Callista Ruiz Maxwell’s family has been attacked. Her parents were killed and her sister Damita is on the road to recovery. The people who did it are still running free. Austin Kincaide, U.S. Marshall is in charge of the investigation. Callie is determined to find the men who assaulted her family with or without Austin’s help. Marisa and Pedro are friends of the family who are taking care of Damita. Callie asks Pedro to show around a sketch of a pendant her mother gave her, it was taken from her by one of the attackers.

While Kincaide is busing trying to gather information, Callie’s riding around at night helping the innocent and trying to locate her family’s killers. The people have called this mysterious rider, The Angel of Justice. Austin has learned that several ranch hands have disappeared. They are Frank and Pete Colter, Jimmy Styles and Ben Holden. The Angel of Justice confronts Jimmy Styles. Jimmy is left tied up for the marshal but when Kincaide gets there Jimmy is found dead.

Angel in the Moonlight has everything you want in a book. It consists of adventure, deception, romance, a hero and a heroine, justice, and a happy ending. Callie’s stubbornness and determination makes her someone all women can relate to. Kincaide is a no nonsense kind of guy but also a protector to Callie. I enjoyed the fact that Callie helped play an enormous part in bringing justice to her family’s killers. This book was such a joy to read that I was sad when it ended. I look forward to checking out more stories by Marie Patrick.

Reviewed by: Cheryl