Savage Devotion (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) [Mass Market Paperback]

Cassie Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Series: Savage (Leisure Paperback) | Publication Date: July 17, 2000

TEMPEST TOSSED

Sailing the deep, clear waters of the Puget Sound, beautiful red-haired Janice Edwards was bound for a new beginning. Leaving behind the wealth and luxury shed known in San Francisco, she hoped to find a simpler, sweeter life in the towering forests of Tacoma... and a man who would love her for who she was, not what she had. But when the steamer Hope was wrecked by a sudden storm, Janice was rescued by a man like none she'd ever known. Tall, with muscular limbs and a powerful chest revealed by his buckskin clothing, he was a Skokomish Indian--from all she'd heard, a savage to be feared. Yet in his gray eyes she saw tender caring, in his strong arms she discovered untold passion, and in his wild heart she would find...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 390 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (July 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843947357
• ISBN-13: 978-0843947359
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #604,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A boring, predictive, and time-wasting read., May 22, 2001

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LW (Bakersfield, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savage Devotion (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)

I must admit that I've never read any of the Cassie Edwards' "Savage" series before, so some of her other books might have redeeming value, but not this one. "Janice" meets "White Shield" as he rescues her from the waters of Puget Sound when the steamer the family was traveling on is wrecked. The two fall in love, all too immediately. The author has White Shield searching for Janice's lost brother and adopted daughter in a very disjointed way - back and forth to Tacoma - until it becomes boring. A malevolent "Stumpy Jackson" threatens to upset their lives (about ever fourth chapter). Just as visiting a foreign country does not make a visitor an expert on native lifestyle, the reader cannot learn about the Skokomish Indians by learning that "ah-hah" means "yes," even when the author uses it redundantly. Being from the Pacific Northwest made me pick up the book, but I was so disappointed with the read, that in all honesty, I could not recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but predictable, December 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Savage Devotion (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a nice book, but very predictable. The characters fall in love within hours(literally), White shield tries to help Janice find her lost brother and adopted daughter(which is really sweet),and that is the entire book. Although there is not much to it, Savage Devotion was well written(technically). I recommend this book for a "not-in-depth" read, and for relaxation.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Typical Edwards Book, July 31, 2000

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"lrabalais" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savage Devotion (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)

While sailing from San Francisco to Tacoma Washington, Janice Edwards, her brother, Seth and her adopted daughter, Alexis, are involved in a shipwreck caused by a sudden storm. Janice is rescued by sub chief, White Shield, of the peaceful Skokomish tribe. He takes her to his village where Janice and White Shield immediately fall head over heels in love with each other.

After her recovery, White Shield, takes Janice to Tacoma to search for her missing brother and adopted daughter among the survivors. When their seaarch is futile, they go to her brother's mansion where Janice is greeted by her very pregnant sister-in-law Rebecca and told that they have lost their fortune and she must evict her home immediately. Rebecca also tells her that her grandmother has died. White Shield takes Janice and Rebecca to her grandmother's home but feeling they are not safe he then takes them to his village. He goes off searching for Seth and Alexis and while he is gone his grandfather, Chief Night Flier, visits the women and with his staring and such, they are frightened so they leave and return to the grandmother's home.

Janice delivers Rebecca's baby whom Rebecca names Seth Eugene. While investigating her surroundings Janice finds a trunk belonging to her grandmother, opens it and finds her grandmother's diary. The diary reveals information devastating to Janice and White Shield's happiness.

Will they find Seth? Will they find Alexis?

That would be giving too much away. Read and enjoy.