After a certain number of books by one author, a bit of predictability creeps into the plot, but this book will entertain beyond the predictabilities. A widowed man with a young daughter meets the school marm and falls for her. Bad men want the man for his skills. It's a common trope, but still the book has many things to commend it.
Basically, Catherine Whitfield is the school teacher in Cimmaron Creek, Austin Goddard is a new rancher in the area, and Hannah is Austin's young daughter--whom he will protect with his very life. What Austin doesn't want anyone to know is that he is a surgeon and he doesn't want certain people to know where he is.
There are peripheral characters who add action and mystique to the plot, including the bad dudes who want Austin and will do anything to get him--to the point of kidnapping Austin's daughter.
There are a few things I question about the book--especially the advent of plastic surgery within the US. I did some research to find that training for plastic surgeons in the US didn't start until 1924 (after World War I), and WWI was the most prolific time for growth in maxillofacial surgery. I am not saying Amanda's chronology is wrong, but to my mind it is a stretch. Other than that, this is a good book worth four solid stars.
My thanks to Revell Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book.
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