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

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-four

Chapter Twenty-five

Chapter Twenty-six

Chapter Twenty-seven

Chapter Twenty-eight

Chapter Twenty-nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-one

Chapter Thirty-two

Chapter Thirty-three

Chapter Thirty-four

Chapter Thirty-five

Chapter Thirty-six

Chapter Thirty-seven

Chapter Thirty-eight

Chapter Thirty-nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-one

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Copyright © 2006 by Cassie Edwards

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Trade ISBN: 978-1-4285-1797-4

E-book ISBN: 978-1-4285-0404-2

First Dorchester Publishing, Co., Inc. edition: June 2006

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Printed in the United States of America.

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