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Fiction. Romance. Suspense. HTML: "Nobody writes to-die-for military heroes like Catherine Mann!" �?? Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author of Tall, Dark and Devastating It should have been a simple mission... Pararescueman Wade Rocha fast ropes from the back of a helicopter into a blizzard to save a climber stranded on an Aleutian Island, but Sunny Foster insists she can take care of herself just fine... But when it comes to passion, nothing is ever simple... With the snowstorm kicking into overdrive, Sunny and Wade hunker down in a cave and barely resist the urge to keep each other warm... until they discover the frozen remains of a horrific crime... Unable to trust the local police force, Sunny and Wade investigate, while their irresistible passion for each other gets them more and more dangerously entangled... "When you read Catherine Mann you... get nonstop action, nail-biting suspense, and heart-stopping romance." �??The Romance Studi… (more)
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Wade lands just in time to find Sunny Foster and her dog, Chewie. What he doesn't know is that Sunny is not part of the group that needs saving. She is a well trained tracker and very capable of taking care of herself. But when they find two dead bodies and a crazy sheriff's deputy starts shooting at them they need to come together to discover what is going on.
This was a fast read, definitely a good beach read. It didn't require a lot of hard thinking but sometimes that makes for a perfect book. Sunny lives in an off the grid community that doesn't allow anyone to come back if they leave. Her family moved there because her brother Phoenix deserted the Army. While Phoenix is seemingly an integral part of the book we hardly meet him or know what led him to desert. He is like a hanging thread throughout the book that needs to be dealt with but is just left hanging. This was very frustrating.
Sunny and Wade have a case of lust at first sight that slowly builds to love. But Sunny is suspicious of strangers and Wade is deploying to Afghanistan very soon. They work together to find out who is threatening Sunny's community and a power plant in Alaska. The author does an excellent job of creating mood and placing you in the Alaskan wilderness. The characters are not as well defined but all in all a decent escapist suspense/romance.
Ms. Mann's narrative is detailed enough to put the reader in to the story as a character, yet not so much, that the story gets bogged down.
The storyline is fluid; it doesn't concentrate
The topics were relevant in today's world, and her plot was imaginative and engrossing. The only criticism I'd give here, is that the traitorous angle of the drama wasn't more detailed/highlighted. The other criticism would be the lack of wrap-up on some minor characters and storylines. Albeit, having everything tied up by the end of the book, does not lend a sense of realism to a story.
All-in-all this was a very satisfying read.
Anyway, aside from that, I can't say much good about the story between Wade and Sunny. She drove me absolutely insane. CRAZY INSANE. I wanted to push her off a cliff. Wade's perfectness didn't bother me, but I do think he
Flynn was a more rounded character. I really fell into the parts with Misty, but I was impatient and skimming through the parts with Sunny and Wade. I wish it had been written the other way around - with Misty and Flynn getting more of the page time.
I would be willing to try another story by her.