Standing Bear's Surrender

by Peggy Webb

Standing Bear's Surrender by Peggy Webb released on Feb 22, 2001 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373243847
• ISBN13: 9780373243846
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

DEFINITELY WORTH READING!

Loved the cover but then I love those pilots! cover Native American?? doubtful.After the accident that terminates Jim Standing Bear's piloting the F/A-18 Hornet and days of drifting in and out, the Bear sees his younger brother Ben looking thin and haggared.Jim's simple comment "I made it." didn't give any indication of his relief or dread.So he asked Ben what his condition was. Ben's comment was "Your doing great for someone whose car looks like a squashed tuna can." His fiancee, Bethany breaks their engagement - Can't do it. Not a cripple.Six months later Ben Standing Bear brings his brother a telescope "to watch the stars" and mounts it on the roof top garden of Jim's house. Love their brotherly exchanges. After Ben leaves he decides to spot a star and give Ben a detailed description - only he spots the lights of a Skyhawk, going into Pensacola Air Base for a landing.Feeling defeated he turns the scope next door to a brick enclosed garden where a broken winged, life-size angel presides over an empty fountain. In refocusing he saw not his angel but a live, flesh-and-blood woman dancing in the moonlight.Thus began his journey to love with Sarah Sloan. Curiosity gripped him and he knew he could not leave his roof top as long as this woman danced in the rain. The sound of her laughter was a balm to his battered soul.Sarah wanted to meet her neighbor and decided to take him a chocolate cake [boy, did he try to run her off] One thing lead to another and Sarah wanted the Bear to speak to her "boys" [all of them seemed to be losers and dangerous] to give them hope for the future.The story developed beautifully until she does her darndest to crawl into Jim's bed as well as his heart. Yet she is not a woman to have an affair? She loves the Bear even more as he helps her find her missing father. And when they attend Ben's graduation -- Ah well!Characters started out great - made an excellent story but ----Do recommend --M Am now going onto Ben Standing Bear's story - "Invitation to a Wedding", should make good book set.

Wow!! Very highly recommended

Blue Angel Naval Commander Jim Standing Bear fell from the sky one dark night, taking not only his wings, but also his ability to walk. While there's no physical cause for him to remain in his wheelchair, Jim is nonetheless grounded. He works out in his exercise room by day, and seeks the rooftop at night with his telescope to gaze at the stars. Then one night, everything changes. He sees a beautiful angel in the weed-covered garden across the street. Soon he realizes she's not an angel, but a beautiful woman dancing in the moonlight.Sarah Sloan dreamed of dancing on stage until the harsh realities of her appearance caused her to trade her dancing shoes for a schoolteacher's shoes. She feels the heat of Jim's eyes upon her as she dances, sometimes alone and sometimes with her father, in the garden. She comes to think of him as her angel, especially when she learns who he is. She's always had a thing for angels with broken wings. Together Jim and Sarah can learn, if only they let themselves, to overcome their deepest fears. A secondary character also deserves description. Sarah's father, Eric Sloan, had been a doctor before Alzheimer's ravaged his memory, but he was also a superb dancer. Sarah doesn't mind dancing with him, even when he calls her Ginger, willing to sacrifice her time and energy for a father who had loved and raised her so well. As Eric's condition deteriorates, however, Sarah must learn to ask for help, and to let others step in.Often Silhouette Special Editions make me smile and make me laugh. Seldom do they cause the emotional investment that makes me cry by deeply touching my heart. Peggy Webb's STANDING BEAR'S SURRENDER not only entertained me, but it touched my heart with the father whom has Alzheimer's. Indeed, each of the characters of the book touched me deeply, drawing me into the story, but especially the love of this father for his daughter, and her love for him. Their pain and valor in coping with such a disease, as well as with Jim's physical challenges, becomes not just a good story line, but a testament to the human spirit--something beautiful that reaches way beyond what I have come to expect from genre romance. If I had a scale higher than Very highly recommended, then STANDING BEAR'S SURRENDER has earned it.