Rescue on the Rio: Lilah

Finding Home #2

by Verna Clay

In RESCUE ON THE RIO, Rush Garrett is hired by his friends, Cooper and Hallie Jerome, to find Hallie's sister, Lilah Parker, and persuade her to return to Oregon with him. The sisters parted ways twenty years earlier and Hallie longs to be reunited with her only sibling.

Lilah yearns for her family, but in her infrequent letters to her sister, she has lied about her occupation. Her sister believes her to be a seamstress, when, in truth, she is a wealthy man's mistress. Lilah's shame and the fear that she will be disowned by her loved ones, causes her to reject the offer of Mr. Rush Garrett of his escort to Oregon. However, fate and the author have other plans for these star-crossed lovers!

231 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 27, 2013

About the author

I love a book that makes me forget everything except what I'm reading. As a preteen, I devoured Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys' Mysteries. When I reached my teens, romance novels became my favorite genre. Many years later, I decided to try my hand at writing and I've been doing so with a passion ever since. I have released over twenty-five romance novels, including a contemporary western series titled "Romance on the Ranch." The initial story, "Dream Kisses," started out as a single novella, but turned into an ongoing saga when secondary characters cried out for their own stories. The series was completed with book 10 and its one of my proudest accomplishments. As for historical romance, I ventured into that genre with a four book series titled "Unconventional," and enjoyed it so much that I wrote another collection titled "Finding Home." After that I returned to contemporary romance with the unlikely setting of a trailer park in the Arizona Desert, and, believe it or not, romance abounds at Desert Princess Trailer and RV Park in the middle of nowhere. There are three books in the "Oasis" series. Of course, I couldn't overlook writing in the paranormal/fantasy genre and released "The Shapeling Trilogy" about shapeshifters. In that series, my shifters travel the world, solve mysteries, and fall in love.

Using the pen name of Colleen Clay, I published a YA novel titled, "Fragile Hearts."

Now that I've been writing for so many years, I can't imagine doing anything else.

Reviews

[Kendra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story was much better than the first. The heroine actually had a backbone and toughed it out in some spectacularly unlucky situations. The hero was patient and the interactions between hero and heroine felt genuine and were well written. Again, some of the book felt rushed or summarized too quickly but Clay is starting to find a pace.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful read....like an old saturday afternoon western. Romance, adventure and danger.