"The last in the Gentry siblings series!"

It seems Cal Gentry has been running all of his life. He just didn't want to love anybody because if he did he jinxed him or her. First his parents disappeared and then his wife is killed in a car crash that nearly crippled him. All he wants to do is recuperate so he can go back to racing cars.

First he has to find somebody to take care of his nearly six-month-old daughter, Kaydie since the latest nanny packed up and headed out when she found they were staying at a rustic cabin on Gentry land. He's nearly at his wit's end not knowing why Kaydie is crying one evening when there's a knock on the door. When Cal opens the door he finds a beautiful emaciated young woman on the other side. Cal believes she is there to help him but he can't understand how she knew that he needed help.

Bella Fernandez is on the run. She is a nurse who helps itinerant families with health care on the border between Texas and Mexico. She's caught in the middle of a camp when some evil men drive up to take the illegal aliens over the border. She's hidden and when they finally reach their destination, the illegal aliens help her to escape. That's how she is at Cal's door but Cal can't understand how they even got on Gentry land.

Bella agrees to help out with Kaydie but she knows her time here is short. Still there's this attraction between she and Cal that they can't just ignore. They also have to figure out who is hunting Bella down before it's too late.

This wrap up story of the Gentrys was every bit a page-turner as the first two stories. It solved all the mysteries and gave me several satisfactory happy endings. I thoroughly enjoyed this whole series and look forward to more stories from Linda Conrad.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted July 3, 2003

Summary

After a devastating car accident killed his wife, injured racing celebrity Cal Gentry came home to the family ranch to nurse his wounds and find a nanny for his infant daughter. And when tantalizing, dark-haired angel Bella Fernandez appeared at his door, Cal thought she was the answer to his prayers. He didn't expect the blazing passion that her presence sparked within his soul. But danger had followed the south-of-the-border beauty to the Gentry ranch, where she discovered even greater peril in Cal's sensual embraces. Could the blissful haven of their passion heal Cal and Bella's wounded hearts?