Cry No More

I love this book! I have already read it over 4 times now, and I still come back again and again to re-read it. I love Milla, and how strong she is after her son is stolen, her dedication to finding him. And I think Diaz complments her character so well. This is a gripping book that is impossible to put down once you've started it, and I mean that even when I've already read it once or twice. I STILL can't put it down! Linda Howard grabs your heartsrings at the very beginning and pulls them along throughout the whole book, and at the end you're bawling. Trust me, I've cried buckets over this book. Here's my advice, go buy this book and keep it close to you...you'll want to read it again. ENJOY!!

Linda Howard has written a romantic thriller that will take you on an emotional roller coaster. Barely into the book and you feel the terror as a young mother's child is wrenched from her arms on the streets of Mexico. Then you share her hope ten years later as she thinks she has information that might get her child back, but it turns out to be false and you crash to a depressing bottom, but you don't stay long as hope comes ghosting into the book again in the form of a mysterious stranger. Milla Edge never gets over the abduction of her baby boy, Justin. She's dedicated her whole life to finding him, so much so that it broke her marriage to a handsome young doctor. At times she thinks of her ex, remarried with children, and she's jealous, but she pushes the feelings aside, forces herself to be singular of purpose. Susanna, her doctor and friend, tries in vain it seems at first, to fix Milla up the with handsome True Galleger, but Milla balks at the attempt, turning her affections to the outlaw type bounty hunter James Diaz, who says he can help her get her child back. But True is persistent and he's a wealthy contributor to Finders, the organization Milla runs that looks for lost loved ones. Milla seems caught between these two dynamic men, however she's going to learn that one of them is not what he seems. One of them has been watching her, waiting to see how close she gets to a certain baby selling ring. CRY NO MORE oozes suspense, romance and emotion and don't let the title fool you, because you will cry at least once during this book, maybe twice. I know, I did. Reviewed by Vesta Irene

When Linda Howard wrote "Dream Man" and especially "Son of the Morning," she wrote not only a hot romance but also a story which included elements not usually found in the romantic suspense genre. When she wrote "After the Night," "All the Queen's Men," and all her Mackenzie categories, she may not have been breaking ground with her story content, but the steam came right off the page. Then came books like "Now You See Her" and "Dying to Please," and I began to question my decision to buy Howard in hardback. Oh, they weren't bad books, just conventional without that added kick I'd come to expect. I would have still bought them, but I could easily have waited for the paperback. "Cry No More," I'm delighted to say, combines the heat of her best books with the innovation of "Son of the Morning." This story is much greater than the excellent suspense story embedded in it. It is about terrible loss and terrible grief and how we do or don't heal. A quarter of the book takes place *after* the mystery has been solved, but I can guarantee you'll keep on reading.And, oh yes, there are *two* alpha males interested in our heroine. See if you recognize her mate as soon as he appears on the scene. I wasn't sure, but I had hopes, right from his first appearance. njs

just blew me away. As a mother of two young children myself, I can't even begin to imagine the horror of having your six week old infant stolen from you. Then to have your family say you should move on, because, after all, it's been ten years! Even her own husband can't take her single-minded search for her lost son, and has moved on and started a new family. Finally, she gets an anonymous phone call on where to find "Diaz", someone who might be able to help her. Everything starts to fall into place, and she begins to fall in love with Diaz, when he betrays her. I won't tell you what happens in the end, you have to read it yourself, but I will tell you that I cried the whole last 50 pages or so of the book. Milla is a much stronger woman than I am. Great job, Linda!

I have read every book published by Linda Howard. I got this one as soon as it was released and read it in one afternoon/evening. Since other reviewers have recapped the story I won't do that again but I wanted to share how this book touched me.If you like a book that makes you literally 'feel' the emotions of the heroine right to your core you will love this book. As another reviewer mentioned, I also cried my way through the last section of the book. Linda Howard with her amazing writing skill made me feel like I had suffered the loss right along with Milla. I could not put the book down even though I had trouble reading it through the tears. This book needs 10 stars in my opinions... Buy a large box of tissues when you get this book, you will need them!