Long ago I read a love story by Linda Howard about Wolf Mackenzie who owned a ranch on Mackenzie’s Mountain. Years later I am delighted to find the love story between him and his Mary continues. They are older and their children have grown up, but they are still at home on their mountain. This book shares the story of two of their children.
Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie is aboard a ship when he is contacted regarding an Ambassador’s daughter. Barrie Lovejoy has been kidnapped and taken to Benghazi, Libya, where she is being held. Zane and his SEAL unit is already in the area and are called on to rescue the young woman. When the unit goes in for the rescue, Zane gets wounded. They pull Barrie away before she finds out if Zane will live or die and fly her back to her worried father.
After a battle of wills in which her father refuses to let her have any contact with Zane, Barrie goes back home to Virginia. Barrie doesn’t understand it; she has fallen in love with a man after spending barely two days with him and now she is expecting his child. Adding to the conflict, Barrie has a feeling she is still in danger and must find Zane.
Maris Mackenzie is the only girl in the Mackenzie family full of males. She has inherited her father’s gift with horses and is working as a trainer on a farm in Kentucky. Imagine her surprise when she wakes up in a motel room with a strange man. Maris has a concussion and it takes her a while to connect the dots. Alex MacNeil is FBI and has been working undercover to find out who is murdering expensive race horses for the insurance money.
Maris and Mac fall in love and catch a horse thief before running away to Las Vegas to get married. Then it’s back home to Wyoming for a second wedding so Wolf can have the pleasure of walking his only daughter down the aisle.
Two fast paced mysteries, two love stories and I got to reconnect with Wolf and Mary. Don’t miss this fantastic book. You will get to meet three year old Nick, the second female in the Mackenzie family, and she is a hoot!
Happy Reading, Linda Laughlin
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