A Dip Into My New Novel

Cursed Hearts : Book One of The Tribe Series

What makes a good heroine, great? Is it because she's popular, or secretly beautiful, or maybe she's outgoing that makes her so charming? Well my next main character is unlike any other heroine I've written. Anouk is a lonely girl, who spends most of her time reading in her dark room, in her dark home that houses an extensive and rather boring museum. She's ordinary in her own ways, but rather unique in others. For instance, she doesn't have any friends. At all. Anouk chooses to dedicate her life to avoiding people as much as possible. 

From a very young age, Anouk's parents have let her down in every possible way. They aren't normal, like she wishes. They love, and obsess, over history. They isolate her from the world. So within her silent world she has learned to be content without noise, or emotion, or people. 

At least, she was. 

But when there is a new, mysterious guy named Biyen who enrolls in her small town high school, she is quickly and quietly enthralled with him. His naturally tan skin and long black hair wrap around her thoughts until she can hardly keep them straight. But the distance doesn't last long. 

Biyen seems to take to Anouk like no other person has before. Being an outcast at his new school, Biyen took to her side since she too was a fellow social pariah. So with much resistance, Anouk allows to have a tail through her life. She partially even begins to like his presence. That is, until the popular girls find out who Biyen really is, besides gorgeous in every way. 

Biyen suddenly becomes a popular jock at school, but still drags Anouk every where he goes, leading her into the spotlight of many harsh stares from other students and envious girls. But that's not the only thing that comes from her association with this Native American stud.

A wrath, ancient and consuming, is placed on the two as they venture to find out what life has in store for Biyen, and who ever he chooses. But is that the kind of life she really wants? Does she really want to live in a fairy tale, or read one from the safety of her own room?

Anouk has to decide which path of life will lead her to the place she's only ever dreamed about.

Look for Cursed Hearts on Amazon in the coming future to discover the tale for yourself. Because you can never just judge a book by it's cover; to find out the true story, you must flip through the pages. 

Some Questions About The Tribe Series: 

What inspired you to write this sort of novel that entwines a different culture and folklore into the plot?  Rather than creating a story about two people from the same background to fall in love, I decided that this sort of relationship is dying. There are SO many different types of people, and cultures, and traditions, in this world. Combining two worlds isn't just as easy as one, two, three. It takes work. And through the course of this novel, you learn about another culture while understanding how hard it can be to belong into two different types of worlds.

Is the main character based off of someone you know? Yes, and no. I've taken random pieces from people I know and formed a person who I feel is perfect for this role in the story. Her love of books comes from one person while her withdrawn, bitter attitude comes from another. So she is actually a smashed up version of like five people I know.

What can we expect from this upcoming series? Well, be prepared to take a ride. Besides exposing different cultures, my novels plan to invade any and every kind of different type of living. Anouk is going to take everyone on a journey to far away from their comfort zone, and plunge into many mature areas of life that many try to avoid. But you can expect to find out many things about Native American culture, folklore and tradition along with some city life that is unlike you've ever known. Plus the dash of paranormal capabilities will create a limitless realm of possibilities. 

For Raven Huffman's first novel, you can purchase The Untold Story of Shirley Holmes on websites like Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Createspace. 

It is available in printed and ebook version. 

Watch my blog to find the release date of Cursed Hearts.

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