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Morgan's Mercenaries #1
Heart Of The Wolf
Wolf Harding might have left Morgan Trayhern's mercenary business, but he was still intrigued by worthy causes. One look at Sarah Thatcher and Wolf knew he had to get involved with the lovely spitfire—for her own safety. But who was going to protect him from the tempting vixen?
Sarah realized that bruises and broken bones weren't all Wolf had suffered in the past—his heart had been shattered as well. And if Sarah wanted to tame the wounded warrior, she had to earn his trust…before Wolf ran for the hills.
Sarah realized that bruises and broken bones weren't all Wolf had suffered in the past—his heart had been shattered as well. And if Sarah wanted to tame the wounded warrior, she had to earn his trust…before Wolf ran for the hills.
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First published May 1, 1993
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About the author
Lindsay McKenna
360 books2,503 followersI've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
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June 19, 2018
This was a great book kept you interested from the beginning. Sarah was a miner for her families mining claim of saphires. Wolf was a marine with troubled past memories and was trying to find himself. He came home from a mission all beat up and battered really bad he wanted a change so his boss sent him to Montana to be a forest ranger. He found Sarah caught under a tree and unable to escape. He freed her and took her to the hospital. She needed to rest her ankles due to swelling and bruising, but she is stubborn. Summers is another miner who owns 99 percent of the mountain but he wants Sarah's 1 percent and she don't want to sell so are all these "accidents" true or is it sabatoge to get Sarah's land?????? you'll have to read it to find out lol
October 3, 2020
I love reading books by Lindsay McKenna, every book I've read of hers has a heart and soul, a good guy and a villian, but Wolf was a good guy. He was a mercenary with a team of men trying to do good things to save a village from a drug cartel, but in the end the mercenary's lost the battle. When he got home he asked to be released from his obligation but he didn't know if he'd want to go back to that kind of work or not. He ended up in a small town in Montana, saving a girl who was digging for sapphires and Wolf found her on her back, the tree where she was digging, broke and trapped her legs under the tree, and then it started to rain, but Wolf found her and that's all I'm going to say about it. But it's one of her books that you'll want to read non stop. Good luck with that!
December 31, 2018
The book was awesome and I could not stop reading. Morgan's Mercenaries never disappoint. They show how men and women continue to fight the wars even as they have left the wars. They still deal with PSTD and the emotional and psychological tolls are sometimes worse then the physical pain. It takes a strong hearted mate to help them recover. #Lindsey McKenna has an exceptional way of writing draws you in to find the answer and not put the book down !
May 11, 2020
Story was ok but never really liked the main characters.
July 24, 2020
I love Silhouette Desire and Lindsey McKenna is a must read - always!
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July 4, 2022
Very good book. I like the Sarah character. She was independent but at the same time needy. Wolf had some trouble overcoming a loss on a mission he was on in Peru. They helped each other out!
May 1, 2017
This book started with the rescue of 2 mercenaries from Peru. They had been captured by the drug cartel working in that area. Wolf Harding was in the worst shape. Morgan Trayhern is there to help with anything they need. Wolf asks for a job as a Forest Ranger some where secluded and he needed to be alone to heal. Morgan asked if Montana was far enough.
Sarah Thatcher couldn't believe she was stuck under a tree. She was always so careful. She didn't think her ankles were broken but no matter how hard she dug she couldn't get out. Then it rained and she was now stuck in the rain and mud. She thought she heard a vehicle coming her way.
She was surprised she didn't think anyone used the forest service road much but she fired 3 shot in the air and prayed. Wolf heard the shots and found her.
Sarah is a sapphire miner and was being harassed by another mine owner to sell him her claim. She had been attacked once before by his men dressed in ranger clothes and was attacked by them so she was afraid of Wolf at first. He does get her out from under the tree and to a hospital for her ankles and feet. There is a lot of danger and attempted murder. Her Dad is murdered. Her Mom has a stroke and is in a nursing home. Wolf is suffering from PTSD. They have to learn to trust each other and to fight to save Sarah's mine.
I really enjoyed this book. It starts right out with Sarah under a tree and keeps going.
Sarah Thatcher couldn't believe she was stuck under a tree. She was always so careful. She didn't think her ankles were broken but no matter how hard she dug she couldn't get out. Then it rained and she was now stuck in the rain and mud. She thought she heard a vehicle coming her way.
She was surprised she didn't think anyone used the forest service road much but she fired 3 shot in the air and prayed. Wolf heard the shots and found her.
Sarah is a sapphire miner and was being harassed by another mine owner to sell him her claim. She had been attacked once before by his men dressed in ranger clothes and was attacked by them so she was afraid of Wolf at first. He does get her out from under the tree and to a hospital for her ankles and feet. There is a lot of danger and attempted murder. Her Dad is murdered. Her Mom has a stroke and is in a nursing home. Wolf is suffering from PTSD. They have to learn to trust each other and to fight to save Sarah's mine.
I really enjoyed this book. It starts right out with Sarah under a tree and keeps going.
July 21, 2016
4 Stars for Heart of the Wolf
Thoughts and Plot
Wolf Harding has moved to Blue Mountain Montana to try and heal physically and emotionally from a series of events that ended with him being tortured for months before being rescued and brought back home to recover. First day at his new job he runs into Sarah, a lone woman mining her families land, trapped by someone's meddling to get her family's land. Both wounded in their own way, they fall together as Wolf struggles to protect Sarah and himself.
This is obviously an 'older' book by today's romance standards, but the direct result seems to be that the plot is more believable in the way of people NOT getting married after a week's worth of high intensity emotions and action, but rather opening themselves to a relationship and knowing that it's too soon to propose marriage. Perfect. thank you for a realistic ending!
In Conclusion
An older book but a good one. Not sure if I'd actively hand this one out, but I will toot it's horn if I note anyone else thinking of reading it.
Thoughts and Plot
Wolf Harding has moved to Blue Mountain Montana to try and heal physically and emotionally from a series of events that ended with him being tortured for months before being rescued and brought back home to recover. First day at his new job he runs into Sarah, a lone woman mining her families land, trapped by someone's meddling to get her family's land. Both wounded in their own way, they fall together as Wolf struggles to protect Sarah and himself.
This is obviously an 'older' book by today's romance standards, but the direct result seems to be that the plot is more believable in the way of people NOT getting married after a week's worth of high intensity emotions and action, but rather opening themselves to a relationship and knowing that it's too soon to propose marriage. Perfect. thank you for a realistic ending!
In Conclusion
An older book but a good one. Not sure if I'd actively hand this one out, but I will toot it's horn if I note anyone else thinking of reading it.
May 5, 2013
A pretty standard--and predictable--romance. Not a book that requires much thinking, or is likely to surprise you, but a light and quick read.
Wolf Harding is a mercenary who has been damaged physically and emotionally by his past. Wanting to be alone to heal, he becomes a forest ranger. He encounters Sarah Harding, a woman struggling to take care of her family's mine and failing to take care of herself.
Both are wounded by their pasts, in need of some therapy, and disinclined to let anyone close. But they need each other to make it through the problems ahead.
Wolf Harding is a mercenary who has been damaged physically and emotionally by his past. Wanting to be alone to heal, he becomes a forest ranger. He encounters Sarah Harding, a woman struggling to take care of her family's mine and failing to take care of herself.
Both are wounded by their pasts, in need of some therapy, and disinclined to let anyone close. But they need each other to make it through the problems ahead.
June 24, 2013
Didn't nearly enjoy this as much as I do the original trio of Morgan's Mercenaries books, with the Trayhearn siblings. I found I could not at all like the female protagonist. She was just... boring and awful and childish and I mostly wanted to smack her, which was a serious detractor from any enjoyment I could've found in the fantastically dated, over the top sappy romance that is what I tend to love about this series as a whole.
December 14, 2014
loved it
February 22, 2016
A good read.
August 2, 2016
Heart of the Wolf
I always give ratings to the books that I love (high) if I like it that's what I rate. Wolf and Sarah are both damaged but find each other and learn to love again.
I always give ratings to the books that I love (high) if I like it that's what I rate. Wolf and Sarah are both damaged but find each other and learn to love again.
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April 15, 2019Really touching and heartbreaking.
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