Rancher's Perfect Baby Rescue

Perfect, Wyoming #2

by Linda Conrad

"They will not get my baby."

Susannah Paul had been grateful to the Devotees for helping her when she was pregnant and alone. But when her baby was born with a minor defect, she discovered the horrible truth about Cold Plains. And she ran. Desperate and exhausted, she found refuge at the Pierce ranch...and a savior in surly Nathan Pierce.

Nathan had plenty of reasons to distrust the Devotees...and Susannah had been one of them. But as the delicate beauty insinuated herself into his life and his heart, Nathan realized she was different. And very much in danger. Soon nothing mattered more than protecting Susannah and her child from the evil closing in around them.

Genres: Western Romance, Romantic Suspense, Romance

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Bestselling author, Linda Conrad, has written over thirty contemporary novels. Her favorite genre is romantic suspense. Add in a little paranormal and she's in heaven.

Linda's sensual characters and passionate stories have brought her numerous awards. She and her husband and their dog KiKi live near the Florida Keys. Her favorite things are reading, cooking and...um...eating!

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Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

The heroine Susannah finds shelter in a barn, exhausted after spending all of the day on the run with her two week old baby. She is found by the hero Nathan, whose family owns the ranch she stumbled into, and she reveals to him that she has run away from the town of Cold Plains that has been taken over by a cult called the Devotees, after fearing for her baby's welfare as she was born with a large birthmark. Although initially wary of any that has been involved with the Devotees, Nathan takes Susannah and baby Melody in until they can regain their strength. Nathan has also heard the rumours about the Devotees not allowing anyone not 'perfect' and after his ex-wife got involved with them then ended up murdered he knows Susannah is in danger. He keeps them safe as much as he can as well as trying to help 'deprogram' Susannah from the cult's way of thinking, and he slowly begins to fall for the lost but beautiful woman she is. Susannah has never felt like she belongs as much as she does with Nathan, but she knows that the Devotees are looking for her and the only way to keep her and Melody safe is to leave.

This is the second book in the 'Perfect, Wyoming' mini series, and follows on nicely from the first book (Special Agent's Perfect Cover). But it did feel slightly flat and the suspense part didn't really move forward. The heroine, at times, is frustratingly weak, yes she had had a bad life and had a lot of people walk over her, but she needed a backbone, stat! The issue raised about her having to prostitute herself in the past was not dealt with at all - she said it, then it was forgotten about - I couldn't understand this at all, it's too much of a big thing to just throw in. The hero saves this book, he was just wonderful!

Overall, not a bad book but I was left asking a lot of questions.


Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....

[Michaela · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only finished this book because i wanted to see what happened with the cult which was left so wide open anyway. Susannah had zero self-esteem and zero personality im honestly shocked anyone liked her at all.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. At first, Susannah didn't believe that Grayson had any idea of what was going on with his followers. She wanted to believe that he was as good as she believed. When she found out what was suspected, she took the baby and ran. When Nathan found her in his barn, at first he wanted nothing to do with her. As he got to know her, he wanted to help her break free of the Devotees' brainwashing. And then he started to have feelings for her and the baby. Susannah also fell in love with Nathan, and would do anything to keep him and the others on the ranch safe. When she had a chance to do some investigating she took it. The conclusion of this one was satisfying, while leaving the greater story going strong.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Perfect, Wyoming