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Savage Devotion (Savage (Leisure Paperback))

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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.

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.

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.

Wow, I picked this book up at a paperback swap and now I know why someone was so eager to get rid of it. This book is so boring. The main characters are in love with each other almost by page 3 and they just praise each other for the remainder of the book. The dialogue is so stilted and unrealistic. I'm looking forward to returning to the paperback swap and pawning this one off on some other unsuspecting person.

I really enjoyed this book, Cassie Edwards is my favorite author, along with Rosanne Bittner, however I haven't found any new books by her, maybe you cab tell me why, or where to look? Thanks

Ordinarily I really enjoy a new Cassie Edwards novel, but this one really falls flat. Not only do the characters not particularly endear themselves to the reader, they "fall in love" much too easily, and from there, the story becomes so painfully predictable that this novel quickly goes from being a so-so paperweight to a wallbanger and doorstop. What a good romance needs is conflict - and there is no real conflict between Janice and White Shield, making their story flat and uninteresting.

What the "Savage" series needs is either to die off quietly or some new, fresh ideas. Infusing a novel with historical information about the various Native American tribes is simply not enough to keep this slowly sinking boat afloat.