Creek
Linda Broday
Western Historical
A mysterious man with one name and secrets that gnaw at his soul.
Creek has a reputation as a gunslinger, a lawless man—one to be feared. So, when an orphaned eleven-year-old girl in this rough border town claims she’s his daughter, it jolts the very fiber of his being. For a man making a living with a gun, he’s not father material in any sense of the word. And he has serious doubts he ever met her mother.
Yet Willa July stands firm. Creek has the mark on his wrist that proves her claim. When she’s taken by a crazed killer from his past, Creek is propelled into a desperate chase. He alone understands the depths of this monster’s evil mind.
Time is his enemy as he races to save her. But if he succeeds in getting the girl back, can Creek tear down his walls and embrace the role he never dreamed possible?
Uncaged Review: Creek is a gunslinger, in a lawless western town of El Paso, TX, traveling to see a friend who is very ill, and the only person who may know who his parents are. Along the way he saves a young girl, Willa, from some young men who have trapped her in an alley. When he brings her back to her home, he meets the woman that has taken care of the orphan girl, Liberty. But Creek doesn’t want to get to close, because men like him don’t live long. He meets a nun in and she wants to “hire” him to find a cruel, evil man named Felipe, who poses as a priest, but terrorizes women and children and now feels he’s after her. The same Felipe that abused Creek as a child, and a man he wants dead.
This is a shorter book, so I read this pretty quickly, and when Willa is kidnapped, Creek will tear apart the town to find her. This is a good action packed and danger ridden book that has some great characters and a gunslinger with a heart of gold as the hero. But will he ever lay down his guns for a more peaceful life? The suspense and action keep this story moving along at a good pace, and this is the first book in a series with several authors and it’s a good beginning.
Reviewed by Cyrene
4 Stars
