Welcome to Wind River the new series by Lindsay McKenna. I can't think of a better intro than WIND RIVER WRANGLER. Lindsay McKenna loves to mix her paramilitary folk with regular folk. Somehow this amazing author always manages to accomplish that task with aplomb. WIND RIVER WRANGLER is awash with mystery, crime, special ops, cowboys and of course a damsel in distress. It wouldn't be a Lindsay McKenna entry without any of these elements.

I can't think of anything more terrifying than being followed by a stalker, an unknown person who seems to hide in the darkness and yet the hair on your neck is keeping you uber aware of the possible threat. Shiloh Gallagher was frozen with fear of her stalker, practically a prisoner in her own apartment. But someone was playing with her mind, someone turning her doorknob, sending faxes, breathing heavy on the phone. This was not her imagination at play. Police told her to ignore her instincts, it was probably a harmless fan.

Shiloh is definitely one tough young lady who survived physically and mentally a beyond tragic experience when only ten. Now as an adult with this stalker practically freezing her in place, preventing her from even performing daily rituals she needs to go somewhere safe, a place she knows, people who care, far away from NYC. Wind River Ranch in Wyoming.

Roan is a wrangler at the ranch but so much more. He seemed the best qualified to help the ranch owner Maud give Shiloh a safe place to work and with his military background offer protection if needed. Roan and Shiloh would be sharing one of the employee cabins on the vast ranch so he could keep an eye out for any potential problems.

Roan and Shiloh would appear to have little in common but with Shiloh's work as an author and Roan as former special ops they both are keen observers. Shiloh uses observation about people and places in her stories. Roan uses his to keep people safe. Although he notes Shiloh is lovely, bright and sensitive, he quickly recognizes a vulnerability, perhaps due to her recent angst.

Shiloh is immediately take by Roan's gentlemanly ways and if being honest finds herself attracted to this rough cowboy on many levels. But Shiloh is on the ranch to get her head straight and shore up her inner courage so that she can return home to her beloved city.

Sharing a cabin with Roan was going to be an exercise in restraint for Shiloh. Surely it was all one sided. But Roan was having his own difficulty remembering that Shiloh was a guest and friend of Maud's. Hands off was the order of the day. But when it appears the danger has somehow followed Shiloh to the ranch, well all bets are off.

Caution: Don't mess with cowboys.

So WIND RIVER WRANGLER is just the first entry in what is sure to be a fabulous series. Lindsay McKenna has already introduced some terrific eye catching characters who have the requisite qualities needed to grab your heart and interest and make you want more.

Book Summary

From the moment Roan Taggart picked up the pretty redhead at the Jackson Hole airport, his training and experience told him she was spooked. She’s left New York City to visit the Wind River Ranch, where Roan is a wrangler, and just as he can pick up a horse’s mood, he can feel the tension coming off her body. And that vulnerability is triggering all his protective instincts...

Shiloh Gallagher likes the gray-eyed cowboy’s dry humor— and the Special Forces background that lends him a stoic, powerful presence. But she’s been scarred by trauma and her mother’s murder . . . and knows a strong man can be dangerous. She came to wide-open Wyoming to flee a threat that’s left her unable to write her novels. Now, as she rides horses with Roan and helps him build an isolated cabin, she’s slowly letting down her guard. But danger has followed her west, and they won’t have a future together unless they defeat a killer from her past…

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