Susan May Warren concludes the Montana Rescue Series with Wait for Me.  Those who have not read the previous books could get by without them, but there is a lot that would be missed.  This book focuses on the emotional anguish and struggles of Pete Brooks and Jess Tagg.  Their story has been a long time coming in terms of resolution.  These characters have been prominent in most of the previous books. 

There are a lot of flashbacks and rehashing of past events.  Most of this has been covered in previous books and if those have been read, this novel could have been less of this reliving the past.  Readers picking this up as a first book to read in the series will not have the emotional attachment to some of the other characters and their stories, but will be able to quickly ascertain what is happening.

Warren wraps up all of the main challenges and adds some survival and rescue scenes to keep things interesting.  Romantic tensions abound and other physical challenges add uncertainty.  In some ways it is hard to let go of these characters, but the author is likely already on her way to writing another series.

Review of an Advance Reading Copy

This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Revell

Content Analysis:

Profanity/Language:  None 

Violence/Gore:  A man grabs a woman and she strikes him, someone else joins them and beats the other person, blood is everywhere; a person drowns in a flood; a person deliberately rams his car into another vehicle causing it to crash; a character is found bound in duct tape; characters get in a fist fight and one gets a bloody nose; characters are shot at, resulting in injuries and blood; multiple references to a man being beaten to death; a character attempts to strike another with an axe; report that a man killed his girlfriend; someone tries to kill another in a five page scene.

Sex/Nudity:   Non-married characters kiss and embrace; a man says he could have slept with a woman, but did not; a man implies that in the past he might have slept with many women.

Mature Subject Matter:

Death of a family member, fraud.

Alcohol / Drug Use:

People are in bars and likely consuming alcohol.