The Lone Wolf's Child

Patricia Rosemoor's Sons of Silver Springs continue with "The Lone Wolf's Child," this month's secret baby story. Chance Quarrels' restless spirit made it so he could never stay put in one place for long. Yet when he came back to Silver Springs he always knew he could count on Prudence Prescott to be waiting for him. This time, he didn't come back by choice. He was driven back by killers who wanted to stop him from testifying in an upcoming trial. Except now Pru wanted nothing to do with him. He'd left her one time too many, pregnant with a daughter he knew nothing about. But when the killers found out about the baby before Chance did, Pru had no choice. She needed him."The Lone Wolf's Child" smoothly continues the storyline started in last month's "Heart of a Lawman" while telling a fully formed story of its own. Chance and Pru's romance is quite poignant. They long for each other even when they're apart and we can feel the love that burns between them even before their first encounter in the book. This rodeo man and the preacher's daughter make a couple to root for. As usual, Rosemoor find numerous ways to put her leads in dangerous situations, keeping the tension high and the action moving.About the biggest compliment I can give the book was that I went in not wanting to read it at all and still enjoyed it. Rosemoor's entry in the secret baby marathon is a well told tale that drew me in by making me care about the people involved, which went a long way to helping me overcome the fact that they were living a cliche. I was able to understand their motives and sympathize with both sides by the end. I started out siding with Pru 100%, but Chance's wanderlust was well explained and established. By the end, I just wanted them to find a happy ending. Well done. Anyone who's had enough of this plot hook won't find anything new here, but those who can't get enough of it should find "The Lone Wolf's Child" to be a fine example of the genre.