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The Savage Heart
Tess Meredith and Raven Following shared freedom and friendship on the wild Montana plains. But the brutal hardships that plagued the Sioux forced Raven to abandon his people, his heritage - and Tess. In Chicago, he forged a new life as a new man. Until Tess arrived, bringing with her the past he'd tried to deny. Gone was the spitfire nonconformist no man could tame, replaced by a fearless and determined young suffragette willing to fight for everything she held dear. But Tess would harness all the courage and spirit of a way of life gone forever to wage her greatest battle ... for love.
311 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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July 14, 2016
Another beautiful love story by my queen Diana Palmer. Hero fought his feelings too long and too hard but it was obvious how much he loved Tess. I love Diana Palmer so much it hurts!
March 21, 2017
One of the BEST DP's I've ever read.
Everyone knows she's one of my favorite authors, but this one truly blew my mind.
Set in the early 1900's, in the Wild West, a native Sioux boy and a beautiful Caucasian girl fall for one another.
Years later, the changed man is now called Matt who has grown bitter to his heritage because of his traumatic past. When years later he meets his savior's daughter Tess, who's now a suffragette and works as a nurse, sparks explode.
Such a beautifully tender and emotional love story.
The entendre the lead couple have for each other is full of passion and the sex scenes are hot! There are many pure and poignant moments between the h and H.
It does have some classic DP elements like a naive heroine- but here she's a kickass and strong one; as well as a troubled hero who fights his own demons- but here he's always having utter devotion for the heroine.
There is a super added murder mystery- as well as some snoopy neighbors.
All these add up to a wonderful read- and to top it there's a heart warming epilogue to end it all.
Safe
5/5
Everyone knows she's one of my favorite authors, but this one truly blew my mind.
Set in the early 1900's, in the Wild West, a native Sioux boy and a beautiful Caucasian girl fall for one another.
Years later, the changed man is now called Matt who has grown bitter to his heritage because of his traumatic past. When years later he meets his savior's daughter Tess, who's now a suffragette and works as a nurse, sparks explode.
Such a beautifully tender and emotional love story.
The entendre the lead couple have for each other is full of passion and the sex scenes are hot! There are many pure and poignant moments between the h and H.
It does have some classic DP elements like a naive heroine- but here she's a kickass and strong one; as well as a troubled hero who fights his own demons- but here he's always having utter devotion for the heroine.
There is a super added murder mystery- as well as some snoopy neighbors.
All these add up to a wonderful read- and to top it there's a heart warming epilogue to end it all.
Safe
5/5
May 1, 2024
Wow, what an incredible hypocrisy! 🤦🏻♀️
February 17, 2022
A bit of a disappointment, I kept waiting for it to become as good as its predecessor, Magnolia - which is my absolute favourite book of all time!
Quite a few historical inconsistencies and inaccuracies, but I didn't mind so much.
Neither the H or h were particularly outstanding.
Quite a few historical inconsistencies and inaccuracies, but I didn't mind so much.
Neither the H or h were particularly outstanding.
January 24, 2020
One of DP's earlier works ... beautifully written ... with amazing main characters, a touching and fast moving plot and a H and h who are in love with each other ...
Loved the ending ...
Loved the ending ...
November 23, 2020
Another home run from DP worth a 100 stars. It is a futile exercise in giving justice to my thoughts after ending this book. This book really has to be read to be experienced. I was stunned utterly speechless by the big spoiler towards the end. It is the sweetest closure to a tale of lost love and yearning.
The H is a native, now living in a city but hiding under his assumed identity of being a wealthy, white man. The h was a sweet white girl from his past. At present times the h’s father has passed away and having no other relative, she heads off to live close to the H. Since Tess is still living in the past and has irrevocably given her heart to Matt, she’s fully armoured to receive whatever response he gives out to this unexpected reunion.
Tess is one of the very few h’s I’ve read of who’s sweet and fighting for laying claim to her man without losing her integrity. She’s not needy and desperate but rather fierce and bashful. Their love making was hot, possessive and gratifying.
This is some serious witchcraft to write down of a relationship that hits so deep. A forever favourite this one!
The H is a native, now living in a city but hiding under his assumed identity of being a wealthy, white man. The h was a sweet white girl from his past. At present times the h’s father has passed away and having no other relative, she heads off to live close to the H. Since Tess is still living in the past and has irrevocably given her heart to Matt, she’s fully armoured to receive whatever response he gives out to this unexpected reunion.
Tess is one of the very few h’s I’ve read of who’s sweet and fighting for laying claim to her man without losing her integrity. She’s not needy and desperate but rather fierce and bashful. Their love making was hot, possessive and gratifying.
This is some serious witchcraft to write down of a relationship that hits so deep. A forever favourite this one!
November 25, 2013
Modern stuff-“get fresh with her.””nestegg.” “shady.” “gigolo.” “haphazard.” “pill pusher.” “dad.”
Some of the writing just isn’t written well at all.
Why exactly was ‘the thought of any other mans hands on her was sickening.’
Some of the language sounds british-“rake. Dandy.”
The speech is sometimes modern. It throws you out of the story.
The author is trying too hard-too much sadsack stuff. Where men beat their wives.
Suffragist stuff-been there, done that.
The landlady started off not real nice, but she started acting nicer then tess was like, ‘she’s trying to kick me outta here.’
We get it, u can shoot a bow &skin a deer. Now lets move on.
“I do not have a temper, sir.” Why all of a sudden call matt ‘sir?’
Theres some modern thinking in here. Things that would be much better suited in a modern novel. “she might be afraid that he’ll kill her if she has him put in jail, then he gets out.”
&the crime, suicide and alcoholism on reservations seemed more suited to modern times, too.
I think it was her fault that the guy in the hospital killed himself, but I guess stupid tess couldn’t be blamed. So the doctors said it wasn’t her fault.
“throbbing, hot, shaky, weak.” The things ppl say out loud..
The author sets stuff up a lot. Case in point-“you wont believe this, but for a few seconds, I thought u might have been outside spooning with a man. So silly. There was only mr. davis out there with you, your own cousin!” could you have made that a more blatant set up? Its completely contrived. &spooning sounds rlly modern.
The teasing matt does sometimes just isn’t working. It makes him sound like a white rake.
Everything is so predictable &already spelled out before we can make our own conclusions. We’re told Nan is most likely seeing someone. So when she blurts it out its completely anticlimactic. Because we already knew it.
She says she wouldn’t put tess at risk for anything. Well maybe you shouldn’t get in her carriage then. Is mick the only carriage driver in town?
“a big, mean cop.” How modern. &how dumb.
Bad writing-she’s talking to nan’s sister and husband and all of a sudden throws out ‘they left.’
Its so annoying reading a book where the girl thinks the guy doesn’t love her at all but he really does. &she’s playing the poor me card. &acting pathetic. &he could clear up the whole situation if he just opened his mouth.
‘rumor hat he didn’t care for white women, &had a yen for more exotic ladies of varied extractions.’ I was waiting for it.
You take a native American, turn him into a suave, well-dressed, rich white man. Why even write about native americans if you’re gunna make him look/sound like/act like a white man?! Im so disappointed.
&if you don’t want him spending money on you, then why don’t you refuse? It’s a fine time to protest after he’s bought you a dress, gloves, shoes, a comb &a purse. Way to take a stand.
‘par-ticularly.’ What was up with that?
‘exclusive-looking woman.’ Whaat???
‘her fairness would enhance matt’s dark skin.’ Was tess saying that?
You keep saying matt doesn’t love you &can never love you. &that you need to let him go. So do it. stop expecting a reaction out of him, and being hurt when he acts indifferent. You gotta be tougher than that. Toughen up&ignore him.
Of course, a guy would suddenly come into the picture to make matt jealous. This story is so contrived.
Matt’s random comments of jealousy just arent working. Im not really buying it either.
Nan is getting on my nerves. Is nan guilty? What will happen to nan? Nan, nan, nan! Good grief, the story should be called The Nan Story. It literally revolves around nan. They’ll be talking about something else, and then go right back to nan.
They bounce back from the boarding house, the hospital, matts office, a ball, and then nan’s apartment. Im getting claustrophobic.
The guy nan’s been seeing is a womanizing criminal? Wth!
It doesn’t make sense that a guy like him would like nan at all. In fact, its stupid.
Im not sure why matt would tell a stranger he’s Sioux. 2 seconds ago, you didn’t know if you could trust him, the next you’re dumping your secrets on him.
Tess alternates between sounding like a kid &an old lady. She says the most inane things-“you are…bad!” “you…bit me.”
“it was too poignant a thing to have openly between us.” Huh?
I hate when 2 characters arent together for some dumb reason. Like he wont admit to his feelings. &he thinks she has a problem with him being indian. Or-“I have nothing to offer you.” You’re, apparently, really rich. You can offer her a home, clothing, food, and protection. You have everything to offer her! What, exactly, cant you offer?
‘his eyes narrow &adult &very intent.’ Adult eyes. Hm.
His sexual superiority and him always calling her green is annoying. Would you prefer she be really experienced…like you are?
“&even this is hardly a drop in the ocean of what I can give you.” Ah-ha! So you can offer her something. The page before you said you couldn’t offer her anything. And now, apparently, you’re the sexual font of experiences.
She’s so scared &timid but then says “I want to lie naked in your arms, in my bed.”
Why would you ask him what he does with other women! You idiot.
“im not a virgin anymore, am i?” “yes you are, in the sense that I didn’t penetrate you. All the same, I had your virginity.”
That’s the only way to prevent children. What idiots!
She’s pathetic . have some dignity.
“pipe dream” is so modern.
He turns her down again &the next day asks to go on a walk and she accepts.
I hate reading about a d.a. character. she should get mad &stay mad.
‘he was a lowly snake with a little soul.’ What kind of insult is that?
“&a low dog of a murderous bluecoat soldier has less humanity than the lowliest dog in a Sioux camp!” im missing the insult there, too.
“why don’t you marry me?” why don’t you stop pestering him?
“I suppose ill devote the rest of my life to the women’s movement &live on last night.” “It was a moment’s madness.” “it was delicious.”
It was delicious? who talks like this?! &you knew he never wanted to marry a white woman. Are you trying to appear pathetic with your poor me suffragist life bit so he’ll take pity and marry you?
“if she was patient &didn’t pester him about them…” as if you could manage that!
&then after bringing up marriage to him &their feelings for each other, she has the nerve to say “remember nan? My friend? The 1 who’s in jail awaiting trial for a murder she didn’t commit?” as if he’s the one who got off topic.
“but she’s loyal to a fault. It’s a wonder to me she’s not married. I suppose men are blind.” There’s another instance of the author totally setting up a situation.
Tess’s idea of helping is a half-*** questioning of a couple ‘witnesses’ and getting together with her women’s group to show nan ‘support.’ Boy, in no time at all, you’ll have the case solved.
I also wanted her to do what she said she’d do-move out and be on her own, away from matt. But she never did. Until the land lady kicked her out. and even then, I didn’t think it was going to happen.
“my eyes fed on you.” Um..
She doesn’t even seem surprised that he’s kept his long hair all these years. I thought that was supposed to be a big reveal!
‘she was…against him.’
‘he was…watching her.’
Why are there…these pauses?
Sometimes its not clear exactly what the characters are doing. That’s the case in a lot of old romance novels.
‘it was 2 late, he thought w/ resignation. She could be pregnant from the touch of him like this, when he was excited.’ I hadn’t realized they had done anything.
The exclamation points are annoying!
‘she clung to him w/real fear that he might want to lift away.’ This girl is PATHETIC.
‘maybe ill die right now, and we’ll never have to separate again. we can be one person forever.’ Ugh…run matt, run!
“we looked at each other. We looked…right at each other!” good observation skills, tess. Maybe tomorrow you’ll be able to put names together!
That’s the secret. That’s what ive been waiting to find out? that was his form of protection? How does that protect her? And from what?
So you’ve been cheating on her! That’s your gift to her. She’s been secretly tied to an adulterer. Bravo, matt, bravo!
U decided to secretly be with her and then never touch her. Good plan. Makes perfect sense.
She says you’ve been an adulterer and you reply with humor, as if there’s any humor to be found in the situation at all. Who the beep does that?
“u knew nothing of our marriage. Besides, perhaps the experience I gained insured the pleasure I just gave you.” &of course she isn’t mad anymore, because pleasure is somehow more important than what’s morally right. So what, he’s got some experience under his belt. Are you more concerned about your pleasure than the fact that you’ve been married to a cheater? Apparently so. I love fickle, shallow characters.
Its annoying how matt feels sympathy for the prostitutes. Another black mark against him in a line of several.
You mean to tell me collier didn’t cheat on nan? He just went to a house of ill repute to hold hands and dump his ‘problems’ on a girl? And the idiocy continues.
How can matt seriously think tess has a problem with Indians? Good gracious, can he really be this dumb? What makes him think that? The fact that shes sympathetic to the Sioux’s plight, the fact that she helped them when they were wounded, or the fact that she’s worshipped him since she was a kid?
Now he claims to have known that she’s loved him since she was 14.
‘“I said hat I’d had encounters with sophisticated women. And I have. I’ve held them, and kissed them, and caressed them.” he grinned. ”but ive never slept with them. I was a married man, for god’s sake!”’ So, surprise surprise, we find out that he hasn’t actually gotten with any woman for 12 yrs. But he has held, and kissed them, and caressed them. so you have gotten with them. so you’re still a cheater. why even have him not actually get with them when he’s done everything else with them? is that supposed to be a consolation prize or something? Because FYI its STILL CHEATING.
Its kind of dumb that Stanley actually had too much respect for matt to ask about his heritage. I thought it was more like he was too scared to ask. It was just plain dumb to have Stanley himself say he had too much respect to ask.
Its very modern to propose in the paper.
I don’t see how tess really helped him confront his past.
I hate epilogues that take place so long after the book. Depressing!
&it’s a fine time to ask-almost 30 yrs later-if tess regrets any part of their life.
Im glad its over.
Some of the writing just isn’t written well at all.
Why exactly was ‘the thought of any other mans hands on her was sickening.’
Some of the language sounds british-“rake. Dandy.”
The speech is sometimes modern. It throws you out of the story.
The author is trying too hard-too much sadsack stuff. Where men beat their wives.
Suffragist stuff-been there, done that.
The landlady started off not real nice, but she started acting nicer then tess was like, ‘she’s trying to kick me outta here.’
We get it, u can shoot a bow &skin a deer. Now lets move on.
“I do not have a temper, sir.” Why all of a sudden call matt ‘sir?’
Theres some modern thinking in here. Things that would be much better suited in a modern novel. “she might be afraid that he’ll kill her if she has him put in jail, then he gets out.”
&the crime, suicide and alcoholism on reservations seemed more suited to modern times, too.
I think it was her fault that the guy in the hospital killed himself, but I guess stupid tess couldn’t be blamed. So the doctors said it wasn’t her fault.
“throbbing, hot, shaky, weak.” The things ppl say out loud..
The author sets stuff up a lot. Case in point-“you wont believe this, but for a few seconds, I thought u might have been outside spooning with a man. So silly. There was only mr. davis out there with you, your own cousin!” could you have made that a more blatant set up? Its completely contrived. &spooning sounds rlly modern.
The teasing matt does sometimes just isn’t working. It makes him sound like a white rake.
Everything is so predictable &already spelled out before we can make our own conclusions. We’re told Nan is most likely seeing someone. So when she blurts it out its completely anticlimactic. Because we already knew it.
She says she wouldn’t put tess at risk for anything. Well maybe you shouldn’t get in her carriage then. Is mick the only carriage driver in town?
“a big, mean cop.” How modern. &how dumb.
Bad writing-she’s talking to nan’s sister and husband and all of a sudden throws out ‘they left.’
Its so annoying reading a book where the girl thinks the guy doesn’t love her at all but he really does. &she’s playing the poor me card. &acting pathetic. &he could clear up the whole situation if he just opened his mouth.
‘rumor hat he didn’t care for white women, &had a yen for more exotic ladies of varied extractions.’ I was waiting for it.
You take a native American, turn him into a suave, well-dressed, rich white man. Why even write about native americans if you’re gunna make him look/sound like/act like a white man?! Im so disappointed.
&if you don’t want him spending money on you, then why don’t you refuse? It’s a fine time to protest after he’s bought you a dress, gloves, shoes, a comb &a purse. Way to take a stand.
‘par-ticularly.’ What was up with that?
‘exclusive-looking woman.’ Whaat???
‘her fairness would enhance matt’s dark skin.’ Was tess saying that?
You keep saying matt doesn’t love you &can never love you. &that you need to let him go. So do it. stop expecting a reaction out of him, and being hurt when he acts indifferent. You gotta be tougher than that. Toughen up&ignore him.
Of course, a guy would suddenly come into the picture to make matt jealous. This story is so contrived.
Matt’s random comments of jealousy just arent working. Im not really buying it either.
Nan is getting on my nerves. Is nan guilty? What will happen to nan? Nan, nan, nan! Good grief, the story should be called The Nan Story. It literally revolves around nan. They’ll be talking about something else, and then go right back to nan.
They bounce back from the boarding house, the hospital, matts office, a ball, and then nan’s apartment. Im getting claustrophobic.
The guy nan’s been seeing is a womanizing criminal? Wth!
It doesn’t make sense that a guy like him would like nan at all. In fact, its stupid.
Im not sure why matt would tell a stranger he’s Sioux. 2 seconds ago, you didn’t know if you could trust him, the next you’re dumping your secrets on him.
Tess alternates between sounding like a kid &an old lady. She says the most inane things-“you are…bad!” “you…bit me.”
“it was too poignant a thing to have openly between us.” Huh?
I hate when 2 characters arent together for some dumb reason. Like he wont admit to his feelings. &he thinks she has a problem with him being indian. Or-“I have nothing to offer you.” You’re, apparently, really rich. You can offer her a home, clothing, food, and protection. You have everything to offer her! What, exactly, cant you offer?
‘his eyes narrow &adult &very intent.’ Adult eyes. Hm.
His sexual superiority and him always calling her green is annoying. Would you prefer she be really experienced…like you are?
“&even this is hardly a drop in the ocean of what I can give you.” Ah-ha! So you can offer her something. The page before you said you couldn’t offer her anything. And now, apparently, you’re the sexual font of experiences.
She’s so scared &timid but then says “I want to lie naked in your arms, in my bed.”
Why would you ask him what he does with other women! You idiot.
“im not a virgin anymore, am i?” “yes you are, in the sense that I didn’t penetrate you. All the same, I had your virginity.”
That’s the only way to prevent children. What idiots!
She’s pathetic . have some dignity.
“pipe dream” is so modern.
He turns her down again &the next day asks to go on a walk and she accepts.
I hate reading about a d.a. character. she should get mad &stay mad.
‘he was a lowly snake with a little soul.’ What kind of insult is that?
“&a low dog of a murderous bluecoat soldier has less humanity than the lowliest dog in a Sioux camp!” im missing the insult there, too.
“why don’t you marry me?” why don’t you stop pestering him?
“I suppose ill devote the rest of my life to the women’s movement &live on last night.” “It was a moment’s madness.” “it was delicious.”
It was delicious? who talks like this?! &you knew he never wanted to marry a white woman. Are you trying to appear pathetic with your poor me suffragist life bit so he’ll take pity and marry you?
“if she was patient &didn’t pester him about them…” as if you could manage that!
&then after bringing up marriage to him &their feelings for each other, she has the nerve to say “remember nan? My friend? The 1 who’s in jail awaiting trial for a murder she didn’t commit?” as if he’s the one who got off topic.
“but she’s loyal to a fault. It’s a wonder to me she’s not married. I suppose men are blind.” There’s another instance of the author totally setting up a situation.
Tess’s idea of helping is a half-*** questioning of a couple ‘witnesses’ and getting together with her women’s group to show nan ‘support.’ Boy, in no time at all, you’ll have the case solved.
I also wanted her to do what she said she’d do-move out and be on her own, away from matt. But she never did. Until the land lady kicked her out. and even then, I didn’t think it was going to happen.
“my eyes fed on you.” Um..
She doesn’t even seem surprised that he’s kept his long hair all these years. I thought that was supposed to be a big reveal!
‘she was…against him.’
‘he was…watching her.’
Why are there…these pauses?
Sometimes its not clear exactly what the characters are doing. That’s the case in a lot of old romance novels.
‘it was 2 late, he thought w/ resignation. She could be pregnant from the touch of him like this, when he was excited.’ I hadn’t realized they had done anything.
The exclamation points are annoying!
‘she clung to him w/real fear that he might want to lift away.’ This girl is PATHETIC.
‘maybe ill die right now, and we’ll never have to separate again. we can be one person forever.’ Ugh…run matt, run!
“we looked at each other. We looked…right at each other!” good observation skills, tess. Maybe tomorrow you’ll be able to put names together!
That’s the secret. That’s what ive been waiting to find out? that was his form of protection? How does that protect her? And from what?
So you’ve been cheating on her! That’s your gift to her. She’s been secretly tied to an adulterer. Bravo, matt, bravo!
U decided to secretly be with her and then never touch her. Good plan. Makes perfect sense.
She says you’ve been an adulterer and you reply with humor, as if there’s any humor to be found in the situation at all. Who the beep does that?
“u knew nothing of our marriage. Besides, perhaps the experience I gained insured the pleasure I just gave you.” &of course she isn’t mad anymore, because pleasure is somehow more important than what’s morally right. So what, he’s got some experience under his belt. Are you more concerned about your pleasure than the fact that you’ve been married to a cheater? Apparently so. I love fickle, shallow characters.
Its annoying how matt feels sympathy for the prostitutes. Another black mark against him in a line of several.
You mean to tell me collier didn’t cheat on nan? He just went to a house of ill repute to hold hands and dump his ‘problems’ on a girl? And the idiocy continues.
How can matt seriously think tess has a problem with Indians? Good gracious, can he really be this dumb? What makes him think that? The fact that shes sympathetic to the Sioux’s plight, the fact that she helped them when they were wounded, or the fact that she’s worshipped him since she was a kid?
Now he claims to have known that she’s loved him since she was 14.
‘“I said hat I’d had encounters with sophisticated women. And I have. I’ve held them, and kissed them, and caressed them.” he grinned. ”but ive never slept with them. I was a married man, for god’s sake!”’ So, surprise surprise, we find out that he hasn’t actually gotten with any woman for 12 yrs. But he has held, and kissed them, and caressed them. so you have gotten with them. so you’re still a cheater. why even have him not actually get with them when he’s done everything else with them? is that supposed to be a consolation prize or something? Because FYI its STILL CHEATING.
Its kind of dumb that Stanley actually had too much respect for matt to ask about his heritage. I thought it was more like he was too scared to ask. It was just plain dumb to have Stanley himself say he had too much respect to ask.
Its very modern to propose in the paper.
I don’t see how tess really helped him confront his past.
I hate epilogues that take place so long after the book. Depressing!
&it’s a fine time to ask-almost 30 yrs later-if tess regrets any part of their life.
Im glad its over.
February 3, 2017
Foi uma boa leitura, mas fiquei um pouco desiludida com o final, já que consegui prever a verdade desde muito cedo.
July 11, 2013
Coração Selvagem.
Diana Palmer.
H.R. Romance 72.
2012.
Estou tentando compreender Diana Palmer, nos livros contemporâneos ela sempre apresenta uma mocinha virgem e submissa e um mocinho ogro e com aversão ao amor.
Já nos livros de época tudo é diferente, as mocinhas são fortes e determinadas, estão muito a frente de seu tempo, o mocinho e sempre protetor, amável e acha que a mocinha não quer ficar com ele.
Em Coração Selvagem, temos Tess uma mulher que deseja a emancipação das mulheres e o direto ao voto. Matt é um descendente de índios Sioux que esconde suas origens numa aura d mistérios.
Os dois personagens já viveram um romance no passado quando eram adolescente, mas o preconceito fez Matt trocar as planícies de Montana pela cidade grande de Chicago.
Depois da morte do pai Tess vai atras de Matt em Chicago, ela os dois vão viver uma aventura atras doutra, para salvar da cadeia uma amiga de Tess, as passeatas de Tess que sempre acabam e confusão e o amor que um tem pelo outro.
Mas será que Matt vai permitir que Tess entre em sua vida outra vez? Ou o seus próprios medos e preconceitos vão afasta-lá?
Serio, compreendo o medo de Matt, também no início do século passado, os índios americanos eram tratados como lixo. Ele mesmo só se torna um homem respeitado, porque escondeu suas origens.
É muito complicado. Mas pelo menos temos um belíssimo romance com muitos assuntos que até hoje são polêmicos, e que eram ainda mais no início de 1900.
Excelente leitura!!!
ADORO!!!
RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!
Diana Palmer.
H.R. Romance 72.
2012.
Estou tentando compreender Diana Palmer, nos livros contemporâneos ela sempre apresenta uma mocinha virgem e submissa e um mocinho ogro e com aversão ao amor.
Já nos livros de época tudo é diferente, as mocinhas são fortes e determinadas, estão muito a frente de seu tempo, o mocinho e sempre protetor, amável e acha que a mocinha não quer ficar com ele.
Em Coração Selvagem, temos Tess uma mulher que deseja a emancipação das mulheres e o direto ao voto. Matt é um descendente de índios Sioux que esconde suas origens numa aura d mistérios.
Os dois personagens já viveram um romance no passado quando eram adolescente, mas o preconceito fez Matt trocar as planícies de Montana pela cidade grande de Chicago.
Depois da morte do pai Tess vai atras de Matt em Chicago, ela os dois vão viver uma aventura atras doutra, para salvar da cadeia uma amiga de Tess, as passeatas de Tess que sempre acabam e confusão e o amor que um tem pelo outro.
Mas será que Matt vai permitir que Tess entre em sua vida outra vez? Ou o seus próprios medos e preconceitos vão afasta-lá?
Serio, compreendo o medo de Matt, também no início do século passado, os índios americanos eram tratados como lixo. Ele mesmo só se torna um homem respeitado, porque escondeu suas origens.
É muito complicado. Mas pelo menos temos um belíssimo romance com muitos assuntos que até hoje são polêmicos, e que eram ainda mais no início de 1900.
Excelente leitura!!!
ADORO!!!
RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!
October 23, 2009
Diana Palmer takes us back in time with this wonderful historical, set in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. You'll meet Tess Meredith the lovely suffragette and her long-time friend Matt Davis who is Sioux, but living the life of a white man in Chicago as head of a detective agency.
Their relationship really comes together when Tess' friend Nan's husband is murdered and Nan is sent to prison. Together the Tess and Matt work to uncover the real killer and in doing so they unleash their passion for each other.
This story really showed the hardships that women faced in early 1900's as well as the Indians, both were treated as second and third class citizens. It was impossible not to love Tess who fought strongly for what she believed in and for those she loved. You can feel Matt's frustrations when he tries to curb her enthusiasm and keep her from harms way. And you definitely will feel the suffering of Nan, the battered wife of Dennis Collier.
This was a wonderful story and definitely one for my keeper shelf.
Their relationship really comes together when Tess' friend Nan's husband is murdered and Nan is sent to prison. Together the Tess and Matt work to uncover the real killer and in doing so they unleash their passion for each other.
This story really showed the hardships that women faced in early 1900's as well as the Indians, both were treated as second and third class citizens. It was impossible not to love Tess who fought strongly for what she believed in and for those she loved. You can feel Matt's frustrations when he tries to curb her enthusiasm and keep her from harms way. And you definitely will feel the suffering of Nan, the battered wife of Dennis Collier.
This was a wonderful story and definitely one for my keeper shelf.
November 12, 2010
Now this was a big change from most Diana Palmer books: for once, there's not (too much) angst, and the hero and heroine admit to themselves early that they love eachother.. It was a surprisingly sweet read (and a historical DP too!) that was a nice change from the usual (not that I don't like them, lol):-)
October 17, 2009
As always I enjoyed another of Diana's books. It was a very moving and lovely story for me.
June 24, 2009
I enjoyed this book
September 22, 2010
loved it, reread it many times
March 3, 2022
« Perché sorridi? » chiese lei.
« Pensavo al modo che hai di buttarti a capofitto nelle situazioni, anche le più difficili » rispose lui. « E a quanto è tenero il tuo cuore. » Si fece serio. « Non mostrarlo troppo in giro, piccola. Il mondo può essere un posto crudele. »
Ormai mi sto davvero tanto appassionando alla lettura degli Harmony - si sa poi che i romanzi rosa mi piacciono e questi riescono davvero a donarmi ore si spensieratezza.
Ringrazio infatti la @harmonygram40_ per avermi inviato la copia in anteprima anche di questo piccolo volume, uscito proprio pochi giorni fa in edicola.
E tenetevi pronti perché ancora non ho finito di parlare di Harmony, ne riparlerò molto presto.
Cuore Selvaggio parla di una storia d'amore diversa rispetto alle solite di cui sono abituata a leggere.
Si parla di un amore nato nella primavera del 1891, se non ancora prima, nel Montana, dove la quattordicenne Tess Meredith sta per salutare Corvo Rosso, il ragazzo - il Sioux - che ormai viveva con lei e suo padre da ben otto anni.
Ma torniamo indietro nel tempo.. a quando si sono conosciuti.
Ci troviamo dopo la battaglia del generale Custer e successivamente al massacro di Wounded Knee, quando gli indiani erano ridotti a vivere nelle riserve. Ed è proprio da questa ultima battaglia che conosciamo il nostro protagonista Corvo Rosso, un ragazzino che viene trovato sul campo di battaglia da Tess, la figlia del dottor Harold Meredith che ha deciso di svolgere la sua professione nelle riserve. Quasi sul punto di morte, e completamente solo, Corvo Rosso viene salvato dal padre di Tess e per i successivi otto anni crescerà proprio insieme alla ragazza vivendo insieme a loro.
Tess fin da subito (anche se piccolina) inizia a prendersi cura di lui ed i due giovani instaurano un bellissimo rapporto di amicizia nel corso degli anni.
Lui le insegnerà a cavalcare, a combattere. Lei è una ragazza impavida che si comporta come un maschiaccio, considera Corvo Rosso il suo miglior amico ed è desiderosa di conoscere sia la lingua che le usanze degli indiani che considera nobili guerrieri.
Il padre di Tess dopo ben otto anni riesce però a trovare il modo per far studiare il ragazzo a Chicago, mentre Tess continuerà ad aiutarlo come infermiera alla riserva. Qui i due ragazzi si separeranno.
Passano gli anni, dodici per la precisione, e Corvo Rosso è ormai diventato Matt Davis, un uomo benestante, affascinante e soprattutto misterioso. Un importante detective a capo di una agenzia investigativa.
Tess, dopo la morte di suo padre, decide di partire e trasferirsi anche lei a Chicago per raggiungere l'amico con cui è sempre rimasta in contatto.
I due non si vedono da tempo ormai, Tess però è rimasta la stessa indomabile ragazza di allora sempre disposta a battersi per le cause in cui crede, come i diritti degli indiani e il voto alle donne. Rimarrà delusa infatti dal fatto che Matt nasconda le sue origini Sioux a causa dei pregiudizi.
Tess, crescendo, però è diventata sempre più consapevole dei suoi sentimenti e di quello che fin da piccola ha sempre provato per il bellissimo ragazzo indiano.
Matt d'altro canto ha sempre provato qualcosa per la ragazza ma allo stesso tempo ha sempre temuto che stare con lui avrebbe messo Tess in una situazione insostenibile, e per proteggerla non si è mai fatto avanti. Ma lei è disposta a tutto pur di fargli confessare che fra loro c’è sempre stat0 qualcosa di troppo bello per essere gettato via.
E tutto questo accadrà mentre devono trovare il colpevole di un delitto, che ha portato in carcere una delle suffragette amiche di Tess. E tra pericoli, combattimenti, e segreti.. Tess e Matt dovranno venire a patti con i loro sentimenti e trovare il modo di stare insieme.
Un romanzo davvero davvero bellissimo, particolare.. originale.
Non avevo mai trovato un protagonista maschile cosi ed approcciarmi a questa sua cultura vi giuro è stato illuminante.
Il personaggio di Tess poi, l'ho amato da morire - una donna super coraggiosa che nonostante tutti i pregiudizi di allora (primi anni del 900) ha sempre portato avanti le sue battaglie, combattendo sempre per quello in cui credeva. Da ammirare tantissimo.
Quindi si, vi consiglio assolutamente la lettura di questo libro.
« Pensavo al modo che hai di buttarti a capofitto nelle situazioni, anche le più difficili » rispose lui. « E a quanto è tenero il tuo cuore. » Si fece serio. « Non mostrarlo troppo in giro, piccola. Il mondo può essere un posto crudele. »
Ormai mi sto davvero tanto appassionando alla lettura degli Harmony - si sa poi che i romanzi rosa mi piacciono e questi riescono davvero a donarmi ore si spensieratezza.
Ringrazio infatti la @harmonygram40_ per avermi inviato la copia in anteprima anche di questo piccolo volume, uscito proprio pochi giorni fa in edicola.
E tenetevi pronti perché ancora non ho finito di parlare di Harmony, ne riparlerò molto presto.
Cuore Selvaggio parla di una storia d'amore diversa rispetto alle solite di cui sono abituata a leggere.
Si parla di un amore nato nella primavera del 1891, se non ancora prima, nel Montana, dove la quattordicenne Tess Meredith sta per salutare Corvo Rosso, il ragazzo - il Sioux - che ormai viveva con lei e suo padre da ben otto anni.
Ma torniamo indietro nel tempo.. a quando si sono conosciuti.
Ci troviamo dopo la battaglia del generale Custer e successivamente al massacro di Wounded Knee, quando gli indiani erano ridotti a vivere nelle riserve. Ed è proprio da questa ultima battaglia che conosciamo il nostro protagonista Corvo Rosso, un ragazzino che viene trovato sul campo di battaglia da Tess, la figlia del dottor Harold Meredith che ha deciso di svolgere la sua professione nelle riserve. Quasi sul punto di morte, e completamente solo, Corvo Rosso viene salvato dal padre di Tess e per i successivi otto anni crescerà proprio insieme alla ragazza vivendo insieme a loro.
Tess fin da subito (anche se piccolina) inizia a prendersi cura di lui ed i due giovani instaurano un bellissimo rapporto di amicizia nel corso degli anni.
Lui le insegnerà a cavalcare, a combattere. Lei è una ragazza impavida che si comporta come un maschiaccio, considera Corvo Rosso il suo miglior amico ed è desiderosa di conoscere sia la lingua che le usanze degli indiani che considera nobili guerrieri.
Il padre di Tess dopo ben otto anni riesce però a trovare il modo per far studiare il ragazzo a Chicago, mentre Tess continuerà ad aiutarlo come infermiera alla riserva. Qui i due ragazzi si separeranno.
Passano gli anni, dodici per la precisione, e Corvo Rosso è ormai diventato Matt Davis, un uomo benestante, affascinante e soprattutto misterioso. Un importante detective a capo di una agenzia investigativa.
Tess, dopo la morte di suo padre, decide di partire e trasferirsi anche lei a Chicago per raggiungere l'amico con cui è sempre rimasta in contatto.
I due non si vedono da tempo ormai, Tess però è rimasta la stessa indomabile ragazza di allora sempre disposta a battersi per le cause in cui crede, come i diritti degli indiani e il voto alle donne. Rimarrà delusa infatti dal fatto che Matt nasconda le sue origini Sioux a causa dei pregiudizi.
Tess, crescendo, però è diventata sempre più consapevole dei suoi sentimenti e di quello che fin da piccola ha sempre provato per il bellissimo ragazzo indiano.
Matt d'altro canto ha sempre provato qualcosa per la ragazza ma allo stesso tempo ha sempre temuto che stare con lui avrebbe messo Tess in una situazione insostenibile, e per proteggerla non si è mai fatto avanti. Ma lei è disposta a tutto pur di fargli confessare che fra loro c’è sempre stat0 qualcosa di troppo bello per essere gettato via.
E tutto questo accadrà mentre devono trovare il colpevole di un delitto, che ha portato in carcere una delle suffragette amiche di Tess. E tra pericoli, combattimenti, e segreti.. Tess e Matt dovranno venire a patti con i loro sentimenti e trovare il modo di stare insieme.
Un romanzo davvero davvero bellissimo, particolare.. originale.
Non avevo mai trovato un protagonista maschile cosi ed approcciarmi a questa sua cultura vi giuro è stato illuminante.
Il personaggio di Tess poi, l'ho amato da morire - una donna super coraggiosa che nonostante tutti i pregiudizi di allora (primi anni del 900) ha sempre portato avanti le sue battaglie, combattendo sempre per quello in cui credeva. Da ammirare tantissimo.
Quindi si, vi consiglio assolutamente la lettura di questo libro.
July 25, 2022
Molto più di un semplice romanzo d’amore, Cuore Selvaggio introduce noi lettori in un mondo solo a tratti esplorato, del quale è difficile ancora oggi riportare alla luce i lati più torbidi e nascosti. Questo perché la cultura occidentale vive di forti contraddizioni, e di colpe per le quali ancora non ha pagato. Quello del genocidio dei nativi americani e il suo ancor presente confinamento nelle riserve è una di queste. E su queste drammatiche premesse che si costruisce l’intero romanzo di Diana Palmer. Conosciamo bene la prolifica carriera di una delle autrici romance più conosciute e apprezzate e ci siamo ormai abituati a rintracciare elementi comuni e modulari all’interno di ogni opera. In fondo, lo stile è ben affermato e squadra che vince non si cambia. Ciò che tuttavia ha meritato la nostra attenzione e che merita la vostra di rimando è l’attenzione posta per determinate dinamiche contestualizzate al periodo storico trattato. Stiamo parlando degli Stati Uniti di fine Ottocento: l’Isolazionismo di lì a pochi anni, le rivendicazioni femministe, le rivolte sociali, la massiccia immigrazione, specie da parte italiana e le numerose crepe di un sistema che antepone ricchezza e prosperità alle abissali differenze sociali, un impero costruito sul denaro che lascia indietro i meno abbienti.
Chiaramente, la tematica amorosa è l’elemento principale di Cuore Selvaggio ed è incentrata sulla storia d’amore tra Tess Meredith, una ragazza tosta, dal carattere forte e indipendente, e Matt Davis, detective dell’agenzia Pinkerton di origini sioux, origini che cerca quasi di celare, di relegare in un angolo dimenticato della propria mente, lo stesso nel quale il suo nome non era Matt Davis, bensì Corvo Rosso. Non vi vogliamo spoilerare nulla di più, ma vogliamo sottolineare come la caratterizzazione dei personaggi sia stata di grande fascino e intrattenimento. Assai più chiaro è la linearità della trama, la quale segue una progressione letteraria classica per tutti coloro amanti del romance storico. La scrittura, semplice e pulita, vi saprà accompagnare in un pomeriggio di buona lettura. Datevi l’occasione di immergervi in una storia divertente, accattivante, dai personaggi comunque ispirativi e capaci di rendersi ben caratteristici lungo l’intero svolgersi della vicenda. Caldamente consigliato!
Chiaramente, la tematica amorosa è l’elemento principale di Cuore Selvaggio ed è incentrata sulla storia d’amore tra Tess Meredith, una ragazza tosta, dal carattere forte e indipendente, e Matt Davis, detective dell’agenzia Pinkerton di origini sioux, origini che cerca quasi di celare, di relegare in un angolo dimenticato della propria mente, lo stesso nel quale il suo nome non era Matt Davis, bensì Corvo Rosso. Non vi vogliamo spoilerare nulla di più, ma vogliamo sottolineare come la caratterizzazione dei personaggi sia stata di grande fascino e intrattenimento. Assai più chiaro è la linearità della trama, la quale segue una progressione letteraria classica per tutti coloro amanti del romance storico. La scrittura, semplice e pulita, vi saprà accompagnare in un pomeriggio di buona lettura. Datevi l’occasione di immergervi in una storia divertente, accattivante, dai personaggi comunque ispirativi e capaci di rendersi ben caratteristici lungo l’intero svolgersi della vicenda. Caldamente consigliato!
May 11, 2019
Raven Following is a Sioux who abandons his Indian life after being saved by Tess Meredith and her father, Dr. Meredith. He morphed into Matt Davis, a detective in Chicago. He has never dealt with his feelings of being a lesser-person because he is an Indian.
Dr. Meredith dies, after dedicating his life to serving the Indians of Montana, and his daughter, Tess, goes to Chicago to be near Matt Davis and to find a job as a nurse. She got her training from her father and the years she spent with the Indians.
Tess is also a suffragette, working to get the vote for women and a more equitable position in society for women. In Chicago, she meets other women of a like mind and becomes more active in the movement.
I thought this book had subplots all over the place: a murder mystery, the suffragette movement, men considering their wives to be their property and subject to the men's whims, Raven/Matt coping with inferior feelings about his heritage, etc. And yet, all of these problems seemed to be resolved by page 311. Bosh. I really didn't buy Matt resolving his feelings in the few pages remaining of the story. 3.5 stars
Dr. Meredith dies, after dedicating his life to serving the Indians of Montana, and his daughter, Tess, goes to Chicago to be near Matt Davis and to find a job as a nurse. She got her training from her father and the years she spent with the Indians.
Tess is also a suffragette, working to get the vote for women and a more equitable position in society for women. In Chicago, she meets other women of a like mind and becomes more active in the movement.
I thought this book had subplots all over the place: a murder mystery, the suffragette movement, men considering their wives to be their property and subject to the men's whims, Raven/Matt coping with inferior feelings about his heritage, etc. And yet, all of these problems seemed to be resolved by page 311. Bosh. I really didn't buy Matt resolving his feelings in the few pages remaining of the story. 3.5 stars
August 22, 2017
Přeložit hrdinovo jméno „Raven Following“ jako „Havran Druhý“... to si nemyslím, že je úplně nejlepší nápad. Když pominu, že se nejsou schopni ujednotit, jestli „Druhý“ nebo „druhý“, napadá vás nějaký jiný indián, který by měl ve jméně číslovku?
Hrdinové zcela nelogicky prokládají spisovný jazyk hovorovým a působí to jako pěst na oko.
s. 92 Ikdyž
s. 138 Tes
s. 141 večer
-“
potom
-“
s. 148 n[[est-ce pas
že se bude těšit se svého
Zapínala si ji roztřesenýma rukama, ohromená skutečností, jak jí dokonale padnou.
O[[Harová s. 209, 236 (2x)
uvozovky - s. 129, 241
Hrdinové zcela nelogicky prokládají spisovný jazyk hovorovým a působí to jako pěst na oko.
s. 92 Ikdyž
s. 138 Tes
s. 141 večer
-“
potom
-“
s. 148 n[[est-ce pas
že se bude těšit se svého
Zapínala si ji roztřesenýma rukama, ohromená skutečností, jak jí dokonale padnou.
O[[Harová s. 209, 236 (2x)
uvozovky - s. 129, 241
April 17, 2018
I didn't choose to read this, I narrated/recorded it for the National Institute for the Blind. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but the dialogue was inconsistent and not always reflective of the period. It was hard to believe a First Nations gentleman and a Caucasian woman could convince anyone they were related to each other. Not sure how much 'research' this author does. If you want a really good historical romance based in eighteenth century Scotland and America, read Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. SHE does her homework, writing very intriguing plots, believable dialogue, and a Heroine/Hero couple to fall in love with and root for.
December 28, 2017
la seconda volta m'è piaciuto ancora più della prima, son passata da 4 a 5 stelle!
letto nel 2014 e riletto nel 2017!
Il libro, anche se non è riportato da alcuna parte, neanche dall'autrice è collegato ad una serie di libri pubblicati e non, in Italia, i protagonisti si conoscono tra loro per varie vicissitudini.
1 - Amelia (inedito)
2 - Passione selvaggia
3 - Il colore del fuoco
4 - Scandalo e attrazione
5 - Cuore selvaggio
letto nel 2014 e riletto nel 2017!
Il libro, anche se non è riportato da alcuna parte, neanche dall'autrice è collegato ad una serie di libri pubblicati e non, in Italia, i protagonisti si conoscono tra loro per varie vicissitudini.
1 - Amelia (inedito)
2 - Passione selvaggia
3 - Il colore del fuoco
4 - Scandalo e attrazione
5 - Cuore selvaggio
November 22, 2019
Tess and Raven
The Savage heart is set in the early 1900's in the wild west even thought we encounter many modern and even English words. Nonetheless, it's a very poignant story between a native Sioux and a white girl. This two are childhood friends that meet years later. Despite their attraction for each other he fights it till the end. However their deep love for each other is so palpable you can almost feel it. Loved the epilogue Highly recommended
The Savage heart is set in the early 1900's in the wild west even thought we encounter many modern and even English words. Nonetheless, it's a very poignant story between a native Sioux and a white girl. This two are childhood friends that meet years later. Despite their attraction for each other he fights it till the end. However their deep love for each other is so palpable you can almost feel it. Loved the epilogue Highly recommended
August 8, 2018
Tess loved Matt Davis
She was proud of him and his Sioux heritage even when he had to reconcile his past. He his who he was among the whites in Chicago. Tess always loved Matt for all he was.
She was proud of him and his Sioux heritage even when he had to reconcile his past. He his who he was among the whites in Chicago. Tess always loved Matt for all he was.
February 4, 2019
I think this is a new one
I have read most of her books but this is a new one I enjoyed it very much as I have all of Diana Palmer books so,what can I say,i love her books and try to get them even if I have already read them.
I have read most of her books but this is a new one I enjoyed it very much as I have all of Diana Palmer books so,what can I say,i love her books and try to get them even if I have already read them.
December 11, 2020
Not your usual D. P. Read......
Really liked this one, these two characters kind of grew up together so they have a history. Heroine is a womens right activist in 1903, and hero is hiding is heritage. Nice mystery, drama and love story, how did I miss this one?
Really liked this one, these two characters kind of grew up together so they have a history. Heroine is a womens right activist in 1903, and hero is hiding is heritage. Nice mystery, drama and love story, how did I miss this one?
July 23, 2021
This was an unexpected surprise. I grabbed this book from the library. It looked like a sweet little romance, which it is, but so much more. About standing up for what you belive in and fighting for the ones we love and care about.
July 3, 2017
I have fallen in love with The Savage Heart!
Raven Matt Following Davis and Tess Meredith love story is addictivly wonderful and it keeps you wanting for more!!
Raven Matt Following Davis and Tess Meredith love story is addictivly wonderful and it keeps you wanting for more!!
October 31, 2018
This is probably the best book I’ve read by DP and I have read TONS of her books!!!
February 7, 2021
W Polsce jako Idealny Partner, 2021 , HQ
February 27, 2021
Una lucha por lo que era las diferencias de razas, pero que con mucha valentía se logro superar y dar prioridad a lo que es mas importante, me gusto...
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