Savage Vision

Savage #24

by Cassie Edwards

When he rescues Scarlet from the hands of a vicious pirate, the chief of the Texas Cougar Clan finds himself no longer able to resist the seductive charms of this brazen beauty, succumbing to forbidden passion. Original.

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

354 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

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 5 out of 5]

Rating: 4.6 / 5

Sometimes, a break from an author is all you really need to appreciate an author, and such is the case with me and Cassie Edwards, at times.

In Savage Vision, we're focused down in Texas near the gulf, to allow for pirates of all things within a Native American romance! Still, rather than being ridiculous, this one actually flows quite smoothly, and gives us both enough feel-good moments as well as action-packed ones, with no triggering content and...just the romance you'd expect and what you'd want from this type of genre!

Scarlett and Hawke made a beautiful couple together, despite the rather insta-romance between them. I did feel that they got a chance to know each other before declaring their love though, and I especially liked how they bonded over making a better life for Scottie!

While I will say that the pirate's motivation for kidnapping Scarlett and becoming so obsessed with her didn't precisely make sense, given the circumstances, it's an easy aspect to overlook in order to enjoy and appreciate the rest of the story.

All in all, I conclude this romance feeling satisfied, and that I got everything I expected to get.

[Dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mom died in December 2012, and for years before that (of course) she was a great fan of Native American Romances, Cassie Edwards being a favorite author. I never read them, even though she asked me to every time.

Now all these romances she read are now in my house, and in a fit of nostalgia I read my first Cassie Edwards book. I must say, it was better than I thought it would be. A lively plot, easy reading, several subplots. There are many more of Cassie's books I now own, so it won't be my last.

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Scarlett, the sheriifs daughter, is desired by an injun chief and priate captain that see her. She falls in love with chief after seeing him two times and barley conversing. The captain has been repulsive to her from the start. The romance is simplified and childish to me, with very little resistance, The interesting parts of the book are the indian tribe, pirate ship and opium den. I am unsure why opium den was needed. Just to show the times? Parts of the book could have used more detail so that the reader could better connect with characters.

[Karen schafer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

As always cassie Edwards did it again , this is a wonderful book and very thrilling ,always very exciting and great story

[Mande Garrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was not Cassie Edwards best books. It was still good but wasn’t fully captivating like a lot of her other books are.

[Amber Colored Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was enjoyable.

I think the addition of pirates added something to this story. I really liked the two main characters the female lead was very strong and independent and loved horses (something I always find very relate-able.)

The conflict in this book was interesting, thought I felt finished maybe a little too quickly which left the last 4 or 5 chapters of the story floundering a little. I love Cassie Edward's stories. They are all so sweet and enjoyable, but I really feel the pacing in a lot of then stumbles and suffers.

Some are also slightly more realistic then others. I did think that the lead female character's father readily agreeing to her romance with the Native man was a bit quick and too neat. But the lead male character was very honorable and strong and everything that I enjoy about an Edward's lead male.

Over all a very quick read and the side plot with the white deer actually made I think for one of the best endings I have ever seen in one of her works.

[Haley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first Edwards book and although it has been some years since I read it I remember that I found it really enjoyable and ended up reading it in nearly one sitting (I was traveling). In my first read I was interested in the Indian romance concept which I'd never read before which I usually don't read a mix of an author and a concept that I've never read before but I was pleasently surprised to discover that I really like the book and was drawn to the characters. I do however plan on reading this again sometime in the future to refresh my memory.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! There isn't a part of this story that I did not appreciate. There are Indians, cowboys, pirates, druggies and alcoholics. A perfect combination to a romance/action story.

[AndreaH · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can't believe I slogged through this. Get this woman an editor. Not a bad story but I felt like I was reading a young adult novel (or for younger readers) with sex thrown in.

[Sara Herring]

didn't read

[Mary Painter · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book

[Denise Koopman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a bad book at all.