It would seem Cassie Edwards ripped off The Song of Hiawatha.

HIAWATHA, people.

In the comments at Dear Author regarding Cassie Edwards, Jane posts this, which someone apparently e-mailed to her:

SAVAGE OBSESSION
Page 284 (pg 434 in Large Type edition)
The odors of the forest, the dew and damp meadow, and the curling smoke from the wigwams were left behind as Lorinda […]

HIAWATHA by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Lines 3-5 of the Introduction
With the odors of the forest,
With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams

From Nikki the Super Badass Researcher

This is just mind-boggling if it’s true (and from what I saw when I Googled Savage Obsession, it is true). Also, she apparently plagiarized the author’s note that appears in this book. The frickin’ author’s note!

A hilarious write-up of the whole thing appears here.