Unleashed

 Shirley J.           Adult Fiction   Texas Rangers,  Cold Cases,  Dysfunctional Families

Unleashed by Diana Palmer    332 pages

Is every book now part of a series?   I get the hook, but, gee, really?      This book is #49 in the Long, Tall Texan series, but, the story does stand on its own.     It is the story of  Clancy Lang, who's mother marries an abusive man with a son older than Clancy.   When her mother dies, Clancy is left living with her abusive step-dad, and her now two step-brothers.   While she is terrified of her druggy older step-brother and her step-father, she adores her younger step-brother and puts her own safety and health in jeopardy protecting the younger child from the abusers in the house.   When things escalate in the home terror runs rampant and circumstances get pretty dire for the siblings.   It is a good story that will keep you interested but, if you don't like your heroes old school Texas Ranger style you might want to avoid this series.   However, if you enjoy a good female victim/hunky he-man story then this one is right up your alley.   I liked the story, the do as I say woman stuff - not so much, but, hey, it was the stry that was told.   I would recommend it this story to romance and urder mystery readers who like larger than life heroes in the mix.  There were many good elements to the story.