Title: An inspirational romance and mystery thriller
Product review: Set in contemporary Kansas, Worth's novel opens with orphaned rancher Dana Barlow and her Asperger's-afflicted brother Stevie discovering a prize bull has been killed. Taking this as a threat from their mysterious neighbor, Caryn Roark, Dana visits Roark only to return home to face a tornado. Protected from the storm by another mysterious stranger, Bren Donovan, Dana wonders what--if any--connection there is between Bren and Caryn and how to stop her neighbor from taking what's rightfully hers.Worth develops Caryn's character fairly well, but there are too many cult cliches in the novel. Bren (Brendan) Donovan is almost too perfect to be true, but the plot anchors him in reality. Dana's brother Stevie behaves like the Dustin Hoffman "Rain Man" character throughout most of the novel, and this seems a bit inconsistent with what I've read from psychology books regarding the nature of Asberger's syndrome.It's trite, but it's a decent day's read.
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