Releasing Today - Yellowstone Yondering by Kristen Joy Wilks
I want to start by saying that I had the privilege of an advance reader copy of this book. And it's brilliant.
My review:
I've never been to Yellowstone, in fact all I know of it comes from watching Supervolcano.
But having said that I now feel like I've been there. Kristen Wilks does an amazing job of describing the scenery that you are right there with Kayla and Alexander, the sternest park ranger I've ever come across.
The only thing that erupts in this book is tension between a rule obsessed ranger and a woman determined to break those rules so long as she gets her dog back before the bears, hot water and other wild beasts find him first. But it's not all tension, there are a good few giggles along the way.
Hard to put down, this was a book I didn't want to end or put down. A real page turner from start to finish.
Blurb:
When a free-spirited wildlife photographer loses her Scottish
terrier in a herd of bison, she sets out to rescue her furbaby before he is
devoured. But will she succeed when Yellowstone National Park is chock full of
boiling, bubbling, and rampaging hazards (both mammalian and geographical) --
not to mention a rule-obsessed park ranger whose many rescues thwart her
efforts to find her poor pup?
They say opposites attract, and when it comes to Kayla Dineen and Ranger Alexander Brandt, no two people have ever been more opposed...or attractive. Old Faithful isn't the only thing making noise at Yellowstone this season.
They say opposites attract, and when it comes to Kayla Dineen and Ranger Alexander Brandt, no two people have ever been more opposed...or attractive. Old Faithful isn't the only thing making noise at Yellowstone this season.
Excerpt
"Your careless rescue has probably just sentenced my dog to death."
She snarled through gritted teeth, waiting for his face to blanch in horror at
his deed. Surely, he would let her go and issue a formal apology.
"I’ll not let you kill yourself right before my eyes. It is my job to
prevent such stupidity. You can thank me later after you’ve calmed
down."
Kayla gasped at his audacity. She couldn’t even wrap her mind around a name she
could use for this man that would be vile enough.
"You’re blaming me? If you had just held onto Ainsley like I asked, no one
would be in danger."
"If you had stayed twenty-five yards from the bison as park regulations
demand, none of this would have happened."
"The bison came to me. They were two feet away, for goodness sakes.
What was I supposed to do, honk my horn and throw a bagel at them to make them
back up?"
"No. You stay in your vehicle, such as it was."
"Not without my dog. You are the one who tossed him to the wolves and
bison and marmots and all manner of carnivorous wild things."
"Marmots aren’t carnivorous." Ranger Brandt must have caught the
dangerous glint in her eye because he hastened to move the conversation away
from that bit of charming trivia. "We have to go. Will you return to your
vehicle of your own free will or do I need to call in one of the law
enforcement rangers to remove you from the park?"
Kayla dug her bare feet into the meadow grass and met his gaze with iron of her
own.
His voice lowered to a gentle whisper. "You will not be welcome back if I
do."
She looked over her shoulder at the edge of the forest where Ainsley had
disappeared. She couldn’t be banned from the park. Ainsley needed her to find
him, and soon. She gave the ranger a stiff nod and crunched through the dry
grass back toward the road.
There's a book trailer HERE
Kristen
Joy Wilks lives in the beautiful Cascade Mountains with her camp director
husband, three fierce sons, and a large and slobbery Newfoundland dog. She
has blow-dried a chicken, fought epic Nerf battles instead of washing dishes,
and discovered a stealthily smuggled gardener snake in her sons’ bubble bath.
Her stories, devotionals, and articles have appeared in Nature Friend,
Clubhouse, Thriving Family, Keys for Kids, The
Christian Journal, Splickety, Spark, and Havok. She
writes romantic comedies for Pelican Book Group, including Copenhagen
Cozenage, The Volk Advent, Athens Ambuscade, Spider Gap, and
Yellowstone Yondering. Kristen writes about the humor and Grace that can
be found amidst the detritus of life.
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