On their way home after the Civil War ends, Joe Dancing Cloud, his friend Boyd, and the group they are traveling with are attacked by a rogue band of Yankee soldiers. Boyd steps in front of Dancing Cloud, saving his life, and Dancing Cloud vows to help Boyd any way he can for the rest of his life. The leader of these villainous soldiers gets away, but is shot in the leg while fleeing.

After patching up the wounded and taking care of the dead, Dancing Cloud and Boyd go their separate ways to find their homes devastated by the war. Boyd has lost everything including his wife, but knows his daughter, Lauralee is still alive. He spends the next ten years looking for, only to find her working in the veteran's hospital where he has come to live out the rest of his days. Lauralee has been living in the orphanage connected to the hospital since she was five, and still suffers from the attack and death of her mother. As Boyd lays dying, he sends for his friend Joe Dancing Cloud, the only man he trusts to take Lauralee to their relatives in Illinois. As soon as Dancing Cloud and Lauralee meet they're attracted to each other, but Lauralee has always been wary of men after her mother's attack. Dancing Cloud leaves her in Illinois, and heads to his home in North Carolina.

Joe's return trip doesn't go as planned when his enemy from ten years ago reappears out of no where, trying to kill him after all these years. Taken in by a kind farmer, the nearest doctor is also treating Lauralee's aunt, who suffered a heart attack. Lauralee's feelings for Joe resurface as soon as she sees him suffering from the gunshot, even though she's been talking to the son of the farmer who has taken them all in.

But danger is never far from Joe Dancing Cloud, and when his enemy threatens Lauralee and her family, he knows he has to protect the woman he loves. Will they survive, uncertain of where their enemies are hiding out? And will they both be able to admit their true feelings, even with their differences, and love with Wild Abandon?

Cassie Edwards is one of the leading writers of historical Native American romance, and WILD ABANDON is a wonderful escape. She writes about different tribes and shows the prejudice against them and their way of life like you are there. Edwards catches the feeling of prejudices in post-Civil War America in this story of love between Joe Dancing Cloud and Lauralee. Edwards brings you into the world of these two characters and how they love each other through all the trials and joys of a life well lived. They learn they can overcome their problems with love and trust in each other no matter what, with Wild Abandon.