Thanks to Abingdon Press and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review. The other similarity is the cases: each book deals with an issue facing modern teens.

Each story features a Texas Ranger (surprise!) facing a challenging criminal case, and hopefully finding a little love. This is the fourth book in Margaret Daley’s Texas Ranger series, and can easily be read as a standalone as the series is related by theme rather than by characters. My second problem was at the end, when it seemed that a character was added out of nowhere.

I read fast anyway, and I read especially quickly when the book is as fast-paced and exciting as this. First, there were a lot of characters, and I had trouble keeping them all straight at times. There were a good set of characters, all of whom felt very real and not at all stereotypical.ĭespite all these good things, I had two problems with Severed Trust. The Christian aspect was understated and not at all preachy. There was a complex plot, with a combination of suspense (prescription drug abuse and murder), relationship issues (between friends, and father-daughter), and a little romance. Severed Trust was a fast-paced and exciting read, and once I’d started reading I didn’t want to put it down (always a good sign). Texas Ranger Ethan Stone joins local chief of police Cord Thompson in unravelling a case that involves prescription drug abuse at teenage ‘pill parties’ and an attempted murder in a case that is too close for comfort for Ethan and Cord, especially when it becomes apparent that Ethan’s niece and Cord’s sister might be at risk. A kidnapping crisis involving Amy's son, Tad, brings out the true feelings between them.High school football star Jared Montgomery is found drowned in his car, and it looks like foul play. However, they become exceptionally close friends. Jackson is fighting his own set of demons with an unbalanced wife.īeing a southern gentleman, Jackson feels he cannot declare his love for her until his divorce is final. The sparks fly between Jackson and Amy, but they keep their feelings concealed. Jackson Sinclair is strikingly handsome and well dressed. A new boss eventually arrives on the scene. The old mansion is filled with the elderly and mental patients. The job is quite a new experience for a naive young woman coming from such a sheltered life. She finds herself employed at Green Gables, the local 'nuthouse', as it is jokingly called in their small North Carolina community. Now widowed, how is she supposed to raise her young son on her own? The first thing to do is find a job.

Young Amy was shattered by the terrible tragedy that changed her life forever.

Shattered Trust by Deborah McClatchey