Authors: Cassie Edwards
Savage Beloved
C
ASSIE
E
DWARDS
,
AUTHOR OF THE
SAVAGE
SERIES
Winner of the
Romantic Times
Lifetime Achievement Award for
Best Indian Series!
“Cassie Edwards writes action-packed, sexy reads!
Romance fans will be more than satisfied!”
—Romantic Times
A WOMAN OF COURAGE
She had never considered any Indian handsome. But now? She knew how wrong she had been.
Yet how could she forget, for even one moment, that this man was responsible for the deaths of many people, among them her father and Malvina?
She gazed at him now with contempt, with hate, as he stopped beside her.
“Stand,” he said in perfect English. “Or do you prefer to continue crawling like a lowly snake along the ground?”
Knowing that she had no choice, yet so afraid she was not certain her knees would support her when she did try to stand, Candy slowly pushed herself up from the ground.
She stood straight-backed, her chin held firmly high, as she tried to prove that she was a woman of spirit . . . of courage . . . despite the danger she was in.
Other books by Cassie Edwards:
TOUCH THE WILD WIND
ROSES AFTER RAIN
WHEN PASSION CALLS
EDEN’S PROMISE
ISLAND RAPTURE
SECRETS OF MY HEART
The
Savage
Series:
SAVAGE ARROW
SAVAGE VISION
SAVAGE COURAGE
SAVAGE HOPE
SAVAGE TRUST
SAVAGE HERO
SAVAGE DESTINY
SAVAGE LOVE
SAVAGE MOON
SAVAGE HONOR
SAVAGE THUNDER
SAVAGE DEVOTION
SAVAGE GRACE
SAVAGE FIRES
SAVAGE JOY
SAVAGE WONDER
SAVAGE HEAT
SAVAGE DANCE
SAVAGE TEARS
SAVAGE LONGINGS
SAVAGE DREAM
SAVAGE BLISS
SAVAGE WHISPERS
SAVAGE SHADOWS
SAVAGE SPLENDOR
SAVAGE EDEN
SAVAGE SURRENDER
SAVAGE PASSIONS
SAVAGE SECRETS
SAVAGE PRIDE
SAVAGE SPIRIT
SAVAGE EMBERS
SAVAGE ILLUSION
SAVAGE SUNRISE
SAVAGE MISTS
SAVAGE PROMISE
SAVAGE PERSUASION
CASSIE EDWARDS
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Copyright © 2006 by Cassie Edwards
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With the fondest of memories, I dedicate
Savage Beloved
to my 1954 Mattoon High School (Illinois) graduating class, especially my special friends. Who could ever forget walking the halls of Mattoon High with friends between classes; the many sock hops and formal dances; the Tuesday nights with the Fifinellas (our sorority group); and Gill’s Drive Inn, where everyone met after dances, ballgames, and dates, for a delicious hamburger and cherry Coke!
Always,
Cassie Edwards
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