Night Falls Like Silk [Paperback]

Kathleen Eagle (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Mira Books (2005)
• ASIN: B000OF6UBE
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,492,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Visit www.kathleeneagle.com for her latest news and http://ridingwiththetopdown.wordpress.com/ to blog with Kathleen and 8 fellow writers.

If you're a reviewer, visit NetGalley to request a digital galley for COWBOY, TAKE ME AWAY (4/19/11 release) from Harlequin.

Kathleen Eagle published her first book, a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award winner, with Silhouette Books in 1984. Since then she has published more than 40 books, including historical and contemporary, series and single title, earning her nearly every award in the industry. Her books have consistently appeared on regional and national bestseller lists, including the USA Today list and the New York Times extended bestseller list.

Born in Virginia and raised "on the road" as an Air Force brat, Ms Eagle earned degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Northern State University. She taught at Standing Rock High School in North Dakota for 17 years.

Eagle's work is often singled out by book reviewers for its exceptional quality and appeal. THE NIGHT REMEMBERS was a Chicago Tribune Notable Book. SUNRISE SONG, THE NIGHT REMEMBERS, THE LAST TRUE COWBOY, and WHAT THE HEART KNOWS made the Library Journal "Five Best Romances of the Year" list. BookPage listed WHAT THE HEART KNOWS among its "Top Six Romance Picks" for 1999. THE LAST GOOD MAN was a finalist for the 2000 Minnesota Book Award for Popular Fiction--the only Romance so honored thus far. YOU NEVER CAN TELL was named to RWA's "Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year" list. She is an RWA RITA award winner.

Kathleen Eagle lives in Minnesota with her husband, who is Lakota Sioux. The Eagles have three children and three grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kathleen Eagle is Back!, November 8, 2003

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avidbookreader "Keishon" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Falls Like Silk: A Novel (Eagle, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed this novel as it now features Tommy T aka Thomas Warrior, now a famous comic strip writer. At an auction for White Bull's ledger drawings, Thomas finds himself competing with another fan of White Bull's drawings as well. As they compete, Thomas gives up and defeated, he leaves the auction a bit angry and bemused. Cassandra, after winning the ledger drawings for her gallery, is excited to have them and find them inspiring. The mysterious man who wanted them makes her curious about him. There is a spark between them but each go their separate ways after acknowledging each other after the auction.

Less than a month pass before Angela, Tommy T's adoptive mother asks him to mentor a friend's nephew. The aunt, Cassandra, of the said nephew happens to be none other than the woman who outbid him for the ledger drawings. Their mutual attraction sparks and sizzles. The trademark Eagle sexual banter flames up hot and intense between them all throughout the book. They made a great couple.

The suspense of the book was pretty strong. Someone threatens Cassandra and her nephew Aaron from the shadows. It is unexpected and the upcoming events tests the relationship between Cassandra and Thomas and involves an innocent little boy. The ending was touching. The secondary characters help round out the story. Jessie and Angela's romance is rather subtle. You assume that they are happy with each other but so much tension still exists between all of them with Tommy T. The past keeps rearing it's ugly head. Jessie tries to help when things start to heat up and eventually, the two men do come to terms with the past and I would like to think that their relationship is on the mend.

This was a great novel. A vast improvement over Eagle's last book. Ms. Eagle, we love your stories. We love that you take real life sometimes and create stories out of them. What the Heart Knows, Reason to Believe, This Time Forever are all wonderful books. We want more! Sunrise Song, Fire and Rain...

Kathleen Eagle, you are wonderful. Those books I listed were excellent reads. We want MORE, MORE, MORE <G>

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The rare sequel that lives up to the original, December 5, 2003

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E. A. Montgomery (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Falls Like Silk: A Novel (Eagle, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

This is a sequel to what was possibly Kathleen Eagle's best book. I was nervous about her revisting these characters. This is true to the original and enhances it rather than detracts for it. Tommy T has grown up in to be a man and to have family conflicts firmly rooted in the Tommy T we knew as a child. Never explotative nor preaching about mixed heritage or Native American traditions, the theme of Native American tradition is perfectly used to move the plot forward.
This romance deals deftly with drug use and it's effect on a family, culture clash, age difference in couples, and the bravery it takes to hope. A really fine book well worth buying in hardcover.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kathleen Eagle is an author to return to time & again, January 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Night Falls Like Silk: A Novel (Eagle, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

What the Heart Knows is still my favorite, followed closely by Night Remembers. This book follows and enhances the characters from the previous book. At first I thought I wasn't going to like it because Cassandra didn't trust Thomas. I stuck around to see how that was worked out and fell in love with the book. So, if you're like me and you like those characters built up as solid and stable right from the first, I encourage you to stick around to see how Kathleen Eagle works this out. I can't wait for her next book to get published, so Mrs. Eagle, if you're reading these reviews, hurry up!! While cruising Amazon for books, I did stumble upon Lakota Legacies, which has a short book by Kathleen Eagle. I'm barely into it, but I can already tell it's going to be great! You're safe with this author.