Cry No More

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Summary: A definite 4-hanky , er, I mean stars book!
Review: Milla Boone's 6 week old baby boy was snatched out of her arms on a bright sunny day while she was shopping in an open air market in Mexico. The aftermath of the kidnapping had a profound impact on her life. She founded an organization to help people look for missing children and she continued to look for her own son.

Ten years pass and Milla is no closer to finding her son, despite the fact that her son's kidnapping made news headlines. Her single minded drive to recover her son has alienated her family, cost her her husband and sent her into very dangerous situations.

Then Milla meets Diaz, a mysterious figure who also specializes in finding people. With Diaz's help, Milla manages to find out more about her missing child in a few weeks than she had in 10 years. And the closer Milla and Diaz get to finding out the truth, the closer they are to danger. And Milla discovers that part of the reason she never found out about her son was due to treachery and betrayal.

I was kinda disappointed in Linda Howard's last few offerings. They seemed really subpar to what I know this author it capable of. This book is more like the Howard I know. This book is a curious amalgm of "Son of the Morning" and "MacKenzie's Mountain" both very good books (Mackenzie's Mountain is simply excellent).

Milla is like Grace St. John of "Son of the Morning." She is a very feminine girly-girl who would have been content to be a Doctor's wife and schoolteacher and raise her own children. But because of one moment of violence she is forced to become a tough survivor (still very girly-girl) who doesn't hesitate to kill if she must.

Diaz, on the other hand, is very much life Wolf Mackenzie. A tough, loner who immediately wants to protect "his woman." Howard does a great job of making Diaz one of the scariest good guys you'd ever meet on paper.

There are some nice little plot twists and the resolution of Milla's baby search is pretty much a tearjerker. I only gave the book four stars because there were some points that I would have liked to have seen resolved or at least revisited in an epilogue such as Milla's relationship with her family and the aftermath of Rip and Susanna's relationship. I was also very disappointed that the plot with the smuggling ring was ended "off-stage" as it were. I would have loved to know what the bad guys' reactions were to getting caught after all this time. But overall a good story. I recommend.

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Summary: I've always loved Linda Howard, but this book
Review: just blew me away. As a mother of two young children myself, I can't even begin to imagine the horror of having your six week old infant stolen from you. Then to have your family say you should move on, because, after all, it's been ten years! Even her own husband can't take her single-minded search for her lost son, and has moved on and started a new family. Finally, she gets an anonymous phone call on where to find "Diaz", someone who might be able to help her. Everything starts to fall into place, and she begins to fall in love with Diaz, when he betrays her. I won't tell you what happens in the end, you have to read it yourself, but I will tell you that I cried the whole last 50 pages or so of the book. Milla is a much stronger woman than I am. Great job, Linda!

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Summary: Emotional
Review: The reader can't help but feel the characters turmoil in this book. Not much is revealed about Diaz, which is probably the author's intent since Diaz's character is secretive and elusive. Any mother can relate to Milla. I really liked that Ms Howard allowed the darker elements to come through considering the storyline. Unlike other authors that write safe material about perfect, beautiful, uncomplicated people, these characters aren't perfect or beautiful, but very touching and complicated - just like real people. For this reason I could ignored the obvious villains and the missing climax of the villains capture and punishment. This was a smooth, touching read. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: An intense, must-read thriller.
Review: Milla Edge has a wonderful life; a happy marriage to a doctor and a beautiful, healthy baby boy until the moment everything is taken from her...while on her way to the supermarket Milla is attacked and her son is stolen.

Ten years later, Milla, still hoping for a miracle to find her son, has dedicated herself to helping others find their missing children and in the process uncovers a baby smuggling ring of epic proportions.

With little to go on, Milla enlists the help of Diaz, known to many as the Tracker, a dangerous man with his own agenda, and together they must find the one-eyed man who holds the key to bringing down the smuggling ring.

Milla and Diaz are running for their lives as they race the clock to stop a powerful organization that will stop at nothing to silence them.

'Cry No More' is a powerful page-turner, one that is filled with nerve rattling suspense and non-stop action. Heartbreak and obsession are two key elements that drive this novel, but it's the intense plot and interesting characters that will have readers up-all-night. Linda Howard has written her best thriller yet...a novel that will fly up the bestseller lists and surely satisfy her huge legion of fans.

Nick Gonnella

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Summary: Good Suspense Thriller...
Review: I couldn't help but read this book in two days because the main Milla Edge, loses her baby in a kidnapping in the very first chapter! From then on the book was pure engagement. I simply could NOT put it down. Milla is in Mexico and she stalks the thieves that took her baby, and then there's the handsome stranger who creeps into her life, and back-stabbing "friends", this book doesn't let you go until you reach the conclusion to discover what's going to happen!

In CRY NO MORE, there's suspense, there's romance, there's all the elements we love in our romantic mystery/thriller reads!

Rating:
Summary: A Great Read!!!
Review: I have quite a few Linda Howard books and this one is at the top of my list of favs. When I read the 1st chapter, I was completely taken by surprise. After that I couldn't put it down. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a crier. But by the end of this book, I couldn't hold the tears back. The struggles that Milla goes through totally tugs at your heart. I already have 2 other friends who want to borrow my book. Linda Howard fans everywhere will love this book!

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Summary: Crying For More
Review: Milla Edge encounters the watershed tragedy of her life in the heart-pounding opening sequence of the book. While accompanying her doctor of a husband on a stint, her newborn baby Justin was ruthlessly snatched away from her by perpetrators of a baby smuggling ring in a Mexican marketplace. She lost a kidney in the fierce struggle - her husband and family too - as she forged herself to become stronger and never giving up hope in her quest for Justin, while others misunderstand and loses faith in her quest for an impossible dream.

Ten years in hot pursuit of the perpetrators has left Milla with a new link after a mysterious phone call that unites her with bounty hunter James Diaz. As the mystery deepens, she finds herself confronting a web of conspiracy spun by her closest friends and sponsors of her foundation that is dedicated to finding the missing.

The mayhem and cutthroat suspense may be similar to Ms. Howard's previous efforts like Open Target and Dying to Please. But in Cry No More, Ms. Howard outdoes herself as she throws herself into the world of her central character, bringing out the empathy and admiration for her steely Milla with gut-wrenching emotions. Her angst and bitterness makes her a gripping heroine in every sense; the hero Diaz with the dangerous slant unearths her softness and vulnerability, enriching the poignant romance in the midst of the spinning action.

Ms. Howard clearly has shown that her passion overrides everything. She gets all her elements in place, beautifully injects realism with bits and pieces of Mexican culture, surprises us with an act of maturity by Milla in the ending sequence and lets us feel the unconditional love in maternal ties. This is simply Ms. Howard at her best - and it is bound to leave her fans crying for more.

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Summary: One of the best Books I have read in a long time
Review: I just finished "Cry no more" and it had me crying. This is one of Linda Howard's best. Great twists, and suspense, I loved the Hero who is dark and complex and the Heroine who is strong and feminine. This is a page turner that I spend the entire day reading because I could not put it down.

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Summary: Kudos to Howard for An Untouched Subject! 4.5 Stars!
Review: Once again Ms. Howard transcends the romantic/suspense genre with her newest and IMO one of her best novels. This is an untouched and mostly avoided subject in this genre. The fact that the heroine suffers a great blow when her infant is abducted in Mexico and sold into a baby-ring.
I have not read any other romance author breach this unspeakable crime that is such a problem! What I loved about this story was the fact that Milla, the heroine, did not come away 'unscathed' and did not whine and become weak for it. She became fierce and determined and so inspiring.
I wouldn't label this particular story 'romantic/suspense' in the fact that it didn't have too much suspense, it was more of an intense drama with a little romance thrown in. Not that that is a bad thing, lol, its great. But for those looking for something along the lines of her previous novels labeled the same, such as 'Now you See Her,' 'Mr. Perfect' and 'Dream Man,' this is a little more like 'All the Queen's Men' in its drama aspect.

Milla Edge never imagined her life could so completely fall apart so fast as it did one hot and nightmarish morning in a tiny town in Mexico when her infant son was snatched from her arms and she was attached so viscously she thought she'd die.
With only her doctor husband to save her she took months to recover and by then, it was too late to find her son.
Gone. Into thin air.
Milla could not live with herself knowing he was out there somewhere, so with her newfound soul strength and determination, she let everything in her life become nothing, including her husband and began a relentless search for the truth and uncovers a baby-smuggling ring far beyond what she imagines. She starts a small volunteer group called 'Finders' which she needs donations to fund and helps others find their own lost ones and in the meantime still searches for her son.
Ten years later she gets a lead....
Danger and corruption are everywhere and one name whispers to her in the chaos. James Diaz. Is he the one eyed man she needs to find to find her baby?
Diaz is no more than a terrified whisper among the criminals in and around El Paso and the border towns. Determined to find him, Milla risks her life to find the 'Tracker' as he is known as.
Soon she teams up with Diaz, doing anything to find her son and never questions what he really does for a living but suspects it isn't legal, but he is her only hope. Unraveling a twisted ring Milla finds this goes beyond just small criminals, it reaches above the highest groups.
With only Diaz for help she infiltrates this seedy establishment and is about to crack it wide open, but not before a lethal assassin has her in his crosshairs...

Calling all you Linda Howard fans, this is another winner!!! The heroine is very real and very determined. It is rare that I admire a heroine as much as this one. She is so selfless I was impressed.
Diaz is so compelling and myterious you will find yourself trying to figure him out. Very worthy hero to our heroine. Kudos to you Ms. Howard!

Tracy Talley~@

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Summary: Very emotional read.............
Review: I have rarely cried reading a romance, action book,but this book was an exception. Milla Edge heartbroken and damaged is looking for her son that had been taken from her as a 6-week old infant,and on top of all else losing her one kidney in the process. Having searched for 10 long years she finally finds connections in Pavon who has kidnapped her son and wants to find out what he knows. So she hires James Diaz an sniper to find him. I won't go into anymore details,but their a few hearbreaking scenes for me who is a mother,and for any woman who is a mother. Especiall the scene where she finally finds her son Justine and decides to give him up,I was crying. This book is a keeper by Linda, my second favorite following Mr. Perfect. I highly recommend this book. It has a happy ending in a way, I was so pleased how she ended the book. Read this book you won't be disappointed.