Night Falls Like Silk (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "CASSANDRA WESTBROOK LANGUIDLY LIFTED HER PADDLE for the man with the silky voice..." (more)
Key Phrases: ledger drawings, Thomas Warrior, Brown Wolf, Aunt Cassie (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Cassandra Westbrook and Thomas Brown Wolf have nothing and everything in common. She's blond-on-pale; he's African-American, Lakota Sioux and "a little bit white." She's a rich widow with an elegant home, vibrant social life and successful Minneapolis art gallery; he's a loner who seems to live through the dark thoughts and derring-do of the characters in his comics and graphic novels. From the moment they meet at Sotheby's in Chicago, as the two high bidders for a folio of Native American ledger drawings, it's a dance of attraction and suspicion. Fans of Eagle's hardcover debut, The Night Remembers, will have an advantage when it comes to untangling the hero's many personas: he's Thomas Warrior, Tommy T. or Tom, depending on who's in the room. But first-time readers will have the advantage when it comes to edge-of-the-seat suspense involving Thomas's felon brother, Victor. And all will enjoy the nuanced portraits of Cassandra's adolescent nephew, Aaron, an artist and loner, whose kidnapping drives the drama. Eagle, a white woman married to a Lakota Sioux, enriches the romance genre with her unforced, unaffected multiculturalism. No doctrine, no rainbow parades here-just an appreciation for all that is human. Eagle's prose may occasionally be more cotton than silk, but her scene setting is convincing and her pacing flawless.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From Booklist

In this sequel to The Night Remembers (1997), Eagle blends Native American lore with lusty romance while lacing the plot with suspense. Part African American, part Lakota Sioux, teenager Tommy T. has grown into handsome, successful 30-year-old graphic novelist Thomas Warrior, who lives a fairly solitary existence, talking with his creations Victory and her masculine alter ego, Victor. Then he spots beautiful, wealthy widow Cassandra Westbrook when they bid on the same Native American ledger drawings at an auction, and he is soon persuaded by his adoptive mother, Angela, to mentor Cassandra's talented but misfit nephew, Aaron. There's little doubt from the start about where the Thomas-Cassandra relationship will lead, at least until the novel turns darker when Victor seems to take human form to carry out his creator's wishes, Aaron goes missing, and the issue of trust emerges. Eagle explores problematic family relationships and gives a nod to some contemporary social issues, but she writes primarily to entertain, an aim she achieves here. Michele Leber
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 5558613114
• ISBN-13: 978-5558613117
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,093,608 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kathleen Eagle is Back!, November 8, 2003

By	avidbookreader "avidbookreader.com" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Falls Like Silk: A Novel (Eagle, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed this novel as it now features Tommy T aka Thomas Warrior, now a famous comic strip writer. At an auction for White Bull's ledger drawings, Thomas finds himself competing with another fan of White Bull's drawings as well. As they compete, Thomas gives up and defeated, he leaves the auction a bit angry and bemused. Cassandra, after winning the ledger drawings for her gallery, is excited to have them and find them inspiring. The mysterious man who wanted them makes her curious about him. There is a spark between them but each go their separate ways after acknowledging each other after the auction.

Less than a month pass before Angela, Tommy T's adoptive mother asks him to mentor a friend's nephew. The aunt, Cassandra, of the said nephew happens to be none other than the woman who outbid him for the ledger drawings. Their mutual attraction sparks and sizzles. The trademark Eagle sexual banter flames up hot and intense between them all throughout the book. They made a great couple.

The suspense of the book was pretty strong. Someone threatens Cassandra and her nephew Aaron from the shadows. It is unexpected and the upcoming events tests the relationship between Cassandra and Thomas and involves an innocent little boy. The ending was touching. The secondary characters help round out the story. Jessie and Angela's romance is rather subtle. You assume that they are happy with each other but so much tension still exists between all of them with Tommy T. The past keeps rearing it's ugly head. Jessie tries to help when things start to heat up and eventually, the two men do come to terms with the past and I would like to think that their relationship is on the mend.

This was a great novel. A vast improvement over Eagle's last book. Ms. Eagle, we love your stories. We love that you take real life sometimes and create stories out of them. What the Heart Knows, Reason to Believe, This Time Forever are all wonderful books. We want more! Sunrise Song, Fire and Rain...

Kathleen Eagle, you are wonderful. Those books I listed were excellent reads. We want MORE, MORE, MORE <G>

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The rare sequel that lives up to the original, December 5, 2003

By	E. A. Montgomery (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Night Falls Like Silk: A Novel (Eagle, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

This is a sequel to what was possibly Kathleen Eagle's best book. I was nervous about her revisting these characters. This is true to the original and enhances it rather than detracts for it. Tommy T has grown up in to be a man and to have family conflicts firmly rooted in the Tommy T we knew as a child. Never explotative nor preaching about mixed heritage or Native American traditions, the theme of Native American tradition is perfectly used to move the plot forward.
This romance deals deftly with drug use and it's effect on a family, culture clash, age difference in couples, and the bravery it takes to hope. A really fine book well worth buying in hardcover.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kathleen Eagle is an author to return to time & again, January 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Night Falls Like Silk: A Novel (Eagle, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

What the Heart Knows is still my favorite, followed closely by Night Remembers. This book follows and enhances the characters from the previous book. At first I thought I wasn't going to like it because Cassandra didn't trust Thomas. I stuck around to see how that was worked out and fell in love with the book. So, if you're like me and you like those characters built up as solid and stable right from the first, I encourage you to stick around to see how Kathleen Eagle works this out. I can't wait for her next book to get published, so Mrs. Eagle, if you're reading these reviews, hurry up!! While cruising Amazon for books, I did stumble upon Lakota Legacies, which has a short book by Kathleen Eagle. I'm barely into it, but I can already tell it's going to be great! You're safe with this author.