A definite 4-hanky , er, I mean stars book!

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.

Non-stop roller coaster ride of emotion...

I admit it - since reading SON OF THE MORNING I haven't been traipsing through the used bookstores looking for Ms. Howard's back list. I did, however, love MR. PERFECT, which came highly recommended, as did this book.

This story is something that feasibly could happen in real life (and most assuredly has), although Milla is written as a much stronger mother than I think I could ever be. Diaz...well, what can be said about such a mysterious, unique hero, except I would certainly feel perfectly safe with him at my back!

The subject matter of baby stealing and other horrific goings-on was disturbing, but not off-putting; I read this in about a day and a half. I'd give the emotions-wringing level about a 10, and although the narrative prose was a tad slow-paced in spots, I didn't find that it detracted from the story...much.

All in all, CRY NO MORE is one heck of a book sure to win Linda Howard many awards.

This is the LH, I know and love!

Being a fan of this writer for a long time I have read every book LH has ever written. Some I liked a lot while other I loved. You can put CRY NO MORE in the 'I Loved' section!