Keely Andersen hasn’t visited her hometown more than a handful of times in the last ten years, but when her doctoral research sends her back to Marietta for the immediate future, she can’t wait to reconnect with the community and the mountains she missed so much. Of course, nothing goes as planned, and Keely’s truck breaks down a few miles outside of town. When help arrives, she finds herself … face to face with her brother’s best friend – the guy she used to call big, bad and gorgeous – Jonah Clark.
Still settling back into Marietta after a harrowing stint as an army helicopter pilot, Jonah Clark plans to spend a few days hiking the local mountains to prepare for his job as a pilot for Crawford County’s Search and Rescue team. When he stops to help a stranded driver, Jonah is shocked to find his best friend’s younger sister is the one behind the wheel. Only now, instead of the geeky teen he remembered, Keely is all grown up with curves he can’t resist.
Though the sparks of attraction ignite immediately, they’re hesitant to act because of their shared past. But when a project dear to their hearts is threatened, and a boy is lost on Copper Mountain, Keely and Jonah drop everything to fight for what matters, including each other.
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Loved this writer…book very readable
I read it in a weekend. It was that good
This was a great and easy read.
Sorry not into contempory
This one was all over the place.
I did make it all the way to the end, but sadly more because I was too lazy to look for something better and too stubborn about finishing books for my own good.
What annoyed me the most about Daring the Pilot was the discrepancy between how I was told the characters felt and how they acted. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like it before. At any given point in the book, a character could say/think something, and a few sentences later do something that was the complete opposite.
Jonah, the Hero, is described as “bad”, but not once does he actually DO anything bad, or even semi-tough. On the contrary. He’s kind and caring and a real sweetheart, even though he’s kinda stupid.
Keely is, we’re told, very intelligent, but still comes across as pretty stupid too. Or at least unreasonable, and I don’t know which I find more annoying.
Complicated family dynamics are brought up and then discarded without proper resolutions. Plot points are introduced and then forgotten about and/or glanced over.
All in all, it was a mess and would have needed firm content editing.
Quick reading. I enjoyed a lot.
Fantastic book! I loved every page!
Good writing skills and an interesting story line kept me reading this book. I recommend as it didn’t bore me.
He joined the service. He was a pilot. He loved serving his country. Until he was given a command that 6 of his buddies would not be protected, but killed. He then went to serve near his home town. He wanted to make sure he could help lives in danger, even if it meant danger to him But he didn’t count on his childhood female friend to be there