Lone Star Christmas Witness is now my favorite book that Margaret Daley has written! It is packed with heart, healing of past and present hurts, and some very harrowing situations for the characters.
The book jumped right into a horrible situation with the beginning of the first chapter, the aftermath of a mass shooting. The author handled this difficult scenario with grace, while also allowing the reader to experience the emotions that both of the main characters felt as they entered the scene.
I was intrigued as Texas Ranger Taylor Blackburn and his team worked with Sierra Walker to piece together the who and why of the shooting. It was fascinating to watch their process and discover who the perpetrator was.
Throughout all of this, there was a very traumatized little boy, Ben, who stopped speaking the moment of the shooting. The care and love that all of the characters showed for him and the way they tried to help him feel safe added a lot of heart to the story.
I enjoyed this book from start to finish and loved the wonderful epilogue at the end!
(5 stars)
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
To protect a child witness
Lone Star Justice must prevail
With a killer at large, Texas Ranger Taylor Blackburn must safeguard little Ben Markham—the sole survivor of a mass shooting. But allowing Ben and his beautiful aunt, Sierra Walker, into his life is riskier than Taylor imagined. While he can distract Ben with Christmas planning, Taylor can’t ignore how Sierra makes him feel. The only thing harder than protecting them is guarding his own heart…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Margaret Daley is an award winning, multi-published author in the romance genre. One of her romantic suspense books, Hearts on the Line, won the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Book of the Year Contest. Recently she has won the Golden Quill Contest, FHL’s Inspirational Readers’ Choice Contest, Winter Rose Contest, Holt Medallion and the Barclay Gold Contest. She wrote for various secular publishers before the Lord led her to the Christian romance market. She currently writes inspirational romance and romantic suspense books for the Steeple Hill Love Inspired lines, romantic suspense for Abingdon Press and historical romance for Summerside Press. She has sold ninety-two books to date.
Margaret was the President for American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), an organization of over 2600 members. She was one of the founding members of the first ACFW local chapter, WIN in Oklahoma. She has taught numerous classes for online groups, ACFW and RWA chapters. She enjoys mentoring other authors.
Until she retired a few years ago, she was a teacher of students with special needs for twenty-seven years and volunteered with Special Olympics as a coach. She currently is on the Outreach committee at her church, working on several projects in her community as well as serving on her church’s vestry.
On a more personal note, she has been married for over forty years to Mike and has one son and four granddaughters. She treasures her time with her family and friends.
You can connect with Margaret on her website, her blog, Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook.
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