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Savage #12
Savage Fires
Crippled in a train accident and abandoned by her fiancee, lawyer Josephine Taylor Stanton believes no one will love her in a wheelchair, until a proud, handsome Ottawa chief shows up in her office looking for someone to help his people
395 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1999
About the author
Cassie Edwards
168 books422 followersEdwards 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.
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.
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November 3, 2011
Cassie you did it again!! What an amazing story. It is about a young woman that was in a train wreck with her mom. Her mom died and she could not use her legs. Doctors said there was no medical reason why she couldn't use them so it must have been from the trauma of the wreck and losing her mother. She is a lady lawyer in a wheelchair that fights for the rights of the ottawa Indian tribe. She falls in love with the chief Wolf. Her ex-fiance is not to happy about that so he and the goons that work for him try to come between them... Don't want to say much more and spoil it....Very Good!!
March 9, 2016
Oh boy. If it were possible, I'd give this book zero stars. For my book club's romance novel month we all decided to read different books by the same author. I wish we had picked literally any other author. This book was horrendous from start to finish. Gross.
April 1, 2024
Rating: 4 / 5
Yet another enjoyable read from the savage series, and I really loved the added plus of a heroine in a wheelchair, who therefore has a slightly different road to love than what I'm used to in historical romances!
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In this book, we have a chief simply known as Wolf, who is looking out for his people on their reservation. Their hunting and fishing rights, as well as the boundaries of their territory, are never respected by the lawmen though, and so Wolf is inspired by his friend, a minister, to seek legal help. The lawyer, J.T., is actually our heroine, a woman, Josephine Stanton. Despite being in a wheelchair following a train accident that also cost her mother's life, Jo is a pretty good lawyer and vows to help Wolf and his people prove their claims in court--not least of which because she's quite attracted to the young chief as well. However, as is always the case, trouble lurks, and as their romance develops, so the lovers must also fight to get their happy ending.
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So...yes, all the bells and whistles of a lovely romance, which it quite is! If I had to change anything though, I'd say that I was kind of hoping for something more in the past, as even though this takes place in the latter half of the 19th century, it does feel a bit...well, modern. I mean, for one thing, Jo being a lawyer is believable, since some women were becoming lawyers at the time, but I am hard-pressed to believe that she's really that widely respected and famous. And while the author doesn't focus on how Jo works or prepares for a case, suffice to say that it's kind of quick, and she also gets her day in court quite quickly.
Not to downgrade this in any way, seriously. It's just that...well, even in the modern day it's hard to become a lawyer, so having it outlined so easily, and with Jo still in her mid-twenties, it just felt a wee bit far-fetched to truly be believable as the modis operandi behind the plot.
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That aside, it did read well as a romance overall, with happy endings, fluffy moments, love scenes, etc. I liked Wolf and Jo's interactions, and while they aren't my favourite couple from the series, I do really like them overall. That being said, it's time for my updated list:
My Personal Ranking of the Savage Book Series (so far):
1. Savage Passions (Book 4)
2. Savage Tears (Book 6)
3. Savage Wonder (Book 8)
4. Savage Fires (Book 12)
5. Savage Secrets (Book 3)
6. Savage Glory (Book 31)
Yet another enjoyable read from the savage series, and I really loved the added plus of a heroine in a wheelchair, who therefore has a slightly different road to love than what I'm used to in historical romances!
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In this book, we have a chief simply known as Wolf, who is looking out for his people on their reservation. Their hunting and fishing rights, as well as the boundaries of their territory, are never respected by the lawmen though, and so Wolf is inspired by his friend, a minister, to seek legal help. The lawyer, J.T., is actually our heroine, a woman, Josephine Stanton. Despite being in a wheelchair following a train accident that also cost her mother's life, Jo is a pretty good lawyer and vows to help Wolf and his people prove their claims in court--not least of which because she's quite attracted to the young chief as well. However, as is always the case, trouble lurks, and as their romance develops, so the lovers must also fight to get their happy ending.
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So...yes, all the bells and whistles of a lovely romance, which it quite is! If I had to change anything though, I'd say that I was kind of hoping for something more in the past, as even though this takes place in the latter half of the 19th century, it does feel a bit...well, modern. I mean, for one thing, Jo being a lawyer is believable, since some women were becoming lawyers at the time, but I am hard-pressed to believe that she's really that widely respected and famous. And while the author doesn't focus on how Jo works or prepares for a case, suffice to say that it's kind of quick, and she also gets her day in court quite quickly.
Not to downgrade this in any way, seriously. It's just that...well, even in the modern day it's hard to become a lawyer, so having it outlined so easily, and with Jo still in her mid-twenties, it just felt a wee bit far-fetched to truly be believable as the modis operandi behind the plot.
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That aside, it did read well as a romance overall, with happy endings, fluffy moments, love scenes, etc. I liked Wolf and Jo's interactions, and while they aren't my favourite couple from the series, I do really like them overall. That being said, it's time for my updated list:
My Personal Ranking of the Savage Book Series (so far):
1. Savage Passions (Book 4)
2. Savage Tears (Book 6)
3. Savage Wonder (Book 8)
4. Savage Fires (Book 12)
5. Savage Secrets (Book 3)
6. Savage Glory (Book 31)
March 10, 2025
“She closed her eyes, and her heart saying as she twind her arms around his neck and got lost in a kiss so deep and passionate, she felt as though her body had left the wheelchair and was soaring in the heavens with beautiful eagles.”
Title: Savage Fires
Author: Cassie Edwards
⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
This is a Historical Romance book.
Josephine’s mother died in a train wreck, leaving her, unable to walk. Because of her disability, her fiancé left her, not wanting to be with a “crippled”woman. When Josephine meets Wolf, the Ottawa Indian chief she starts to come back to life. He hires her to be the lawyer who will get back their fishing rights.
Their attraction is inevitable and passion cannot be stopped. Wolf brings Josephine back to life and she finds a future, one she never even imagined she could possibly have with him.
This is a classic late 90’s spicy romance. It was an OK read.
Title: Savage Fires
Author: Cassie Edwards
⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
This is a Historical Romance book.
Josephine’s mother died in a train wreck, leaving her, unable to walk. Because of her disability, her fiancé left her, not wanting to be with a “crippled”woman. When Josephine meets Wolf, the Ottawa Indian chief she starts to come back to life. He hires her to be the lawyer who will get back their fishing rights.
Their attraction is inevitable and passion cannot be stopped. Wolf brings Josephine back to life and she finds a future, one she never even imagined she could possibly have with him.
This is a classic late 90’s spicy romance. It was an OK read.
April 30, 2022
JT Stanton is a women lawyer asked to represent the Ottawa tribe against people trying to stop them from their right given them in treaty. She is also in a wheelchair. Everything changes when she meets Chief Wolf her client. Great book. Some section hard to read.
July 14, 2021
Sweet story. Lots of drama, love, and miracles.
September 18, 2025
She’s not as good as I remember
November 17, 2013
This book was great. The story line brilliant. There are two things I didn't like about this book.
1. I felt that the book could have been longer. So much happened and it seemed that Ms Edwards just dot pointed scenes to try and get through them faster. Some scenes could have been cut, some scenes could have been longer.
2. I'm not a big fan of "magic/devine intervention"... This is my personal view and understand many other readers like this element to their reading. I felt it was a little out of place.
Apart from my two points, I really liked the book and will look out for more of Ms Edwards books in the future.
1. I felt that the book could have been longer. So much happened and it seemed that Ms Edwards just dot pointed scenes to try and get through them faster. Some scenes could have been cut, some scenes could have been longer.
2. I'm not a big fan of "magic/devine intervention"... This is my personal view and understand many other readers like this element to their reading. I felt it was a little out of place.
Apart from my two points, I really liked the book and will look out for more of Ms Edwards books in the future.
October 17, 2014
really enjoyed this one
August 6, 2018
Best book so far. Love these books
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