Lone Eagle (Topaz Historical Romance) (Paperback)

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Zondra Poole is the daughter of a white landowner and a black slave. Her seven brother and sisters looked very black and were sold off by their father. Zondra is "blessed" (?) with white skin and is therefore not sold off, although she is forced to work in the fields with the other slaves alongside her mother. Zondra hates seeing the differences between her station and her half brothers and sisters lifestyle, as she is forced to toil and ignore her claims to her father and his wealth. Everyone on the plantation is aware who Zondra's parents are, although this doesn't stop her half brother from trying to force himself on her. This is the final straw for Zondra and she runs away. She ends up hiding in an Indian village, where she finds herself falling in love with the handsome chief of the Crow tribe, Lone Eagle. Lone Eagle has none of the prejudices of the white people and is able to see Zondra for the beautiful woman that she is. Unfortunately, both Lone Eagle and Zondra have issues and events in their past and present that they are forced to deal with before they can live in harmony. Zondra and Lone Eagle learn to lean on one another for support, and this helps to surmount their difficulties as their love for one another grows. I found this book to have beautifully described settings and to be very well written. It has all the excitement needed in the plot to keep the reader's attention. Unfortunately, I found that the characters seemed shallow to me. I'm not sure if they were lost in the story or if they were just not drawn in as much detail as other aspects of the tale. I never understood Zondra's mother's love for her father. He sold their other children off and kept working her in the fields despite telling her he loved her. I understand that society would have frowned on that, but why would she be so enamoured with this man? I also wanted to know more about Lone Eagle, too. He was definitely a romantic hero, but I wanted to know what made him tick. I think that Cassie Edwards has written a good book, and for those who like their Native American heroes, this is a good entertaining story. I just wish their had been more. Cassie Edwards can create a believable and vivid story. Lone Eagle is an enjoyable read. Michelle Sawyer -- Copyright © 110198 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

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"Cassie Edwards consistently gives the reader a strong love story, rich in Indian lore, filled with passion and memorable characters."
-- Romantic Times (Romantic Times ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Topaz (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451408624
• ISBN-13: 978-0451408624
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #974,865 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Weak, Insulting, & not worth your time, January 10, 2000

By A Customer

Why is Cassie Edwards allowed to write? I didn't like any of the characters in this book. I found them weak. I wasted my time reading this book. While reading the book's description I was suprised that the heorine was mixed who falls for an Indian. I'ved never read a book by a white author who had a semi black chartacter who the hero falls in love with. Only the premise is about that, the acutal story is about a white woman who falls in love with a Indian. Zondra knew nothing about her culture, except she was a slave, mom black. There is more to black culture than slavery, but I didn't read any of that in this book. Cassie Edwards could have done something truly remarkable by allowing the Indian to fall in love with a dark skin black woman. Black and Indian romance did occur.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time and money, February 12, 2000

By	cassandrad (birmingham, al USA) - See all my reviews

I have tried reading over a dozen Cassie Edwards books, and Lone Wolf is the last book of hers that I will waste my money on. The story was unbelievable, and repetitious. The plot was supposed to be about a slave girl and Indian chief falling in love. What Mrs. Edwards gave us was a story about a white heroine who was a slave[ that happened to have a black mother (who was also a slave) and a white father who happened to be the master]and an Indian chief who fell in love. The characters were undeveloped, the relationship between Zondras parents was nonsensical, a few facts were thrown into the story at random in a text book manner disrupting what little flow of the book there was. The dialog between the characters was laughable to say the least. I spent most of my time grimacing over the poor writing. The beginning, middle, and especially the ending of the book were pulled from left field. If Mrs. Edwards is going to do away completely with history she should tack a letter to the end of the book letting readers know that the story has little or no semblance to historical facts. In short I feel at least an attempt at research of her subject should have been made. Maybe that could have salvaged some portion of this book though I doubt it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cannot recommend this book, April 21, 2004

By	L. Johnson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very disappointed with Cassie Edwards novel. The heroine is suppose to be a biracial woman, but you get the feeling that this is another 'white' woman's romance novel. I was disappointed that the character of Zondra was not a black woman which would have been very interesting. There are not any historical romance novels which portray a black woman and Native American Indian that I know of. It would have been exciting to read this type of interracial novel. The writer plays it safe by making the heroine have white skin and all appearances of a white woman. It's disturbing that the message seems that white is once again better than anything darker. Zondra's is described as being 'blessed' with white skin which is also very disturbing. I cannot recommend this book at all. I hope other books can respectfully portray the romance between black women and Native American Indians in a better light.