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Savage Heat (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Cassie Edwards
Publisher: Leisure Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 911919
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 395
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0843943491
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780843943498
ASIN: 0843943491
Publication Date: February 1998
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Ever since the sweltering summer day when Zoe Hawkins pinned on her father's tin star, she'd sworn to uphold the law in rough-and-ready Gracemont, Oklahoma. But how could the lovely sheriff maintain order when she couldn't even subdue her own wayward feelings for the mighty Kiowa chief, White Shadow? Every time he showed up at the jail to bail out his wild young braves, Zoe forgot the oh-so-correct colonel she was supposed to marry, and longed to surrender to forbidden desire. .
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 Plot was nothing but a series of "big misunderstandings" and miscommunications September 15, 2007
From the back cover:
Ever since the sweltering summer day when Zoe Hawkins pinned on her father's tin star, she'd sworn to uphold the law in rough-and-ready Gracemont, Oklahoma. But how could the lovely sheriff maintain order when she couldn't even subdue her own wayward feelings for the mighty Kiowa cheif, White Shadow? Every time he showed up at the jail to bail out his wild young braves, Zoe forgot the oh-so-correct colonel she was supposed to marry, and longed to surrender to forbidden desire.
As Gracemont's long-anticipated Fourth of July celebration approached, Zoe's emotions blazed out of control. Her some-time fiance was missing, the townspeople were up in arms over the antics of the young Kiowas, and White Shadow had started a seduction that threatened to explode into savage heat.
And my review:
Cassie Edwards has stated on one of her book jackets that her goal is to write a book about every Native American tribe. As a result, she is churning out book after book of mediocre quality. (Some of this might partly be the fault of an editor putting on the pressure.) I would much rather find an author who wrote a dozen amazing books than one who spewed out a hundred substandard ones. One publishing company has bragged that they have printed over 50 of her books. I happen to think that very few people can write that many books that are truly good reads.
I hardly know where to start with this book. Maybe the fact that the romance felt non-existent? There was no chemistry between the hero and heroine. The author says they're in love very early on in the book, but the reader never feels it. We also never get to see the "falling in love" part of the story, either. The characters never bother to communicate with each other, just constantly jump to conclusions and get offended all the time.
Or the characters just don't bother to say what they mean. Like when the hero asks the heroine to marry him, and she refuses without telling him why (valid reasons, like that her father hates Indians and would probably try to kill him). So of course the hero believes that the heroine won't marry him because she doesn't love him, then she's hurt that he doesn't trust her, so every time they meet they fight and don't bother to say the few words that would actually clear things up. It was very annoying.
Also, I found it a little difficult to believe that the heroine could have so easily taken over her father's position as the sheriff. There wasn't even a word of protest from the town. Come on, this story isn't set in modern times, it's in the 1800s! Certain occupations were not acceptable choices for women back then. I know lots of historical fiction is all about women stepping into non-traditional roles, but the author should at least shown the tremendous social backlash that the heroine would have endured. Maybe this happened later in the book, but I never got that far. However, I did skim ahead and still saw no sign of it.
Since the author never bothers to build real relationship issues into her books, I am never engaged enough to bother finishing them. I often feel like I'm read a young adult novel that has had some sex scenes thrown in so that it can be marketed to grownups. SAVAGE HEAT is not recommended by this reader.
Savage Mistake July 15, 2004
I read this book when I was new to romance reading and it's a wonder I kept reading the genre after this. The research is
halfbacked, the plot ridiculous, the heroine a twit, the
hero a jerk....don't waste your time.
 I enjoyed the book! July 7, 2002
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found it a very light & hot romance story. So what if it didn't go into a lot of the indian background! I found it a delightfull read and enjoyed every moment of it.
Horrible May 17, 2002
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Read this book if you can't find anything else to read. I have read a lot of Indian based books and I feel this is one of the worst that I have read. There was no background to the book. I did not laugh, cry, or have any emotion through out the whole book.
Savage Heat March 16, 2000
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have read alot of books this one has to be one of the worst books I have read. It used words I know that were never used in the old west. white showdow finds he has a half brother that was taken away from his mother at birth and this brother is a bigot of the worst kind, he has lived with the whites for 30 years. His Indian mother kidnaps him and in a matter of a week or two he does a total about face he now loves the indians, excepts that he is half indian, he never tries to escape and he just excepts it all. Please give me a break. I was so glad to be done with this book. It is the fist of her books I have read and I don't know that I will try anymore anyone who can give this book a good review hasn't read any really good books.
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