An exciting and sometimes heart-wrenching book. Eight years earlier, Mac's wife drowned while she and their twins were visiting her parents in Argentina. When Mac flew there to attend the funeral and retrieve his children, he was severely beaten, and his life threatened. He spent the next eight years fighting to get his children back, using every financial resource he had and contacting every media source and government official he could. It wasn't until his wealthy and influential father-in-law died that officials were able to swoop in and remove the children.

One of those officials was social worker Sara Wakefield. Because the children don't speak English, she was tasked with judging Mac's fitness as a father while being a liaison between him and the kids. Complicating matters, Silvia and Cristo have been lied to about their father and believe that he abused their mother. I ached for Mac, who'd loved his wife very much and had no idea how to prove it to the kids.

I loved seeing Mac's patience as he slowly went about reintroducing Silvia and Cristo to their home. He was aided by his adorable lab, Roxy, who'd been a puppy when the kids were taken. Sara also did her best to get through the walls the children had built. The kids are understandably wary, and I felt some sympathy for them even when they were stubborn. I liked seeing the changes they went through and laughed at some of the surprises they provided for the unsuspecting adults.

I enjoyed seeing the relationship develop between Sara and Mac. The sparks of attraction were there from the start, but Sara was determined to keep things professional. That became a little more difficult when she broke her wrist and depended on Mac to help. The more time they spent together, the closer they grew. Mac could easily picture a future with Sara, but she refused to consider it. Sara has a tragedy in her past that has convinced her that she can never be a mother to any child. I ached for her because she came to love the twins but was afraid to believe in herself. It took nearly losing them and a lot of effort on Mac's part to finally break through those fears. I was a little disappointed by the ending, as I felt some of the joy of their coming together was left out. The epilogue helped.

The suspense of the story was a slow build with an intense finale. When the children arrived, they were confident their grandmother would find a way to get them back. Meanwhile, Sara had to ensure that they didn't have access to any forms of communication they could use to contact her. Their certainty that men would come to take them back made Sara very nervous and Mac quite vigilant. The tension increased when it became evident that someone was watching the house, and again when Mac found a stranger in his house, photographing the children's rooms. I was glued to the pages when men broke into the house, and Sara risked her life to save the kids. A last-minute twist added unexpected danger.

I liked the secondary characters of Amanda and Mac's brothers. There is some mystery surrounding Amanda's husband's death, and I wonder if it will go through all three books. There is tension between Mac and his brothers because of his part in the loss of the family ranch, but both Hayden and Ryan are there when needed. I hope to see more progress toward reconciliation in the brothers' books.

This is a Romantic Suspense, and this is the first book in the Lost Legacy series. This book was slow moving, but I really feel the pacing worked really good with this story. I loved that this book was one that slow revealed itself. The suspense was also a slow built up, but the last part was fill of action and suspense. The romance was sweet and everything I wanted. I really enjoyed this story. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Harlequin Romantic Suspense) or author (Colleen Thompson) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

Sara is a social worker looking to reunite two children to their father. The situation the kids came from was pretty high risk and there is a language barrier going on. So for now she'll stick around to help out and be interpreter until she can deem everything okay for the family integration and leave.

So this was a pretty mild book I thought that there would be more going on when it came to the grand parents thing. Clearly the kids thought that she would come get them that its only a matter of time which left a bit of tension because that family does seem the type of do it but will they. Then theres the whole language barrier that can cause issues between the family members I mean the children's spoke another language where they lived and the father speaks English good thing Sara was sticking around to help. I loved how much the father tried to prove to the kids that they can trust him, their grand parents filled their heads with lies and now the father gotta battle that and show they can trust him. There was little bits here and there that did make things feel sinister but then comes out with a bang towards the end. Overall it was pretty good I did enjoy it.

Danger at Clearwater Crossing by Colleen Thompson is the first book in her Lost Legacy series. Social worker Sara Wakefield's assignment to travel to South America to escort twins Silvia and Cristo home to their father, Mac Hale-Walker, became more complicated than Sara expected. Mac's years long struggle to have his children returned after being held by their maternal grandparents was finally over. Of course, this assignment wasn't going to be as easy as Sara thought. It morphed into helping the children adjust to being back with their father and teaching them English. The attraction Sara and Mac felt complicated the assignment even more.

I really enjoyed this storyline. I like the characters and how their relationships developed. The element of suspense was a good addition to this story. I think this is a very good beginning to Ms. Thompson's new series.