Storm Rider

by Cassie Edwards

A Stormy Beginning
An accident leaves young Tabitha Daniel stranded in the Wyoming wilderness, until she is rescued by an Indian tribe. Now grown up, this beauty is also a fearless warrior-with a spirit destined to get her in trouble...

A Boundless Love
Chief Storm Rider has heard of the legendary white woman. But it's not until he meets her that he learns of her fiery side. When Tabitha steals his horse, he is forced to take her prisoner. But as these two independent hearts come together, it sparks a deep desire. Soon, she is holding him captive-under her spell.

Genres: Romance, Native American, Historical Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 3, 2002

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

[Katie O’Reilly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gak! This was a dog’s breakfast of a book. It was unexpectedly gory and grim, but also extremely sexist, stupid, and boring. The main characters had no personality except for long yellow hair and masculine scents. Since the marriage means the heroine has to give up her favorite interests and hobbies (this is repeated many many times) the end is rather depressing.

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was hard for me to give a good rating for. I loved how Talking Rain was so independent and considered to be equal to a warrior, but hate that falling in love meant she had to change who she was. I understand that's basically how it was during that time period, but would've liked to see her continue being a strong, fierce woman. The action was enjoyable.

[Lindsay · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the second book I've read by Cassie Edwards, and unfortunately it's sexist, repetitive, and predictable. There's stilted, almost unbelievable dialogue in some places, and the cherry on top is that the heroine, who you want to root for, is so self-involved that she comes off as unlikeable at times.

[b*tch burger bibliophile · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yikes.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of corny and cheesy most of the time, and too many exclamation marks, which should only be used in conversation, no where else. Always with the physical attraction first, they need to get to know each other first for it to develop into such a fierce attraction.

Also, her being white and her parents dying in the river . . . really, was it just because the heroine needed to be white that it was thrown in there like that? Because none of that really played an important part in the story. One could almost forget that she was white.

Oh, and not to spoil anything, though of course everyone knows they end up with each other and have kids, but there is no possible way that the daughter they have would have golden hair and blue eyes, but dark skin; it can't be both. Even if it was possible, then the son would have some trait from his mother. But instead, the son supposedly looks just like his father.I know the whole romantic notion of the daughter looking like her mother and son looking like his father, but it rarely happens that way. When a full white woman has children with a full black man, or vice versa, the children always have lighter skin, but follow the stronger traits of the darker parent, that's just how it is.

Sorry to rant like this, but the author really disappointed me. I want a more realistic story. What, just because I wanted to read a romance book meant I'm supposed to accept this drivel and just concentrate on how hot the scenes are? They aren't THAT good, if at all. Nor is the story.

[Angie Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book. I just couldn't seem to put it down.

[Denise Koopman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cassie Edwards does a great job making her books so intriguing and so easy to catch you from the get go.