Comanche Heart

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Summary: A must review novel!
Review: Amy Masters leaves Texas and travels to Oregon to become a teacher. After having been raped, she is afraid to try to love even though years earlier she pledged herself to Swift Antelope. He has never forgotten and once again this magnificent Comanche warrior finds her. Now, however, he is a nortorious gunslinger with his own problems, as he stands accused of a murder he didn't commit. He vows to make her honor her sacred promise.

Rating:
Summary: A true American Indian "bad boy"! very good!!
Review: Amy Masters leaves Texas and travels to Oregon to become a teacher. After having been raped, she is afraid to try to love even though years earlier she pledged herself to Swift Antelope. He has never forgotten and once again this magnificent Comanche warrior finds her. Now, however, he is a nortorious gunslinger with his own problems, as he stands accused of a murder he didn't commit. He vows to make her honor her sacred promise.

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Summary: Just Not Convinced. ** Grade: C **
Review: I hunted down and purchased COMANCHE HEART, because I am a die-hard Catherine Anderson fan. Usually this truly gifted author can do no wrong, but COMANCHE HEART and its basis just didn't ring true. Swift Antelope, the strong and noble Comanche warrior, promised Amy Masters he would come back for her. Swift did keep his promise, he did return, but fifteen years too late. Time had moved on and these childhood lovers had changed.

Amy Masters is a survivor. As a child, she was brutally kidnapped and violently raped by savage men and yet she survived. Amy Masters is a victim. She was cruelly abused, mentally and physically, by her stepfather and yet she escaped. Yes, Amy Master is both a victim and a survivor, but Amy Masters is hardly normal. She quietly lives in her sheltered life, and hides behind safe daydreams, while she endures inhuman nightmares. She trusts no man, especially when her daydream has turned into a nightmare. Swift Antelope is back!

Anderson again pulls out her ultimate male hero. Swift Antelope is understanding and compassionate; he is tough when required, and a sweetheart when needed. And when it comes to dealing with Amy Masters, being a sweetheart is very much needed. Upon his return, Amy Masters does not fall gratefully at his feet, nor is she glad to see him. Amy has learned to live a free safe life -- alone.

But what brought them together in the first place is still there -- the deep-seated respect, the loyal friendship, the romantic spark. But before the lovers can go on, Amy has much to overcome. Now the reader questions the author's logical. Could Amy EVER get over her past? Could any woman EVER get over THAT past? Yes, Swift Antelope IS tender and gentle and yes he IS the man to fall in love with, but would that EVER be enough?

Catherine Anderson uses a slow, excruciatingly pace to convince her reader that the healing can and does take place, but somewhere along the way, Anderson mission fails. Yes, the idea of reuniting lost lovers has great appeal and both Amy and Swift are very likeable characters, but the core of the story just doesn't sell.

This is the second in Anderson's `Comanche series', but regrettably this entry seems too illogical and too inconceivable to recommend. I truly want to believe in Amy's healing - that a handsome, kind man could rescue her from her haunting horrors, but somehow I can't! Grade: C

Reviewer for: www.romancedesigns.com

Rating:
Summary: A must review novel!
Review: When I read the first book to this series Comanche Moon, I fell inlove with Amy and Chase! I knew C.A. had to complete a book about these two wonderful characters that was all their own. I also enjoyed reading about Loretta and Hunter again. Make sure to read the two following books Indigo Blue and Comanche Magic which bring all of these wonderful characters together again! Comanche Hart was just what I needed after reading Camanche Moon. I feel in love with Amy and Chase and I was not disapointed!