Savage Heart [Paperback]

Cassie Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

Innocent young Christa Martin, threatened with an unwanted, arranged marriage to an older man, tries to battle her attraction to Tall Cloud, the powerful and handsome chief of the Suquamish, but his embrace overcomes her resistance. Reissue.

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About the Author

After my children were grown, I found myself restless, searching for ways to busy my idle hands and mind. I discovered my love of writing, and I was drawn to the mystique of Indian lore. What I learned about the Native American people inspired me to bring their stories to life through the wonderful genre of historical romance.

Having lived in St. Louis for thirty years, my husband and I returned to Mattoon, Illinois, when he retired from teaching. My dream house is peaceful and quiet, where an occasional curious red fox ventures onto my sundeck and peeks into my office, and where I can watch swallows building their nest and raising their babies right outside my kitchen window. It is the perfect place to create my novels.

I feel blessed to have found a “second life,” the first having been spent raising two happy and healthy sons. Writing my Indian romances is my small tribute to those beautiful first people of our land who have suffered so much injustice. And I have just begun. My upcoming books will continue with more passion and adventure and rich historical settings. Enjoy!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 381 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821773054
• ISBN-13: 978-0821773055
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,310,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story from Cassie, May 10, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Savage Heart (Paperback)

I have read many of Cassie Edward's books, and this one is my favourites, and the book that made me want to buy more of her books. It is funny, touching and makes you want to read it again and again. However, I must say that her books published in the 2000s are not as good as the books that were published at almost the same time as Savage Heart. Seems like she runs out of ideas...I still love Cassie and hope she will write more great books again, like before...

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As GREAT as the rest of her Savage books!, July 13, 2001

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Eileen M. Duncan (Rensselaer, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savage Heart (Paperback)

With the kind of brilliant writing that Cassie Edwards always shows her readers, this book is thrilling with a wonderful story of 2 people, total opposites, struggling to find love together. I overslept many mornings because I didn't want to put it down until the wee hours of the morning! This is a book you will certainly enjoy, just like the others she's written!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars delightful reprint, February 10, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Savage Heart (Zebra Historical Romance) (Paperback)

The Martin family patriarch heard the rumors that riches can be made in the Northwest. He takes his wife and their two children Christa and David and heads to the Pacific leaving their comfortable Boston home behind in his quest for wealth. However, the trek across the country proves arduous to the older Martins as both parents die from a cholera epidemic leaving their offspring with nothing except a cabin.

David realizes his only real asset is his beautiful sister. He decides to sell her to the highest bidder, a person older than her parents were when they died. Christa rejects his argument that marriage to a wealthy man will keep both them out of poverty. She insists she will marry for love only. She thinks she has found it when she sees Suquamish Chief Tall Cloud; he feels she is his destiny. However, David will do anything to prevent his sibling from marrying a heathen instead of his choice and Tall Cloud has an enemy who sees Christa as the pawn to destroy him.

Though there have been a zillion "Savage" books with the same cookie cutter theme since this was released in the 1980s, SAVAGE HEART remains one of the best. The story line as almost always in a Cassie Edwards novel stars ethical individuals falling in a taboo love as an Indian chief and a white woman is an unacceptable relationship especially in her society. Her brother is the villain in this tale as he wants to sell her though he rationalizes that it is for Christa's well-being. Fans of Ms. Edwards will enjoy this delightful reprint.

Harriet Klausner