Lyndsay McKenna continues her Wind River series with the story of Dair Wilson and Noah Mary. They met while Dair is recuperating from being hit by an IED in Afghanistan and losing her WMD dog Zeus in the attack. Fast forward a few months where both end up working together on the Bar C, a ranch run by a former military couple, who employ veterans. The Wind River Valley is a place where a lot of vets live and work. While training a mean horse, Dair is injured and ends up in a wheelchair while recovering.
Noah is concerned and very sensitive to the feelings that Dair has while going through what feels like another setback. As Dair works through her problems from her childhood and being an amputee, she and Noah get closer as the time goes by. While the Bar C is fought over by an alcoholic father and his daughter, things escalate to a confrontation between Dair, Noah, and Harper, another wrangler on the ranch, with the abusive father of the owner. Taking things slow and working as a team the people of the Bar C become a family and team.
Lyndsay McKenna shows the reader what life is like for a modern-day military veteran with PTSD and an amputation. I was very moved by WRANGLER'S CHALLENGE and hope there are more stories in this series.
Healing, like love, takes time . . .
For Noah Mabry, itβs easier sometimes to relate to the dogs
and horses he trains than to other people. Ever since his
marriage became a casualty of the war in Afghanistanβtorn
apart by the PTSD he brought back with himβhe prefers to be
on his own. At the Bar C Ranch, where he works with a crew
of fellow military vets, his gentle patience helps tame even
the rowdiest mustangβbut heβs about to meet a woman who
needs a healing touch heβs not sure he can give.
Dair Wilson, a half-Comanche ex-Marine who lost a foot to an
IED, has been hired on to assist Noah, but her deepest
wounds arenβt visible. Growing up in an abusive home, she
learned not to trust men, even ones who seem nothing but
kind. After a wild horse sends her sprawling, the attentive
care she receives from the Bar C familyβand especially from
Noahβis enough to convince her sheβs found a place she can
finally breathe easy. But one angry, damaged man poses a
threat not only to Dair and Noah, but to everyone whoβs
built a new home at the Bar C . . .
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