Recently widowed, Chandra O'Banyon is tired of life in Jamestown caring for her overbearing brother and young niece, until she meets the powerful Powhatan chief Midnight Falcon. Original.
Edwards began writing romances in 1982 and released her 100th novel, Savage Skies, on August 28, 2007. Although her earlier books were classic historical romances, the vast majority of her novels involve Native American tribes. Edwards's grandmother was a full-blooded Cheyenne. Her first 99 books sold a combined 10 million copies as of August 2007, with her more recent novels averaging sales of 250,000–350,000 copies.
Edwards has won the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, as well as being named one of Affaire de Coeur's top ten favorite romance writers. Edwards has a reputation for meticulously researching the proper anthropological backgrounds of each tribe she writes about.
Edwards and her husband Charles, a retired high school biology teacher, have been married for over 50 years. They have two sons, Charles and Brian, and three grandchildren. The family lived in St. Louis, Missouri for over thirty years, but now reside in Mattoon, Illinois.
This is a feel good story. Chandra, a rich, young widow, meets Midnight Falcon, the young chief of a local Indian tribe in colonial Jamestown. Chanda's ornery brother and his daughter Shannon live with her in her mansion. It's love at first sight when Chandra and Midnight Falcon meet. Chandra keeps her new relationship a secret from her brother because he hates Indians--his wife was killed by an Indian tribe, although it was a different one. Shannon has a friendship with Midnight Falcon's sister that she is hiding from her father, also. The girls are teaching each other about their cultures. The spirit of Pocahontas also figures into the story.