Wind River Rancher(Wind River Valley)

Great story line! Great details, and wonderful and warm characters. Use of the word "vet" was overload, but I truly enjoyed this book. I hope the series goes into each of the other vets and the women they fall for, and follows up with her decision about her father moving into the fourth house.

Storyline on PTSD excellent however a little redundant. Plot was over 2 chapters before end and left the "father" storyline without much conclusion. Sexual scenes not ip to McKenna standards and 8 have read everyone of her books. Let's see what she does with Garret.

I have long been a fan of Ms. McKenna’s books – and a rabid Delos series reader! – and I have read the first Wind River story. However, Wind River Rancher touched me, on so many levels, right from page 1. Yeah, I was a little annoyed that I started snifflin’ so early in the book but truly, it will touch your heart and soul. Maybe it is because she was in the military herself, still works with and supports military families and vets, or maybe it is because she feels what a Vet is going thru. I am just happy that she creates these stories for us to read and enjoy. WRR is about Shay Crawford, a veteran, and Reese Lockhart, also a veteran. Shay is building a ranch for wounded vets where they can heal and truly feel useful to society – and themselves. All of the wranglers, including Shay, are a ragtag group that has formed a family. And they welcome Reese into their fold right away. He makes a difference, to all, but mostly to Shay and himself. What a healing journey for these two! We get to meet some characters from the previous book – no biggee, this is a standalone novel – and they add some spice to this story. I love Charlie; you’ll meet him right away and he is a big part of the reason for my beginning sniffles. There’s lots of heart in this story! I won’t recap because it is too good for me to condense into not-quite-enough words. I wholeheartedly recommend Wind River Rancher and will bet that you fall in love with Reese at page one.

A wonderfully written story about what vets returning from war facing PTSD and how traumatic it is for men and women alike..what they face and how much they have to overcome. This storyline covered all that and how with the right assistance, care and love from concerned people they can overcome the tragedy they faced. Great love story as well!

Even with that, I still enjoyed the story. I found that skipping the bulk of the interior dialogue sections and 'explanations' helped the flow of the story. I'm not a rancher or ex-military, but even I understand the ideas and bits about PTSD and daily life on a working ranch. I'd like to see future work from this author after the extra verbiage is reduced. I'll bet it will be downright addicting.

I really, really enjoyed this book. Being a military veteran myself it was good to know that others, i.e. a writer, like Me. McKenna would think to incorporate some great information on PTSD, for others to understand. Great job. I will be starting book number 3 in about 10 minutes.

While I am sure this book oversimplifies this look into PTSD and the horrible affects it has on our veterans, I really did think that it at least scratched the surface and provided a narrative toward understanding. The love story was sweet and not rushed and I really liked the other characters who live at the ranch. They get their own books later and I have begun reading those as well. A nice collection of heartwarming stories.

2nd read for me on this one. To me, this a book well worth reading as PTSD has affected so many. Thank you Ms. McKenna. As far as the ranching errors, one has to actually live on a ranch to know all the ends and outs.