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Savage Heart

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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...

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!!!

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

Having read several of these Savage books, I found this one to be lackluster. The four I have already read follow pretty much the same formula - Indian kidnaps white girl, white girl fights at first but then surrenders and falls in love with him, some people (Indians and whites) disapprove of the union but in the end everyone lives happily ever after.

Edwards does a nice job of describing colonial or Indian life, so thumbs up for research. Generally, Edwards does a decent job with the lovemaking scenes, but her phrase of 'love cave' to describe a woman's lady parts just made me laugh out loud (it's used a couple of times in this book) Also, she abuses ellipses and uses them way too often, so some... sentences have... like, three... or four... ellipses... and it's really... really annoying...

If not for the repetitive storyline and the abuse of ellipses, I'd have given this book a higher rating.