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Loading... Savage Promise (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (edition 1992)by Cassie EdwardsCassie Edwards is best known for her "Indian Romances". According to the author bio in the back of the book, her goal is to write a historical romance about every single Indian tribe in the Americas. Most of them have the word "Savage" in the title: Savage Surrender, Savage Persuasion, Savage Rapture, Savage Pride...you get the idea. The cover art is invariably of a pale princess type in the arms of an "Indian"...most of look kind of like Italian Chippendale dancers. In Savage Promise, Letitia and her father find themselves alone in Alaska, after being separated from their American scouting party. Letitia and her father bravely fight off a polar bear, but her father is dreadfully wounded. Here comes Kanuga, the chief of the Aleut, to save the day. This grey-eyed Adonis has one goal in life: to rid Alaska of white trappers. But first, he has to save Letitia’s father and make Letitia fall in love with him. Which she does. Lots of sex. Hussy cousins, mean old Russians, bitter snows, and the obligatory miscommunications leading to dramatic rescues and even more sex ensue. In the end, everyone lives happily ever after. Except for those who die horrible deaths and those who wind up working as disease-infested prostitutes, of course. It wasn’t that bad, really. I'm not saying that Romance novels, or this one in particular, are complete crap. Hell, I've been known to get lost in a Victoria Holt "Nanny in Peril" novel, or a Nora Roberts bodice buster. I don't think people should have to feel embarrassed by what they choose to read, or try to make other people feel like what they're reading is stupid or junk. But sometimes I'm tested on that, you know? I'm not perfect. So, research done. I now can talk somewhat knowledgeably about Cassie Edwards’ work. All in a day’s work of a public services Reference Librarian. |
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In Savage Promise, Letitia and her father find themselves alone in Alaska, after being separated from their American scouting party. Letitia and her father bravely fight off a polar bear, but her father is dreadfully wounded. Here comes Kanuga, the chief of the Aleut, to save the day. This grey-eyed Adonis has one goal in life: to rid Alaska of white trappers. But first, he has to save Letitia’s father and make Letitia fall in love with him. Which she does. Lots of sex. Hussy cousins, mean old Russians, bitter snows, and the obligatory miscommunications leading to dramatic rescues and even more sex ensue. In the end, everyone lives happily ever after. Except for those who die horrible deaths and those who wind up working as disease-infested prostitutes, of course.
It wasn’t that bad, really. I'm not saying that Romance novels, or this one in particular, are complete crap. Hell, I've been known to get lost in a Victoria Holt "Nanny in Peril" novel, or a Nora Roberts bodice buster. I don't think people should have to feel embarrassed by what they choose to read, or try to make other people feel like what they're reading is stupid or junk. But sometimes I'm tested on that, you know? I'm not perfect.
So, research done. I now can talk somewhat knowledgeably about Cassie Edwards’ work. All in a day’s work of a public services Reference Librarian. ( )