In Honor's Defense

What a great end to the series! (Even though I could never get enough of this set of characters, since the entire series has been 5-star books!)

We finally get Preach's story, but it takes a few pages to get him on the page, since Damaris, the heroine, is getting called away from her long service at her elderly relative's side by having inherited her young teen nephew when her brother dies unexpectedly. She hurries to Texas, eager to have a semblance of her own home as her nephew's guardian–but she quickly learns it's not as rosy as she imagined.

Cattle are vanishing in the lands and Preach gets called out to solve the problem. The man who hired him is convinced his mischievous young neighbor is the one helping steal the cattle, so Preach heads over to have a talk with the kid. He finds no kid, but does find the kid's aunt where he had trapped her in the cellar on a prank! Damaris isn't too happy about the pranks but she doesn't want to admit her nephew's long absences could have anything to do with cattle rustlers.

Now the two of them have to figure out if her nephew is guilty or not, and if not who is–and how is her brother's death connected?

I enjoyed every minute of this one and couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I also enjoyed getting to see characters from other books in the series again.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.