"A hot romance and a mystery!"

Rhiannon O'Brannoch is at her wits' end. The airplane ticket her Uncle Fitz gave her came at just the right time, especially when she found out that her father left the family farm in Ireland to his relatives instead of her. So off she sets for America and Irish Heaven ranch.

She spends her last bit of money to rent a car but on the way to the ranch, she nearly runs over a downed cow. When she swerves off the road, she gets stuck and when she checks the cow out, it's been horribly mutilated. Then a very big angry man rides up on his horse and started hollering at her. What is this all about?

When Rhiannon gets it all sorted out, she meets Redhawk Jackson, her Uncle Fitz's ranch foreman and she finds out that he had no idea that she was even coming. What else has her uncle kept from her and from Redhawk? Redhawk tells Rhiannon that even though the ranch is worth lots of money, they have no cash for help and their cattle are systematically being rustled right out from under their noses. He also tells her that her uncle has Alzheimer's disease and it will only get worse. Rhiannon realizes this when Fitz keeps calling her Janet, her mother's name. She has to constantly remind Fitz that Janet is dead now.

Rhiannon knows she has no way and no money to get back to Ireland so she decides the only thing to do is help Hawk and Fitz any way she can. Fitz has another plan in mind. If only he can get Rhiannon and Hawk to see that they were made for each other, he'd be one happy fellow! Still there is the mystery of why the cattle are disappearing. Can they figure it out before they run out of time and money?

I was on the edge of my seat not only with the mystery but also with the sizzling attraction between Rhiannon and Hawk. Nina Bruhns told one heck of a tale that kept me zipping through this book at light speed. Now I'm ready for another one of her tales!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted September 13, 2005