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Savage — by Cassie Edwards
Savage Series in Order: 35 books
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Savage Illusion
Book - 1
Visions of Destiny A Blackfoot Indian raised by white settlers, Jolena Edmonds had never lived among her own people. Yet in her dreams, a hard-bodied brave came to her, filling her with a fiery longing. And on a trip through the Montana Territory,...
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Savage Spirit
Book - 2
Life in the Arizona Territory had prepared Alicia Cline to expect the unexpected. Brash and reckless, she dared to take on renegades and bandidos. But the warm caresses and soft words of an Apache cheiftain threatened her vulnerable heart more than a...
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Savage Secrets
Book - 3
Searching the wilds of the Wyoming Territory for her outlaw brother; Rebecca Veach was captured by the one man who fulfilled her heart's desires. But could she give herself to the virile warrior without telling him about her shameful quest? Blazin...
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Savage Passions
Book - 4
Secretly admiring the Ottawa chieftain Silver Arrow, Yvonne is enthralled by his mystical powers and seductive ways, but disputes between the warrior's tribe and the frontierspeople threaten to keep the couple apart. FIRST LOVE, WILD LOVE Y...
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Savage Longings
Book - 5
Kidnapped by vicious trappers, Snow Deer despaired of ever seeing her people again. Then, from out of the Kansas wilderness came Charles Cline to rescue the Indian maiden. Strong yet gentle, brave yet tenderhearted, the virile blacksmith was everythi...
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Savage Tears
Book - 6
Long had Marjorie Zimmerman been fascinated by the Dakota Indians Minnesota Territory--especially their hot-blooded chieftain. With the merest glance from his smoldering eyes, Spotted Horse could spark a firestorm of desire in the spirited settler's ...
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Savage Heat
Book - 7
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 waywar...
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Savage Wonder
Book - 8
Hunted by the fiend who'd killed his illustrious cousin Crazy Horse, Black Wolf feared for the lives of his people, even as a flash flood forced him to accept the aid of gentle, golden-haired Madeline Penrod. The raging waters of the Ohio River made...
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Savage Joy
Book - 9
Shanndel Lynn had lived all her life in the white world. Secretly named Rain Singing by her Iroquois mother, she had nothing of her Indian heritage but that name. Then a group of Shawnee stopped in town to spend the winter, and when she glimpsed thei...
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Savage Embers
Book - 10
NIGHT FLAME Before him in the silvery moonlight, she appeared as if in a vision --- her hair a vivid shock of red, her eyes a blazing blue. And from that moment, a love like wildfire rushed through his blood. Not one to be denied, the mighty Arapaho...
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Savage Shadows
Book - 11
All her life, Jae lived in the mysterious region of Texas known as the Big Thicket. And even though the wild land was full of ferocious animals and deadly outlaws, the ebon-haired beauty never feared for her safety. After all, she could outshoot, out...
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Savage Fires
Book - 12
FLAMES OF DESIRE Josephine Taylor Stanton had given up on love after she lost both her mother, and her desire to walk, in a train wreck. When her fiance left her, saying she was a broken woman, the beautiful lawyer thought that no man could look p...
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Savage Grace
Book - 13
AN ANGEL'S GRACE From the moment he saw her, her lovely flame hair spread about her shoulders like a glowing halo, Standing Wolf thought of no other. She was a vision-an angel with beautiful blue eyes that looked deep into his and saw his ever...
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Savage Devotion
Book - 14
Sailing the deep, clear waters of the Puget Sound, beautiful red-haired Janice Edwards is bound for a new beginning. Leaving behind the wealth and luxury she's known in San Francisco, she hopes to find a simpler, sweeter life in the towering forests ...
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Savage Thunder
Book - 15
MOON SONG Wild and free, she stands poised on the brink of womanhood as she promises her heart to a handsome young warrior. But the virile brave is of the Mohawk tribe, ancient enemies of her own Oneida people. And when her turtle clan abandons th...
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Savage Honor
Book - 16
Shawndee Sibley longed for satin ribbons, fancy dresses, and a man who would take her away from her miserable life in Silver Creek. But the only men she ever encountered were the drunks who frequented her mother's tavern. And even then, Shawndee's mo...
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Savage Moon
Book - 17
Night after night she saw him in her dreams. A warrior, his body golden bronze, his hair raven black. He knew he was the one destined to make her a woman, the one who would bring her the love she'd lost so many years before. As a mere child of ten...
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Savage Love
Book - 18
WAN-WAN-KAIT Monster bones. They were the stuff of Indian legend, which warned that they must not be disturbed. But lovely, golden-haired Dayanara and her father were on a mission for the Smithsonian Institute to track down the mysterious bones and ...
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Savage Destiny
Book - 19
What would make a wealthy Louisiana planter marry an Indian woman? the townsfolk ask. And when he raises his two copper-skinned sons as though they are white, some whisper that only trouble can come of it. Red Feather grew up sensing there was a vita...
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Savage Hero
Book - 20
To the Crow people the land was a gift from the First Maker, a place of snowy mountains and sunny plains, where elk and antelope grazed by brightly tumbling streams. But Chief Brave Wolf knew that proud heritage was threatened by the pony t diets und...
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Savage Trust
Book - 21
A SLOW TRAIN COMING In 1867 the iron horse came thundering into the Wyoming Territory, bringing settlers to the new town of Cheyenne and forever changing the lives of the Broken Waters Clan. In the eyes of Chief Cloud Walker, the Union Pacific wou...
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Savage Hope
Book - 22
With help from the guiding beams of the local lighthouse, the Makah Indians of the Pacific Northwest made a successful living from the sea. Chief Bright Arrow was proud of the quiet, peaceful life he led with his people. But his idyllic world changed...
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Savage Courage
Book - 23
LAND OF ENCHANTMENT Lovely Shoshana was ripped from the arms of her Apache people to be raised as a white woman. But when she returns to the Arizona Territory, a perplexing dream begins to haunt her; a vision of a golden eagle carrying her mother ...
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Savage Vision
Book - 24
VISION OF LOVELINESS: She was as elusive as the legendary deer he was hunting--a creature of mist and shadow, there one moment and gone the next. Like his quarry, her skin glowed white as moonlight, but her hair was scarlet and she showed no fear at...
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Savage Arrow
Book - 25
TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA For sweet Jessie Filson the wild and woolly Western town seemed the end of the line. First orphaned and then widowed, she had no one to turn to except a distant cousin who had made a fortune in silver there. But when outlaws att...
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Savage Beloved
Book - 26
Terrified and alone, Candy Creighton huddles beneath the trapdoor in the floor of her father's cabin, listening to the blood-curdling whoops of attacking Indians. When she finally creeps outside, it is to find a fierce-looking Wichita chief thund...
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Savage Tempest
Book - 27
CAPTOR The wealth of the Pawnee is in their horses. High Hawk has promised to prove his prowess to his chieftain father by stealing new mounts, but Rising Moon demands something else of his son--the abduction of a white woman. It is wrong, High Hawk ...
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Savage Quest
Book - 28
Day in and day out, Annamae Jacobsen pretends to interpret other people's nighttime fancies, earning her way on the carnival circuit. But it is a life she hates, one she did not choose. A daring escape lands her in the arms of the most exciting man s...
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Savage Intrigue
Book - 29
To be a Dakota Indian in 1862 Minnesota was to live in constant fear of lynching and hanging. Even a white doctor known for treating Native Americans was viciously murdered, leaving his daughter, Sheleen, to fight off his attacker and flee for her li...
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Savage Skies
Book - 30
Shirleen has always been self-reliant and adventurous, but after dealing with a husband who beat her, the disappearance of her four-year-old daughter and kidnapping at the hands of the notorious Comanche renegade Big Nose, she's almost given up h...
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Savage Glory
Book - 31
She dreamed of a dark-haired stranger... Kaylene Shelton had always reveled in her life traveling with her father's carnival. But with her black panther, Midnight, as her only companion she sometimes longed for someone else. Like the man in her d...
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Savage Flames
Book - 32
Legendary Predator It was said to guard Mystic Island, deep in the Florida swamps, where an elusive tribe of Seminole hid from the soldiers trying to force them onto the reservation: a snow-white panther with emerald eyes. To her astonishment, Lav...
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Savage Abandon
Book - 33
Proud, noble and attuned to the will of the Great Spirit, Wolf Hawk had devoted his life to leading the Winnebago people. So when he discovered two young braves killed by a trap outside the village, he vowed to bring the men responsible to justice. A...
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Savage Sun
Book - 34
Shining Star The war had swept everything away--her youthful dreams, her beautiful Atlanta home, and her beloved parents. As golden-haired Rowena Dowell traveled toward the wilds of Arkansas, she wondered if she'd ever be happy again. Tall Moon ...
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Savage Dawn
Book - 35
The Great Spirit Would Guide Him When the first signs of smallpox appeared on his powerful body, Eagle Wolf set out into the mountains so the dreaded disease of the White Eyes would not spread to his Owl Clan. He was completely alone until he spotte...
Series Premise
The Savage series follows a consistent formula: a young white woman—often innocent, beautiful, and of privileged or settler background—finds herself in the American frontier, where she is captured, rescued, or willingly drawn into the world of a strong, noble Native American warrior (frequently a chief or powerful brave from a Plains, Pacific Northwest, or Great Lakes tribe). The heroine is initially frightened or resistant, but the warrior’s gentleness, strength, and deep love gradually win her over. Their romance unfolds against a backdrop of cultural clash, tribal conflict, settler encroachment, or personal danger, leading to a passionate union that often defies societal prejudice.
Common plot elements include:
- The heroine’s abduction or voluntary journey into Native territory.
- Initial misunderstanding or fear of the “savage†hero.
- The hero’s protective, tender treatment of the heroine despite his fearsome reputation.
- External threats (rival tribes, white soldiers, jealous suitors, or natural dangers).
- A love that bridges cultures and culminates in marriage and acceptance within the tribe (or occasionally the heroine’s world).
The premise is rooted in the “noble savage†romantic trope popular in 19th-century literature and 1980s–1990s romance: the white woman discovers freedom, passion, and authenticity in the arms of a Native man who embodies idealized masculinity and spiritual connection to the land.
Savage Series Characters
Each book features a new couple, but recurring character types appear throughout:
- The Hero: A Native American warrior or chief—tall, muscular, long-haired, stoic, and fiercely honorable. He is often grieving a lost love or family, deeply connected to his people and the land, and initially distrustful of white people. Despite his “savage†reputation, he is gentle and protective toward the heroine.
- The Heroine: A young white woman—beautiful, innocent, courageous, and often a captive or accidental visitor to Native lands. She may be a settler’s daughter, a missionary, a widow, or a runaway. She begins fearful or prejudiced but is won over by the hero’s kindness and strength.
- Supporting characters: Tribal elders, rival warriors, white soldiers, greedy settlers, or the heroine’s family—usually serving as obstacles or catalysts. Children (often the couple’s future offspring) appear in epilogues.
Setting of the Savage Series
The series is set primarily in the 19th-century American frontier and West, spanning various regions and time periods to accommodate different tribal cultures:
- Plains tribes (Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche) in the Great Plains.
- Pacific Northwest tribes (often fictionalized Salish or Chinook-inspired groups).
- Great Lakes and Midwest tribes (Ojibwe, Shawnee, etc.).
- Occasionally the Southwest or Rocky Mountains.
Settings include:
- Vast prairies and buffalo grounds.
- Mountain valleys and forests.
- Tribal villages with tepees, longhouses, or lodges.
- Forts, trading posts, wagon trails, and early settler towns.
The historical backdrop is the era of westward expansion, Indian Wars, and reservation policies, but the books treat history loosely—focusing on romantic atmosphere rather than factual accuracy. Landscapes are described in lush, romantic terms: golden prairies, snow-capped mountains, rushing rivers, star-filled skies—creating a mythic, idealized West.
Tone & Themes of the Savage Series
The tone is intensely romantic, passionate, and melodramatic—classic 1980s/1990s historical romance with heavy emphasis on sensual longing, emotional catharsis, and idealized love. The books are unabashedly emotional and sensual, with frequent, detailed love scenes that were considered quite explicit for their era. The prose is florid and overwrought, with repeated descriptions of the hero’s physical beauty, the heroine’s innocence, and the overwhelming power of their attraction.
The narratives often romanticize Native American culture in a stereotypical, exoticized way—portraying warriors as stoic, honorable, and spiritually attuned to nature—while villains (usually white soldiers, greedy settlers, or rival tribes) are broadly drawn. The tone is optimistic about love’s ability to conquer prejudice and hardship, with happy endings that affirm the couple’s union. While the books are emotionally intense, they avoid deep political critique or historical complexity, focusing instead on the personal and romantic.
The Savage series by Cassie Edwards is a sprawling, passionate entry in the historical romance canon that captures the escapist appeal of 1980s–1990s “Indian romance†at its peak. With its formula of white heroines finding love and liberation in the arms of noble Native warriors, the books deliver intense emotion, sweeping landscapes, and the fantasy of love transcending cultural boundaries. While deeply problematic by modern standards—relying on romanticized stereotypes, exoticization, and questionable historical accuracy—the series remains a nostalgic artifact for some longtime readers who enjoyed its unapologetic sensuality and dramatic storytelling. Set against the mythic American frontier, the Savage novels reflect a particular moment in romance publishing: one that prioritized passion and idealized masculinity over cultural sensitivity or historical nuance. For better or worse, it is one of the most prolific and recognizable series of its kind, leaving a complicated legacy in the genre.
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