Name: Ravaged River
ISBN: 9780996836098

Lindsay Cross

"Special forces operative Hoyt Crowe wasn't just damaged... he was broken. After suffering brutal torture in captivity, his once lively spirit is shattered. Now his greatest adversary isn’t some unknown terrorist in a foreign country, it’s himself. Hayden James watched Hoyt slide into a private purgatory of post-traumatic stress disorder, taking her heart with him. No longer warm and loving, he is cold. Hardened. A shell of his former self. When an old enemy threatens Hayden’s life, Hoyt must find the strength to slay his inner demons or lose the woman he loves forever."--Publisher description.

Ravaged River

Nicola Sarah Brooks

Hoyt has been put through the wringer, emotionally and physically. He feels he is no longer the man he was and that Hayden is best off without him. I almost blubbed at a certain points cos his pain was just to palpable.

I loved that Hayden didn't see the scars and pain, she just saw Hoyt. Once she was determined to get him back into her life, the devious minx was determined to get him to see that too. I loved how the author took the evidence available to the characters and managed to spin it so that you were never quite too sure who the bad guys were. All I'll say is don't let you preconceived ideas get in the way of a brilliant story.

Please make sure that you read Reckless River first as they will set you for the continuing storyline and you can absorb just how harrowing Hoyt's torture was.