The Legend

Grant’s third Sons of Texas contemporary romantic thriller (after The Protector) pours on the adrenaline from the beginning and never lets up. Feisty Callie Reed found the family of her heart with the Loughman clan, and she fell hard for Wyatt Loughman, a member of Delta Force and one of the three Loughman brothers; but after his mother was murdered, Wyatt erected emotional barriers that Callie couldn’t climb. When his father is kidnapped, Wyatt returns home to Texas and joins his brothers in an effort to find him. They uncover a clandestine global organization called the Saints who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Loughman patriarch’s knowledge of biological weapons. As the tensions mount, Wyatt realizes that he can’t deny that his heart belongs to Callie, but danger keeps getting in the way of romance. Grant’s high-octane romantic thriller matches dramatic action with deft plotting and expert characterization. But the tale ends on yet another cliffhanger, which will annoy readers who hoped for tidy resolution at last. Agent: Natanya Wheeler, Nancy Yost Literary. (July)