Saturday, November 29, 2014

Wolf Haven-Lindsay McKenna

Wolf Haven
Lindsay McKenna
Harlequin HQN, Nov 25 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9780373779031

Former Navy combat nurse 1st Lieutenant Skylar Pascal still suffers nightmares from when the Black Hawk she flew on an emergency flight crashed in Afghanistan and the Taliban captured her.  Once she was freed, she left the military, but the torture at the hands of the enemy traumatized her so she knows she cannot return to civilian duty as an ER nurse like she once planned.  Instead she accepts a position as a wildlife rescue assistant on the Elk Horn Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Her new boss veteran Grayson McCoy runs the wildlife rescue mission.  Like Sky, the former Navy SEAL struggles with PTSD from his war experience.  Recognizing the signs of a fellow tormented soul, Gray resolutely plans to help Sky heal though he has not moved on from his traumatization.  As they fall in love, both finds solace with one another; but an unknown adversary has a different concept re Sky’s health.

Character-driven, the sixth electrifying Wyoming romantic suspense (see The Loner and High Country Rebel) is the strongest yet of a very deep series. Lindsay McKenna provides readers with harrowing descriptions of the crippling impact of PTSD on a person and their loved ones.  This powerful drama enables the audience to witness extremely disturbing flashbacks, and crippling anxiety and panic attacks that leave a person unable to function and overwhelmed with dark exit strategy thoughts as the only escape from their mental hell.  Love and patience from caring people is not easy to provide but is a critical lifeline. 


Harriet Klausner

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