When Dr. Tara Sims is robbed, she fights back to protect her daughter and nearly pays with her life. She’s rescued by Texas Ranger Grady West. Her childhood friend is now a handsome lawman, but Tara refuses to acknowledge the chemistry sparking between them. With a little girl to raise and a growing medical practice, she has no room in her life for romance.Grady suspects the vicious assault … assault wasn’t a random act. What he can’t figure out is why anyone would attack the single mother. He vows to protect Tara and her little girl while keeping his growing feelings for them out of the equation. Getting romantically involved with his sister’s best friend is more hazardous than hunting criminals.
As the threats escalate and evidence links the robbery to a homicide, Tara and Grady realize nothing is quite as it seems. Untangling a web of secrets makes them the target of a madman, and it’s only a matter of time before the killer strikes again…
This novella kicks off the inspirational romantic suspense series Texas Ranger Heroes. Each book can be read as a standalone and guarantees a fast-paced mystery combined with a sweet romance.
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Ah! Grady and Tara are both such awesome characters, yes Tara is petrified to risk her heart and love, BUT she didn’t hesitate to change her life completely and adopt Maddy. And she constantly fights like a Mama Bear to keep her safe, helpfully assisted by the gorgeous Grady.
Tara and Maddy being in danger makes Grady finally admit just how he feels about them and he knows better than anyone how short life can be, but he also knows Tara has walls….so he needs everyone of his skills to break down those walls and sweep her off her feet before her head can overrule her heart! Can he keep them safe, solve the case and steal her heart?
I loved this first book in the series and cannot wait to read the next, this whole series is available on Kindle Unlimited.
I have been wanting to try this author’s books for quite a while, so of course I jumped at the chance to request a review copy of this book.
Ranger Protection is a great romantic suspense read that I really enjoyed! I really liked main characters Tara and Grady, and was rooting for them from the start!
Even though this book is short and makes for a great quick read, it has a lot of action and suspense that was very well balanced with the lovely romance that was developing between Tara and Grady.
Ranger Protection is a very good read that I highly recommend, and I look forward to reading more of Lynn Shannon’s books in the future!
I received an audiobook copy of this book from the publisher. Which did not influence my review in any way. All thoughts and opinions are one hundred percent my own!
Action packed and fast paced – I enjoyed it! Twists and turns will keep your mind guessing 🙂
Tara is a new mom, juggling her family medical practice and raising her little girl alone. Grady is a Texas Ranger, healing from a recent injury. When Tara is attacked in the parking lot of the grocery store, Grady was in the checkout line and managed to save her and her daughter.
Though local police suspect that the incident might be related to some similar robberies, Grady suspects it’s more.
When Maddie is kidnapped Grady and Tara catch up in time to save her, but the plot thickens.
Tara will do anything she can to protect her little girl. Grady will do anything he can to protect the woman and child he loves even if it means keeping his feelings a secret. Will Tara try to keep her heart walled up?
And, as suspects arise, can they find out who wants Maddie in time to protect her?
This is a must read mystery and romance!
I received this book as anARC from Story Origin and I am giving a voluntary review.
(I listened to this as an audiobook)
Story: 5 stars
An excellent storyline with lots of suspects and a sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat finale. Likeable main characters and sweet baby who is the thread that ties everyone (good and bad) together.
Romance, but the main focus is on the suspense. Our heroine isn’t a wilting flower sitting around waiting to be rescued, but a strong woman who assists multiple times when she and hers are in danger.
Narrator: 4.5 stars
Great voice, cadence, intonation and accent! Her male voices are excellent and she has that subtle Texas accent that isn’t Deep South, but is true Texan.
*poor, **ok, ***good, ****very good, *****something special
A wonderful action suspense romance. This quick engaging storyline had me glued as the narrator does an amazing job of keeping me on the edge of my seat. The storyline includes intrigue, drama, action, danger, and romance in a A fast paced swoony story with well developed interesting characters.
An excellent romantic murder mystery/suspense. Tara adopted her daughter after the birth mother was murdered. Now someone is after them. Grady makes a terrific hero even wounded. They make a solid couple. Through the investigation we are kept waiting, will the murderer be caught in time and who of the several suspects is it? I’m not a patient person when I know I can find out the answer easily. This story I’d just long enough to build the story but not so long I just had to look. Waiting for the climax paid off.
This is my first story by Lynn Shannon but it won’t be the last. I do hope more in this series will be found in Audible soon.
Cindy Piller did a great job bringing the story to life.
I recieved a free Audible copy of this story, at my request, in exchange for a honest review.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
When Dr. Tara Sims is robbed, she fights back to protect her daughter and nearly pays with her life. She’s rescued by Texas ranger Grady West. Her childhood friend is now a handsome lawman, but Tara refuses to acknowledge the chemistry sparking between them. With a little girl to raise and a growing medical practice, she has no room in her life for romance.
Grady suspects the vicious assault wasn’t a random act. What he can’t figure out is why anyone would attack the single mother. He vows to protect Tara and her little girl while keeping his growing feelings for them out of the equation. Getting romantically involved with his sister’s best friend is more hazardous than hunting criminals.
As the threats escalate and evidence links the robbery to a homicide, Tara and Grady realize nothing is quite as it seems. Untangling a web of secrets makes them the target of a madman, and it’s only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.
MY TAKE
This is my first book by Shannon, but it won’t be my last. I found the story engaging and the characters fun. I enjoyed the mystery with the romance wrapped around it. I thought I knew who was behind it, but then Shannon threw up enough red herrings to make me wonder. There’s was just one thing that made me drop it down to 4 1/2 stars. I’ll be looking for more books by this author.
Cindy Piller did a great job with the narration.
This is a new author for me , and I was anxious to give her a try. Glad I did.
The story belongs to Dr Tara Sims and Texas Ranger Grady West. They were childhood friends, but went their separate ways. She became a physician and is now a mom after adopting a baby and he a Ranger who after 10 years of undercover work and an injury is back home.
When she’s attacked and is obviously in danger, the friendship and attraction grows.
This is a story filled with twists and turns, whodunit as well as hope and romance.
A good introduction to this series , one that is brought to life by the talented narrator.
She is robbed and almost pays with her life as she fights for her daughter as well as herself. He arrives and he goes to protect them. He is a lawman but when the attacks continue it seems as if she is been targeted. Why? What is really going on? They are also fighting an attraction to each other. Follow them and see what is going on
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A well-written story that I enjoyed reading. This is Dr. Tara Sims her daughter Maddy and Texas Ranger Grady West’s story. There is suspense, drama, danger, a villain and romance. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Great start to the series. It is well written, full of suspense, hot chemistry. Tara and Grady make a great couple but will Tara fight it or will she let Grady in. It is worth the read. I received it from booksprout and voluntarily left my review.
Suspenseful, mysterious, emotional, surprising, exciting and much more. I really liked this one. She is robbed and almost killed and has a little girl also. He comes along and protects them. But being a ranger he know that something else is going on with this. But on top of this he is also attracted to her. I recommend it. I was given a review copy and voluntarily review it.
WOW! Real nail biting suspense and great romance. A new author for me and I’ve already downloaded the second book in the series.
This is a quick read – mystery plus romance. I had an idea of who the villain was about half way through, but still enjoyed the story. If you are looking for a book you can probably read in an evening, go for it!
Wow
This is a scary story that could happen in real life. The characters are real and some frightening. Love the love story within the book. I sat on the edge of my seat to read most of it.
This is a good, clean mystery that I enjoyed very much. It has many twists & turns. I didn’t figure out who the murderer was. That’s the way I like a mystery.
This was an enjoyable read. It was a clean romance story with more of a mystery component to it. There was good character development and a wealth of characters that could be written about in other books as well. I suggest it if you like the Rangers hero swooping in to save the day (tough heroine, just needs a little extra help!).
I absolutely loved this book. It is the first book ai have read by this author but it will definitely not be last. It had the perfect mix of romance, mystery, suspense, and love. The characters and story were well developed. It was a quick read and definitely kept my interest.
Tara is a doctor in a small town in Texas. She has just adopted the young daughter of her friend that was murdered. She has been the target of multiple attacks and her friend, Grady, a Texas Ranger, comes to her rescue and tries to help solve the mystery and find the killer before Tara and Maddy are harmed. There is a sweet romance building between Grady and Tara, too.
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