THE LAST GOOD MAN – Kathleen Eagle
Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 978-1-61194-092-3
May 2012
Contemporary Romance

Sunbonnet, Wyoming – Present Day

Savannah Stephens comes home after fifteen years with her five year old daughter, Claudia.  She had a successful career as a model, but when she got breast cancer, she lost her career and her verve.  Two years later she and her precocious little girl are home with her Aunt Billie who runs the Mercantile in town.  Clay Keogh is thrilled to have her home.  Clay, his brother Kole, and Savannah were all best of friends as children.  They followed Kole because he was the oldest of the trio, and because he was wild, exciting, and fearless.  As soon as Clay sees Claudia, he recognizes her as Kole's daughter.

Savannah has been keeping a low profile since she returned.  She is depressed and unhappy, feeling that the only good thing in her life is her daughter.  When she goes out in the middle of the night to a favorite place, a cave she remembers from her childhood, she encounters Clay and seduces him.  He has always loved her, and nothing has changed, but she only wants friendship from him.

Clay is a great guy—he may not be exciting like Kole who is trouble with a capital T, but he is dependable and a hearth and home kind of man.  Savannah is battling depression and has a difficult time coming to terms with the changes in her body.  She hopes to just hide in her room, but she finally begins to try picking up the pieces of her life.  Does Clay have a chance with her?

Kathleen Eagle has a wonderful voice, sometimes playful and always interesting.  THE LAST GOOD MAN is a reissue from twelve years ago, and an absorbing tale that has weathered the passage of time.  Savannah is fragile trying to find acceptance and self worth with the changes in her body, and Clay just wants to know what is causing Savannah's heartache and how he can help.  He is a terrific hero.  Claudia is a miniature adult, smart and likeable.

Kathleen Eagle is a talented author who brings us many good stories, usually with American Indians as heroes.  Her stories are realistic, well written, and a joy to read.  Hopefully more of her stories will be reissued so new readers can enjoy her delightful and heart warming older stories as well as her more recent ones.

Marilyn Heyman