Meg Dempsey made the best of a bad situation when her husband, Ian, walked out on their marriage. His work with the elite covert ops team, Prospero, took him around the world and away from his wife. Unable to continue waiting and wondering about her absentee husband, Meg ended the relationship without telling Ian that she had borne him a son named Travis. Three years after separating, they are unexpectedly thrust into each other's company when Ian's undercover work brings him back to the area where Megan works as a mountain tour guide. In "Mountain Ranger Recon", Carol Ericson offers an action-packed romantic suspense tale with an intense reunion romance. Both Meg and Ian have many personal issues of their own, as well as the issue of their broken marriage and their son. The suspense and romance aspects of the story are both intriguing, and Meg and Ian have a very rocky road to travel before they have a chance at bringing their family back together and finding happiness. ( )