Savage Joy

Savage #9

by Cassie Edwards

When Panther first sees the Indian maiden, Shanndel, he thinks she is a vision of his wife who had been slain by the Iroquois chief Iron Nose. Once he realizes that she's real, he longs to take her as as his own. But they are from different tribes—enemy tribes—but as both Iron Nose and Shanndel's white father threaten to tear them apart, Panther knows that she is the only one who can save his sorrow-laden heart.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Native American, Historical, Fiction

400 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 1999

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Lady Tea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.4 / 5

Although a good enough read, I'm sorry to say that all in all I just found it kind of...boring. Maybe it's because I've read so much by Cassie Edwards this year that I'm getting tired of the same ol' formula over and over again, or maybe it's the formula itself that just doesn't work well for me on repeat.

In any case, while this may be a possible re-read in the future, so now it's just another forgettable book.

[Denise Koopman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 9 of 35 in the Savage series. Oh My Oh My Oh My