Heather Jacobs, who lives in California, is trying to carry
out her late father's wishes by spreading his ashes on a
Montana mountainside. She never realised it would lead her
into a desperate situation. Alone with her guide Zane
Scofield, she enjoys the beautiful woodlands - until some
survivalists decide to hunt them. BIG SKY SHOWDOWN is
tension-filled from the start.
Heather barely knew her father, who vanished from her life
twenty years ago and started an outfitter's here in
Montana. Now he has left her the business and she expects
to just sell it and get on with her life. Zane knew and
trusted her father, but Heather doesn't encourage
conversation about the man she recalls as unreliable. Zane
also knows the local borderline madman who was running a
survivalist group some years before, but the group had gone
elsewhere. Now they have returned and they are raising
teenaged kids feral. For no apparent reason they start a
manhunt as Heather and Zane scramble to get down the
mountain.
Riding a valiant mule, crossing a rickety rope and wood
bridge, climbing trees and dodging shots are part of the
story. Heather is athletic and has camped in California.
Unlike Heather I would have scattered the ashes right away,
not hung on to them. This seemed an unlikely priority for
the resourceful woman given the circumstances. Zane has an
additional conflict. His brother Jordan is one of the
group, though they have not met in years. As evidence of
further serious crime emerges, the duo become more
desperate to escape. But sooner or later they are bound to
get split up, and even prayers won't be enough to save
them.
This is an inspirational love story which will make
thriller readers change their minds about inspirational
books. Whether you believe or not, you can't deny that you
might utter a prayer in the situations shown; you will also
identify better with the hunted pair trying to escape, foil
a plot and not harm anyone, than the amoral hunters. BIG
SKY SHOWDOWN is a romance suitable for adult readers,
because of violence and danger rather than adult behaviour.
The heart-stopping wilderness adventure will appeal to fans
of Nevada Barr's crime stories... which were always short
on love. Sharon Dunn has given us a truly adventurous book
about finding your other half, and the power of the will to
change.
When Heather Jacobs climbs a Montana mountain to pay
respects to her late father, the last thing she expects is
to be running for her life. But she's living a real-life
cat-and-mouse chase, trying to escape a punishing foe from
her guide Zane Scofield's past. How can a California city
girl help outwit a ruthless criminal dead set on scouring
the wilderness to kill them? Though Zane knows their pursuer
and his nefarious motives far too well, he's not sure why
the man is after him now. Only his wits—and an unlikely
partner in the determined woman fighting beside him—can save
them. But Zane's also battling a past that's threatening to
swallow him whole…and take Heather along with him.
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