Mustang herds and shrinking grazing for cattle mean that
Lyn the new Forest Ranger has to monitor the situation on
government land. A wild stallion sees her as a threat
however and has to be chased off by Cade, a rancher.
Unlike many Cade is in favour of the feral horses; he is
the wild-horse spokesman for the Toyakoi Shoshone Tribe.
Lyn also loves the mustangs but she calculates that the
poor grazing can support 150 horses instead of the 450
presently depending on it. Bighorn sheep and mule deer also
need forage and water. Cade knows they are sure to clash,
so he doesn't bother making friends.
Lyn has a smart ten-year-old daughter, Kirsten, who lost a
leg when a drunk driver hit her. Settling in to a new
school is hard for the girl and Lyn is somewhat
overprotective. Lyn's husband was killed in the same crash.
HEALING THE FOREST RANGER will take time, and getting the
troubled Kirsten fixed with a good prosthesis might help.
The last person they expect to find as the specialist
doctor, however is Cade, himself a war veteran. The town
of Stokely has a large number of Shoshone people, and he has
returned to help his people.
I was pleased to get good information about prostheses
today. Spring loaded feet, upsizing as a child grows, a
way to walk more surely and J-shaped flexible carbon-fibre
running feet are all described. Leigh Bale writes with
sensitivity, showing compassion for the vulnerable while
through her characters encouraging them to do all they can
do. Feeding an orphaned foal turns out to be an ideal
start.
Also author of Falling for The Forest Ranger, Bale
demonstrates knowledge of and regard for the environment.
Spring in the McClellan mountains sounds absolutely
beautiful! Overgrazing and horses hogging access to creeks
cause a major problem to other wildlife, and with willows
eaten down, the water gets too hot for fish. Sage grouse
can't find seeds and insects while the cheatgrass that
horses don't eat is more likely to fuel brush fires than
the wild rye that they do. The only real predator is the
endangered mountain lion, and as that takes a few foals the
adult mustangs may starve. The difficulty in the story is
finding a suitable compromise, and the Native people are
not all friendly to the authorities. Cade knows that
someone could get hurt....
HEALING THE FOREST RANGER is an inspirational book, and Lyn
tells us 'I don't need a church to feel spiritual'. With a
well-described relationship kindling between two lovers of
the outdoors, I am sure many readers will agree. I can
recommend Leigh Bale's latest novel as a good, absorbing
read and a fine romance.
When wild mustangs threaten someone's life, rancher Cade
Baldwin springs into action. But he's not pleased when he
sees the beautiful woman he's saved is the town's new
forest ranger. Lyn Warner is determined to round up the
wild horses he loves so much. But she's also the woman who
makes him smile like no one else. After her husband died in
a car crash, Lyn turned her back on her beliefs and focused
all of her attention on her injured daughter. But Cade's
strong faith and steady love might be exactly what they all
need to create an unbreakable family.
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