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Captive Surrender
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495 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1987
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April 22, 2020
This review is of “Captive Surrender”, the sequel to “Untamed Surrender”, by Michalann Perry. (There is also a sequel to this book, “Savage Rogue”).
The book begins tragically, as a woman is being raped by four Comanche Indians. An unidentified man stops the rape from taking place, but sadly, the woman dies. Before she was attacked, the woman hid her newborn baby in the woods. That baby will grow up to be Gentle Fawn, a Lakota Indian maiden and the heroine of the book.
Fast forward 18 years. Gentle Fawn should be celebrating her new marriage to a Cheyenne brave, Tall Feathers. However, on her wedding day, she also became a widow, as Tall Feathers was shot and later died from wounds sustained when a group of white soldiers attacked their village. Hurt and enraged, Gentle Fawn vows to kill every white she sees. She and her father, Hunting Bear, set out to attack the soldiers. She does manage to kill one, but in the skirmish, Hunting Bear is also killed. Separated from her tribe, Gentle Fawn does find one white man, whom she shoots with an arrow. That white man is Clay Donovan, the hero of the book. Clay is not a soldier: he is a writer for the New York Tribune newspaper who has come west to try to interview Crazy Horse, the legendary Lakota chief. Soon after meeting, Clay and Gentle Fawn make love.
Soon after reuniting with her tribe, Gentle Fawn receives a marriage proposal from Many Coups, Tall Feathers’ father. Not wishing to marry him, Gentle Fawn decides to marry Clay instead. Many Coups, however, doesn’t take no for an answer, and decides to fight Clay for Gentle Fawn. Clay wins, but doesn’t kill Many Coups. This is a decision which both Clay and Gentle Fawn will come to regret, as Many Coups kidnaps Gentle Fawn and takes her to a Cheyenne camp. Clay comes to rescue her, but she ends up rescuing him.
As they travel (spoiler alert), Clay comes to realize that Gentle Fawn isn’t a Lakota Indian, or Cheyenne as she believes. Her real identity is Camila Elena Delgado, she is of Mexican descent, and has a family in Texas.
Gentle Fawn and Clay travel to San Antonio to meet her family. She is greeted by her cousin, Anita, but receives a much less warm welcome from Antonio Delgado, her cousin, and Manuel Delgado, her father; Manuel is mistrustful due to being lied to many times; Antonio’s motives are more mercenary. He tries to marry Gentle Fawn, then when she rejects his suit, he tries to rape her; he is stopped by Anita.
In the end, Manuel, with the help of his wife Francisca, comes to realize that Gentle Fawn really is Camila Elena, their daughter. Camila and Clay come to their senses and realize they love each other and have their Happily Ever After.
Upside: “Captive Surrender” is a much better book than the book that preceded it “Untamed Surrender”. The characters and storylines are both better, and most of the issues which dragged down “Untamed Surrender” are not in existence here.
Ms. Perry does a nice job redeeming Gentle Fawn, who was a villainess in “Untamed Surrender” (I don't know of many books where the hero/heroine were villains in one book, then a good person in the next.. Both Gentle Fawn/Camila and Clay are strong characters.
Downside: It appears that Ms. Perry likes to have her characters argue with each other, and Gentle Fawn/Camila and Clay do this a lot. It’s very annoying after a while. I also didn’t like the fact that Antonio faced no consequences-and in a way was rewarded-for his abhorrent behavior. (Backstory: Manuel is a successful businessman and Texas state senator. He sends Antonio to California to manage the family holdings there and to avoid a scandal).
One fly in the ointment: There is a question about the book. The woman who is raped in the beginning of the book dies. Yet, we learn later that Gentle Fawn/Camila's mother, Francisca, is still alive. It is not clear, then, who the woman who was raped and died was, and how she had custody/possession of baby Camila.
Sex: A few love scenes between Gentle Fawn/Camila and Clay, as well as a strongly implied scene involving Anita and Clay’s friend, Texas Ranger Matt Gramm. The Gentle Fawn/Camila-Clay scenes are pretty hot for a mainstream historical romance novel, although certainly not erotica.
Violence: Killing shootings, attempted rape and assault and battery. None of the violence is graphic
.
Bottom Line: There is significant improvement in Ms. Perry’s writing style from her first book to her second. It's nice to see.
The book begins tragically, as a woman is being raped by four Comanche Indians. An unidentified man stops the rape from taking place, but sadly, the woman dies. Before she was attacked, the woman hid her newborn baby in the woods. That baby will grow up to be Gentle Fawn, a Lakota Indian maiden and the heroine of the book.
Fast forward 18 years. Gentle Fawn should be celebrating her new marriage to a Cheyenne brave, Tall Feathers. However, on her wedding day, she also became a widow, as Tall Feathers was shot and later died from wounds sustained when a group of white soldiers attacked their village. Hurt and enraged, Gentle Fawn vows to kill every white she sees. She and her father, Hunting Bear, set out to attack the soldiers. She does manage to kill one, but in the skirmish, Hunting Bear is also killed. Separated from her tribe, Gentle Fawn does find one white man, whom she shoots with an arrow. That white man is Clay Donovan, the hero of the book. Clay is not a soldier: he is a writer for the New York Tribune newspaper who has come west to try to interview Crazy Horse, the legendary Lakota chief. Soon after meeting, Clay and Gentle Fawn make love.
Soon after reuniting with her tribe, Gentle Fawn receives a marriage proposal from Many Coups, Tall Feathers’ father. Not wishing to marry him, Gentle Fawn decides to marry Clay instead. Many Coups, however, doesn’t take no for an answer, and decides to fight Clay for Gentle Fawn. Clay wins, but doesn’t kill Many Coups. This is a decision which both Clay and Gentle Fawn will come to regret, as Many Coups kidnaps Gentle Fawn and takes her to a Cheyenne camp. Clay comes to rescue her, but she ends up rescuing him.
As they travel (spoiler alert), Clay comes to realize that Gentle Fawn isn’t a Lakota Indian, or Cheyenne as she believes. Her real identity is Camila Elena Delgado, she is of Mexican descent, and has a family in Texas.
Gentle Fawn and Clay travel to San Antonio to meet her family. She is greeted by her cousin, Anita, but receives a much less warm welcome from Antonio Delgado, her cousin, and Manuel Delgado, her father; Manuel is mistrustful due to being lied to many times; Antonio’s motives are more mercenary. He tries to marry Gentle Fawn, then when she rejects his suit, he tries to rape her; he is stopped by Anita.
In the end, Manuel, with the help of his wife Francisca, comes to realize that Gentle Fawn really is Camila Elena, their daughter. Camila and Clay come to their senses and realize they love each other and have their Happily Ever After.
Upside: “Captive Surrender” is a much better book than the book that preceded it “Untamed Surrender”. The characters and storylines are both better, and most of the issues which dragged down “Untamed Surrender” are not in existence here.
Ms. Perry does a nice job redeeming Gentle Fawn, who was a villainess in “Untamed Surrender” (I don't know of many books where the hero/heroine were villains in one book, then a good person in the next.. Both Gentle Fawn/Camila and Clay are strong characters.
Downside: It appears that Ms. Perry likes to have her characters argue with each other, and Gentle Fawn/Camila and Clay do this a lot. It’s very annoying after a while. I also didn’t like the fact that Antonio faced no consequences-and in a way was rewarded-for his abhorrent behavior. (Backstory: Manuel is a successful businessman and Texas state senator. He sends Antonio to California to manage the family holdings there and to avoid a scandal).
One fly in the ointment: There is a question about the book. The woman who is raped in the beginning of the book dies. Yet, we learn later that Gentle Fawn/Camila's mother, Francisca, is still alive. It is not clear, then, who the woman who was raped and died was, and how she had custody/possession of baby Camila.
Sex: A few love scenes between Gentle Fawn/Camila and Clay, as well as a strongly implied scene involving Anita and Clay’s friend, Texas Ranger Matt Gramm. The Gentle Fawn/Camila-Clay scenes are pretty hot for a mainstream historical romance novel, although certainly not erotica.
Violence: Killing shootings, attempted rape and assault and battery. None of the violence is graphic
.
Bottom Line: There is significant improvement in Ms. Perry’s writing style from her first book to her second. It's nice to see.
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