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Silken Savage Paperback – January 1, 2003
- Print length480 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherLeisure Books
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2003
- Dimensions4.25 x 1.25 x 7.25 inches
- ISBN-100843944625
- ISBN-13978-0843944624
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- Publisher : Leisure Books (January 1, 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 480 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0843944625
- ISBN-13 : 978-0843944624
- Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.25 x 1.25 x 7.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,086,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #73,839 in Historical Romances
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Set in 1866, SILKEN SAVAGE tells the story of 16-year-old Tanya Martin, who travels via wagon train with her family to meet her fiancé in Pueblo, the Colorado Territory, when nearly to their destination, Cheyenne warriors seize five of the women, including Tanya. The chief's nephew, A Panther Stalks, and leader of the group, claims Tanya for his own and treats her better than the other captives who are treated brutally. Tanya, who Panther calls "Little Wildcat," takes to Cheyenne life like a duck to water and becomes Panther's woman, eventually his wife, planning never to go back to her old life.
Hart unique style makes for a captivating tale with wonderful characters and many twists and turns. The relationship between Panther and the golden girl who held his heart was certainly well done. And the action never stops. You understand the Indian-white man conflict from the Cheyenne point of view as Tanya becomes one of them, happy to be with Panther and his people. (George Custer is actually one of the characters.) Of course, Panther has a secret that will become very important.
To be fair, I have to say I agree with other reviewers who thought the heroine was "too perfect"--at least in the beginning. Actually, her strength and abilities at times seemed supernatural. First, she learns the complicated Cheyenne language in "weeks." Then she fights off the rival Ute tribe killing and scalping a warrior. But the one that really got me was when she killed two armed men with her knife and, though pregnant, had the strength to load the dead bodies onto the men's horses, this after she took down a 14 point buck with an arrow (and hoisted the buck up over a tree limb to "bleed out"). After that she killed a full-grown cougar and skinned both animals and preserved the hides. Please. For a 16-year-old white teenager who'd only been in the west for a short while? And I don't think a white girl taken captive, beaten, branded and treated as a slave, dragged around by a strip of leather around her neck, would be quick to fall in love with the Indian who did it, even if he was handsome and wanted only her. But all this was really only at the beginning of the story--a story I could not put it down.
I recommend this one for all of you Western historical lovers, particularly those who love those half Indian hunk heroes. This one's a saga you won't forget! It's going on my "Best Western Historical Romances" list.
Here are all the books in her Native American trilogy:
Silken Savage (1985)
Summer Storm (1987)
Night Flame (1989)
Many have stated that Tanya was too subservient. She is not. Panther loves and fulfills her with all of his being and in return she gives him her heart and soul completely. They completely fulfill one another's needs and their love transcends all things. I love the quick plot that gets right to it, as well as all of the turns in the story that are quickly addressed. Many complained that Tanya was too much like a super hero. I do not agree. She loved who she was, who she was with, and their environment/life together. She embraced it, she fought for it, she defended it. She excelled with the Cheyenne and I was so happy that she was so successful, happy, and fulfilled.
For those that hated her submissiveness, I think that if you opened your mind to the Cheyenne culture/customs and tried to respect their ways of life even if you didn't agree with it, that you would like her character more. Panther was a loving, kind, passionate, fierce warrior that any woman would have wanted to be loved by.
When I rebought this book I discovered that Silken Savage had a sequel, Summer Storm, and a 3d book, Night Flame, that had some honorable mentions from the first two books. You must read the trilogy in that order! I was so excited to find that there was a sequel to Silken Savage, not to mention a trilogy! I loved how all 3 books tied together and you saw the complete picture of the different facets of Native American culture through love between a man and a woman. Please read my reviews on the other two books as well.
Bravo to Catherine Hart for writing this book!