The Wren had to bend facts to give the FMC a background which made it less ideal, but the rest of the story flowed quite well, both as a mystery and angst-y romance.
Molly Hart had finally come home, after ten years... not by her choice. She was abducted from her home when she was a child, then captured by the Comanche, and spent a decade with them. Now she's back at her family farm, and found her parents' grave site... and her own, because she was believed to have perished when a small body and her gold cross was found badly burned. That is where former Texas Ranger Matt Ryan found her, and she never expected to see Matt again... Matt Ryan paid a heavy price for his pursuit of justice, first in the US Army, then as a Texas Ranger, hoping to find justice for the murdered girl, and now walked with a limp due to injuries suffered during recent captivity. Find Molly alive doesn't solve the mystery... Who attacked the Hart family farm? As Matt brought Molly home, and the family and neighbors adjust to the new of the girl who returned from the dead, old secrets are revealed, and someone was willing to kill to keep the secrets buried...
The historical accuracy is not quite plausible. It was unlikely that the Comanche would have left her a virgin and unwed and "sold" her to some Mexican trader as some servant girl. The rest of the book made a lot more sense and works as both a mystery (who killed her parents and attacked the farm?) and romance (Molly and Matt) as both came with baggage from a lifetime of heartache to work through.
Category: Historical Western
Primary Plot: Girl thought dead for 10 years is back; who killed her parents and robbed her of her youth? Ex-Ranger will find them...
Tropes: return, reunion, fish out of water, orphan, woman in peril, protector
Overall Rating: 4/5
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