From Publishers Weekly
Cassandra Westbrook and Thomas Brown Wolf have nothing and everything in common. She's blond-on-pale; he's African-American, Lakota Sioux and "a little bit white." She's a rich widow with an elegant home, vibrant social life and successful Minneapolis art gallery; he's a loner who seems to live through the dark thoughts and derring-do of the characters in his comics and graphic novels. From the moment they meet at Sotheby's in Chicago, as the two high bidders for a folio of Native American ledger drawings, it's a dance of attraction and suspicion. Fans of Eagle's hardcover debut, The Night Remembers, will have an advantage when it comes to untangling the hero's many personas: he's Thomas Warrior, Tommy T. or Tom, depending on who's in the room. But first-time readers will have the advantage when it comes to edge-of-the-seat suspense involving Thomas's felon brother, Victor. And all will enjoy the nuanced portraits of Cassandra's adolescent nephew, Aaron, an artist and loner, whose kidnapping drives the drama. Eagle, a white woman married to a Lakota Sioux, enriches the romance genre with her unforced, unaffected multiculturalism. No doctrine, no rainbow parades here-just an appreciation for all that is human. Eagle's prose may occasionally be more cotton than silk, but her scene setting is convincing and her pacing flawless. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
In this sequel to The Night Remembers (1997), Eagle blends Native American lore with lusty romance while lacing the plot with suspense. Part African American, part Lakota Sioux, teenager Tommy T. has grown into handsome, successful 30-year-old graphic novelist Thomas Warrior, who lives a fairly solitary existence, talking with his creations Victory and her masculine alter ego, Victor. Then he spots beautiful, wealthy widow Cassandra Westbrook when they bid on the same Native American ledger drawings at an auction, and he is soon persuaded by his adoptive mother, Angela, to mentor Cassandra's talented but misfit nephew, Aaron. There's little doubt from the start about where the Thomas-Cassandra relationship will lead, at least until the novel turns darker when Victor seems to take human form to carry out his creator's wishes, Aaron goes missing, and the issue of trust emerges. Eagle explores problematic family relationships and gives a nod to some contemporary social issues, but she writes primarily to entertain, an aim she achieves here. Michele Leber
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Book Description

A connoisseur of exquisite objects, wealthy, beautiful, and aloof Cassandra Westbrook collects whatever catches her eye. While attending an auction, she is captivated by a set of Native American ledger drawings -- and by the mysterious stranger who is bidding against her. This is not the last time her path will cross with Thomas Warrior, a man who raised himself up from the inner city mean streets to become famous beyond his imagining. Their lives intersect again when he agrees to mentor her nephew -- and the attraction between Thomas and Cassandra becomes impossible for them to resist.

But Thomas's artistic talent is a gift that haunts his darkest hours, and his creations seem to take on a life of their own, threatening everything he holds dear. And when both the drawings and her nephew suddenly disappear, Cassandra must turn to Thomas for answers. But is her enigmatic lover a hero ... or a trickster out to do her mortal harm?

About the Author
Since the publication of Once Upon a Wedding in hardcover, I've received lots of letters filled with wonderful wedding anecdotes from new brides and mothers of the bride. Most of them want to know just how much of my own daughter's wedding found its way into this book. Here's the scoop: The devil is in the details. Yes, I said, "Don't spend a lot on a wedding. Put the money toward a house." Yes, I'm cheap. Yes, I'm addicted to E-Bay, and yes, I'm way too hands-on, love to do the craft projects myself -- which doesn't save a penny, but what a sense of satisfaction it gave me. And, yes, my dear friends and in-laws saved the wedding with their late-night stitching in time. Oh, and yes, I did hitch a ride to the church on the bakery truck. Kathleen Eagle and her husband of thirty-two years make their home in Minnesota. Write to her c/o Midwest Fiction Writers, P.O. Box 24107, Minneapolis, MN 55424.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A connoisseur of exquisite objects, wealthy, beautiful, and aloof Cassandra Westbrook collects whatever catches her eye. While attending an auction, she is captivated by a set of Native American ledger drawings—and by the mysterious stranger who is bidding against her. This is not the last time her path will cross with Thomas Warrior, a man who raised himself up from the inner city mean streets to become famous beyond his imagining. Their lives intersect again when he agrees to mentor her nephew—and the attraction between Thomas and Cassandra becomes impossible for them to resist.

But Thomas's artistic talent is a gift that haunts his darkest hours, and his creations seem to take on a life of their own, threatening everything he holds dear. And when both the drawings and her nephew suddenly disappear, Cassandra must turn to Thomas for answers. But is her enigmatic lover a hero ... or a trickster out to do her mortal harm?

About the Author:

Since the publication of Once Upon a Wedding in hardcover, I've received lots of letters filled with wonderful wedding anecdotes from new brides and mothers of the bride. Most of them want to know just how much of my own daughter's wedding found its way into this book.

Here's the scoop: The devil is in the details. Yes, I said, "Don't spend a lot on a wedding. Put the money toward a house." Yes, I'm cheap. Yes, I'm addicted to E-Bay, and yes, I'm way too hands-on, love to do the craft projects myself—which doesn't save a penny, but what a sense of satisfaction it gave me. And, yes, my dear friends and in-laws saved the wedding with their late-night stitching in time. Oh, and yes, I did hitcha ride to the church on the bakery truck.