Missing

By Sharon Sala

Wes Holden has witnessed the ravages of war firsthand as an army special ops, but nothing could have prepared him for the senseless deaths of his own wife and sonor the private nightmare that follows. An empty shell of a man, he is unable to do anything but survive. Until the day he walks into Ally Monroe's yard.

Born and raised in the isolated beauty of the mountains of West Virginia, Ally faces a bleak future spent caring for her stern widower father and two brothers. With few job skills, she knows her wish for something more is hopelessly naive. But that doesn't stop her from dreaming that a stranger might walk into her backyard and transform her lonely life.

Something in Wes's fathomless eyes tells Ally all she needs to know. And when he settles into the abandoned cabin nearby, a special bond begins to form between them. But as Wes slowly emerges from his haze of pain, his soldier's instincts soon kick in. He knows there's danger hidden in the mountains, a place carefully chosen to hide a thriving business in illegal drugs. Worse, it's a threat closing in on Ally….

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin MIRA
• Release date: Nov 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781460308370

Sharon Sala

With over fifty books in print, award-winning author Sharon Sala, who also writes as Dinah McCall, still has to remind herself from time to time that this isn''t a dream. She learned to read at the age of four and has had her nose in a book ever since. Her introduction into romance came at an early age through the stories of Zane Gray, Grace Livingston Hill and Emily Loring. Her pride in contributing to the genre is echoed by the letters of her fans. She''s a four-time RITA finalist, Winner of the Janet Dailey Award, three-time Career Achievement winner from Romantic Times magazine, four-time winner of the National Reader''s Choice Award and five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer''s Award of Excellence, as well as numerous other industry awards. Her books are regularly on bestseller lists, such as the New York Times extended list, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Waldenbooks mass market, and many others. She claims that, for her, learning to read was a matter of evolution, but learning to write and then being published was a revolution. It changed her life, her world and her fate.

Reviews for Missing

[chrissywest · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have not read a lot of novels by Sharon Sala over the years. Actually I have read more of her books when she writes as her pseudonym, Dinah McCall. Really I have a lot of Sala’s book in my pile to be read. So I need to get reading them!I thought Missing was a well written romance-suspense. Truthfully I would call it more of a suspense novel. There really was not a lot of romance in it. I think the book would have benifited with a little more romance. This really was a powerful story. It kinda teared at your emotions in different ways. With all that Wes went though. Even Ally had her heartships. I think how the plot was thought out made it even more of an interesting read. The beginning of the book was about war, families, and terrorism. The middle was more of a small town/country type story. And the ending felt a little more sci-fi almost. In regards to dealing with the effects of the toxic illegal drug being harvested. Overall the book keep me entertained.

[1983mk · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Before my review I must comment on the author herself. Ms. Sala may have turned me back on to suspense novels. She is a wonderful author. What Nora Roberts does for all romance genres, Sharon Sala does for suspense! Ok. Now on to my review!"Missing" by Sharon Sala gives readers an "in your face" look at what happens to an army officer after surviving the ravages of war, both over seas and at home. Colnel Wes Holden served in Iraq proudly and came home suffering from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Glad to be home, Holden is attempting to recover from his PTSD and enjoy his family when the war finds him at home.Skip ahead, Wes is recovering his sanity in a small town up on a mountain. He meets Ally Monroe, a "past her prime" woman with a limp taking care of her father and brothers. Ally changes Wes's life in ways he never anticipated. What Wes and Ally didn't expect was the trouble brewing on the mountain or what they would lose before it was over. This book is a page turner that will keep your interest while educating you on what our fighting men and women deal with when the war is over.