In Jill Sorenson's dramatic new Romantic Suspense, Park
Ranger Hope and her sister Faith are planning a rafting trip
together. Hope gets called back to duty for a
Search-and-Rescue to check out a plane crash in a remote
area of the park, while Faith goes on with the rafting trip
without her. All the other Rangers are occupied elsewhere,
so she takes celebrity rock climber Sam Rutherford with her
to find the plane and look for any survivors. They find the
downed drug-running plane, with the pilot dead, and the
other occupant missing. This other occupant, drug cartel
flunky Javier, has killed the pilot and escaped. Sam and
Faith form a tenuous bond, neither quite trusting the other.
After the trail leads them to the river and the possibility
that her sister is in danger, Faith relents and allows Sam
to join her in her hunt for the killer.
The point of view of the book flips back and forth between
Hope's story and Faith's. Faith, continuing on with the
rafting trip alone, meets up with 'Jay', a handsome and
interesting man who joined the trip at the last minute when
someone dropped out. Little does Faith know that the man
is actually the drug cartel flunky Javier trying to escape,
not only from the murder; but from the drug lord he no
longer wishes to work for. Faith and Javier are instantly
attracted to one another, and lust soon overcomes the pair.
Faith eventually learns who and what Javier is, and must
make some hard decisions concerning any kind of a future
with him. Neither of them realize that the drug lord and
his men are already hot on their trail; as are Hope and Sam,
who are having some dangerous close encounters with the drug
lord and his gang themselves. The race is on as to who is
going to get to Faith first, and possibly save her life.
FREEFALL is a good story, and a solid read. This is a great
story for readers who like characters with all kinds of
'issues'. The story changes direction a few too many times,
and the plotline just kind of peters off in the last half of
the book. Where the first half was about the search and
rescue and the Faith and Javier story; the second half is
dominated by a subplot about crooked Park Rangers. Readers
also find that Javier's murderous drug-runner
character was glamorized and then whitewashed, which is an
unpalatable turn of events. There are three or four separate
stories held together with the loosest of cohesion, lending
to occasional confusion. Still, all in all, it was fun.
There is a lot of good action and good suspense, if a
little thin on the romance.
Park ranger Hope Banning's
plans for a little R & R are put on hold when a plane
crashes at the top of a remote mountain. Hope will have to
climb the summit and assess the situation. And the only
climbing partner available is Sam Rutherford—the enigmatic
man she spent a night with six months ago.
For
staying alive
Ever since Sam lost his girlfriend
in a falling accident, he insists on climbing solo. But Hope
and any potential survivors need his help. As Sam and Hope
set out on an emergency search-and-rescue mission, he
realizes the sparks still sizzle between them. And when they
learn a killer is among the survivors, they must place their
trust in each other for a chance at happiness.
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