Inspirational Warrior Goddesses Reading List

Twenty-five years ago, I watched my mother battle cancer.   Now, I watch as my friends battle.  Tink and Queenie have similar stories.  The positive lining to this dark cloud is that treatment and early detection of cancer has improved the chances of survival for women, men, and children.  Cancer is no longer the automatic death sentence it once was.  We are grateful to all the researches and fundraisers that have worked to make this come about. 

Literature has also noticed the survivors.  The role of cancer was once to provide the pain and angst in the story.  Now cancer is the jumping board to a new lease on life.  Authors have delved into the psyches and fears of survivors and helped them to reach for their stars.  The literature is now a source of inspiration. 

Two of our auction authors have heroines who are cancer survivors.  In Heather Rainier's His Tattooed Virgin, cancer survivor Jayne uses the art of tattoos to blot out her treatment scars, taking back control of her body and what happens to it.  In Sable Hunter's Cowboy Heat, Libby has spent most of her young life in hospitals.   Now that she is in remission, she plans on LIVING!  The Warrior Goddesses spirit is alive and well in these heroines.  

So I sought out additional novels that featured cancer survivors to list here for you. I must send a shout out to the bloggers at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books who first compiled these titles in 2011. I simply cleaned it up and added a few titles.  Please feel free to add to the list in the comments below:

A Wife Worth Waiting For by Maggie Kingsley

Away From Me by Sophie Oak

Barefoot in the Grass by Judith Arnold

Because of You by Jessica Scott

Broken Destiny by Sally Wentworth

Cowboy Heat by Sable Hunter

Cruise Control by Sarah Mayberry

Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss

His Tattooed Virgin by Heather Rainier

Home for the Holidays by Sarah Mayberry

Lover Eternal by J.R Ward

Mystery of the Mermaid by Merla Zellerbach

Reconstructing Natalie and it’s by Laura Jensen Walker

Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods

Snowbound by Larissa Ione

Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

The Last Good Man by Katherine Eagle

The Older Woman  by Cheryl Reavis

The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

Time is a River by Marie Alice Monroe

Uplift by Barbara Delinsky

Wish You Were Here by Christie Ridgway