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Untamed Surrender
WILD EMBRACE
Starr thought the world had ended when Indians killed her family and carried her away to the wilderness. Then she glimpsed the strikingly handsome half-breed, Blue Eagle. The heat of his smoldering blue gaze brought a blush to her cheeks. The strength that rippled across his bronzed chest sent a shiver of desire down her spine. She vowed she'd never submit to the savage warrior. But when he took her in his arms, it was his kiss that held her captive, his touch that imprisoned her -- and one night of forbidden ecstasy that bound her forever to his side....
SAVAGE CARESS
Blue Eagle knew the world had only just begun the day he saw the white woman captured by his tribe. Her hair was as radiant as the evening sun, her eyes the color of smoke. Though he had sworn to make a life with his father's people, Starr was a challenge he had to meet. He wanted to caress her lush curves until her flesh grew taut with passion. He needed to feel her burning response beneath him. He'd claim her as his own, but only when he'd tasted her complete UNTAMED SPLENDOR.
Starr thought the world had ended when Indians killed her family and carried her away to the wilderness. Then she glimpsed the strikingly handsome half-breed, Blue Eagle. The heat of his smoldering blue gaze brought a blush to her cheeks. The strength that rippled across his bronzed chest sent a shiver of desire down her spine. She vowed she'd never submit to the savage warrior. But when he took her in his arms, it was his kiss that held her captive, his touch that imprisoned her -- and one night of forbidden ecstasy that bound her forever to his side....
SAVAGE CARESS
Blue Eagle knew the world had only just begun the day he saw the white woman captured by his tribe. Her hair was as radiant as the evening sun, her eyes the color of smoke. Though he had sworn to make a life with his father's people, Starr was a challenge he had to meet. He wanted to caress her lush curves until her flesh grew taut with passion. He needed to feel her burning response beneath him. He'd claim her as his own, but only when he'd tasted her complete UNTAMED SPLENDOR.
463 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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June 14, 2015
Meet Starr Winfield, our Mary Sue heroine, so spineless I'm surprised she can even stand, and almost as whiny as Bella Swan.
Almost.
The book begins with our heroine, Starr, having second thoughts while standing at the altar. Lucky for Starr, her wedding is crashed by the Lakota tribe in the middle of the ceremony.
That's when our hero saves Starr from savages.
Daniel Blue Eagle. He's kind of a tool and threatens to kill her a few times, but he's hot and he went to Harvard. No big deal.
Actual quote from the book.
Despite the two star rating, I actually found this to be really enjoyable. This had a lot more plot than most Zebras do, and I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end. It was a fastpaced, trash-tastical romp.
Almost.
The book begins with our heroine, Starr, having second thoughts while standing at the altar. Lucky for Starr, her wedding is crashed by the Lakota tribe in the middle of the ceremony.
That's when our hero saves Starr from savages.
Daniel Blue Eagle. He's kind of a tool and threatens to kill her a few times, but he's hot and he went to Harvard. No big deal.
Actual quote from the book.
Despite the two star rating, I actually found this to be really enjoyable. This had a lot more plot than most Zebras do, and I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end. It was a fastpaced, trash-tastical romp.
February 21, 2020
This review is of “Untamed Surrender” by Michalann Perry.
The book begins in Yankton, Dakota Territory, 1875. It is here that Starr Winfield, the heroine of the book, is getting married to her fiance’, Army Lieutenant William Howard. Their marriage will be a short one, however, as just after their marriage vows, a group of renegade Indians attack the church, killing multiple people-including Starr’s parents, Robert and Mary, and William. Starr and several women are taken hostage by the Indians and taken to their camp, where they are treated harshly. Before major harm can come to Starr, however, she is rescued by Daniel Blue Eagle, the half-white, half-Lakota hero of the book. Daniel plans to return Starr to Yankton; those plans change when he discovers soldiers committed a massacre in his village; upon learning this, Daniel decides to keep Starr as a captive, although he is attracted to her, and she to him.
Soon after, Daniel orders Starr to marry him. She tries to refuse, but Daniel overpowers her defenses. Starr still plans to escape the Lakota camp, however, and enlists the help of a Lakota maiden, Gentle Fawn, to help in this endeavor.. Starr will come to realize later that Gentle Fawn is not the friend Starr believes she is.
When Starr arrives in Deadwood, South Dakota, she ends up in even more trouble, but Daniel arrives to save her. In a related development, Starr is shot and wounded by two men from Deadwood when they try to kill Daniel. Starr recovers, and she and Daniel return to the Sioux village. Later, Gentle Fawn tries again to get rid of Starr; like her first plan, this one fails.
We also learn more about Daniel: his white name is Daniel Edwards; his father is Sioux chief Man of the People and his mother was Felicity Edwards, a schoolteacher. (She passed years earlier). Daniel went to Harvard to get a white education to help his Lakota people fight against the whites who are invading Indian lands. However, he also knows this fight is futile for the Lakota and all Indians. As a result, Daniel tries to get rid of Starr twice; she refuses to leave him, because she loves him, and he loves her. Daniel is arrested for being the renegade who led the attack in Yankton (he wasn’t). While at an Army fort, Starr gets the shock of her life when she discovers that William-whom she saw shot on her wedding day-is very much alive. (He is the only survivor of the attack). William forces Starr to marry him, but Daniel later rescues her from William’s clutches.
Fast forward. William finds Starr again and tries to kill her and Daniel; he succeeds at seriously wounding Daniel, who survives. William is killed by Gentle Fawn-who reconciled with Starr earlier- and Gray Wolf, Daniel’s brother. Starr and Daniel realize that they truly do love each other.
Daniel goes on to become an advocate for Indian affairs, he and Starr have three children-two sons and a daughter-and they have a somewhat Happily Ever After.
Upside: “Untamed Surrender” is very sexy for a mainstream 1980’s romance novel (the book was published in January 1986). I found the love between Starr and Daniel to be believable, although there were issues (see below).
Downside: I feel like Ms. Perry was trying to write a book like Rosanne Bittner, but Ms. Perry doesn’t have the ability to make me feel the way Ms. Bittner does.
The characters are basically okay, at best. Starr is beautiful and has a great body, but beyond that, there’s nothing great about her. She’s not particularly smart, is a bit shrewish and gets into constant trouble which Daniel has to rescue her from.
Daniel is arrogant and egotistical at first, but warms up as the book goes on. The romance between Starr and Daniel is very Stockholm Syndrome: she has no family-remember her parents were killed in Yankton- and no skills to survive without Daniel, which makes her a very weak character. I'm not sure I really liked Daniel either.
Sex: As mentioned, the love scenes are very good.
Violence: There is the massacre which occurs at the beginning of the book. There are also scenes of shooting bullets and arrows into people, attempted rape and assault and battery. The violence is not graphic.
Bottom Line: “Untamed Surrender” had the potential to be a better book than it was. Ms. Perry simply was not the author who could unlock that potential.
The book begins in Yankton, Dakota Territory, 1875. It is here that Starr Winfield, the heroine of the book, is getting married to her fiance’, Army Lieutenant William Howard. Their marriage will be a short one, however, as just after their marriage vows, a group of renegade Indians attack the church, killing multiple people-including Starr’s parents, Robert and Mary, and William. Starr and several women are taken hostage by the Indians and taken to their camp, where they are treated harshly. Before major harm can come to Starr, however, she is rescued by Daniel Blue Eagle, the half-white, half-Lakota hero of the book. Daniel plans to return Starr to Yankton; those plans change when he discovers soldiers committed a massacre in his village; upon learning this, Daniel decides to keep Starr as a captive, although he is attracted to her, and she to him.
Soon after, Daniel orders Starr to marry him. She tries to refuse, but Daniel overpowers her defenses. Starr still plans to escape the Lakota camp, however, and enlists the help of a Lakota maiden, Gentle Fawn, to help in this endeavor.. Starr will come to realize later that Gentle Fawn is not the friend Starr believes she is.
When Starr arrives in Deadwood, South Dakota, she ends up in even more trouble, but Daniel arrives to save her. In a related development, Starr is shot and wounded by two men from Deadwood when they try to kill Daniel. Starr recovers, and she and Daniel return to the Sioux village. Later, Gentle Fawn tries again to get rid of Starr; like her first plan, this one fails.
We also learn more about Daniel: his white name is Daniel Edwards; his father is Sioux chief Man of the People and his mother was Felicity Edwards, a schoolteacher. (She passed years earlier). Daniel went to Harvard to get a white education to help his Lakota people fight against the whites who are invading Indian lands. However, he also knows this fight is futile for the Lakota and all Indians. As a result, Daniel tries to get rid of Starr twice; she refuses to leave him, because she loves him, and he loves her. Daniel is arrested for being the renegade who led the attack in Yankton (he wasn’t). While at an Army fort, Starr gets the shock of her life when she discovers that William-whom she saw shot on her wedding day-is very much alive. (He is the only survivor of the attack). William forces Starr to marry him, but Daniel later rescues her from William’s clutches.
Fast forward. William finds Starr again and tries to kill her and Daniel; he succeeds at seriously wounding Daniel, who survives. William is killed by Gentle Fawn-who reconciled with Starr earlier- and Gray Wolf, Daniel’s brother. Starr and Daniel realize that they truly do love each other.
Daniel goes on to become an advocate for Indian affairs, he and Starr have three children-two sons and a daughter-and they have a somewhat Happily Ever After.
Upside: “Untamed Surrender” is very sexy for a mainstream 1980’s romance novel (the book was published in January 1986). I found the love between Starr and Daniel to be believable, although there were issues (see below).
Downside: I feel like Ms. Perry was trying to write a book like Rosanne Bittner, but Ms. Perry doesn’t have the ability to make me feel the way Ms. Bittner does.
The characters are basically okay, at best. Starr is beautiful and has a great body, but beyond that, there’s nothing great about her. She’s not particularly smart, is a bit shrewish and gets into constant trouble which Daniel has to rescue her from.
Daniel is arrogant and egotistical at first, but warms up as the book goes on. The romance between Starr and Daniel is very Stockholm Syndrome: she has no family-remember her parents were killed in Yankton- and no skills to survive without Daniel, which makes her a very weak character. I'm not sure I really liked Daniel either.
Sex: As mentioned, the love scenes are very good.
Violence: There is the massacre which occurs at the beginning of the book. There are also scenes of shooting bullets and arrows into people, attempted rape and assault and battery. The violence is not graphic.
Bottom Line: “Untamed Surrender” had the potential to be a better book than it was. Ms. Perry simply was not the author who could unlock that potential.
February 21, 2020
3.5 stars
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