SAVAGE TRUST

Author: Cassie Edwards ISBN: 0843950536 2/2004 HISTORICAL Publisher: LEISURE
Time Period: Old West

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 would bring nothing but trouble, but unbeknownst to him, his destiny would also be riding those rails. For beautiful, golden-haired Yvette, the train ride west to a new beginning had brought only death and disappointment. First her father had been killed by renegades, and then the man she'd promised to marry had been revealed as a reclusive cattle baron more than twice her age. When still another derailment landed her in the muscular arms of a very different suitor, Yvette doesn't know what to think. Tall and lithe, Cloud Walker was sought after by all the women of his tribe, but his midnight dark gaze said the blue-eyed beauty was the only one for him. Though their love was forbidden, though their passion might bring heartache, she knew her life is on track at last.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Yvette Davidson was trying to tell Raef Hampton that she could not marry him. He had been a friend of her father’s and not only was he much too old, she didn’t love him in that way. No matter that he was wealthy and had a fantastic cattle ranch and was building a railroad in the wilds of Montana Territory. She had to make him understand it just could not be. He wanted her to understand all the things he could do for her, and talked her into taking a ride on a short spur of his new train.

Chief Cloud Walker, a Cheyenne Indian, watched as the train crashed into a bunch of dead cattle. He knew that the cattle man and the sheep man hated each other. The sheep man, Leo Alwardt, had killed the cattle and stacked them on the track to derail it. Cloud Walker was a kind man and had to investigate to see if he could help any of the injured. What he found was everyone dead, except Yvette who was injured in the back car. He would take her to his medicine doctor to make her well.

In SAVAGE TRUST, Cassie Edwards writes a fast moving story of life on the frontier in early America. Her characters come alive on the pages and lead the reader through an enjoyable tale. This author is very well published and has once again shown her talent of weaving a good tale.

Mariah LeGrand