatin, made her want to break all the rules -- and lose herself in his arms! He'd come aboard her boat pretending to court the blue-eyed Cherokee princess, but his true mission -- a search for a diamond stolen from the Kara royal treasury -- was endangered by Tess's sweet, seductive laugh... moreJeopard Surprise was Robert-Redford gorgeous, a golden-haired outlaw whose enigmatic presence enthralled Tess Gallatin, made her want to break all the rules -- and lose herself in his arms! He'd come aboard her boat pretending to court the blue-eyed Cherokee princess, but his true mission -- a search for a diamond stolen from the Kara royal treasury -- was endangered by Tess's sweet, seductive laugh. She was a magnet drawn to his steel, but what hid behind the dark shadows of his iceman's eyes? Tess could deny Jep nothing, but her deepest secrets or her mother's precious remembrance, but she never suspected her lover might betray her...nor imagined how fierce his fury might blaze. Jep felt heartless for terrifying the only woman who had the power to hurt him, but how could Tess refuse him the truth? Once he unraveled her mystery, he tried to set her free. Could Tess make him see that his soul was hers, that a bluebird must follow the sun? less

When he first sees Kat Gallatin in the wrestling ring, Nathan Chatham admires the young Cherokee maiden's talent, heart, and raw courage, and vows then and there to make her his own.

HER PEOPLE UPROOTED BY BROKEN PROMISES, HER HEART TORN BY CONLICTING DESIRES… The Trail of Tears: The forced exodus of the Cherokee people from their homeland in Georgia to make way for the white gold miners and settlers. Katherine Blue Song’s family never lived to see the Trail of Tears — they were massacred just as she returned from Philadelphia, where she’d been one of the country’s first women trained as a doctor... moreHER PEOPLE UPROOTED BY BROKEN PROMISES, HER HEART TORN BY CONLICTING DESIRES… The Trail of Tears: The forced exodus of the Cherokee people from their homeland in Georgia to make way for the white gold miners and settlers. Katherine Blue Song’s family never lived to see the Trail of Tears — they were massacred just as she returned from Philadelphia, where she’d been one of the country’s first women trained as a doctor. Justis Gallatin, a white man, a rough-and-ready man, was Jesse Blue Song’s friend and partner. Before he buried the victims of the massacre, he made a solemn promise to protect Katherine. But the lovely and headstrong Cherokee healer would not be protected or owned by any man — her destiny was with her own people, to use her skills on the long, arduous journey westward. From plush New York hotels to the savage sorrow of the Trail of Tears, Katherine and Justis were torn asunder by a continent’s history and hurled together because of a passion as vast as the lands they loved, lost, and fought to regain. less