Surviving the Wilderness by Maggie K. Black
My blurb…
A sweet little girl has been kidnapped along with her puppy. I’m a sucker for little kids & puppy dogs. Add danger in multiple forms and a military father — you have to read to save them, right? Then there is a stubborn & determined wilderness guide (oh, she’s beautiful too) who risks her life for Master Corporal Jess Connor’s daughter. Can they save little Addison & Butterscotch without getting killed …
My review…
From the beginning, the characters are appealing. Quinn worked with Jeff previously and she admired his expertise but his constant corrections to her work was not pleasant. Running into him while guiding a group on a wilderness adventure was fortuitous, after all he saves her from drowning, but …
The danger starts immediately. Someone cut her rappelling rope. And why is Jeff and his brother living deep in the woods with Jeff’s little girl, Addison? By the way, she is a charmer. And you already know I’m a sucker for little puppy dogs. Turns out so is Quinn. She and Addison bound immediately.
Jeff has problems other than the danger to his daughter. Here the book shows how strong men can fight admitting they may have PTSD. The dangers mount and come from various sides from the beginning to the end.
However, Surviving the Wilderness has a couple of glaring plot errors which I will report in my comments to the publishers. Hopefully they will be fixed before the publish date. One deals with timing — too much happening shoved into less than an hour. Another with a gun suddenly available when there wasn’t one before.
The writing is okay — not quite at the level of other Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense books I’ve reviewed previously on this site. I just felt the book was rushed into an ARC when it needed a bit more editing. My feeling is if I can spot these easily, surely an editor should be able to do so. Surviving the Wilderness is a nice read — you’ll keep wondering what on earth will happening to these people next! A solid 3.5 stars read which will be 3 stars on sites only showing round numbers.
I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Surviving the Wilderness from the publisher, HARLEQUIN – Romance (U.S. & Canada), Love Inspired Suspense, via NetGalley. A positive review was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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