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Recorded Books (2011), Edition: Unabridged Audiobook, 10 CDs, 11 hrs 40 mins
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Fiction. Romance. Suspense. HTML: They were known as the "no-account Raines boys" but they've grown into successful, honorable men and everything they have, they've fought for tooth and nail. Now each of the three brothers has one last obstacle to overcome to claim what's eluding them: love. Secrets don't stay buried long in cattle country. Sarah Allen, the beautiful girl who humiliated Jackson Raines in high school, is back in town. Not so long ago, she couldn't wait to leave Wind Canyon, Wyoming, in her dust. But, recently widowed, she has nowhere else to go and finds herself on Jackson's ranch. And despite everything, Jackson's finding himself reluctant to get rid of her. Sarah brings her own kind of trouble, and he can't resist trouble. Enemies of her dead husband show up making threats, thinking she has something they're owed. They're not taking no for an answer, but what they will take is the one thing she has left--her daughter. Jackson's the only one who might be able to save little Holly and bring her home.… (more)
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LibraryThing member tarenn
AGAINST THE WIND by Kat Martin is an exciting new romantic suspense set in present day Wind Canyon, Wyoming.This is a trilogy of three brothers(Jackson,Gabriel,and Devlin) and the women (Sarah,Mattie,and Lark) who won their hearts.This is the Book #1 in "The Raines of Wind Canyon".It is written
but is also wealthy.An home town bad boy who has come home. Sarah,an old childhood nemesis,who he liked but rejected him harshly,her secrets that could get them killed.And her daughter,Holly.This story has romance, love,suspense, murder,secrets, spousal abuse,sweet sensuality,kidnapping,and exhortation. When Sarah's husband is murdered she heads for the only place she can feel safe,Wind Canyon,Wyoming,with her daughter,Holly. She happens to be renting a cottage from someone who turns out to be someone she treated badly in high school. But sparks fly, and passion grows.So does the danger.Together, Jackson and Sarah must figure out who wants her dead or the disk they think she has and why.When Holly is kidnapped Jackson will do anything to get her home safe.He enlists the help of his siblings and his ranch hands.A shootout occurs and the truth of Sarah's husband death reveals.This is a fast paced,action packed from the first page to the last. A must read. This book was received for the purpose of review from Net Galley and the publisher.Details can be found at MIRA and My book Addiction and More
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with depth and details.The characters are charming,engaging,and will capture your heart. The first book is about Jackson Raines,the eldest of the Raines brothers,who is not only sexy,handsome,but is also wealthy.An home town bad boy who has come home. Sarah,an old childhood nemesis,who he liked but rejected him harshly,her secrets that could get them killed.And her daughter,Holly.This story has romance, love,suspense, murder,secrets, spousal abuse,sweet sensuality,kidnapping,and exhortation. When Sarah's husband is murdered she heads for the only place she can feel safe,Wind Canyon,Wyoming,with her daughter,Holly. She happens to be renting a cottage from someone who turns out to be someone she treated badly in high school. But sparks fly, and passion grows.So does the danger.Together, Jackson and Sarah must figure out who wants her dead or the disk they think she has and why.When Holly is kidnapped Jackson will do anything to get her home safe.He enlists the help of his siblings and his ranch hands.A shootout occurs and the truth of Sarah's husband death reveals.This is a fast paced,action packed from the first page to the last. A must read. This book was received for the purpose of review from Net Galley and the publisher.Details can be found at MIRA and My book Addiction and More
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LibraryThing member debbieaheaton
You just can't keep secrets buried no matter how hard you try. Sarah Allen, the beautiful girl who humiliated Jackson Raines in high school, is back in town. Not so long ago, she couldn't wait to leave Wind Canyon, Wyoming, in her rearview mirror. But, recently widowed, she has nowhere else to go
Sarah brings her own brand of trouble, and he can't resist trouble. Enemies of her dead husband show up making threats, thinking she has something they want. They're not taking no for an answer, but what they will take is the only thing she has left--her daughter. Jackson's the only one who might be able to save Holly and bring her home safely.
Fantastic story! I couldn't put it down and I can't wait to read the next in the series.
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and finds herself on Jackson's ranch. And despite everything, Jackson's finding himself reluctant to get rid of her.Sarah brings her own brand of trouble, and he can't resist trouble. Enemies of her dead husband show up making threats, thinking she has something they want. They're not taking no for an answer, but what they will take is the only thing she has left--her daughter. Jackson's the only one who might be able to save Holly and bring her home safely.
Fantastic story! I couldn't put it down and I can't wait to read the next in the series.
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LibraryThing member rdh123
Trilogy. Three brothers. Fast, ok read
LibraryThing member Capnrandm
My dominant emotion towards this book was "meh." The fourth time I checked to see if I was almost done, I decided it was time to cut things short.
This romance is supposed to have a strong suspense/mystery/action plot, centering around the criminal activities of the heroine's deceased husband. She
As for the romance component, I didn't feel the chemistry between Jackson and Sarah. Despite the fact that the author gave them an atypical high school experience (I applaud Martin’s willingness to let the heroine be genuinely mean to someone), I never felt the plausible spark that brought them together. Sarah does plenty of “realizing” that tells us how she’s feeling, but I never had an emotional response back to her.
This book wasn’t poorly written, but the plot and chemistry just weren’t for me.
This romance is supposed to have a strong suspense/mystery/action plot, centering around the criminal activities of the heroine's deceased husband. She
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has a strong "run away and hide" instinct, and given her history of abuse, that may be realistic. I found it much more of a stretch, however, when the hero and his brothers came on the scene and took over the investigation. While there weren't any scenes that were so over the top I didn't want to go one, there also wasn't enough plausible suspense development for this side of the story to keep things going.As for the romance component, I didn't feel the chemistry between Jackson and Sarah. Despite the fact that the author gave them an atypical high school experience (I applaud Martin’s willingness to let the heroine be genuinely mean to someone), I never felt the plausible spark that brought them together. Sarah does plenty of “realizing” that tells us how she’s feeling, but I never had an emotional response back to her.
This book wasn’t poorly written, but the plot and chemistry just weren’t for me.
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LibraryThing member beckymmoe
Jackson and Sarah's story was as well-written and suspenseful as Gabe and Maddie's (Against the Fire). Martin does a good job with romantic suspense, giving readers a fun and thrilling ride. I'll be looking forward to Dev's story, Against the Law.
LibraryThing member scoutmomskf
Good book that kept me interested to the end. Sarah has returned to Wind Canyon after the murder of her husband. She had left town in search of a better life and thought she found it, only to find that her husband was abusive and a crook. She has sold everything to pay his debts but is still being
Jackson and his brothers were the local bad boys. Their parents were drunks and the boys were constantly in trouble. Jackson had left town after high school and ended up making a boatload of money. He then came home and bought a ranch. He's not at all happy to find Sarah on his ranch, as he still remembers his humiliation at her hands. She appears to have changed, but he's not inclined to trust her. However, when trouble follows her to Wyoming he steps in to help her.
I liked Jackson. He is the type of man that can't walk away from someone in trouble. Though he isn't sure whether he can fully trust her, he can see that Sarah is in bad trouble. I liked the way that he wants to help her find out who is after her and why. He is also still attracted to her which adds to his desire to help her. As he learns more about what her marriage was like he's impressed by the strength she showed to survive it. Though he hasn't had any plans to marry the more time he spends with Sarah and her daughter the more the idea appeals. I really liked the close relationship he has with his brothers.
Sarah was a little harder to like, at least at the beginning. Her treatment of Jackson in the past had been needlessly cruel which didn't set a good tone. I was a bit more sympathetic to her as more details of her marriage were revealed. It was a little hard to believe in her quick relationship with Jackson as I expected her marriage to have had more of an impact on her feelings about men. She comes to love him very much, but fears what her troubles could do to him so she tries to end things. She also has more issues from her marriage than she has told him about.
The mystery itself was pretty well done. Each time that Jackson and Sarah think that they have made progress something else is uncovered that leads them on another chase. There were a few things that went on that stretched believability a bit, but overall kept me involved. The final confrontation at the end was definitely intense and kept me wondering if everyone was going to come through it okay. There was a very interesting twist involving the identity of her husband's murderer that I really didn't see coming.
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harassed by people who are looking for something he had. She has gotten a job with the local paper and rented a cottage for herself and her daughter on one of the local ranches. Then she discovers that the ranch belongs to Jackson Raines, the guy she treated so badly back in high school. Jackson and his brothers were the local bad boys. Their parents were drunks and the boys were constantly in trouble. Jackson had left town after high school and ended up making a boatload of money. He then came home and bought a ranch. He's not at all happy to find Sarah on his ranch, as he still remembers his humiliation at her hands. She appears to have changed, but he's not inclined to trust her. However, when trouble follows her to Wyoming he steps in to help her.
I liked Jackson. He is the type of man that can't walk away from someone in trouble. Though he isn't sure whether he can fully trust her, he can see that Sarah is in bad trouble. I liked the way that he wants to help her find out who is after her and why. He is also still attracted to her which adds to his desire to help her. As he learns more about what her marriage was like he's impressed by the strength she showed to survive it. Though he hasn't had any plans to marry the more time he spends with Sarah and her daughter the more the idea appeals. I really liked the close relationship he has with his brothers.
Sarah was a little harder to like, at least at the beginning. Her treatment of Jackson in the past had been needlessly cruel which didn't set a good tone. I was a bit more sympathetic to her as more details of her marriage were revealed. It was a little hard to believe in her quick relationship with Jackson as I expected her marriage to have had more of an impact on her feelings about men. She comes to love him very much, but fears what her troubles could do to him so she tries to end things. She also has more issues from her marriage than she has told him about.
The mystery itself was pretty well done. Each time that Jackson and Sarah think that they have made progress something else is uncovered that leads them on another chase. There were a few things that went on that stretched believability a bit, but overall kept me involved. The final confrontation at the end was definitely intense and kept me wondering if everyone was going to come through it okay. There was a very interesting twist involving the identity of her husband's murderer that I really didn't see coming.
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LibraryThing member Lauren2013
Against the Wind
2 Stars
Synopsis:
Following the murder of her abusive husband, Sarah Allen returns to her home town in Wyoming to start afresh. Unfortunately, trouble seems to follow, first when she rents a cottage from Jackson Raines, the man she rejected and humiliated in high school, and then when
Review:
Starts out really well but becomes exceedingly far-fetched as the book progresses. There are just too many individual storylines. In addition to the main plot, in which the heroine has not one but four men out to get her for different reasons, there are another two side stories. The first involves a tiresome romance between Sarah’s friend and Jackson’s foreman and the second centers on illegal logging, which is completely irrelevant and unrelated to the main story. Two of these various plot threads remain unresolved at the conclusion. Maybe they will come to an end in the next installment but quite frankly I’m not interested enough to find out.
The main characters are well fleshed out and have an intense chemistry but I did not feel the romance. While Jackson’s caring and sensitivity make him an especially appealing character, Sarah is annoying and distant. I found her need to keep secrets and her inability to trust Jackson with the truth irritating, and actually felt that he deserved better. I also thought that his initial resentment toward her for the way she treated him in high school was resolved far too easily with a rather weak apology.
In general, the book is well written but the flashback scenes in which Sarah remembers what happened to her husband are extremely repetitive, in fact, the author just copies them word for word each time with a few details added. There is also very little build-up of tension and suspense, and I kept waiting for the something significant to happen.
Overall, a very disappointing read and one of the few books that get my 2 star rating. I may not be reading any more in the series.
2 Stars
Synopsis:
Following the murder of her abusive husband, Sarah Allen returns to her home town in Wyoming to start afresh. Unfortunately, trouble seems to follow, first when she rents a cottage from Jackson Raines, the man she rejected and humiliated in high school, and then when
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her husband’s enemies become convinced that she has something they want and are not above kidnapping Sarah’s daughter to get it.Review:
Starts out really well but becomes exceedingly far-fetched as the book progresses. There are just too many individual storylines. In addition to the main plot, in which the heroine has not one but four men out to get her for different reasons, there are another two side stories. The first involves a tiresome romance between Sarah’s friend and Jackson’s foreman and the second centers on illegal logging, which is completely irrelevant and unrelated to the main story. Two of these various plot threads remain unresolved at the conclusion. Maybe they will come to an end in the next installment but quite frankly I’m not interested enough to find out.
The main characters are well fleshed out and have an intense chemistry but I did not feel the romance. While Jackson’s caring and sensitivity make him an especially appealing character, Sarah is annoying and distant. I found her need to keep secrets and her inability to trust Jackson with the truth irritating, and actually felt that he deserved better. I also thought that his initial resentment toward her for the way she treated him in high school was resolved far too easily with a rather weak apology.
In general, the book is well written but the flashback scenes in which Sarah remembers what happened to her husband are extremely repetitive, in fact, the author just copies them word for word each time with a few details added. There is also very little build-up of tension and suspense, and I kept waiting for the something significant to happen.
Overall, a very disappointing read and one of the few books that get my 2 star rating. I may not be reading any more in the series.
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LibraryThing member LisCarey
Sarah Allen, finally freed from an abusive marriage by the unsolved murder of her husband, gathers up her young daughter and the few possessions left to her after everything is sold to pay her husband's debts, and returns to her childhood home of Wind Canyon, Wyoming. She's rented a small house on
But Sarah's troubles aren't over yet. She's getting calls from a former business associate of her husbands, who is quite certain that Sarah knows where Andrew kept a disk or flash drive with some vital information. And the owner of the ranch she's moved onto is Jackson Raines, whom Sarah yearned for and spurned in high school. Sarah and Jackson resist their mutual attraction while the calls get more threatening--but when the calls progress to the trashing of Sarah's cottage and her grandmother's home, she has no one to turn to but Jackson.
Trouble keeps closing in on them, as the FBI threatens Sarah with charges to force her to give information she doesn't have about Andrew's business activities, and his former associates get more violent in their pursuit of that flash drive. And there's still one secret Sarah is keeping from Jackson, something she knows will kill his growing love for her.
This is a well-written romance with interesting, likable characters, and the added bonus that no one does anything stupid or creates a willfully stupid misunderstanding in order to create necessary plot complications. Sarah's secret reason for pulling back is real and serious, and Jackson reacts like an adult, not an over-reactive teenager. These are solid adult characters, well worth the time spent with them.
Recommended
Note:: I received a free electronic galley from the publisher via NetGalley
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the property of one of the local ranches, and landed a job with the local newspaper,. She'll finally be putting her journalism degree to some use, and as a bonus she'll be living near enough to visit her last surviving relative, her grandmother.But Sarah's troubles aren't over yet. She's getting calls from a former business associate of her husbands, who is quite certain that Sarah knows where Andrew kept a disk or flash drive with some vital information. And the owner of the ranch she's moved onto is Jackson Raines, whom Sarah yearned for and spurned in high school. Sarah and Jackson resist their mutual attraction while the calls get more threatening--but when the calls progress to the trashing of Sarah's cottage and her grandmother's home, she has no one to turn to but Jackson.
Trouble keeps closing in on them, as the FBI threatens Sarah with charges to force her to give information she doesn't have about Andrew's business activities, and his former associates get more violent in their pursuit of that flash drive. And there's still one secret Sarah is keeping from Jackson, something she knows will kill his growing love for her.
This is a well-written romance with interesting, likable characters, and the added bonus that no one does anything stupid or creates a willfully stupid misunderstanding in order to create necessary plot complications. Sarah's secret reason for pulling back is real and serious, and Jackson reacts like an adult, not an over-reactive teenager. These are solid adult characters, well worth the time spent with them.
Recommended
Note:: I received a free electronic galley from the publisher via NetGalley
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English
Original publication date
2010-10-28
ISBN
1461818672 / 9781461818670