When your life is built on a mountain of lies, the truth can be fatal.Pinned by a rock slide while conducting an environmental impact study in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, Mia Blackmore figures karma has finally caught up to her. Actually, she’s surprised she got away with her crime this long.When a rough-looking man with a French-Canadian accent nearly steps on her head, rescue seems just … accent nearly steps on her head, rescue seems just a fingertip away—then the slope shifts again, sending them both hurtling down the mountain.
The slide may have freed the auburn-haired woman, but undercover cop Hudson McClure still needs to keep her safe from the thugs who think he’s one of their own. The gang isn’t going to give up looking for their downed helicopter full of drugs. And, as it turns out, Mia and her decidedly wolfish dog, Neville, are his best shot getting to the crash first.
Mia’s descent into Hudson’s dangerous world is like a landslide she is powerless to stop. Though her talent staying cool under pressure exceeds even Hudson’s own, there’s a hunted look in her evergreen eyes that warns him she’s hiding something—or from something. He just never anticipated her secrets could decide whether they get off the mountain alive…or in body bags.
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This book is action packed as two people who are kind of thrown together–both with a past they have to keep hidden–have to work together to bring down a drug gang. All while fighting the attraction they are forming for each other. At least the dog knows who is the good guys and who the bad!! For some reason everyone thinks the dog is a wolf?
Will these two be able to live through very bad weather, guys shooting at them and manage to find the drug stash before the bad guys? I really loved this book and think you will too!
4.5 Stars. An attention grabbing read for me, by this new-to-me author.
(1= dnf/What was that?; 2= Nope, not for me; 3= Yes, it was Okay; 4= I LIKED IT A LOT; 5= A favorite, IT WAS GREAT!)
MOUNTAIN OF LIES by Jayne Evans begins on a coastal British Columbia mountain range with Mia/FMC, a wildlife biologist, semi-buried under a rock slide triggered by her movement and the pounding rain. Remy/MMC, an agent currently working undercover, is searching nearby with 2 other disreputable men when the slippery shale slips out from under him. He crashes down the mountainside smashing into rocks, trees, and shrubs as he drops, landing hard near Mia. Suddenly, Mia finds herself and her extremely well trained, fierce and loyal wolf-like companion, Neville, caught in the crosshairs of an enforcement investigation involving a gang of crooks. Mia has personal reasons for avoiding the police and now questions how Remy fits into the new equation – Is he truly LE or is he too, a crook? Is Remy a threat to her safety, or is he trustworthy? Should she cut her losses and run, yet again? Will her past catch up to her now the the police seem to be involved?
MOUNTAIN OF LIES was my first book by Jayne Evans and I was quickly pulled into the story. I found myself cringing each time the antagonists came on page and I could imagine myself enduring the constant rain while while trudging up and down the mountains fleeing from trouble. I was fascinated with Neville’s extensive training as it’s something I follow in our area and have a little experience. Both Mia and Remy were believable, knowledgeable, likable, strong characters as well, and I cared what happened to them. I appreciate that Mia didn’t pull the typical TSTL actions that always put me off in a mystery or suspense novel, and yet neither was she a hard bit**. Double Yay! Plus there is a touch of romance that isn’t over-the-top steamy.
I recommend MOUNTAIN OF LIES to readers who enjoy Proximity/Danger trope novels in the Contemporary Suspense, or Action/Adventure genre where the setting is wild, natural, and demanding. I enjoyed MOUNTAIN OF LIES a lot and look forward to future books by Jayne Evans.
READER CAUTIONS –
Profanity – Yes. Occasional strong language is used.
Violence – Yes. Antagonists are drug runners and there is a psychopath killer but their actions are not described in a detailed, graphic manner. This isn’t a dark thriller which I tend to avoid.
Sexual Situations – Yes. 2 Very brief scenes of intimacy that could easily be skipped if desired.
This is another woman and her dog book that I loved. It had a good suspenseful story line with multifaceted main characters. I would like to read the next book Stolen Treasure that starts centered on the dog.
Really enjoyed this book and looking forward to the next in the series. Suspenseful, likeable characters, solid storyline and witty dialogue. Easy to read.
I enjoyed this book from the start. I was trying to predict what was going to happen next and I was wrong much of the time but, tjats what made the book sooo goood.
I love a book that has lots of action right off the bat, doesn’t have so many characters I can’t keep track of them AND… a formidable canine that works with the main character. The story kept me thinking about it even when I couldn’t be reading it.. I want the rest of the books in this series.